The Koopa Bros. had just finished charging their special move and were ready to finish off the Axem Rangers and our heroes.

Koopa Red: Let's get 'em dudes!

The Koopa Bros. charged straight at our heroes, only to be interrupted by Mecha Sonic smashing through their attack. Not only that, he also smashed through Red's shell, taking the Emerald from him. All four brothers fell to the ground unconscious.

Koopa Red: oooooooowwwwwww…bummer…

Mecha Sonic stopped at the remains of the mountain and started analyzing his surroundings. He looked up and saw the Blade and, more importantly, the Chaos Emerald powering it up. Mecha Sonic took off, heading straight for the Blade.

Axem Red had just finished charging up the Breaker Beam.

Axem Red: Say your prayers, Mario!

Mecha Sonic took the full impact of the Breaker Beam. But not only did it have no effect on him, Mecha Sonic was able to fly right through it as if it weren't even there. Mecha Sonic through the face of the Blade and emerged out of the back, taking the other Chaos Emerald and destroying the humongous warship from the inside.

Axem Red: What the heck?! Noooooooo!

The Blade exploded sending Axem Red into a freefall that ended with the leader of the Axem Rangers landing face first in the ground, burying him up to his waist. The rest of the Axem Rangers reunited with their leader to check on him.

Axem Black: Yo Red, are you okay?

Axem Red: Do I look okay YOU MINDLESS IDIOT!?

Mecha Sonic than landed right in front of our heroes and began taunting his old nemesis from Mobius.

Mecha Sonic: Hmmhmmhmm. Well, it's good to see you again Sonic, my old nemesis. It's so nice that you're going to such great lengths to help me find the Chaos Emeralds. These two now increase my collection to four, but I believe I'll have no trouble finding the remaining three by myself, so I'm afraid your services are no longer required.

Sonic: Nice try, Tin Grin. But we'll be taking those Emeralds back now.

Mecha Sonic: If you want them, why don't you try and take them?

Behind Mecha Sonic, the Axem Rangers appeared to analyze this new threat.

Axem Black: Yo Red, what does the scouter say about his power level?

On the screen in Axem Red's scouter, Axem Red was playing Pac-Man while the words "OVER 9000" flashed in the top right corner right before he died. Axem Red removed the scouter and, in a loud, dramatic fraction, told them what he saw.

Axem Red: IT'S OVER 9000!

Axem Yellow: What!? 9000!?

Mecha Sonic: Just who are these idiots?

Axem Red: We are the elite fighting force of the Smithy Gang. The one and only

All Axems: AXEM RANGERS X!

Axem Red: And in the name of Lord Smithy, I order you to hand over those Stones of Might!

Mecha Sonic: Bah! Unworthy life forms such as yourselves don't deserve the ultimate power. It shall be mine and mine alone!

Sonic: That power belongs to the citizens of Mobius and I won't allow you to abuse it any longer. You will pay dearly for what you did to Tails and my friends. I swear it!

Axem Red: Sorry to burst your bubble, but those stones will belong to us. Yellow, take him out!

Axem Yellow: With pleasure.

The largest and strongest of the Axem Rangers rushed towards Mecha Sonic and swung with all his might. Axem Yellow screamed when he saw that instead of the robot, his axe split in half!

Mecha Sonic: Fools! If you're all so eager to throw your lives away, THEN SO BE IT!

Mecha Sonic pulled out all four of the Chaos Emeralds that he owned. All four of them merged with his body and he began to release a wave of energy that nearly knocked back our heroes and the Axem Rangers. When it was done, Turbo Mecha Sonic was now Semi-Super Mecha Sonic!

Mecha Sonic: I'LL CRUSH YOU!

The Axem Rangers got their weapons ready and charged at Mecha Sonic. Mecha Sonic took to the skies and the Axem Rangers followed him. There the battle took place, and by battle I mean one-sided massacre.

Axem Red kicked things off by striking Mecha Sonic, but Mecha Sonic warped behind him and kicked him out of the way. He did the same thing to Black, took out Green with a punch to the back of the head, blasted Yellow from behind after dodging a punch from him, and then warped all over Pink, leaving her too confused to keep track of him and leaving herself open to another kick from behind.

Mecha Sonic backhanded each one of the Axem Rangers with ease. None of them could lay a finger on him. After beating Yellow senseless, Mecha Sonic had enough playing around.

Mecha Sonic: DIE!

He curled up to a ball and sliced Axem Yellow in half lengthwise.

Axem Red: NO! He destroyed Yellow! It's payback time! Axem Rangers X, show no mercy!

If anyone was showing no mercy, it was Mecha Sonic. He grabbed Red's axe mid-swing then blasted him away. He then used Red's axe to cut Pink in half. He threw it into the air just as Black and Green appeared to perform their spinning sawblade move. Mecha Sonic destroyed it with a simple Spin Dash. Just then, Red's axe returned to Mecha Sonic's hand and he proceeded to use it to slice Green's head off and crush it with his bare hand. A second afterward, Black appeared behind him and Mecha Sonic threw Red's axe at him, splitting him in half. Then, in the spirit of overkill, he destroyed him with his chest laser.

Axem Red: You…You monster! How could you do such a thing?

Mecha Sonic: Monster? I'm not a monster. I'M A GOD!

Axem Red: We'll see about that. Time I introduced you to my secret weapon!

Axem Red reached one hand in the air and a large laser cannon appeared right above it.

Axem Red: Ooooohhhh yeeeeaaaahh… You're in big trouble now. And when I say big, I'm talking seven barrels of laser death AIMED RIGHT AT YOUR HEAD! Now you'll know what happens to those who messes with the Axem Rangers! So, are you ready to beg for forgiveness?

Mecha Sonic: Do you ever shut up?

Axem Red: I'll be the one who'll shut YOU up!

Axem Red pointed the laser cannon at Mecha Sonic and pulled the trigger. A huge beam of pure heat bursted from the cannon and completely covered Mecha Sonic. Surely, no one could survive that, right?

Wrong.

Axem Red let out a panicked scream after seeing Mecha Sonic completely unaffected.

Mecha Sonic: Are you finished? Good. Now, it's my turn.

Mecha Sonic moved towards Axem Red and beat him up faster than Axem Red could even see. Mecha Sonic let out an evil laugh before punching Axem Red back to the ground. Mecha Sonic warped to where Axem Red would land and grabbed him by the spine. He then punched Axem Red back into the sky and began charging up an energy attack.

Mecha Sonic: DIE!
Mecha Sonic let loose a beam of energy from his hands. It was so big you could see it from space, so powerful that it reduced Axem Red to the smallest atoms.

The battle between the Axem Rangers X and Semi-Super Mecha Sonic ended in less than two minutes.


Sonic: Oh man! He destroyed all five Axem Rangers so easily.

Shadow: Heh, good. Now those losers won't get in the way when I'm fighting Mecha Sonic.

Sonic: Wow Shadow, you're certainly optimistic.

Mecha Sonic: Heh. I take it you're impressed, huh? And I did that with only four Chaos Emeralds. Just imagine how powerful I'll be when I use all seven. Though I doubt you'll live long enough to witness it.

Sonic: Not gonna happen pal. Not on my watch!

Our heroes all sprang into action. Well, almost all of them. Mario went back to see that Luigi was still stunned in shock and terror after seeing Mecha Sonic destroy the Axem Rangers.

Mario: Luigi.

Luigi looked at his brother, mouth still agape.

Mario: Let's a-go.

Luigi instead chose to hide in his shell until the battle was over and Mario just let out an annoyed grunt.

Sonic started chasing after Mecha Sonic. Sonic leapt up and tried to get in a good hit but Mecha Sonic just kept warping out of the way until Shadow came and accidentally kicked Sonic. The next time wasn't an accident as Shadow tried use Sonic as a projectile against Mecha Sonic but the robot just backhanded Sonic away. The two of them then clashed over and over again with neither combatant gaining the advantage until Shadow tried to warp behind Mecha Sonic, only for the evil robot to have seen that coming and warped behind him, delivering a blow that sent him plummeting to the ground.

Sonic returned riding on Yoshi. He curled up to a ball while Yoshi threw him at Mecha Sonic. Sonic bounced off the robot's armored shell. Yoshi grabbed Sonic again and threw him again, only this time Sonic bounced above Mecha Sonic, giving him an opportunity to kick him. While it didn't seem to hurt Mecha Sonic, it did bring him back to the ground. Yoshi tried to do a Ground Pound on him but Mecha Sonic warped out of the way and kicked Yoshi aside. He then proceeded to do the same exact thing to Sonic. When Sonic landed, Mecha Sonic began charging up his energy cannon to blow him up, only to be interrupted by a fire ball to his back.

Mecha Sonic turned around and saw Mario riding on Luigi's blue shell. Mecha Sonic then tried to shoot Mario, but Mario smacked Luigi into Mecha Sonic using his hammer. The shell bounced off of him but Mario's kick did not. Mario landed back on Luigi's shell and kept coming after Mecha Sonic. He tried to hit him with another fireball but they were either dodged or countered. One stray fireball ended up landing on Wario and the Wario Bros. panicked until the two of them fell off a cliff into the ocean.

Sonic, Shadow and Yoshi returned to the fight, but Mecha Sonic just got out of the way and fired a humongous energy beam into the sky, causing lasers to fall over the island, including at our heroes' heads. Everyone just barely managed to avoid being blown to kingdom come. Then Shadow warped next to Mecha Sonic and stopped his barrage by kicking him. Sonic had just barely stopped himself from running off a cliff, but Yoshi and Mario crashing into him rendered his efforts pointless.

Shadow and Mecha Sonic battled while the rest of our heroes slid down a large hill. Each of them was stacked one on top of the other and were trying desperately to maintain their balance. They reached the bottom and raced towards Shadow and Mecha Sonic. They stopped once they saw the two of the appeared before them and were charging up Chaos Energy.

Shadow: Chaos…

Mecha Sonic: Chaos…

Everyone else: Oh no…

Shadow & Mecha Sonic: BLAST!

The explosion sent Sonic, Yoshi, Luigi and Mario to the sky and nearly reduced the area around them to cinders. Shadow and Mecha Sonic stared each other down. Shadow tried to attack but Mecha Sonic warped under him and kicked him into the air. Mecha Sonic chased after him, making sure to get hits in on the rest of our heroes and delivered Shadow to the ground via one painful punch.

Mario tried to attack him next but Mecha Sonic disappeared then reappeared with a charged energy cannon pointed at Mario's face.

Mario: Mamma Mia!

The charged shot carried Mario next to the mountains, where it exploded, cancelling Mario's fire flower and knocking him unconscious.

Luigi landed not too far from Mario and panicked as he saw his brother passed out.

Luigi: Mario!

Sonic managed to land without incident and Mecha Sonic appeared in front of him. Sonic got ready to keep the fight going but Mecha Sonic just laughed.

Sonic: Hey, what's so funny?

Mecha Sonic: Oh nothing. I just can't believe how easy this all is. I've been toying with you during the whole battle and I already have you and your pathetic new friends on the ropes.

Sonic: Don't flatter yourself bolt brain. This fight isn't over yet.

Mecha Sonic: Wrong. This fight was over long ago in Mobius. Your friend Shadow merely delayed the inevitable. This is our last meeting, Sonic. So take your last few breaths of fresh air before I send you and this pitiful island to the bottom of the sea!

Sonic: WHAT!? No! You can't! So many innocent lives will be lost!

Mecha Sonic: I know. Heh heh heh. Farewell Sonic, have a happy afterlife.

Sonic tried to stop him before Mecha Sonic could take off, but it was too late. Mecha Sonic appeared hundreds of miles above Yoshi's island.

Mecha Sonic: THE END HAS COME!

Mecha Sonic began charging up a ball of energy, the ball grew bigger and bigger, blocking out the sun and continuing to grow past that.

Luigi screamed as he saw Mecha Sonic prepare the tool for their demise.

Luigi: Mario! Waaahahaha! Huh?

Luigi stopped his crying when he remembered something important, the 1-up mushroom the princess gave him. Luigi took it out and used it to revive his brother. Mario spring up filled with energy.

Mario: Just what I needed!

Luigi: MARIO!

Mario looked to his brother and saw him pointing at Mecha Sonic's island destroying ball. Mario looked around for something to use and saw an item box on top of a nearby hill. Luigi helped Mario get to that box. When Mario hit it, out came a Starman that Mario grabbed but didn't use yet. Mario got an idea and told his brother to follow him.


Chief: Oh my goodness. What's going on up there? Is it the end of the world?

Sonic: Hey Chief, we've gotta get everyone off this island on the double. How's the evacuation going?

Chief: Not good. We've only just rounded up the whole tribe ready to evacuate. But I don't think we have enough time to escape before that monstrosity destroys us.

E. Gadd: If only I had installed my new remote controlled thingamajigger to the poltergust before we left, then I could have flown us off the island.

Sonic: Even if you did, I doubt you could fit us and an entire tribe of yoshis on it professor. Shadow, I know you can use Chaos Control without an Emerald's power. Do you think-

Shadow: No can do Sonic. My use of Chaos Control is limited to short distances without an Emerald. Even if I could, I wouldn't have enough power to warp us and all of the yoshis to safety. If only I got my hands on one of the Chaos Emeralds during the battle.

Sonic: This is just great! So are just gonna stand here and wait for death?

Mario and Luigi reunited with the others.

Sonic: Hey Mario! Good to see you're okay. Had me kinda worried there for a moment.

Mario pulled out the Starman.

Sonic: Huh? What's that you got there? A star?

Mario explained his plan to Sonic.

Sonic: You want me to share its power with you? Why? What does it do?

Shadow:Oh, for crying out loud, Sonic! We don't have time for 20 questions, just do it!

Sonic: alright, alright! I'll do it.

Everyone got out of the way as Mario and Sonic used the Starman's power. The Starman made Mario invincible but more importantly, it transformed Sonic into Super Sonic!

Sonic: Woah! This power is amazing! I'm sure we'll have no problem taking care of Mecha Sonic now. What do you say we send ol' metal butt back to the crapp heap where he belongs?

Mario: Let's a-go!

Sonic grabbed Mario's hand and lifted into the sky. Mecha Sonic was still charging up his energy ball before Sonic and Mario arrived.

Mecha Sonic: Yes! Just a little more and this puny island is history! WHAT?!

Mecha Sonic saw Super Sonic and Mario flying towards him. The two heroes performed a Spin Dash attack that knocked the four Chaos Emeralds right out of the metal monster, turning him back to normal! Sonic wasted no time grabbing all four of them and then appeared in front of Mecha Sonic to finish him off.

Sonic: You're finished!

Mecha Sonic could do nothing but watch in terror as Sonic began charging the final blow. At least until, the Starman wore off and Sonic changed back to normal.

Sonic: Well, that little experience was pretty short-lived.

Sonic began falling to the ground as Mecha Sonic howled in Rage

Mecha Sonic: DAMN YOU, SONIC! YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE THIS ISLAND ALIIIIIIIIIVE!

Mecha Sonic warped over the energy ball and kicked it towards the island. Sonic and Mario looked up as they fell and tried to make themselves fall faster. On the ground, everyone else was panicking while Shadow just waited for a Chaos Emerald to come.

Shadow: Hmmm. This is gonna be close.

Sonic: Heads up, Shadow!

Sonic threw the purple Chaos Emerald down and Shadow caught it in one hand.

Shadow: Heh heh. It's good to be back.

Just before Sonic and Mario hit the ground, Shadow slowed down time and tapped into the Emerald's power.

Shadow: Chaos Control!

Just like that, everyone on the island vanished off of Yoshi's Island to the mainland. Well, almost everyone. Whether it be from apathy or all the excitement, Shadow did not bring along the Koopa Bros. along. The only good thing was that all four of them were unconscious and didn't have to face their deaths. The orb crashed into Yoshi's Island and destroyed everything. It didn't just scorch the Island, it wiped it off the face of the planet. In it's place was a tremendous mushroom cloud.

Mecha Sonic looked on at what he had committed. Normally, he reveled in destruction. But this time, he couldn't take any pleasure in it. Sonic and the rest of his friends all escaped along with his Chaos Emeralds. The next time he finds them, he won't just kill them, he'll make them long for death.


Everyone appeared off the coast of the Mushroom Kingdom, still frozen in time. Shadow walked away before Sonic and Mario hit the ground. The impact knocked the shell off of Luigi. Luigi saw that Mario was stuck so he helped pull Mario out of the ground, only for him to land on him knocking Luigi into the ground.

Luigi: Mamma Mia.

E. Gadd: GADZOOKS! That was a little bit too close for comfort.

Sonic: Good thing Mario found that star, otherwise we wouldn't be here right now. Ho Shadow, thanks! You really saved our bacon, buddy.

Shadow: How many times must I tell you? Never. Call me. BUDDY!

Sonic: *sigh* Always a pleasure speaking with ya, Shadow.

Mario turned around and saw the Yoshi tribe staring off into the distance, looking at the mushroom cloud that was once their home.

Chief: I can't believe it's all gone. It saddens me that there are monsters out there that take great pride in causing pain to others. Even though the Koopa Bros. and the Axem Rangers were bad, I never would've wished such a cruel fate upon them. I sense dark times up ahead, Mario. The Mushroom Kingdom needs your help now more than ever. Promise me that you'll never give up, even when the outcome looks its bleakest.

Mario: I promise.

Chief: Well my friends, it's time for us to part ways. I wish you all the best of luck on your quest.

Sonic: You too. I hope your search for a new home yields success.

Chief: Take care of yourselves.

Everyone but Shadow waved farewell as the Chief and the rest of the yoshis left to search for a new home.

Sonic: Well, at least one good thing came out of all this. We managed to bag four Chaos Emeralds. Leaving ol' Mecha Moron with a big fat zero.

Shadow: Don't get too excited, Sonic. This only makes us #1 on Mecha Sonic's hit list.

E. Gadd: Well, you boys appear to have everything under control. I'll be heading for home now.

Sonic: Huh? You're not staying with us, Professor?

E. Gadd: 'fraid not. This old heart of mine has had enough action to last a dozen lifetimes. But I will be assisting you boys from the lab. The Emerald Radar was created with a built-in transceiver so I that may contact you. Providing, of course, you got it back from those Koopa Bros.?

Sonic: Have no fear, Professor. I got it right here.

E. Gadd: Excellent! In that case, I'll be taking the Radar Radar just for safekeeping.

Everybody looked at Mario while the portly plumber just pointed to himself confused.

E. Gadd: Yes, you, Mario. You're the one who had it last.

Mario checked his pockets and panicked when he realized he lost it.

E. Gadd: What do you mean you lost it? I can't trust you boys with anything!

Sonic: Relax Professor. We were the only ones on that island and I know Mecha Sonic doesn't have it. My guess is it's probably at the bottom of the sea right now.


Quite the opposite, actually. For on the surface of the sea, Wario was using Waluigi as a life preserver to swim back to shore. Wario reached inside his pocket and retrieved the Radar Radar. Wario flashed a victory sign as the Wario Bros. now finally have a way to get those Emeralds for themselves.


After a hard fought battle, our heroes have now gained the upper hand.

With the four Chaos Emeralds in tow, what new challenges await them?

Can they find the remaining three Emeralds before Mecha Sonic?

Or will the greedy Wario Bros. interfere now that they are tracking their every move?

Find out in the next heart-stopping episode of SUPER MARIO BROS. Z!


Whoo! This was the longest episode yet, but I didn't see a goo point to stop it and split it for another chapter. Anyway, I'm glad that this episode ended on Saturday because I need tot ell you something important. Starting tomorrow, I will be writing my own original episode.

Y'see Alvin Earthworm hated episode 7 and wanted to right a completely new one for the reboot. Before, I was just going to scrub out the parts he didn't like but otherwise tell the episode as is. But then I decided that sooner or later, I'm going to have to write my own original episodes to keep this series going and that now would be good practice. I also thought that if this series is trying to stay true to the author's vision, it should change to match his new ideas and not just repeat the old ones.

That's not to say elements of the original episode 7 won't mix with the new version. But in order to really get it right, I'll have to take a week off from . Two weeks, tops. I promise it won't take a year-and-a-half this time.

The reason why is actually more a confession. I hardly ever played a Mario game in my life. And for this new episode I got in my head, I'm going to need to study up more on Mario in order to get it right. After that, I'll have to jot down an outline of what characters do and say before putting all together into a single episode.

So I hope all of you will be patient as I try my hand at writing my own (mostly) original episode of SMBZ!