Mario and Sonic: Heroes Unite!
Chapter 26: Gone Overboard!
Daisy Resort, On the Daisy Cruiser
The weather began to worsen at the Daisy Resort. Dark clouds began to fill the night sky. Thunder began to echo far in the distance. It seemed like a rough storm was about to hit the area.
Guests on the Daisy Cruiser already saw the signs and had started heading indoors. The princesses, along with Amy, joined the guests and headed into the dining room.
Peach had her eyes focused on the rolling storm clouds. "I hope the weather doesn't became too rough."
"Oh, don't worry." Daisy assured her. "Even if the storm does become terrible, the Daisy Cruiser will be able to handle the rough seas."
Amy had looked down at the ocean water. Sure enough, the tide was becoming stronger. The wind from the upcoming storm heavily rocked the seas. She hoped that Daisy was right about her cruiser. Suddenly...
THUMP!
Someone accidently ran into Amy, and the two fell backwards on the deck.. Amy quickly sat up, dizzy from the fall. She was completely enraged and was about to yell her head off at the other person when she realized who it was. "Tails?"
"Ugh..." Tails groaned. He rubbed the back of his head, a bit dazed from the fall. He quickly shook it off. "Amy! Did I bump into you?"
"Yeah! You did!" Amy answered in an annoyed tone. Peach helped her up, while Daisy did the same for Tails. She wonder why Tails was in a hurry. "Why were you running on the boat?"
"I need to find Sonic!" Tails quickly said. He knew that something bad was going to happen. Because of it being on the boat.
"Uhm...they're in the arcade room," Amy answered. "it's near the front of the deck." In a split-second, Tails was already heading to the arcade room, leaving Amy and the princesses confused.
"I wonder why he was in such a hurry." Peach said. Suddenly, a loud thundering boom echoed in the distance.. The storm was coming in quick.
"Come on you guys," said Daisy. She pointed to the dining hall. "We have to get inside before it starts to rain, quick!" The princesses and Amy rushed inside the dining hall. They were one of the last people who entered. The dining hall doorways were shut closed.
Amy peeked out through one of the windows. It began to rain outside. Luckily, it was light rain. "Well, we should okay inside." She began to look around the dining hall. She saw something that she couldn't believe. "It that, Yoshi?"
Near them, sitting on one of the dining tables, was Yoshi. He was sitting beside Catherine. The two were chatting, occasionally laughing.
Peach saw the surprised look on Amy's face and looked into her direction. "Oh, it is. And he seems to be with Catherine."
"Catherine?" Amy repeated. "Who's Catherine."
"She's Yoshi's friend." Daisy answered. She motioned Amy to come closer and whispered into her ear. "Although, you could say they, like each other."
Amy was dumbfounded. She couldn't believe that Yoshi had a girlfriend. She and the princesses came up to the duo. They were pleased to see them.
"Oh, hey guys." Yoshi said. He motioned them to take a seat. "You must have came in because of the rain, right?"
"Yes, indeed." Peach answered. She turned to Catherine and smiled to her. "Hello Catherine. It's nice to see you."
"It's nice to see you too, Princess Peach." Catherine said. She turned to Daisy, delighted to see her good friend. "Daisy! You're birthday party is amazing."
The two girls laughed. The two had became good friends ever since they met. When Daisy wasn't hanging around with Peach, she was usually with Catherine. People usually referred them as "Gallopin' Gal-Pals". "Thanks, Catherine." Daisy answered. "It's my birthday after all!"
Catherine soon noticed Amy. "You must be Amy Rose." The pink hedgehog was surprised she already knew her. "Yoshi told me everything about you and your other friends. I really hope you'll be able to return to your dimension."
"Thank you." Amy smiled. Catherine seemed really nice. No wonder why Yoshi was with her.
"So," Yoshi started. " did you guys see Tails anywhere? Me and Catherine left him here for awhile to go outside. When we came back, he was already gone."
"We saw him outside," Daisy answered. "He went out to look for Sonic."
"He seemed to be in a hurry, too." Amy added. She remembered the worried face he had. It was as if he saw something that shocked him.
"Oh," Yoshi said, in a disappointed tone. "well I hope he'll be alright." He was a bit sad that his friend left without telling him. Catherine comforted him. The group decided to change the subject. They all seemed to really enjoy themselves afterwards.
Outside, the storm was beginning to become more dangerous. The wind became much stronger than before. The tides rose higher, creating humongous waves. The rain also grew heavier. The Daisy Cruiser began to rock back and forth slowly in the ocean. It was as if an evil force had covered the area. Something horrible was about to happen...
Daisy Cruiser, Arcade Room
The arcade room was located near the front deck area. It was the room right under the outside pool. The arcade room was a gamer's paradise. It had countless number of arcade machines, such as racing, shooting, fighting, sports, dancing and more. Whatever arcade game you could think of, it's there!
The arcade room itself was dark inside, only lit up with various neon lights. There was a reward counter with plushie toys and candy sold as prizes. There was also a machine where it sold arcade tokens. Techno music was playing in the background.
There were a few people in the arcade room, mostly kids and teenagers. At the back of the arcade room, was Mario, Sonic and Luigi. They were at the "Dance Dance Revolution" machine. It was Mario versus Luigi dancing to a song called "Blooper Bop" on Super Hard mode. Apparently, Mario was winning. Luigi was struggling to keep up with his brother. Sonic was watching them, somewhat impressed by their dancing skills.
"Come on, Luigi. Keep up!" encouraged Mario. He was hitting all arrows with perfect timing.
"I'm-a trying, bro!" Luigi answered back. He tried his best to hit the arrows on time, but usually went off-beat or completely missed the arrows. His star meter was awfully low, having only half a star left. Suddenly, the song ended. The Mario Bros. had failed the song due to, "missing too many steps".
"WHAT!" Luigi shouted at the machine. He had the urge to kick the machine. "That's-a not fair! I only missed like, 9 steps!"
"Uhm...you missed over half the arrows." Mario corrected him. Luigi gave him an annoyed look. The two stepped off the dance machine and headed towards Sonic. He had watched the whole performance.
"Wow, Mario. I didn't know you could dance so well." Sonic complimented him. He turned to Luigi, trying to think of something supportive to say. "I've...uh..never seen anyone dance like you before, Luigi."
Luigi rolled his eyes. "Don't worry about it, I know I'm horrible at dancing." He began to look around the arcade room, wondering what other game they should play. "So, what do you guys want to do now?"
"I was thinking we should head back to the deck," Sonic said. "I want to see what the others are doing." They all agreed, and soon headed for the exit of the arcade room, when...
"SONIC!" someone had shouted. The trio wondered who called the hedgehog's name. Suddenly, they saw Tails running into the arcade, panting heavily.
"Tails!" Sonic said in a surprised tone. He ran up to him, with Mario and Luigi following. They saw the shocked look on their fox friend. "What happened? What's going on?"
"You won't...believe it." Tails took a moment to catch his breath. "Inside the ship's dining hall, I saw..." he hesitated for a moment. "I saw the shadow figure!"
The three couldn't believe what they were told. Everyone else in the arcade room overheard their conversation, but none of them really seemed interested.
"Y-y-you mean th-th-th-that guy that looks supr-pr-prisingly like Sonic?" Luigi asked while stuttering. He had pointed to Sonic while asking the question. Tails slowly nodded. Luigi felt like screaming. He didn't like the shadow figure.
"Great...what are we going to do now..." Sonic thought to himself. He had bitter feelings against the shadow figure ever since they met it. The terrible things it had done to his friends. He knew it would do anything to harm them, but the shadow figure was also dangerous. It reminded him of someone in his universe.
"Tails," Mario began to speak. "did you tell the others about the shadow figure?"
"Oh no! I forgot!" Tails yelled out. "I was in a rush to tell you guys, that I completely forgot about them!" He paused for a moment. He just realized something. "I remember they were heading to the dining hall, where the shadow figure is!"
"We've got to hurry." Sonic said to them. The four rushed out of the arcade room and headed to the Daisy Cruiser's dining room. When they got outside on the deck, it was beginning to drizzle heavily. Dark storm clouds filled the night sky and the ship was swaying back and forth from the the heavy tides. The rain was pouring onto the Daisy Cruiser, causing the deck to be quite slippery.
"Mamamia!" Luigi screamed. "The weather is terrible!" The heroes did their best to cover themselves from the rain. The hurried along the deck, making sure not to slip from the wet floor.
"The dining hall is just around the corner!" Tails shouted to them. The storm was getting worse. Loud thunder soon filled the area. The wind started to get stronger. It was great havoc.
The heroes soon made it to the dining hall doors. Sonic quickly pushed open the doors. Inside, all the guests of Daisy's birthday party were there, enjoying the party like nothing bad was happening.
"Hmm...nothing seems wrong here." Luigi commented. He looked around, not seeing any shadow figure in sight. "Tails, are you sure you saw the shadow figure?"
Tails nodded. He was one-hundred percent sure he did. "He's probably hiding. I saw him wearing this brown cloak." He glimpsed around the room and saw the other heroes sitting at the same table. The four headed towards them.
Yoshi noticed them. He began to wave. "Hey guys! Where were you? You're missing out on the party."
The four were surprised that everything seemed fine in the dining room, even though they knew the shadow figure could be among them. "We were down at the arcade room." Sonic answered.
"That's good." Peach said. "I was hoping you weren't stuck outside. The rain out there is just awful."
"Yeah, we kind of figured that out ourselves." said Mario, with an uneasy smile. He walked around the table, looking around the dining room. "Hey guys, did you happen to see a person covered in a brown cloak?" None of them had seen what Mario had asked them. None of them except...
"I did." Catherine answered. She explained how she saw the shadow figure. "He was near the dining table, covering his face. When I passed him, he suddenly called me to come to him. He offered me this really beautiful jewel and I just had to buy for Yoshi."
Yoshi nodded. "Yeah. She gave it to me outside the deck. It looks really amazing, and even more amazing when it's glowing in my hand."
Tails thought it was weird how a normal jewel would glow, but they had bigger problems to deal with. "So...you're saying you talked to the cloaked figure?" Tails asked Catherine. She nodded back to him.
"Do you know who you just talked to?" Luigi suddenly blurted out. "That was the shadow figure!"
Everyone at the table was surprised. "Wait a minute," Amy said, getting out of her seat. "Are you telling me the shadow figure is on the ship?" Tails nodded back to her. Suddenly, the boat began to sway dangerously to the left. This surprised everyone in the dining room. People struggled to keep balance. The boat suddenly swayed to the right, causing everyone to lose balance. The tables and chairs even slid in the same direction.
"Whoa! What's happening?" Daisy shouted. She stayed in her seat, hanging onto the table for balance.
The Daisy Cruiser swayed wildly in the ocean. It was if as something was rocking it back and forth. Panic soon began to spread in the dining hall. People were screaming and falling down onto the floor from the ship's swaying.
"This is crazy!" Luigi yelled out. He lost his balance and fell down, bumping into both Sonic and Tails. They helped each other back up, dusting themselves off. Suddenly, they heard a loud roar outside. The room went quiet.
"What was that?" Yoshi asked. The group didn't have a clue what it was. Suddenly, they heard another roar, this time, much louder. The atmosphere around the room was tense. Everyone waited for something to happen. They only heard the raining outside. They waited for a few minutes, but nothing happened.
"Phew!" gasped Sonic. "For a second there, I thought something bad was about to happen."
All of a sudden, a gigantic tentacle crashed through one of the dining hall windows near the heroes. It wiggled around viciously. The guests in the room started to panic again. The tentacle soon slid back outside.
"Whoa! What was that?" Amy shouted.
Suddenly, another tentacle crashed through one of the windows near the dining table. It happened to flip over the table, causing all the food to spill onto the floor.
"Hey!" Daisy shouted. She stood up from her seat and turned to the dining table, which was on its side "That food took a long time to cook!" She became terribly angry! Her birthday party was turning into a nightmare for everyone. Luigi tried to calm her down.
"Someone has to go out there and see what is going on." Peach said to them.
"I'll go." said Mario. He was about to leave when a hand grabbed his shoulder. It was Sonic.
"It's dangerous out there, Mario." he told the plumber. "So I'll go with you." Mario nodded to Sonic, and soon they headed outside on the deck. At the same time, the others tried to calm the guests down.
Out on the deck, it was still raining hard on the Daisy Cruiser. The wind was much stronger than before. The ocean roared loudly from the waves. Mario and Sonic struggled to keep their balance on the rocking ship. The headed near the front of the ship. The two checked around to see where the tentacles came from.
"We should check on the sides!" Sonic shouted to Mario. They both looked down at the ship's sides and into the water. They couldn't find anything.
While Mario was searching, a gust of wind suddenly lifted his hat off his head. "Hey!" he shouted. Mario chased his hat around the deck. His has floated high into the air from the strong wind. The wind suddenly died down, causing his hat to float back down. It landed right on the edge of the bow. The plumber was relieved and put his hat back on.
He looked out in front of him and was surprised to see another giant tentacle waving at him. The tentacle raised up and quickly tried to slap him down, but luckily Mario jumped out of the way in time. The tentacle hit the deck, creating a loud thud noise. The tentacle moved off the deck. Mario ran up to the bow and looked down to see where it would go. To his shock, three more tentacles had joined the lone tentacle. They raised out of the water and began to crowd around the bow of the ship.
Sonic soon noticed the tentacles. The tentacles viciously waved around in the air. Preparing to attack the two. Mario and Sonic soon went up to each other, facing back-to-back. They prepared to defend themselves from the tentacle attack.
"I see you've met my friend..." a loud, deep voiced boomed into the air. Mario and Sonic looked around. A figure covered in a brown cloak suddenly appeared behind the bow of the ship. It floated in the air and onto the deck. "We met again, heroes..." The figure pulled down it's hood, revealing itself to the duo. It was none other than the shadow figure!
"It's you!" Sonic said aloud. He felt sudden anger towards the shadow figure. He wasn't going to let it get away from them this time.
The shadow figure said nothing. It just stared at the heroes with it's glowing, yellow eyes. It's brown cloaked waved through the air from the roaring wind. It turned to Mario. "You are one of them."
"What is he talking about?" Sonic whispered to Mario. He could only shrug in confusion.
The shadow figure looked to Sonic. It's eyes suddenly brightened up. He pointed to the hedgehog. "I don't need your presence! Tonight, you will die!"
Suddenly, the shadow figure raised both it's hands up. The storm suddenly grew ferocious. It began to rain harder, the waves became stronger. Suddenly, behind the shadow figure, a titanic figure appeared behind him. It looked like a huge octopus head. It was white, with blue spots near the forehead. It's eyes were far apart from each other. It had a small tube-like mouth. The octopus creature roar loudly, causing Mario and Sonic to cover their ears.
"What is that thing?" Sonic shouted.
Mario looked up to the octopus creature and soon recognized it from his previous adventures. "That thing is is Gooper Blooper!"
Gooper Blooper stopped roaring. Sonic looked back to the tentacles. It seemed to come from Gooper Blooper. The tentacles began to hold onto the Daisy Cruiser. It began to tilt it back and forth. Mario and Sonic tried to keep balance.
The shadow figure laughed at them. "Look at you! None of you are no match to this titatnic tyrant!" The shadow figure turned to Gooper Blooper. "I want you to finish them!"
Gooper Blooper did as it was told. It seemed like it was possessed by the shadow figure's dark magic. Gooper Blooper began to tilt the ship dangerously. Mario and Sonic could barely keep themselves from falling down on the deck floor. Mario fell backwards, causing him to bump into Sonic. The two began to slide across the deck area. They both hit the guardrail on the ship. Gooper Blooper tilted the ship viciously, determined to get the two to fall off. Suddenly, Mario flipped over the guardrail. He hung onto the railing with one hand. Unfortunately due to the rain, it was slippery. The plumber held tightly, but soon lost his grip. He was about to fall into the ocean when Sonic grabbed him.
"Gotcha!" Sonic said. He pulled as hard as he could to get Mario back on board. Suddenly, he was punched by the shadow figure. The hedgehog flipped over the guard rail. He quickly grabbed onto the railing, still holding Mario. Sonic looked up, seeing the shadow figure standing on the railing. The figure laughed at him.
"HAHAHA! Look at you." the shadow figure began. "You look pathetic! Hanging onto a railing for your dear life. It would amuse me if you began to beg for your life. To beg for my help! Well..." the shadow figure lifted his right foot up, over Sonic's hand. "...that would never happen!" The shadow figure gave an evil smirk. Sonic stared back at him, angrily.
"Goodbye, Sonic the Hedgehog!"
The shadow figure stomped his foot and crushed Sonic's hand. He shouted in pain and let it, causing him and Mario to fall. They both screamed. During the fall, Mario's hat was caught by the wind again. It floated through the air and landed back onto the deck. The shadow figure ignored it. He only watched as both heroes fell into the ocean. They landed into the water with a large splash. He waited for them to surface. They didn't.
"Hmph!" the shadow figure was pleased. He knew that Sonic the Hedgehog was a terrible swimmer and throwing him into the ocean would surely finish him off. His triumphant victory suddenly turned into a shocking realization. He threw Sonic into the ocean, but he also threw Mario.
"NO! I need him!"
The shadow figure turned back to Gooper Blooper. The blooper was still playing around with the ship, gently tilting it. He floated to Gooper Blooper. "I need you to find the body of the plumber. I need him for my plan."
Gooper Blooper listened. It's tentacles let go of the ship. The titanic blooper slowly floated back down into the ocean, knowing that it needs to find Mario. The shadow figure looked out into the ocean. It was going to be a long search, but it knew, with the help of the Chaos Emeralds, he could find all of the star children.
"I will succeed!"
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To be continued!
This is terrible! Mario and Sonic have gone overboard! What could become of them? How will the other heroes react? Will the shadow figure succeed in it's plan for ultimate power? Tune in next time for the next chapter of Mario and Sonic: Heroes Unite!
Author Notes: Alright! Chapter complete! Things have started to heat up in this adventure again! Here is a little trivia. Gooper Blooper is a character that came from the game, "Super Mario Sunshine". It's one of my favourite Gamecube games. Although, I could never find all the Shine Sprites. I gave up on trying. Oh well.
Hopefully you guys remember from previous chapters what the shadow figure's plan is. If you want to refresh your memory, go back and read Chapter 24: The Secret Alliance. It should explain what the shadow figure's motives are. I don't want to explain it here, as it would take up too much space.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed the chapter. See you guys next time and thank you for all the support you've given me. Check my profile for updates on my fanfictions. Can you believe it has already been more than a year since I've begun this story? Amazing, right?
(Question of the Week) - You've all heard Super Mario 3D is coming out for the Nintendo 3DS, right? The Tanooki suit is coming back as a power-up. What other power-ups from previous Mario games do you hope will come back?
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