Chapter 10: Mario vs. Sonic
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
"Are we there yet?"
"NO!" Luigi snapped in annoyance as he turned around to look at Wario. "Stop asking-a me that, Wario! We're-a not there yet!"
Mario and his friends have traveled for a while after Yoshi found the latest Star Emerald. In fact, they spent the last three days trying to find the last Star Emerald before Sonic. The plumbers and their friends knew in which direction they had to go. However, they hadn't found it yet. At this moment, Luigi was the one holding the device, hence why Wario kept asking him.
"It's-a been three days since-a we're-a walking and yet we haven't found-a that stupid emerald!" the fat man complained.
"Just be patient, Wario. We'll find it eventually." Peach said.
"Whatever..."
Luigi turned around and continued walking. All of sudden, a beeping noise was heard coming from the device. The green plumber looked at the device and grinned.
"Well, Wario... Your wish has come-a true." Luigi said.
"Oh! You mean I'm not the owner of a huge castle made entirely in gold?!" Wario asked eagerly.
Everyone else turned their head towards the fat man, all of them arching an eyebrow.
"What?"
"No, Wario." Mario said. "What Luigi meant to say is-a the fact the emerald is-a closer-a to us-a now."
"Oh. About time..."
Without wasting much time, all six heroes ran towards where the device indicated the emerald was. After a while of running, they finally stopped and gasped at what they saw. It was a huge dark castle, with a huge statue of Bowser on top. A river of lava was surrounding the castle. They all recognized as Bowser's Castle, of course. However, they noticed there was a lot of brand new technology added to the villain's lair, such as cannon, electrical barrier, etc.
"I should have seen-a that coming. The last emerald had to be inside Bowser's-a Castle." Mario commented. He then frowned before turning his head towards Donkey Kong. "DK, keep an eye on Peach. Just in case-a Bowser comes in and kidnaps her again."
"Got it, Mario." The gorilla nodded before keeping an eye on the princess.
"Hmm. Come-a to think of it, I wonder what Bowser's-a been-a doing since-a the last time-a we saw him." Luigi said.
"I don't know, but I find it odd how his castle is now filled with technology." Peach said. "It must have fused with a building filled with this kind of technology."
"I wouldn't be surprised if we had to fight Bowser here. We usually fight Bowser at the end of our adventures." Yoshi commented
"Not always, but it's-a true nonetheless." Mario said. "Now, let's-a go!"
Mario and his friends ran to the large door of Bowser's Castle. All six of them entered the castle through it. They arrived inside some large room. The room was shaped like a cube. On each side, near the ceiling, there were walkways with barriers to prevent people from falling. The floor was covered with a black and white checkerboard, almost making it look like a giant chess. The walls all looked like a bunch of stones put on each other, all in dark green. Suddenly, one robot appeared. It looked like a spherical orange thing, with arms, legs and a head.
"Eh, I didn't know Bowser was-a making-a robots in his spare-a time." Wario said, grinning.
Without warning, one of the robots shot at Mario. The latter narrowly dodged the blast. The plumber frowned at the robot before summoning his hammer. He ran towards the robot, dodging the latter's blasts while doing so. Soon enough, Mario hit the robot several times with his hammer, destroying it. The plumber stopped and sighed in relief.
"Done!" he said.
"Hum... Mario?" Luigi said as he pointed at something.
The red plumber turned his head around and noticed an entire army of robots, ready to fight.
"Okey-dokey. This time, let's all fight them!" Mario exclaimed before charging with his hammer.
The others joined the fight as they fought the robots. Mario and Luigi used their jumping abilities and hammers. Yoshi ate several robots, turned them into eggs and used them against other robots. Peach used her ability to float in the air and summoning vegetables from the ground to get rid of the mechanical beings. As for Donkey Kong and Wario, they of course used their strength to punch and kick the robots until there would be no one left. Several minutes later, the six heroes destroyed all the robots that were present in this room.
"Who's the best? It's-a Wario, of course!" Wario exclaimed in victory before laughing maniacally.
"I hope the emerald's in the next room." Yoshi said.
Mario and his friends went through another door, which led to some other room. There, they came across another army of robots. The plumber and his friends got themselves ready to fight.
"Looks-a like it's only the beginning. YIHAA!" Mario exclaimed before charging alongside the others.
Just like before, the heroes used their respective abilities to get rid of the mechanical beings. It took more or less the same amount of time as before until the robots were all defeated.
"Who's the best? It's-a Wario, of course!" Wario exclaimed in victory before laughing maniacally, once again.
They opened another door, which led, much to their frustration, to ANOTHER army of robots. Mario sighed in tiredness.
"Let's-a end this once and for all. Here we go!" he exclaimed before the third fight begun.
Once again, the heroes of the Mushroom Kingdom were fighting against a whole bunch of robots inside one room from Bowser's Castle. The fight ended when Wario crushed the last robot with his big butt.
"Who's the best? It's-a Wario, of course!" Wario exclaimed in victory before laughing maniacally for the third time.
"What are you trying to do?" DK asked. "Establish a new catchphrase?"
"And what's-a wrong with that, Mr. 'Banana-Slama'?" Wario rhetorically asked.
"Well, I just think you shouldn't say the same sentence several times in a row. Just wait a while between each time you're saying it. If you use it too many times in a row, people will get tired of hearing it. Look at me. I'm already tired of hearing you saying it three times, and it's only been less than an hour since you've started saying that." The gorilla replied.
"Look, I didn't come here to get a lesson about-a catchphrase-a from a stupid-a monkey." The fat man snapped.
"Say that again..." DK said in a threatening tone.
"Guys, it's not the time for this. We still got the emerald to find." Peach pointed out.
DK and Wario nodded before joining the others. All of them were ready to go through the next door. Mario opened the door and entered the next room, followed by his friends. This room was different from the others. Instead of being shaped like a cube, it was shaped like a cylinder. There were also no walkways above. At the center of the room was a stand, with the last Star Emerald sitting on it. They looked in awe as they finally found what they were looking for.
"We did it!" Yoshi exclaimed as he jumped in the air.
"Woo-ooh! We did it!" Mario exclaimed as well.
Suddenly, they heard some noise. On the other end of the room was some door that was gradually being opened...
Three days after Rouge fought Yoshi, Sonic and his friends were still trying to locate the last emerald. At this moment, they walked in one direction, with Tails holding the device to find the emeralds.
"I hope we'll be able to find it soon." Amy commented.
"Don't worry about it, Amy. We already have three emeralds. That's almost half the amount we have to find." Sonic said.
"Sonic, Mario and his allies also have three emeralds." Tails said. "For now, they have as much powers as we do. But if they find the last emerald..."
"I hope we'll be able to find the Master Emerald as well. We haven't come across it since this whole adventure started several days ago." Knuckles said.
"Speaking of which, don't you find it odd that we haven't seen Eggman since then?" the blue hedgehog asked.
"I have no idea where that doctor is, but I'm glad he hasn't caused us much trouble recently." Shadow said.
"Shadow's got a point. Having to deal with Eggman as well as that plumber and his friends would just complicate things for us." Rouge said.
"Oh!" Tails exclaimed as he heard a beeping noise from the device. "This way!"
The fox ran in one direction, with the rest of the Mobians following him. Several minutes of running later, the six of them arrived next to some building. It looked some dark castle, with technology added in and a river of lava around. Eggman's face was also seen above the huge door leading into it.
"Speaking of the devil..." Rouge said.
"So, that explains something. Eggman must have been busy building himself another hideout after the last one was destroyed." Sonic said.
"If Eggman is the one with the emerald, then get ready to fight, everyone." Tails said.
They all nodded before coming near the door. It seemed to be locked, however.
"Knuckles, could you open the door, please?" the blue hedgehog asked politely.
"With pleasure, Sonic." The echidna said, smirking.
Knuckles used all his strength before giving several punches at the door, causing it to fall down and allowing the heroes to enter the castle. Soon, they arrived inside some large room, which was shaped like a cube. While the floor was covered with a black and white checkerboard, the walls were all dark green and looked like a bunch of stones put on each other. Also, some walkways with barriers were on each side of the room, near the ceiling. As the heroes made their way through the room, they stopped as soon as a Goomba appeared in front of them.
"Geez. Eggman's robots are getting uglier these days." Sonic said as he looked at the creature.
"A robot?! I'm NOT a robot! I'm a Goomba!" the Goomba exclaimed, offended. "For crying out loud, you thought I was a robot? That's just stupid!"
"What do you want?" Amy asked.
"I'm here to beat this blue hedgehog. Come here! I'll show you who's the strongest!"
Suddenly, Sonic jumped on the Goomba, crushing the latter.
"Ouch." The creature said.
"Man, that's by the far the easiest fight I've ever done." The blue hedgehog said, smirking.
All of sudden, a whole hundreds of Goombas appeared from out of nowhere.
"Okay then. It won't be as easy, but it still won't be much of a challenge either." Sonic said, still smirking before running towards the Goombas and hitting them.
Sonic wasn't the only one to fight as the rest of his friends joined the fight as well. Tails jumped on as much Goombas as he could. Knuckles used his strength. Amy used her Piko Piko Hammer against the creatures. Rouge kicked several of them. In the case of Shadow, he used his speed against them. After a while, all the Goombas were in bad shape, most of them groaning in pain from this fight. Suddenly, Knuckles felt something as he looked around. The others noticed that.
"What is it, Knux?" Tails asked.
"I can feel the energy of the Master Emerald here!" the echidna replied. "Go find the Star Emerald. I'll go find the Master Emerald."
The others nodded before Knuckles ran on his way towards where he felt the energy coming. The other five Mobians opened the door and arrived in another room. There, they came across more Goombas than before.
"Not again!" Amy complained.
"This should be ended in only a few minutes, no more." Sonic said, smirking before fighting the Goombas again.
Tails, Amy, Rouge, and Shadow also fought the creatures, using their respective abilities. The fight ended soon after. The Mobians went through another door. For once, the next room had no Goomba at all. Instead, it had a whole bunch of Koopa Troopas.
"We have to fight turtles now? This is just getting weirder." Rouge commented.
"Koopa Troopas!" one of the Koopa Troopas exclaimed to the others. "Get ready to fight them now!"
"Nah. You should just get ready to go to the hospital now." The blue hedgehog said, smirking another time before charging towards the Koopa Troopas.
All five Mobians managed to get rid of the turtles several minutes later. Sonic then opened the next door. The Mobians entered the room. Unlike all the other room before, this one was shaped like a cylinder instead of being shaped like a cube. Also, there were no walkways. They then noticed the last Star Emerald at the center of the room, on a stand.
"Alright, we found it!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Not-a you again!"
The blue hedgehog looked to where he heard that familiar voice and noticed a certain plumber on the other side of the room.
"Mario!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Sonic!" Mario exclaimed.
The plumber immediately ran towards the last Star Emerald. Soon after, Sonic ran towards the emerald as well. Surprisingly, they both grabbed the emerald at the same time. Both adversaries struggled to take the emerald away from the other. After a while of struggling, they accidentally let go of the emerald, which landed next to one of the walls. Soon after, Mario and Sonic looked at each other, frowning. The hedgehog then got an idea.
"You know what, Mario? How about we make a deal?" Sonic asked.
"What?"
"Have you ever noticed how our various fights between you and me or between your allies and my friends ended up with the winner taking the emerald?"
"Yeah? And so? You want to fight-a myself and the winner will-a take-a the last emerald?" the plumber asked.
"Well, let's take a step further. Whoever wins the fight between you and me not only wins the last emerald... but also wins ALL the emeralds the loser's team has." The hedgehog said, with determination in his eyes.
The majority of their respective friends gasped at what Sonic just said. Most of them were shocked by what the hedgehog suggested.
"Sonic!" Tails exclaimed as he was about to run towards the hedgehog. "You can't do..."
Shadow held his arm in front of the fox, preventing him from coming closer to where Sonic was.
"He knows what he's doing." The black hedgehog said.
Tails didn't know what to say. On one hand, he knew Sonic might have a chance at defeating Mario. On the other hand, he was putting the safety of the emeralds at risk with that.
"So?" Sonic asked the plumber, waiting for an answer.
Mario thought about it for a while. Soon enough, he found an answer.
"Okey-dokey, it's a deal." The red plumber replied.
"Wait, Mario! You can't be serious about that!" Peach exclaimed.
"Don't worry about it, Peach. Don't worry at all." Her boyfriend replied.
The princess was worried about this whole thing. However, she knew she wouldn't be able to win an argument with the plumber, so she decided to let him do what he felt was right. Meanwhile, Wario glared at Shadow. The latter noticed that, but decided to ignore him. This caused the fat man to get frustrated of being ignored like that. At the same time, Mario and Sonic looked at each other. Both had determination showing on their face. They were about to use all their strength to beat the other. This was a fight they knew they shouldn't make any mistake, or else the consequences would be extremely bad.
"Ready, Mario?" Sonic asked.
"Ready, Sonic!" Mario replied.
"Then... let's start this fight NOW!" the hedgehog exclaimed.
Sonic started to charge his Spin Dash. He then unleashed it against Mario. The latter jumped over the hedgehog to avoid getting hit. Sonic braked and turned around. He charged his Spin Dash again and hurt the plumber. Mario was thrown against the nearest wall, hurting his head. The plumber was dazed as he stood up. He tried to walk normally despite being dazed. He finally got back to his senses before summoning his hammer. The plumber tried to hit the hedgehog, but the latter kept dodging the weapon. After a while, Sonic received the hammer on his head, making him fall on his face.
"You're quite strong, plumber." He said as he stood back up.
"Well, thank you very much, hedgehog." Mario said.
"But I'm much stronger than you." Sonic added, smirking.
"That's something we'll have-a to see." The plumber said.
Mario took his hammer and aimed the hedgehog. The latter avoided it and ran behind the plumber. Sonic tapped his shoulder, causing Mario to turn around.
"You won't hit me. And you know why? Because I'm awesome." The hedgehog said, grinning.
The plumber tried to hit him, but Sonic used his speed to immediately put himself behind him.
"I've went through tons of stuff and I've always made it through alive." The hedgehog added.
Mario tried to hit him again, but his opponent avoided it again and was behind him again.
"And I'm the fastest thing alive!" Sonic shouted.
The plumber then got an idea. He tried to hit Sonic again. As soon as the latter was running back to behind the plumber, the latter put his hammer vertically and did a rotation of 180 degree towards the hedgehog.
"You're as slow as a..."
Sonic was interrupted as the hammer hit him fast and sent him to crush himself against the wall. The hedgehog slowly unstuck himself from the wall and landed back on the floor.
"...snail." he said, ending his sentence.
Meanwhile, Rouge noticed Amy writing something on a sheet of paper.
"What are you doing?" the bat asked, arching an eyebrow.
"I'm taking some notes about Mario's fighting skills with his hammer." The pink hedgehog replied. "I could use that with my Piko Piko Hammer next time I fight someone!"
Sonic came back to his senses and stood back up.
"Okay. Take that!" he exclaimed.
The hedgehog started to use his Homing Attack several times against the plumber. Mario fell on his back after a while of getting hit by that attack.
"Mamma Mia!" he exclaimed as he stood back. "Come-a here, porcupine."
"I'm a hedgehog!" Sonic exclaimed before running towards the plumber.
The mustached man jumped and landed on the hedgehog's head before landing on the ground. Sonic fell on his face and hurt his nose. He made a fighting stance before charging another Spin Dash and hurt Mario at once. The latter hit the wall again. Mario then ran back to where Sonic was before trying to punch him in the face.
The hedgehog, being faster, punched him in his own face. The plumber groaned from that. However, Mario was still able to kick his opponent's legs. In answer to that, Sonic punched the plumber's right arm. The latter then hit his face with his knee. This caused Sonic to land on his back and rubbed his face in pain.
"I don't want to sound like someone who's winning, but... Maybe you should give up." Mario said, while looking down at Sonic.
"If you knew me very well... then you would know I never give up!" the hedgehog said, smirking.
He quickly stood up, grabbed Mario's shoulders and hit the plumber's head with his own. The plumber yelped in alarm, groaning in pain. Sonic then gave a punch at his face, making him land on his stomach.
"It's gonna be over for you, Mario!" Sonic exclaimed.
Discreetly, the mustached man took a Fire Flower from his pocket and swallowed it. Soon after, his clothes changed, turning him into Fire Mario.
"I wouldn't-a say that yet if I were you." The plumber said as he stood up, with determination in his eyes.
The hedgehog remembered that power. He decided to run away to avoid getting hit by that. Mario started throwing fireballs from his hands. Sonic avoided some fireballs while running, but he got hit by some others. Suddenly, he got an idea. The hedgehog decided to run as fast as he could, gaining as much speed as possible. After a while of running like that, Sonic started running full speed around the plumber. The latter still tried to hit him with his fireballs. Mario had the impression of being stuck in the middle of a small tornado.
Much to his surprise, he was soon not able to continue making fireballs. As much as he tried to make them, no fireballs came from his hands. This was rather strange due to the fact he still had his fire outfit, so he should have been able to make fireballs. Eventually, Mario felt dazed as he looked at the hedgehog running around him like that. All of sudden, Sonic charged towards him and hit him, sending the plumber face first to the ground. This also had the effect of making him lose his fire power, thus changing his clothes back to normal.
"What the... What just happened?" Mario asked, confused as he stood up.
"Fire needs oxygen to exist. All I did was creating a circle where oxygen would get suck into my small tornado. Just enough so that you could still breathe, though." Sonic replied.
"Admittedly, this was-a quite-a smart." The plumber said. "However, you will lose-a the fight-a nonetheless!"
Mario took his hammer, ran towards the hedgehog, jumped in the air and tried to hit his opponent. Sonic moved faster than the plumber, causing the latter to have his hammer hit the floor instead. The hedgehog then jumped onto Mario and tackled him to the floor. He tried to restrain his opponent to the floor by sitting on his body and pinning his hands against the ground.
"There's nothing you can do to beat me." Sonic said.
"I still have-a one more-a chance." Mario said.
"Which is...?"
The plumber used all his strength to free one of his hands and grab one mushroom from his pocket. He ate the mushroom immediately and felt his body being filled with energy. Mario then used all his strength to throw Sonic away, allowing himself to stand up. As the hedgehog stood up, the plumber immediately punched him in the face. He then readied his fist before punching Sonic hard enough to send him in the air. The latter then fell on his head. The hedgehog went back on his feet.
"Tails! Send me an invincibility capsule!" he exclaimed to his friend.
"Luigi! Send me a star!" Mario exclaimed to his brother.
Tails threw an invincibility capsule to the hedgehog, while Luigi threw a star at the plumber. Both adversaries became invincible. Mario ran towards Sonic and tried to give him a punch. His opponent blocked his attack by doing the same thing. The mustached man wasn't even feeling pain. He gave another punch to the blue blur. The latter wasn't feeling pain either. For a while, one tried to hit the other and vice-versa. None of them were feeling pain due to their respective invincibility. Then, Mario and Sonic lost their invincibility and came back to normal.
"Okay then. Let's end this-a without any power-ups!" the plumber exclaimed.
"Time to finish this!" the hedgehog exclaimed.
Sonic charged towards Mario. They gave to each other several punches and kicks at once. The plumber then punched Sonic hard enough to send him to the other side of the room. The hedgehog stood up soon after. Then, both opponents charged towards each other.
"Yaaaaaaaaaaaah!" they yelled at the same time.
One hour earlier...
Inside some surveillance room, Bowser and Eggman were looking at some TV monitors. Those monitors were all connected to various cameras set all around their hideout. The villains were sitting on chairs. Bowser looked bored at this moment.
"Oh... This is so boring!" the dragon complained.
"Patience, my friend." The scientist said. "The heroes will here at any moment."
"How can you say that? We have no idea if they're close to our hideout, or if they have all the other Star Emeralds!"
"Indeed, we have no idea. However, I know they will come here eventually. It's only a matter of time."
"I just hope it won't take them a whole year to find those emeralds. It would be..."
"Look!" Eggman exclaimed as he pointed at one monitor.
On this monitor, they could see Mario and his friends coming towards the castle.
"Yes! Alright! They finally appeared!" Bowser exclaimed in delight.
"Wait... Who are these three guys with them?" the scientist asked.
"Huh?" The dragon took a look at the monitor. "Oh. I see. Mario managed to get Yoshi, Wario and Donkey Kong to join him on his quest."
"Oh! This is even better!" Eggman exclaimed as he pointed to another monitor.
Sonic and his friends appeared on that monitor Eggman was pointing at.
"Oh-ho! And it looks like Shadow, Amy and Rouge came here too. Even with their help, Sonic won't stand a chance against us!" the scientist exclaimed in delight.
"Oh, this is exciting! I'm gonna make some popcorn." Bowser said before leaving the room.
"Good idea. Bring me a bowl of popcorn as well!" Eggman said before looking back at the monitors. He then realized something. "Wait a minute... Popcorn? Of course!"
The scientist then grabbed a book from a nearby table and wrote something in it.
"That was one of the missing words in my crosswords. Hmm... Come to think of it, I've got several other words I've gotta find. Let's get to it!" he said before continuing his crosswords.
Meanwhile, Bowser was making his way towards some kitchen. Suddenly, he noticed a door he never noticed. Without any hesitation, the dragon went through it. He arrived in some room that was as large as a bedroom. The only things there were a chair, a desk and a bed. On top of the desk, Bowser noticed a book. He took the book and read its title.
"What's this? 'Dr. Eggman's Evil Schemes'? Maybe I should read a few pages..."
The dragon started reading the book, looking at some pages. After a while, he burst out laughing.
"Bwahahahahaha!" Bowser laughed. "This is such a funny book! Oh, but I don't have the time to read it now. I'll read it after ruling the world."
The dragon then whistled, causing a Koopa Troopa to arrive next to him.
"You called me, master?" the Koopa Troopa asked.
"Yep. Put that book in my personal stuff."
"Yes, master."
The Koopa Troopa grabbed the book and left. Bowser then left the room, getting ready to make some popcorn.
Almost one hour later...
Knuckles searched around the castle to find the Master Emerald. At this moment, the echidna was making his way inside some ventilation duct. After a while, he stopped near some grill and opened it. Knuckles dropped down, arriving next to a Goomba.
"An intruder!" the Goomba yelled. "I repeat, an intrud..."
The creature was interrupted as the echidna punched him hard enough to crush him. Knuckles then continued on his way to find the Master Emerald. Soon after, he noticed some door. Knuckles opened the door and went into some room with several TV monitors. He noticed two individuals sitting on some chairs while also looking at one screen in particular. On that screen, they were to watch Mario and Sonic fighting each other.
"What a show! Mario getting his butt kicked by Sonic! That's great art!" Bowser exclaimed.
"King Augustus?! Eggman!?" Knuckles exclaimed as he recognized them.
The villains yelped in alarm before turning around to face the echidna.
"Knuckles!" the mad scientist exclaimed. "What a surprise to see you there."
"Oh, I get it." Knuckles said before getting into a fighting stance. "You were behind all this once again. You allied yourself with King Augustus to trick us into getting the Star Emeralds for you!"
"That would be correct, Knuckles. And just like when we first met, you've got tricked! And this time, even Sonic and the others were tricked!"
Knuckles frowned. He always hated it whenever someone would trick him like that, especially if it was Eggman.
"By the way, my name is Bowser. NOT Augustus." Bowser said.
"Your name could be Bob, I wouldn't care. You guys have the Master Emerald and you're gonna give it back to me!" the echidna exclaimed.
The latter charged at the dragon. Bowser slashed him with his claws, causing the echidna to be knocked over and landing on his back. Immediately, Eggman pushed on a nearby button, causing Knuckles to be trapped inside some cage made of glass. The guardian hit the glass as hard as he could, but it wouldn't break.
"You two are gonna regret it!" Knuckles exclaimed.
"I don't care, Knucklehead. Now, let's join our guests." Eggman said to Bowser.
"Oh, yeah. The time has come!" the dragon exclaimed.
"Yaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Mario and Sonic blocked each other's punch as they continued fighting. They kept fighting until they heard some rumble. As both heroes stopped their fight, everyone in the room looked up and noticed the ceiling being opened in a half. Soon enough, Bowser appeared in the air, riding his Koopa Clown Car.
"Bowser!" Mario exclaimed.
"Bowser? Don't you mean 'King Augustus'?" Sonic asked, arching an eyebrow.
"No, hedgehog. The plumber is right. My name is Bowser!" the dragon exclaimed. "Augustus was just a false name to cover my real identity. Also, I'm not alone here."
A few seconds later, Eggman appeared while riding his Eggmobile.
"Dr. Allen!" Mario exclaimed.
"Okay, you're wrong on that one. His name is Eggman!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Sonic is right, plumber. I am the magnificent Dr. Eggman!" the mad scientist exclaimed. "By the way, we have a good friend of Sonic with us."
He pushed a button, causing the glass cage to appear from the ceiling as well.
"Knuckles!" Sonic exclaimed at the sight of seeing his friend inside the glass cage.
"Now, if you don't mind, we're gonna take something from you all." Eggman said, smirking.
He pushed another button. This caused a giant vacuum to appear. The vacuum then started sucking all seven Star Emeralds, causing all the heroes to yelp in alarm.
"Perfect! We've got all the emeralds!" Bowser exclaimed in victory. "With that said, you will all pay for the misfortunes you've caused to us in the past!"
Another vacuum appeared. This one was connected to the glass cage. A few seconds later, it started sucking all the heroes, all of them trying their best to avoid the vacuum. Unfortunately, they failed escaping the vacuum and screamed as they were sucked inside of it, on their way towards the glass cage...
End of chapter.
Bowser and Eggman revealed themselves to the heroes and managed to get all the Star Emeralds at once. That means Mario and Sonic don't have much reason to hate each other. So, what are they gonna do? I think the answer is pretty obvious.
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