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World 5-Secret 2 - Freezing Fields - Snowball Paradise

BGM: Slipshod Slopes (Wario Land: Shake It!)

Everyone hopped out of the Ski Lift as everyone walked outside, seeing nothing but snow and ice in the mountain. They would even see a Pengoon ice fishing from a frozen lake.

"Pretty!" Xena smiled.

"It's gorgeous…" Jade said.

"A little chilly if you ask me." Wario mumbled.

"Ah, it's no big deal." Nyx waved it off. "I'm sure we'll find whatever treasures we'll get, defeat the big bad of the area and hopefully take out the Shake King for good."

"Yeah, what she said!" Mona grinned.

"I feel like we're almost there." Anthony said.

"Then let's move it, people! We've got no time to waste!" Sarge said.

"Yeah! Let's-a go!" Waluigi exclaimed as they walked through the snow as they were immediately greeted by icy ground several steps ahead, but they also saw an ice cube.

"Wonder what this does?" Mona wondered and punched the ice cube where it would start sliding… and accidentally crushed a few Pengoons.

"Ooooh!" Iris winced.

"Oooh… I'm… sure they'll walk it off." Mona winced.

"Yeah, I doubt it." Chloe responded as they traversed through the ice with Xena telepathically holding them in place so they wouldn't slip as they would then hop on the ice cube that had stopped at a wall as they would climb up and noticed a small opening as they crawled through and went into a warp pipe in a small cave.

As they went through the cave after hopping out of the warp pipe, they would spot a treasure chest on some platforms as Wario would punch the ground to make some icicles fall as he would jump across the icicles and landed on the platform with the treasure chest where the others would just levitate there with the help from Xena, as Wario would pull out… a life-sized sleigh.

"What the…?!" Umber said in surprise.

"Well, you don't see this every day!" Wario said, putting it down.

"How did… how did…" Jade closed her eyes. "I will not pull a Weiss… I will not pull a Weiss…"

"How did they get that huge bahonkin' thing in a chest like that?" Sarge wondered.

Phew… Jade sighed in relief.

Santa's Sled - Not only the fastest sled around, the fastest vehicle of any kind, ever. Ever.

"So uh… anyone gonna be the reindeer…?" Waluigi wondered as Xena had teleported them all out of the cave along with the sled in question.

"We'll be right back." Xena said and teleported away… and then came back with Nyx's Yoshi. "We're back! This lazy bum was sleeping soundly next to all the treasure we've found."

"I wondered where he disappeared to…" Nyx mused. "…Wait, are you suggesting him pulling the sleigh with all of us combined?"

"Nonsense! He's not gonna do it alone." Xena smiled. "Wario and Mona are gonna be helping him!"

"WHAT?!" Wario yelled.

"Alriiiiight! Time to get my leg muscles all warmed up!" Mona cheered.

Nyx sweatdropped. "Okaaaay…" She said and looked at her Yoshi. "You sure you can handle this?" She whispered as the Yoshi nodded. "Alright then."

"Well, this is rather unique…" Anthony chuckled.

"You sure you can handle it?" Camrin asked.

"Duuuuuh, do you know who you're askin'?" Mona grinned.

Camrin snickered. "Fair enough."

"Well… at least we can give our legs a break." Jen said as they climbed aboard while the Yoshi, Mona and a grumpy Wario started pulling.

"Mush! Mush away!" Sarge exclaimed as they pulled them through the snow. A few Bandineros would spot this and looked at each other in surprise before turning to the scene in question, before looking back at each other in bewilderment.

As they were mushing along, Xena would spot two treasure chests at different platforms at different times where she would load up the back of the sleigh with her telekinesis. "So what's in those two anyway?" Iris wondered.

"Oh, we'll take a look after this sleigh ride. This is honestly quite enjoyable." Xena said.

"I'll agree with ya there." Iris chuckled as the trio kept pulling.

"Wait a moment, is that a slope up ahead?" Waluigi wondered.

"It's probably just a small incline." Nyx said as the trio started to pick up speed… and everyone soon realized it was steeper than it looked. "…Maybe not!"

As the trio was basically running at this point, the sled would soon catch up to the three as Wario would notice his grip was slipping off. "Oh boy…" He said as the sled scooped them up as the sleed was now free sliding off of the incline… and then they spotted a ramp up ahead.

"Oh joooooy. It got more extreme!" Umber sarcastically said as the sled ramped off and soared through the air before landing back on the incline and just picked up more speed, and on top of that, the sled started to catch on fire on both sides.

"What is this, extreme sleigh riding?!" Nyx wondered as they ramped off another ramp.

"I seriously don't want to go caroling in THIIIIIIIS!" Sarge yelled… where they would see a large building as their landing spot.

"Ooooh, this is gonna hurt!" Wario said as Xena clapped her hands and formed a shield around the sleigh as it crashed into the building and landed right on top of a Recapitator to crush everything before it came to a gentle stop right before it ran over a Bandinero, causing it to sigh in relief.

End BGM

World 5-4 - Bad Manor - Dropping In Hot!

BGM: Bad Manor (Wario Land: Shake It!)

"Woo! That was fun!" Mona smiled, sitting back up. "Can we do that again?"

"Uuugh… ask us again in about a decade…" Jen groaned, rubbing her head.

"Are you two alright?" Zoey asked the siblings.

"We're alright." Chloe said. "Just knocked the wind out of us."

"Phew… that was a ride…" Camrin chuckled as everyone else groggily got up.

"Ugh… thanks Xenas…" Nyx groaned a little.

How are you holding up? Xena asked.

"A little dizzy…"

Jade walked up to the treasure chests and pulled them off. "Alright, what did we get?" She wondered and opened them up… where she had trouble pulling out the treasure as Mona and Wario helped her out… and pulled out a frozen mammoth.

"Yeesh… poor guy." Jade said quietly.

Frozen Mammoth - This mammoth looks cold. Maybe I'll knit him a sweater.

With the other chest, Sarge would pull out a chunk of ice. "Huh! Ice in the chest… and it hasn't melted yet! Fascinating!"

Ever-Ice: Ice that stays frozen forever! Try a bit in your favorite frosty beverage.

"Reminds me of Ever Ice." Umber said. "We had to use some of it to make a supposed cure for the Blorbs." He said and then paused for a minute, rubbing his chin a bit. "…Wait, is this where Kamek went to to get it for Junior?" He wondered to himself.

"Alright, based on where we are… we seem to be in a haunted mansion of sorts." Zoey said, observing her surroundings.

"Should we get Luigi involved?" Waluigi snarked.

"Who needs Luigi when you got this ghost buster on the scene?" Jade grinned, holding her poltergust proudly. "This type of haunted stuff is my specialty!"

"Well, lead the way then, ghost girl." Wario said as Jade nodded and lead the way with her Poltergust in hand and Black Yoshi was cuddled up next to Nyx as they walked along where they would notice a strange barrel as Jade decided to investigate by going inside… and went out as completely tiny on the other side.

"Huh, did everything get bigger?" She wondered and turned to the others. "Whoa! When did you guys get Mega Mushrooms?"

"We didn't. That barrel shrunk you." Nyx pointed out.

"It did? Oh my gosh, it did!" She then pulled out a notepad and started writing it down. "We can use this type of technology to infiltrate ghost territory without being spotted! We can see what they're up to, how they behave and-"

Nyx gently picked her up. "Slow down there, Einstein."

Jade giggled sheepishly. "My bad..." She said and noticed a small passageway that she could fit through. "Oh! Put me in there!" She requested as Nyx carried her over as Jade hopped off and ran inside, finding herself a treasure chest.

"Score!" She grinned and then managed to unlock it, where she would dig out a mirror and hopped out, then carried it to the other side and rejoined them.

"Oooh, you got a mirror!" Iris said as she picked it up while Jade hopped back onto Nyx's hands. "…Uh, Jade? What kind of mirror is this?"

"I dunno… I didn't check. Hello, tiny girl!"

"Fair, but this mirror… is either faulty or not really a mirror at all."

"Let me took a look at it." Sarge said and took the mirror. "What in blazes? This mirror's broken!"

Vampire's Mirror - Shows you yourself as a vampire. Vampires don't have reflections, so it's always blank.

"Bah. Useless!" Sarge said, tossing the mirror behind him where it shattered on impact.

"…Wait, isn't it seven years of bad luck if you shatter one of those things?" Mona asked.

"Ah, Mona… that's just a rumor. Superstition is nothin' more than just having a laugh over their friend's fear over nothing." Sarge chuckled.

"Like the time when you were at Mushroom City with Grif?" Nyx pointed out.

"Whooooa, careful there, Grif! It's bad luck if you come across a black cat."

"That's just superstition!" Grif said, petting the cat and walked off. "See? Nothing bad happened to me." He said and walked off.

BANG!

SMASH!

"Oh look at that. The bad luck came with me shooting a piano dangling from rope and caused it to land on you!"

"AAAAAAGH! WHO DANGLES A PIANO ABOVE A FUCKING SIDEWALK?!"

"You're still alive? That is bad luck!"

"What? It could've been anyone with a shotgun!" Sarge defended, causing everyone to roll their eyes and kept walking, where they would then see some stone blocks being guarded by a Mummer, so Wario would jump over and pummel the Mummer to knock him down as Waluigi and Anthony blew up the Stone Blocks where they would see another treasure, then Waluigi would open up the chest… and pulled out a hammer.

"Wha…?" Waluigi wondered, where Umber would take notice of the hammer.

"I think King Dedede lost a hammer." Umber chuckled, and then suddenly Mona took it… before she swung down on a Pitchfork.

"SMASH YA WITH A HAMMER! AHAHAHA!" Mona cackled. "HAHAHA… hahaha… haaaaa… I still prefer my fists." She said, tossing it behind her.

Star Hammer - Leave a star-shaped mark on anything (or anyone) you hit!

"Oooh… he's definitely got a star-shaped mark on him…" Nyx winced.

"Eh, I'm sure he'll be fine… maybe." Jade shrugged, casually sitting on Nyx's shoulder as they hopped down and continued on, avoiding the spike traps along the way, where they would then walk into a room where they would see the last treasure chest in the area… and then Camrin would open it up… and pull out a treasure chest.

"…A treasure chest in a treasure chest. Odd." Camrin said.

"Oh, maybe it's one of those really weird dolls where there's smaller versions inside of it!" Mona said.

"A doll made out of a treasure chest?" Xena raised an eyebrow.

"What, it could happen!"

"She's not wrong." Umber said.

"Hmm, in any case… let's see what's inside this che-"

CHOMP!

Pause BGM

BGM: Unflinchable Courage (Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age)

"YAAAGH!" Camrin yelped, dropping the chest as it jumped back and snarled at them.

"A mimic?!" Jade exclaimed.

"Wait… Luminary showed us that coloring before… it's not just a Mimic, it's a Pandora's Box!" Iris exclaimed.

Pandora's Box - Under no circumstances should you open this… unless if you want a face full of Kathwack.

"Rrrrgh! How DARE you chomp on my boyfriend's hand!" Mona yelled, jumping toward the Pandora's Box as it jumped away from a punch as it turned around to see Wario approaching it as it would proceed to use Kathwack on him, fully engulfing Wario.

"ACK!" Wario yelped before coughing. "Yeesh! What did that bozo eat?" He wondered as the Pandora's Box proceeded to chomp on everyone but they dodged its razor sharp teeth, as Sarge would shoot at it, dealing some damage but the Pandora's Box stayed strong.

"Hey buddy!" Xena said, pulling out her Slingshot Bow. "Come and get us!" She said as the monster lunged at her but she would aim her bow and fired some explosive dust into it, where it would chomp down on it… and exploded into pieces as gold rained down on them.

End BGM

Resume Bad Manor BGM

"Gold! Mine!" Wario exclaimed as he and Mona scrambled to get them all.

"…Wait, was that a friendly one… I didn't see any green eyes." Sarge said.

"It doesn't matter." Jade said. "I remember Luminary telling us a few days ago, just before we went on vacation, he was telling us about the different kinds of Mimics and told us that no matter what, Pandora's Boxes can never be tamed. Truly wild and aggressive creatures, even if they're not malicious. He's heard that those creatures aren't allowed in the Monster Community for that reason."

"Yeesh… that's good to know." Jen said with them nodding, all the while Chloe was bandaging Camrin's hand.

"There we go, that'll take care of that." Chloe said.

"Thanks sis." Camrin smiled, hugging her as she would return the hug as they walked through the rest of the mansion where they would find another barrel as Jade hopped off and went inside the back way where she would be back to full size.

"Being tiny is fun and all, but I prefer my regular size." Jade giggled.

"So much for a fun sized Jade." Dark Xena teased, causing Xena to snicker.

"I heard that!" Jade snickered with Xena as they would walk outside… and found another mansion.

"Two haunted mansions back to back?" Umber asked in surprise.

"Must be a hidden mansion. Let's go take a look!" Jade said excitedly and ran in.

"Wait up!" Nyx said as they ran after her.

World 5-Secret 3 - Boogie Mansion - What Makes a Mansion Tick?

They would immediately spot that the only way inside was climbing up some poles, so they proceeded to climb up, but due to Camrin's bad hand, Mona had to carry him up on her back, not that both of them minded as they got in and walked inside, where they would hop down some platforms and landed on the ground.

"Alright, let's see what makes this mansion tick~!" Jade grinned, happily walking around with her Poltergust at the ready.

"Have you ever seen a gal so excited about a haunted mansion?" Xena whispered.

"I mean, to be fair, this is the same girl that studies the paranormal." Iris shrugged. "Haunted mansions would definitely be her bread and butter."

"Can't argue with that…"

"Nope." Xena agreed as they would see their first treasure chest surrounded by a few Recapitators, whicch they would quickly destroy them and would look at the treasure chest.

"Hehehe, come to papa!" Wario said… but suddenly the treasure chest would eat him alive. "ACK! MMMPH! MMMPH! HEY!"

"Wah!" Waluigi yelped.

"Cooool…" Jade wrote down in her notepad. "Ghosts can possess treasure chests and eat a victim alive… fascinating!"

The Treasure Chomp would spit Wario out. "Rrrgh… why you little…!" Wario growled, pulling out a Bob-omb and throwing it at the Treasure Chomp, where it would eat it… and then it would explode on the inside, killing it as it would open it up.

"Bombs kill these creatures… the inside looks exactly like a treasure chest…" Jade added in her notes as Wario pulled out a potion. "Oooh, they store potions inside of them!"

"I dunno about that potion… it looks a bit… off." Zoey said.

"Hmm…" Chloe took a closer look at it. "XXX… that's definitely poison."

Ghost Potion - One sip and you'll turn into a ghost... Wait, isn't that just poison?

"It's actually poison!" Jade continued.

"Hey, geek girl! Can you stop with the notes!" Waluigi complained while Wario tossed the "potion" away.

"Hmph. Picky picky… I can see why you don't study the paranormal…" Jade mumbled with a small pout.

"There there… there's always next time." Nyx said, patting her on the shoulder as they continued to explore the mansion where they would wander outside, noticing that some poles were rising and lowering, and in the middle was one spike ball.

But Umber would look down and spot another Treasure Chest as he hopped down and was joined by Xena, Nyx and Sarge as they would approach the chest.

"Think it's another trap?" Nyx asked.

"I wouldn't put it past it." Umber responded as they carefully approached it before Xena would aim her slingshot bow and fired some explosive dust, where the Treasure Chomp ate it up before exploding on the inside and opened up, where Sarge would look inside and pulled out a lamp.

"Well, I'll be damned!" Sarge grinned as he started rubbing the lamp as smoke started to come out. "Oh yeah, oh yeah, we're getting somewhere!"

However, the smoke would just cover everyone, including some unwitting Bandineros and Shortfuses, making them all cough.

"Something tells me nobody else is coming out of this thing." Sarge said.

"Ya think!" Nyx coughed.

Magic Lamp - This lamp issues a thick smoke when rubbed. That's all it does. What were you expecting?

Xena would levitate everyone out of the smoke and would rejoin the others as they were in the middle of figuring out a puzzle on the inside.

"Wait wait, I think I got it." Wario said. "These pillars stay up, I go inside that fast doohickey, I jump on these, make a sharp U-Turn and crash into those metal boxes!"

"That's better than throwing Mona head first." Camrin said.

"Tell me about it..." Mona said, rubbing her head despite wearing a helmet.

"It's worth a try." Iris nodded as Wario hopped inside the Max Fastosity Dasherator and started running, where he would do exactly as he planned out and crashed into the metal boxes where he continues to run toward a Treasure Chomp as it chomped down on him... but thanks to his speed, he busted out on its backside with a treasure in hand before he slammed into a wall to break his speed.

"Did it work?" Anthony asked.

"I dunno... you tell me!" Wario said, holding the treasure up high.

"Aw yeah, baby!" Waluigi cheered. "...What is it?"

"I have no idea, honestly."

Therapeutic Music Box: No one could remain stressed with this thing playing in the background. No one, I tell you!

"Probably an antique that can be sold at a high price." Nyx said once they reunited with them... and cash symbols appeared on the Wario Bro's eyes. "...Oh no, what have I done?"

"Made them richer." Xena said, causing Nyx to sweatdrop.

"Me and my big mouth..."

"Happens to the best of us." Anthony laughed as they continued walking.

"Hmm, this is odd..." Jen suddenly spoke up.

"What is it?" Anthony asked.

"I've noticed we haven't run into any Merfles lately."

"Did we get them all?" Nyx wondered.

"That or they could be well hidden." Jen added.

"...BLEEDIN' DONKEYS!"

End BGM

"Huh?" Everyone wondered as they followed the sounds of screaming as they came across a door and opened it... to discover the last three Merfles cooking inside a kitchen, and they saw some... thing barking at them.

"Oi! This chicken is so raw, I can still hear it cluckin'! You're a bloody disgrace!"

"What the hell are you?" Nyx wondered.

"Hmm? I am the world famous Large Fry! And I will not allow you to interfere with my work!"

"Your work? What, is it screaming at those Merfles?" Xena asked.

"Aaaagh! You and your pathetic raw scallops, ya donkey!" He turned back to the heroes. "I've very busy, so piss off!" He said, summoning his minions to keep them busy.

BGM: Large Fry Cook Off (Wario Land: Shake It!)

"Eh? This has no sauce on it! WHERE'S THE BLOODY LAMB SAUCE?!"

Searching for the Lamb Sauce - Large Fry

"I swear, this guy sounds vaguely familiar..." Sarge said, pumping his shotgun. "But never mind that... let's get to cookin'!"

"Way ahead of ya!" Nyx said as they went to fighting... all the while Umber slipped by and started cooking something at a table, humming to himself while the chaos unfolded as a Bandinero bounced into Umber's cutting board.

Umber brushed him off and continued working. "A little bit of this, a little bit of pepper... dash of cinnamon... one final ingredient... aaaand presto!" He grinned. "HEY! Chef Loser, I got something for ya!"

"Hmm? Oh, that looks presentable!" Large Fry said and started eating it. "Delicious! Five Stars! Better than these donkeys! Needs some lamb sauce though!"

That's it, keep eating. Umber smirked, reaching for his staff as he noticed he was growing bigger and bigger... and then he stabbed him with the staff.

POP!

"Whoooa! Aaaah! I NEVER GOT THE LAMB SAUCE! ALL OF YOU CAN PISS OOOOOOOOOFF!" He yelled as he was flying uncontrollably before exploding, leaving nothing more than the boss emblem.

End BGM

"Thank you!" The Merfles smiled happily.

"Ah, it was nothing!" Umber chuckled.

"Great, we got all the boss emblems!" Wario said, taking it.

"Now let's go get 'em." Nyx smirked as Xena teleported them all to the Sweet Stuff.

Later...

"We're approaching our final destination!" Syrup said as they approached the Shake King's residence.

Nyx took a deep breath, remembering how just one of Shake King's magic punches knocked the wind out of her, not to mention shattered her aura instantly.

Jade put a hand on her shoulder. "It's going to be okay. We'll take him out together."

"Right... of course." Nyx nodded.

"Actually, we know of a way to get the jump on him." Xena said as they all turned to her.

"You do?" Wario asked.

"Of course. Just leave it all to us." She smirked.

Once inside...

"Hmm hmm hmm..." Shake King chuckled, hearing his barrier shattering once all the Merfles were rescued, then the heroes walked in, even Captain Syrup had joined them. "Welcome... this will be your final resting place."

"Yeah yeah, like we haven't heard that already." Wario said as they stood before them, as the Shake King jumped off of his throne.

"However, I am a generous king. If you side with me, I will allow you to take as much gold from the Endless Coin Sack as you wish. All you have to do is side with me."

"Sorry pal, I don't share my gold with anyone!" Wario declared.

"Ah, but I know the one who has a thing for shiny objects, especially if gold is involved." The Shake King turned to Mona. "What do you say, will you join me? You'll have all the shiny coins you desire!"

A dark shadow cast over Mona's hair, blocking her eyes as she clenched her fists... and then walked over to the Shake King. "Mona, what are you-"

"Wait..." Camrin interrupted Jen, seeming to have an idea on what Mona is doing.

"That's a good girl! You can have all the shiny gold you wa-"

POW!

"MMMPH!" The Shake King was punched to his throne... by Mona.

"You think I'm going to turn on my boyfriend just for something shiny like that? You're out of your damn mind! I still remember the deal we made when we first met...as long as I always got my fair share of the loot, I would never betray him. Camrin has not gone back on his word since that day. I won't go back on my word either. You could wave all the shinies in the world right in front of my face if you want. I'd sooner beat you up and take them myself than turn my back on him!"

Syrup whistled. "Commitment. Respectable!"

Mona turned her head to Camrin. "No shiny object is enough to replace you. You can count on that." She smiled as Camrin smiled back... all the while the Wario Bros jawdropped in disbelief.

"Damn... that's incredible! She has more screws on her than I thought!" Sarge said.

The Shake King got back up, rubbing his head. "Rrrgh... fine, but I still have my ace in the hole." He said, referring to Nyx as he approached her. "I offered it you once, and my offer still stands. Just know what happens if you refuse my offer."

"Sorry big guy... but I'm not going to side by you and kill everyone here, especially the Wario Bros."

"So you still refuse... very well, ENJOY THE ABYSS!" He yelled, punching Nyx in the face... but then, Nyx disappeared. "Huh?!" He said I surprise when all of a sudden, he got caught in a net trap. "MMPH!"

"Don't you just love illusionary magic tricks?" Xena nonchalantly asked as the real Nyx walked over to them, giggling.

"Hook line and sinker." Nyx smiled, and then the Shake King freed himself and landed on the ground.

"You dare trick the Shake King? You will all face my wrath! No more nice offers... YOU WILL ALL DROWN IN THE DEPTHS!"

Everyone got into position. "Wario time!"

"Waluigi time!"

Nyx smirked, putting loading bolts into her crossbows as her team got ready. "JINX time." She said as everyone readied their weapons, Syrup brandishing a pistol and a scimitar.

BGM: Vs The Shake King (Wario Land: Shake It!)

Viking Shakedown - The Shake King

The Shake King slammed his fists to the ground, creating shockwaves that forced them all to jump over as the Shake King would shoulder bash Wario, who had the same idea as both of them collided... until Waluigi whipped him in the face, causing him to lose ground as Wario punched him in the stomach to make him slide.

An electrical current went through the Shake King's arms as he shot out electricity, but Zoey would aim her feather duster up in the air to use it as a lightning rod. "Thank you for charging them up." She said, swiftly running toward the Shake King as he punched her, but she rolled out of the way and swiftly swung her weapon, hitting him in the gut which electrocuted him.

"Hgrrrrk!" He grunted as Mona jumped over and delivered a swift uppercut with Wario, knocking him up in the air as Sarge got into position and shot him dead center.

The Shake King landed on the ground, but recovered as he would grab Sarge by the throat. "Your boomstick will not work on me again."

"You're right... but you never said anything about them!" He said, as Iris, Jen and Syrup all shot him at once, with Jen shooting the Shake King's hand to free Sarge. He would swiftly respond by shooting him in the knee.

Anthony and Umber would run at him, as the Shake King would jump into the air and slam into the ground to make a shockwave, forcing Anthony to jump but Umber would shatter like a mirror, only for the real one to stab him on his left side while Anthony would use his Dust Staff to electrify the Shake King.

The Shake King let out a loud roar and fires electric magic balls at the group, but Nyx's Yoshi would eat them up and produced eggs where he would then throw them at his face.

"Is that all you got, big guy?" Nyx taunted. "Seriously, Bowser put up more of a fight than you, you oversized pillow!"

"Rrrgh! You little...!" Shake King would charge at Nyx for the insult, but he would suddenly trip over a wire as he faceplanted right into a pit fall. "AAAAAAH!"

"You know what they say... the bigger they are, the harder they fall." Nyx smiled innocently.

"And the more sluggish they are!" Mona added.

Down below...

"Hmm...?" Merelda looked up, hearing a series of thuds. "What's going on...?" She wondered and then Shake King slammed into the ground in front of her. "Oh!" She yelped as the heroes would land on the ground in front of her.

"Rrrgh..." The Shake King got up, readjusting his helmet. "You believe you have won... I am just getting started!" He exclaimed and let out a loud yell. "I WILL DESTROY YOU!"

He floated up into the air and started raining electricity down on them all, forcing them to scramble around while Xena would summon barriers to block his attacks

"Our time to shine!" Xena smirked, levitating up in the air. Dark, you ready to cut loose together?

"Ready!"

Xena smirked, as electricity coursed through her body. Good, let's wreck him with everything we picked up at Dreamland! She declared, firing lightning bolts at the same time as The Shake King, both of them exploding, but then Xena teleported away right as the Shake King went through the smoke.

"Huh? Where'd you go?" He wondered as Xena appeared behind him as water formed in her hands as she formed up a whirlpool and threw it at him, as Shake King turned around and was slammed into the ground from the large torrent of water, then she threw down a lightning bolt for good measure.

"Dark! You're up!" She said as Dark Xena took over as she flew down, fire forming at her heels as she flipped over and axe kicked him in the gut before jumping back and throwing a large fireball at him.

Dark Xena lunged at him right after, but the Shake King got back up and grabbed her fist. "Rather impressive, but I will send you-"

"Buddy, stop sounding like a broken record. Is that all you can say in that tiny brain of yours?" She then felt her throat burning as she spat out fire and into his face.

"AAAARRRGH!" He yelled, backing up and letting her go as Dark Xena jumped back, as Umber would join her as Umber would charge up a Plasma Ball and Dark Xena would add to it, then he tossed it up in the air, then Dark Xena jumped up and kicked the Plasma Ball to strike the Shake King, who was being struck by Camrin and Chloe with their respective rope spear and halberd.

"Well, this is quite predictable. All bark and no bite." Syrup said, rushing in and slashing him with her scimitar. Shake King would try to punch her, but she backflipped right as Zoey, Iris and Sarge shot him, and then Dark Xena threw in a few psycho cutter attacks, then Jade hopped in and froze his feet with an ice attack from her Poltergust.

"RAAAAAH!!!" The Shake King roared, only to get caught in rope, finding himself restrained by his arms and legs. "Gah!" He growled as he tried to snap the rope off but couldn't.

"Ah ah ah! Resist and that rope gets tighter." Nyx said smugly. "Ah, I love some good ol' fashioned revenge." She said.

"You think you can win? I will get out of these and break you!"

"Hmm, we'll see about that~" Nyx said and turned to Waluigi. "How is he?"

"Locked and bloated!" Waluigi smirked.

"Good." Nyx said and then turned to the Shake King. "Hope you can hold your breath that long." She said as she walked away while Wario got into position, aiming his butt at the Shake King while Waluigi pulled out a Fire Flower.

"Oh boy..." Dark Xena said, quickly forming barriers, even forming a barrier around Merelda.

"Ready!" Waluigi smirked.

"Aiiiim..." Wario chuckled.

"FIIIIRE!" Waluigi yelled, throwing a fireball at Wario.

"Have a rotten day!" Wario declared before letting it rip, as Shake King could only look on in horror as he tried to break the ropes, but couldn't.

"Not like this! NOT LIKE THIIIIIS!!!" He yelled as he was engulfed by the noxious flames that was caused by the Wario Bros.

End BGM

Once the fumes and uh... clouds disappeared, everyone would see that all that remained was the Shake King's Viking helmet as it rolled toward the group.

"This will make a fine trophy!" Wario said, picking it up. "...And now for something else." He said and walked over to Queen Merelda.

"Oh, thank you kind heroes for eradicating the Shake King and for saving the Shake Dimension. We are forever in your-" Wario grabbed Merelda... aaaand tossed her behind him. "WAAAAAH!"

CRASH!

"Oooow..."

"Wahoo! We got it!" Wario cheered, high fiving Waluigi.

"We did it!" Waluigi exclaimed... and then suddenly heard a cocking of a crossbow as they froze and slowly turned their heads to Nyx aiming her crossbow at them with a hard glare.

"Nyx... what are you doing?" Anthony asked, fearing the worst as everyone stood there, not daring to move a muscle... until Nyx snickered before bursting out laughing.

"Just kidding! I wouldn't really do it." Nyx giggled, putting it away and causing everyone to relax. "Come on, let's go." She said as they would start walking to the portal that would take them back home.

"Ya know, I'm surprised he was easy to take down." Sarge said.

"Ah, he was bigger and sluggish and we were just more agile." Jade said.

"Heh, good point." Sarge chuckled as they walked through the portal, leaving only Syrup and Merfle alone.

"Now... about our deal." Syrup said.

"Right, of course." Merfle nodded.

Meanwhile...

"So... you mean to tell me you clowns don't know where the thief is at." Bowser grumbled.

"Nope, sorry!" Kat shrugged.

"Wish we knew too!" Ana shrugged as well.

"Perhaps you should ask around." Cricket said, deep in meditation.

"That's what we've been doing!" Bowser roared. "Bah, you guys are useless!" He said and stormed off.

"Thank you for your time." Erik said and walked after Bowser.

"Bah, how are we ever going to find WarioWare and find that little sister of yours!" Bowser complained, loud enough for Mona Pizza to hear as she drove by.

"Huh?" Mona screeched to a halt.

"I'm sure we'll figure it out." Erik said.

"You guys are looking for WarioWare?" Mona piped up, catching their attention.

"Yes." Both of them nodded.

Mona giggled. "It's not far from here, come on!" She said and guided them to WarioWare.

At WarioWare, specifically the vault...

"Gaaaah! We were gone for so long and the vault is down to almost nothing!" Wario exclaimed as everyone was with him.

"Who would steal from you?" Xena asked, having switched back after they got back, while also having the Wario Car and the Warthog out.

"No idea, but we can definitely use this to refill it in an instant!" Wario said, shaking the Endless Coin Sack... right as the vault door was getting pounded on.

"Huh?" Nyx wondered as they turned to the door, hearing the pounding getting louder... until the door busted open, revealing Bowser and his small party.

"YOU!!!" Bowser roared, having spotted the Wario Bros.

"Wah?! You?!"

Cliffhanger~! Dun dun duuuuun!