Robbie landed at the bottom of the chest. "How am I supposed to get out of here?" He talked to himself.

"Hi there!" A voice greeted.

"Hi, hello!" Robbie responded. "Who is speaking right now?"

The voice stepped forward. "I'm Toadette! You're not the Red Yoshi, but I'll take what I can get!" She told him. "I'm going to show you how to use the Super Boots!"

"So that's what these are!" Robbie glanced down to his feet to look at them.

"These boots will help you with breaking through panels in the ground!" She advised. "I'm going to teach you how to Spin-Jump, or Ground-Pound. What you want to do is jump, and then flip so you land all of your weight on the panel. Give it a try!" She suggested.

Robbie jumped, flipped and landed exactly how Toadette told him. "Think I got it, Ma'an!"

"Yep, you definitely do!" She agreed. "Since you know how to do this, I'm gonna let you out of the chest." She ran off. "Oh, and be sure to show Red how to do this stuff, too! Thanks!" Robbie snapped back into reality, and glanced at his feet again to see the Super Boots.

'Awesome!' he thought, before exiting the room. 'There's one of those panels!' he thought. HE executed a Spin-Jump just as Toadette had said. Sure enough, it worked! The room below contained a Charge badge, which Robbie pinned on immediately. 'Now I've got tow of these!' he happily thought. 'Time to go rescue Red and the Punies!'

"Robbie! You're back!" Red pointed out. Everyone cheered in excitement. "Nice kicks! Where did you get them?"

"From this chest," Robbie answered. He slid back into the cage. "They're actually for you! You can Ground-Pound with these now!"

"Sweet!" Red put them on. "All right, everyone! Clear the way!" He ordered. "So do I just Ground-Pound this panel here?"

"Yeah, that's right, Ma'an!" Robbie agreed. "But the correct term is Spin-Jump." Red jumped, flipped and pounded, breaking the panel open and freeing the prisoners!

"Awesome!" Punio cheered. "C'mon, everyone! We're busting out of here!"

"Where to next, Red?" Paul asked.

"There's a panel a bit farther back. I think if I Spin-Jump it, we'll be able to get to the pipe." Red theorized. The group headed to the panel, where Red shattered it, and the group was able to get to the next pipe. They then travelled across the next bridge.

"How much farther, Punio?" Aimee asked.

"Not much, I think." Punio answered. "Uh-oh! X-Nauts, straight ahead!"

"What do you say, Erick?" Red asked, "How's about we waste some X-NOTS?"

"You're speakin' my language, Red!" Erick leapt forward and smashed some X-Nauts, while Red tested his Spin-Jump on them. They quickly cleared the bridge, allowing the army to keep moving. Some Yux's lurked below, enemies that looked like large green X's. They fired a small ring of sound that could do some damage, as Erick learned the hard way. They were still able to defeat them and keep moving.

"How much further?" Gyanna asked. "This is taking pretty long."

"I hope it's not much further!" Flurrie added. They reached a large room with a pond.

"How are we supposed to cross this thing?" Puniper questioned.

"I guess Punies can't swim, either." Robbie observed. Red quickly analyzed the area. He noticed that there was a pipe leading below.

"Everyone, into that pipe!" Red suggested. They all plunged into the pipe, which lead to a room below. Red flew across the body of water to a switch, which he pressed to drain the water into the room below, causing lily pads to rise creating a path for the Punies. Red ran down to join them until he spotted a small chest. He opened it, and was rewarded with a Shrink Stomp badge, an attack that could lower opponents attack power. He pinned it onto himself, before rushing to the Punies to continue the journey.

"Red, there's a spot to place the Puni Orb." Punio pointed out.

"Yeah, I see it!" Red rushed up to it. "Everyone, gather in front of the Orb on this platform."

"It says here that one hundred Punies are required to move on." Petuni informed.

"Well, I think we have enough to activate it, Sis!" Punio responded. They all gathered in front of the platform, which caused the room to shake.

"What's happening?" Punio asked.

"Not sure!" Puniper responded. "Is this another trap?" The platform began to slowly descend to the floor below.

"I think this is the lowest floor in the tree!" Punio concluded.

"Yeah, it is!" Abbie agreed. "I've been down here a few times with the Elder."

"Which means the Emerald Star should be down here!" Red realized. "Come on, everybody! We're almost there!"

Lord Crump paced the floor. "Where is that Crystal Star?" He murmured. "I looked over here, I looked over there, but still nothing!" Suddenly, he heard a loud rumbling. "Sounds like an angry mob or something! I'd better hide." He ducked behind one of the statues as Red and the army entered the room.

"There's another switch!" Aimee pointed.

"Let's hope the Emerald Star is reachable through this switch." Red placed the Puni Orb and gathered the Punies. The ground began to rumble again.

"Now what?" Puniper asked.

"Brace yourselves!" Red ordered. The ground stopped rumbling.

"THERE IT IS!" Erick pointed with joy, "THE EMERALD STAR!" The Emerald Star emerged from a large Puni statue.

"I see it!" Abbie agreed as she ran up to grab it. As she did this, Lord Crump dashed out and body checked Abbie, causing her to drop the Emerald Star. She readied her sword. "Who was that?" She angrily challenged.

"Buh! Buh-huh-huh!" Lord Crump laughed as he collected the Emerald Star! "Can't believe you didn't see me coming!"

"LORD CRUMP!" Red jumped forward to Abbie. "Give us back the Emerald Star!"

"Wow, am I lucky or what?" Lord Crump continued talking. "This is headed for Sir Grodus! He'll be so pleased. He'll be like 'Oh, Lord Crump, I never should have called you stupid!' Well, you're right, old man! Once I take over the X-Nauts, that's what he'll be saying." He explained to himself. "Anyway, it still sucks you got out of my cage. So I guess I'll reward you by welcoming you here!"

"Welcoming?" Red asked, puzzled. "Why would you do that?"

"I'm welcoming you to your TOMB, you doofus!" Lord Crump laughed. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a detonator, activating it. "Have fun sleeping with the dirt! ANd with that...POW! I'm gone!" He activated a pipe and escaped. The ground began to rumble again.

"We need to get out of here." Red pulled Abbie to her feet. "Let's go, everyone! Up the pipe!"

"This is the most pressuring thing EVER!" Paul yelled as he ran.

"X-Nauts!" Red pointed out. "Erick! Clear the way!"

"Gotcha!" Erick leveled two X-Nauts with two powerful blows.

"Nice!" Red cheered as he destroyed the control panel, opening the door. "Keep moving!" They ran threw multiple floors they had already been though.

"This is beginning to look familiar!" Aimee observed.

"That's right!" Red agreed. "Keep going, we're headed the right way!" They kept running until they reached the tree trunk jump. "Gyanna! WE need to start flying Punies across!"

"OK!" Gyanna activated her glider, while Red used his wings to carry Punies across.

"We can help, too!" Aimee cheered, as she and the rest of the party grabbed Punies and jumped across the gap.

"That's all of them!" Red quickly counted out 101 Punies. "The exit is beyond this door!" The team burst through the door, and spotted the Elder distracting Lord Crump.

"You will go no further!" the Elder ordered.

"Me, go no further?" the shocked Lord Crump responded. "Outta the way, you old bag!"

"OLD BAG!" the Elder grew to immense size once again. "Where did you learn your manners, you road monkey?"

"Road monkey?" Lord Crump asked, confused.

"…Nope, I'm sticking with that!" the Elder responded. "I don't care if it kills me, you're not getting out of here! I'll… ooh! Ouch!" the Elder groaned, "Of all the times for my back to act up!"

"Buh!" Lord Crump laughed. "You hot-headed old geezer! I told you to get out of my way!"

"Do yourself a favour, Crump. Next time, quit while you're ahead!" Red yelled as Crump turned around.

"WHA!" Lord Crump shuddered. "You freaks escaped! But how?"

"We weren't gonna let you walk out of this tree with the Emerald Star!" Abbie grabbed her sword, "Especially after you cheap-shotted me like that!"

"Buh! Buh huh huh!" Lord Crump cackled. "I don't care how many of you there are, but you're ALL NUTS!" Lord Crump inputted some commands into the remote, causing the detonation to be cancelled and a strange flying craft to emerge from the ceiling. "You little pests! A good beating will put you in your places." He ran over to the craft. "Awaken, Magnus Von Grapple! We owe these meddling morons a mechanical mutilating!" His pod activated a large rectangular shape inscribed by a white X that activated arms and legs.

"What is that?" Gyanna looked up.

"It's huge!" Aimee agreed.

"Magnus Von Grapple." Paul read off the tattle. "Lord Crump's most masterful creation. It is equipped with all the robot essentials and flying rocket fists. Sadly, ink is ineffective. But if you maybe cover his pod in ink, blocking Crump's vision, then maybe we could stand a chance."

"I've heard enough!" Erick clenched his fists. "C'mon, Fred! Let's give HIM a beating!"

"Right with you on that one, Erick!" Red readied his wings, boots and hammer.

"You guys are making a BIG mistake!" Crump taunted. "This bad boy's gonna walk all over ya!"