Writer's Note:
SMG4 and SMG3 belong to Glitch Productions while Mario belongs to Nintendo...
It had been a few months since SMG3's defeat and all was well in the Mushroom Kingdom, but after countless crazy adventures that had occurred since the decisive battle with his old nemesis, SMG4 needed a breather from all of those misadventures and insane shenanigans that had been going on for a while.
One peaceful day, the internet meme king decided to go on a camping trip in the forest with Mario. While SMG4 often went on camping trips, his silly red Italian friend and his brother Luigi had very rarely gone camping together.
Even though it had been ages since Mario last went camping, the red Italian was more than delighted to join SMG4 on the camping trip when the founder of the Glitch Productions channel asked him if he'd like to go camping with him.
Loading up SMG4's car with the camping supplies didn't take too long and neither did the drive from Peach's castle over to the woods, especially because the brave meme-loving hero in blue and white overalls knew where he and Mario had to go.
Soon as they arrived in the lush green forest, SMG4 parked in a safe spot and started unloading the tents and sleeping bags with Mario's help, all while the silly red man hummed his favorite tune as the two "Italians" carried the supplies to their chosen camping spot.
Just before the duo got to work, SMG4 brought out an axe. "We need wood for the campfire." He said while observing the trees before looking at Mario in the eye, "Mario, could you guard the campsite for me while I knock down some trees to get fire wood?"
"No big problem-o." Mario replied, "Mario's got-a the situation all under control."
As good old SMG4 headed off to cut down trees, Mario started setting up the camping tents and sleeping bags. But just as he was setting up his own tent, Mario heard a noise and stopped. Why did that noise sound like...a spooky voice?
'Nah, it's probably nothin'.' The Italian man shrugged, he got back to work and finished setting up his tent. For someone who was a bit mentally-challenged, Mario knew how to help set up camping sites.
Not too far off, SMG4 was chopping away at trees and cutting logs in half. Just as he was about to chop down another oak tree, the famed internet star thought he heard a faint voice in the wind. "SMG4." The windy voice seemed to say.
'Eh, probably my mind messin' with me.' SMG4 thought. CHOP! He swung his axe at the tree and cut it down. CRUNCH! The branches and leaves on the tree creaked and crunched as the oak tree collapsed to the ground!
SMG4 chuckled and raised his axe in the air. BRK! He cut the fallen tree in half right as a couple birds flew over. Looking at the halved tree logs that lay upon the ground, the happy go-lucky meme man chuckled with satisfaction.
"Campfire time!" The meme man said.
He put away his axe, picked up the logs and carried them over to the campsite. SMG4 arrived in time to see Mario finish putting up the camping tents and laying out their two comfy sleeping bags in each tent, much to the internet star's delight.
"Hey, Mario!" SMG4 commented happily, "Nice job, buddy."
"Mmm-hmm." The plumber replied, "Mario's so good and I see that you got-a the wood for the campfire, you're the best, SMG4 my boy." Feeling more optimistic than ever before, Mario assisted his good friend in laying out the firewood.
Just then, right before the two could lay out a circle of stones around the logs, Mario's eyes widened as he once again heard what sounded like a spooky voice calling out his name. This time, it sounded like SMG4 calling Mario's own name.
"Hey, SMG4, why are you playing voice ventriloquist and calling my name when I'm-a right here with you?" Mario asked.
"What the heck are you on about, Mario?" SMG4 asked back, "I'm not tryin' to play any games with ya, I heard the voice too. Man, somethin' weird is goin' on."
"Oh, mama-mia, this is-a goin' to be the weirdest campout ever."
Little did Mario or SMG4 know that they were being observed from a distance by a mysterious figure dressed in purple overalls, surrounded by a ghostly aura and wearing a hat that had SMG4's name logo on it.
Second by second, the ghostly being faded into the shadows of the deep forest with nobody to see him... for now. As he vanished, a chilly wind blew through the trees and leaves rustled with the bushes.
"Uh, ya get the feelin' that someone's watching us?" SMG4 asked, a tingle was crawling up his spine. Mario shrugged and told his blue partner not to worry for now, it was something they could deal with some other time...
-Sometime later-
That dark night, Mario lay in his sleeping bag inside his tent, not bothering to close his eyes as he thought about the strange voice that had called out his own name. Whatever it was, it sounded very real... and ghostly too.
SMG4 was asleep in his tent across from Mario's tent and was hardly worried about anything like the spooky voices, as far as he was concerned, it was his mind messing with him. In fact, maybe Mario's brain was messing with the silly plumber too.
It may as well have come from the fact that the two "Italians" had been through a lot in with their misadventures and the SMG3 crisis, after all of those events that unfolded, Mario and SMG4 both needed a relaxing break...
"Mario... Mariooooooo... Where are you, Mario?"
'Darn it,' there was the SMG4-like voice again! Mario rolled his eyes; he was not in the mood. Maybe the situation regarding the voice could be taken care of later, the plumber yawned and tried to go back to sleep.
"Marioooo... Get off your lazy pants and come here!"
"EEERRRGH, fine!" The red Italian growled angrily, admitting defeat as he got out of his sleeping bag. Mario left his tent and headed over to SMG4's tent, he peaked inside the tent and saw that the meme man was still sleeping, he hadn't called to him.
The voice spoke again and Mario backed away from the tent, listening to the sounds of leaves and bushes rustling. "Mario!" The ghostly voice howled, "This is very urgent..."
Unable to ignore the mystery caller, the red plumber cautiously made his way into the woods, looking around for whomever was calling him. As Mario left the campsite, he made sure to walk slowly so he didn't wake SMG4.
Inside his tent, the white-blue Mario look-alike was dreaming of silly troll-face memes fighting a pack of Shoop Da Whoops upon a mountain of memes, all while SMG4 made memes out of the meme-y battle unfolding as he laughed happily.
"Hey, SMG4!" A Shoop Da Whoop suddenly called out, "It's time to wake up!" Visibly startled, SMG4 awoke in his sleeping bag, wondering why he heard that Shoop Da Whoop speak in Mario's voice.
Believing that his mind was trying to toy with him, SMG4 was about to go back to sleep when... "Luke, there is no time to sleep, it is very urgent. Come to the woods."
'What the...?'
Not too far off, Mario was peaking around the woods, searching high and low for the source of the ghostly voice calling to him. Somebody was here, very close by, not so very silently observing the Italian's activities.
For a brief second, as he listened for the voice again, a bizarre UFO-like noise cut its way through the trees and pierced Mario's ears. The noise rang like some type of electronic device, then it changed to sound like warbling noises.
A faint light filled the area as a glowing orb appeared out of the trees and floated up to the very curious and confused Mario, who raised an eyebrow with bewilderment. "Hmmm," He murmured, "What's-a this alien light ball-a?"
The SMG4-like voice spoke again, "I am no alien..." The light's aura resonated and Mario jumped in alarm, this was the thing that was calling out to him. Seconds later, the light orb floating in front of Mario changed...
…Into a mustached man with blue eyes wearing purple overalls, purple gloves and a purple hat with a blue SMG4 logo on it. "SMG4, why are you a ghost and why do you wear purple?" Mario asked.
His question made the strange SMG4-looking spirit raise an eyebrow with confusion. "Mario..." The SMG4-looking ghost answered, "I am not the SMG4 you know, I am the ghost of SMG3 from another dimension..."
"S-S-SMG3?" Hearing the name 'SMG3' made Mario panic as his heart beat intensely, did the evil version of SMG4 manage to escape the Internet Graveyard and was he pulling some sort of trick? "What's goin' on here?" Mario quipped.
"Don't start jumping to conclusions, friend." Ghost SMG3 explained, "I am from another universe where I was never evil and was on good terms with SMG4, everything was peaceful until the day everything went downhill."
At that precise second, the real SMG4 entered the vicinity, after expertly tracking the trail made by Mario's footprints and following the sound of voices. Soon as he spotted Ghost SMG3 right near Mario, SMG4 froze in shock...
"Oh, hullo, SMG4." Ghost SMG3 waved, "How heartwarming to see you?"
SMG4 shrieked in alarm, "WHAT THE MEME IS GOING ON?"
Mario smiled optimistically, "SMG4, meet SMG3."
Hearing 'SMG3' instantly shocked and triggered SMG4, especially since he'd seen him getting dragged off through the portal to the Internet Graveyard by those YouTube Oomph Buttons with his own eyes, the guy was supposed to be stuck there for all eternity as a consequence of his crimes.
"I dunno how you escaped the Internet Graveyard," SMG4 said bravely as he got into a combat stance, "But I'm gonna make sure you don't succeed in getting your revenge!"
"SMG4, NO!" The fat Italian cried out, "You're-a making a mistake, stop! This isn't our universe's SMG3, this is-a the ghost of a good guy SMG3 from another universe."
'What?' SMG4 was really confused now, he looked at Mario and then at Ghost SMG3, wondering if he was having a very strange dream or if this was real and either Mario was telling the truth or this specter was the real SMG3 messing with them.
"It's true, SMG4." Ghost SMG3 said, his voice sounded like it was filled with urgency, "You got to believe me, I'm not here to cause trouble and I am from another universe where we were friends."
SMG4 sighed, cautiously deciding to give Ghost SMG3 a chance just as dark ominous clouds filled the sky and thunder rumbled in the distance. "Ok, I believe you." He said, "So, what brings you to our world? It sounds like you need help."
"You're all in grave danger." Ghost SMG3 said, "In my world, everything was peaceful and we were happy together until Axol went power crazy and used the power of his Inkweaver to destroy Inkopolis and the Mushroom Kingdom as well.
"We tried to stop him, but Axol was too powerful. I became a ghost and watched as he turned everything into a nightmarish anime world. After Axol destroyed my world, he decided that his victory wasn't satisfying enough and now he's coming here."
"Mama mia!" Mario exclaimed, "An evil Anti-Axol's coming to-a get us all?!"
KA BOOM! Lightning exploded and the sky turned red just as vile cackling echoed throughout the world. "OH NO!" Ghost SMG3 screamed, "AXOL'S HERE! We gotta stop him before he destroys your world!"
Both Mario and SMG4 looked at each other as a bolt of lightning struck a nearby tree, lighting it ablaze and instigating a forest fire that slowly started to consume the woods.
'Well, looks like our camping trip is ruined.' SMG4 thought, he looked back at Ghost SMG3 and asked, "Is there a way we can stop your world's Axol, do you have any ideas on how we can fight that crazy powerful maniac?"
"My idea may sound ludicrous," Ghost SMG3 said with uncertainty, "But we may have to get help from your world's version of Axol, its likely that his Inkweaver may have the power to stop the other Axol from destroying your world."
"Sounds like a half-dangerous idea." Mario remarked, he got out his phone, "But it-a looks like we're gonna have to-a take a dangerous risk that involves a battle between-a two Axols which could tear apart-a the entire universe."
"It is a necessary risk we must take if we're going to save your world, if we fail, then it's all over. Everything you know will be gone, there's no time left. Make the call."
"He's right, Mario." SMG4 agreed, "The apocalypse is upon us and we can't waste whatever minutes we have left, we need a hero to fight his villainous counterpart."
Without hesitation, Mario tapped the phone and began to dial in Axol Prime's phone address, making sure he didn't screw up royally as the red Italian frantically punched in the right numbers. If Mario messed up, then the universe would be doomed.
Axol was sitting in his room at his apartment, polishing his Inkweaver and listening to classical music. When he heard the sounds of thunder outside, the manga artist opened his window and was shocked to see the sky had turned red.
"WHAT'S GOING ON!?" The manga artist exclaimed with shock, he closed the window and heard his cell-phone buzzing as it lay upon his desk. Axol walked over and picked up the phone, seeing that the caller was none other than Mario of all people.
Curious in regard to what the matter was, Axol picked up his cell and pressed the answer button. "Hullo?" He said, "Axol here, how can I help you at this hour?"
"AXOL, BUDDY, WE GOT A BIG PROBLEM AND NEED YOUR INKWEAVER!" Mario screamed, "AN EVIL POWER-CRAZY MANGA ARTIST FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION IS-A HERE TO-A DESTROY OUR WORLD!"
"Hang on, hang on!" Axol nearly laughed, "An evil manga artist from another dimension just came to our world, bent on destroying it and the only one who can help beat this menace is me and my Inkweaver? Ok then, I'm on my way!"
The humanoid fish hung up and a serious look crossed his face. "No evil manga artist tries to destroy the world while a good manga artist is around." Axol said, he picked up his Inkweaver, "Its time to get serious and fight for what is right."
Once he'd made sure his weapon was in perfect condition, the Inkopolis-born artist conjured up an anime rocket board, hopped on it and flew out of his room at high speed while doing his best to avoid lightning bolts as they rained down from the red sky.
Mario, SMG4 and Ghost SMG3 were trying to preserve and pack up the campsite as flames consumed the forest around them all, large gusts of wind blew over and an enormous tremor started shaking the earth under SMG4 and Mario's very feet.
"I'll say, this feels like one heck of an apocalyptic crisis compared to when Waluigi went crazy and unleashed the T-Pose virus!" SMG4 cried, "How powerful is Anti-Axol and his Inkweaver supposed to be?"
"Powerful enough to annihilate people, sink islands, open portals in time and space, mess with the weather and cause apocalyptic events!" Ghost SMG3 replied, "Axol's power is stronger than all of the universe's nuclear weapons combined!"
"Whoa!" Mario exclaimed, "If that's the case, then it-a looks like Axol Prime's battle against Anti-Axol will be challenging if-a the bad Axol is powerful enough to-a nuke everything, let's-a hope our friend can stand a chance despite-a the odds."
"AH HA HA HA HA HA HA! So, I have a challenger coming my way in the form of myself? That sounds very exciting, thank you for your generosity in calling out one of your universe's champions." An evil voice laughed ominously.
KRAKA-BOOM! Ghost SMG3, Mario and SMG4 jumped out of the way as a massive bolt of lightning hit the ground and exploded, charring the grass and blasting the spot where the 'fat Italian's had established their campfire during the camp-out.
As the smoke cleared, a tall figure emerged, baring resemblance to Axol with the exception of his crazy red eyes and dark outfit complete with a cape. He smiled villainously and held up his weapon, a dark version of Inkweaver itself.
"Mama mia!" Mario exclaimed, he could hardly breathe or move a muscle now that he was seeing Ghost SMG3's enemy in the flesh. If the real Axol were a power-crazy evil villain, this was what he could possibly look like.
Evil Axol cackled ominously again as he eyed Mario and his eyes gleamed hungrily. "That's right, Mario!" The villainous manga artist declared, "Tremble in fear before me, let the glimpse of the great Axol make you freeze up with terror."
"How about you leave our-a universe alone, you mamaf***er?!" Mario threw away his fear and glared at Anti-Axol, he let out a battle cry laugh and charged, not wanting to go down cowering in fear like a coward. Mario was eager to stand and fight for his world...
...Until Evil Axol flicked his Dark Inkweaver and lightning struck the plumber, shocking him and causing Mario to feel dizzy, Evil Axol stepped forward and kicked the Italian in the groin hard enough to send Mario flying several feet through the air.
"Oof! My wiener!" The mentally-challenged hero cried, suffering a groin injury was not pleasant, especially if one got hit in the nuts or had their... belongings stuck in a door. As Mario roiled in pain, he gave Evil Axol the finger and spat out some Italian insults.
"MU-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!" Evil Axol cackled, "Your efforts are futile, you pathetic fat Italian man. None shall stand a chance against me as I will destroy this world and create a new universe, one that will be ruled by the might of Inkweaver."
"You and your Inkweaver are gonna have to go through us if you wanna destroy and dominate the universe on our watch, psyco-fishhead!" A voice yelled nearby, distracting Evil Axol's attention from Mario as he faced the newcomer...
The real Axol had arrived with his Inkweaver in hand, but he was not alone as a recovering Mario could see that Bob Bobowski, Saiko Bichitaru, Swagmaster69696969 and Christopher "Chris" Gordman were here as well, all ready for battle and willing to help Axol and the others save the universe.
"If you think you're gonna prevail, you're about to get shish-ka-BOBBED!" Bob declared boldly and dashed towards Evil Axol like a tornado with his sword hands ready, he leaped into the air and aimed for the universe-destroying maniac's head...
...Only for Evil Axol to point his glowing Evil Inkweaver at Bob and zapped him with a massive bolt of lightning, stopping him in place before sending the Garo flying. "Ow, my oval eggs!" Bob cried.
"You may have taken out our best boy," Swagmaster said bravely, pointing at Dark Axol, "But we are not gonna let you curb-stomp the shit out of us and take over the universe, prepare to get wrecked like the scrub you are! SUPER KAWAII SWAGWEAPON ACTIVATE!"
Swagmaster pulled out a massive mace out of thin air and held it high, the weapon he'd just brandished seemed to radiate with some type of great power. "That's right, baby!" The guard bragged, "This thing's big enough to knock out a pogo stick!"
Axol Prime stepped forward with his Inkweaver as Saiko pulled out her hammer and nodded to Swagmaster, who nodded back at her. "Dark Axol," The good manga artist said, "It's time for your reign of terror to end and for your victims to be avenged!"
"It's hero time!" SMG4 added, "Heroes assemble!"
The SMG4-Axol Prime gang yelled in unison and charged toward Evil Axol with Axol Prime, SMG4 and Ghost SMG3 leading the others, combat ready and confidently determined with weapons in hand as Evil Axol just smiled evilly.
Axol Prime flew in with Saiko and Swagmaster on his left and right, his Inkweaver glowing radiantly as if it was trying to counter its dark counterpart's power. Ghost SMG3 flew circles around the crazed villain, trying to dizzy him and make him open for attack, and Chris fired on the villainous manga artist with a machine gun.
Just before Evil Axol could make a move with his Inkweaver, the real Axol swooped in and attacked. He blasted his dark-self with an orb of energy that cancelled out Dark Inkweaver's power, seemingly disabling it as Evil Axol cried out in shock and agony.
"NINJITSU SHISHKA-BOB BLADE ATTACK!" Bob hollered heroically, he dove in and stabbed Evil Axol in the arm. At that second, Swagmaster pounced with his Super Kawaii Swagweapon mace and swung it at the maniac in front of him.
Despite being mentally challenged, the guard focused on hitting his target and struck home when the end of his mace struck Evil Axol in the groin. "MY FISH FACTORY NUGGETS!" Axol's evil counterpart cried, his eyes popping out of their sockets in cartoon-like fashion as he screamed in pain.
KA-SLAM! Saiko brought down her hammer and hit him over the head, Evil Axol collapsed to the ground and could hardly get up as Mario, SMG4 and the crew went all-out, pounding Evil Axol into the ground as the real Axol cast spells with his Inkweaver.
"NO!" The fake Axol screamed, trying to use his Inkweaver even as Mario and his friends were ground-pounding his face like no tomorrow, the great conqueror and destroyer of worlds never lost in his home dimension and he couldn't possibly lose now.
"We got him, guys!" Axol Prime exclaimed victoriously and raised his Inkweaver skyward, seeing that his double was on the brink of defeat, "It's almost over, let's end this once and for all so we will have saved the universe from my evil counterpart."
Ghost SMG3 swooped in and swiped Evil Axol's Dark Inkweaver from his own hands, much to the dismay of Axol's vile self. The smiling alternate universe hero version of SMG3 handed the weapon to SMG4, who snapped it in half and stomped on its power core.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Evil Axol wailed as he witnessed his source of power being destroyed before his very eyes. Because he was connected to Darkweaver, a massive wave of dark energy engulfed his body and began tearing him apart as the evil manga warlord cried in pain.
"GET DOWN NOW, HE'S GONNA EXPLODE!" SMG4 shrieked. With the exception of the already-dead AU SMG3, the gang hit the dirt at a reasonable distance just in time, Evil Axol screamed as he violently disintegrated and exploded in a burst of red energy.
The real Axol flicked his Inkweaver and whatever was left of his evil mirror counterpart vanished from the world forever, the red and cloudy sky shifted back into a star-filled clear night sky, the fires engulfing the Mushroom Kingdom Forest stopped burning and all was back to normal.
"Mama mia..." Mario commented, "Thank the magic spaghetti it's over, let's hope nothin' too Cucoo crazy happens again at least for a very long time, I would-a rather deal with small-scale villains and misadventures."
"Y'know, I agree with you on that, Mario." SMG4 said, patting his pal on the shoulder. Chris and Swagmaster were hugging each other like crazy, Axol was inspecting his Inkweaver and Bob danced around while Saiko wiped some sweat off her forehead and expressed relief that they'd saved the universe from another dangerous enemy.
Mario and SMG4 looked at the somewhat still lingering Ghost SMG3, who gave the duo a thumbs up and looked at the others. "Thank you, everyone." He said waving, "Thanks for helping me end the threat of my world's version of Axol, now I can finally rest in peace and see my dear friends again. Farewell."
"Bye, SMG3." SMG4 replied happily, "I hope we meet again one day." Everyone waved goodbye as Ghost SMG3 vanished into thin air and departed into the next dimension where he would be reunited with all of his old friends from his world.
"So?" Bob asked, "What are we gonna do now?"
"I think we'll go take a hike in the mountains." SMG4 commented thoughtfully, "Since our campout was interrupted, I think a good mountain climb sounds perfect."
Mario nodded with optimism in his own way, "That-a sounds like-a lotsa fun, we can-a go hiking in the Mushroom Hills tomorrow and blow off some-a battle steam."
The two "fat Italians" high-fived before sharing a group hug with Chris, Swagmaster, Bob, Saiko and Axol, when they broke the hug, SMG4 got out a camera and set it up. Once the camera was ready, the gang all took an incredible group photo of themselves together on a night they would never forget for the rest of their lives.
-Meanwhile, in the Internet Graveyard-
SMG3 sat on a log, watching the scene on the dimensional-viewer. Having just seen the interactions between his ghostly alternate universe counterpart, Mario and SMG4 as well as the battle with Evil Axol, the real SMG3 was half-intrigued by what was going on.
The purple-black recolor of Mario picked up the nearby remote, pressed the off button and deactivated the dimensional-viewer. Just then, SMG3 heard a clicking sound and turned to see a Ugandan Knuckles watching him with a hungry look.
"What do you want now?" SMG3 asked impatiently. The Ugandan Knuckles pounced and bit the evil SMG4 mirror's nose, SMG3 screamed in pain and fell to the ground as he found himself under attack from the crazy Ugandan meme once again...
The End