Operation: Blue Blur Rescue (Pt.1)

Sonic and Klonoa were dashing towards the exit of the castle. Sneedly was chasing them in his true form, a giant man-eating bat. The two had finally reached the exit and were about to open the door when the villainous leader swooped in front of their path and bared his incisor teeth. "You'll never escape this castle alive!" He roared. Klonoa swallowed and Sonic held his ground as he lunged towards them…

Flashback

"Alright guys," Bentley started, "Now is the time to save Sonic, I call this: Operation: Blue Blur rescue. The plan is a bit trickier than the last one, knowing now that Sneedly has heightened senses of hearing, its best we keep sound levels at a minimum. First, Mario and Luigi will tread through the dreaded basement of the castle. A switch ought to unleash a monster capable of destroying Sneedly's castle. All the villains, including Sneedly will be preoccupied trying to restrain the beast. Meanwhile, Rayman and Sora will try to grab the blueprints for Sneedly's latest plot. Chances are the security has been tightened since our last big plan, so I will need Klonoa to try to bust into the dungeon and break Sonic out. Once we have everything we need, we'll make our getaway and the plan will be a success!" Crash frowned, "What about me?" Bentley turned to him, "You're going to have to sit this one out. Besides, you need to watch to see if Sarah and Spyro are okay." Crash grinned, "Fair enough!"

It was later that night, at around 10:30; the heroes were set for their mission. Mario and Luigi were at the basement doors. "Hey Bentley," Mario started, "We're in position, we're going in." Mario hopped in, but then came out to drag Luigi inside with him. The basement looked a whole lot like a dungeon. With rats, dashing along the floor and of course guards lurking around. "Just like the underground zones back at the Mushroom Kingdom huh?" Mario muttered. Luigi nodded. They ran along through the maze, stomping on a few guards along the way until at last, they reached a huge cell with a few skeletons and skulls scattered around the entrance. Luigi swallowed; "Well let's get this over with…" They reached for the lever and started turning it. The gate slowly started to open. The gate was not even half way open when a giant piranha plant crashed through the gates and roared viciously. "It's…it's," Luigi muttered, "PETEY PIRHANA!" The two brothers shouted, mama mia, and dashed towards the exit, leaving the monstrous plant to crash the party. "Bentley," Mario started, "Part one of the operation was a success, over!" Bentley smiled, "Good, the villains ought to be occupied with their 'monstrous' problem for a while. Rayman, Sora it's your turn." Soon, Rayman and Sora were on the rooftops making their way cautiously across the ledge. Rayman frowned, "It's a long way down, I can fly to safety, but Sora try to be careful, otherwise, you'll be a nasty stain of blood and guts on the ground." Sora nodded, but before he could say anything, a part of the ledge broke off, causing him to lose his footing and fall. Rayman gasped, and quickly launched his fist for Sora. He managed to grasp Sora's hand. He quickly tried to pull him back up to safety. After what felt like forever, Rayman managed to get Sora back up on the rooftops. Sora clenched his chest, "Thanks Ray, I don't what I could've done without you…" "Ah, don't mention it," Rayman said, grinning, "After all; we heroes got to stick together, right?"

Our two heroes managed to get inside, cracking a few skulls while they were at it. Soon they were at the blueprints, simply sitting there on a table. Sora rubbed his head, "It's too easy, I mean, why would someone like Sneedly just leave blue prints lying around?" Rayman nodded, "I know, we best be on our guard…" The two cautiously walked forward. Rayman swallowed, and slowly reached for the blueprints. His hand just barely grasped the prints, when a bullet launched forward and narrowly missed Sora's head. The two turned around and an army of Robo-pirates leaped from their hiding places and pointed their blasters towards them. "Halt, intruders," One of them said, "you are in direct violation of Villains' code 112435670: No heroes shall pass through this territory…" A raspy laugh echoed through the room and Rayman did not need any reminding to know who it was. "Razorbeard," Rayman growled, "You decided to help Sneedly too? I should've known…" Razorbeard chuckled, "Sneedly and I have been planning this for years. Where do you think I got the technology from?" He then walked away from the heroes and waved his hand, "Dispose of them…" The Robo-pirates launched a full-scale attack, as bullets flew all over. Rayman and Sora dodged with some difficulty. One robot was sneaking towards Sora. Its claw sparked with electricity, and with a quick swipe, electrocuted Sora while at the same time scaring his back. His scream of pain echoed through the room. Rayman, who just finished destroying six other robots turned around with a look of shock. "Sora," He shouted, "Hang in there, I'm coming for ya'!" He blasted his way through wave after wave of robots until there was none left. He finally reached Sora, who had a deep flesh wound in his back, and terrible patches of inflamed skin. Rayman panted hard, he picked him up and grabbed the blueprints. "Bentley," Rayman said with desperation, "I need the van here, stat! Sora is terribly injured. They look fatal, I need help now!" The Sly gang looked through the video camera at Sora. "Whoa, that does look fatal," Sly muttered, "Tell Daxter to get a basket of green eco, quickly."

Elsewhere, Klonoa was making his way cautiously towards the room where Sonic was being held. He peeked around the corner and saw Sonic, terribly beaten. Scars went across his chest and blood stained his gloves from the flesh wounds in his arms. "Hey Sonic," Klonoa whispered, "Sonic, do you hear me, buddy?" Sonic slowly shifted his head to where Klonoa was. "It's about time," He said weakly, "I was wondering when you were gonna bust me out of here." Klonoa checked to see if Sneedly or any other villains were around then quickly unshackled Sonic and helped him out. "Can you walk?" Klonoa asked. Sonic nodded, "Yeah, Sneedly didn't do damage to my legs…well not yet anyway. He planned to paralyze me for life. Good thing you came along, otherwise, I'd be in a wheelchair."

"And you'll be in one soon enough!"

The two heroes looked up as Sneedly swooped down upon them. "Thought you would've given me the slip, eh," He chuckled villainously, "Well I guess you were wrong about that. As soon as I am finished wiping you heroes out of the picture, I will be heading to each of your worlds to create chaos and mayhem. Maybe I'll pay you're friend Lolo a visit, right Klonoa?" At this Klonoa bared his fangs and glared, "If you dare lay a finger on her…" "You'll what," Sneedly interrupted, "Hit me with your wind bullet? Good luck with that…" "Well you can't beat two of us," Sonic said triumphantly. Sneedly chuckled lightly, and then burst into laughter. Sonic and Klonoa's blood went cold. "Please, you think you two can beat me," Sneedly muttered, his eyes going blood red, "You'll need a lot more than two heroes to defeat me!" Sneedly began to transform. His purple cloak enveloped him as a low growl escaped his lips. After at least a minute, Sneedly burst from his cloak in the form of a giant vampire bat. Klonoa and Sonic swallowed, feeling a bit less brave. "This new world of mine has absolutely no need for heroes like you anymore," Sneedly roared, "You're always finding a way to destroy our plans, make us look like fools. Well that's soon…about…to…END!"