Meanwhile at a repair garage in downtown Mushroom City, Mushroom Kingdom, June 30th, 2018, 4:08 PM...
"Jeez la weez! How'd you get your ride like this?" The mechanic asked Mario and Luigi with a look of confusion in his face. The two brothers were able to push the van all the way to "E. Gadd's Garageinator 3000" and had their mechanic friend, E. Gadd's nephew, Albert Gadd, fix their van for cheap. Albert looked like a younger Elvin Gadd with a full head of brown hair. Albert was taller and looked a little bit more like Mario and Luigi and he wore a blue mechanic jumpsuit with dirty brown boots.
Since Luigi was E. Gadd's paid assistant for many years, he and his brother got special privileges in any establishment owned by E. Gadd's own company, Gadd Science Incorporated. The mechanic observed the broken van while a speaker was playing "Don't need nothin' but a good time" by the hard rock band Poison Mushroom.
"We, uh, got into a little accident. We were chasing some sleazebags in a white van who robbed the Muscaria Stock Bank. I was ramming their van with my van when we were THIS CLOSE to crashing into an 18-wheeler hauling a gas tank when both vans were blown into the sky and crashed into a local Burger Chef. The guy who blew us into the sky was this tiny hedgehog dude. And I gotta tell ya, that guy is way more powerful than you think. Even for a guy who's an inch or two shorter than me. With that outta the way, we need our ride fixed. How much for it?" Mario explained to his mechanic pal.
The mechanic examined the damage of the van: the loose bumpers, the dead engine, the crumpled exoskeleton of the car, torn wheels and rims, and broken headlights and back lights. He also spotted some weird blue electricity sparking off from the engine.
"Well, the outside of the van is extremely dented, and the insides are very damaged. The engine is a little dented and the coolant is leaking. There's smoke coming out from every pore of this van's structure. Well, to fix all of that will take a while. I'll charge you...Maybe 700 coins. It'll probably take a couple hours to fix this thing. Since it's 3 PM, I have this sucker ready for you at 10 PM." The mechanic told Mario.
Mario nodded his head and decided to pay him in advance, so he gave Albert 700 coins and left him to fix the van. The Mario Brothers exited the garage and they were met with the loud honking sounds of a packed road. The Mario Brothers were about to walk away when they heard screams from a nearby alleyway.
Mario and Luigi came around the corner and saw a Toadette, a female toad, holding her bag while a Koopa with a black shell with a leather jacket was also holding on to it. The Toadette was being mugged and she struggled in the Tug O' War for her own purse. The mugger overpowered her, ripped the purse out of her hands, and started running away.
Mario and Luigi spent no time trying to run after the mugger while the Toadette ran away to alert the police. The mugger began running through various active lanes of traffic. Cars had to stop and honk at the jaywalking mugger while one car actually hit the mugger but softly.
Mario and Luigi, in order to avoid traffic, started jumping on cars until they made it to the other side. The mugger started to get desperate and pulled out a small laser gun that looked like the Smith and Wesson Model 36 from a hidden gun holder inside his pants. The gun was hot rod red with a blue trigger. He started shooting the gun at the brothers as a last-ditch attempt to escape.
The brothers had to zigzag while knocking people to the ground, so they weren't hit by any stray laser blasts. People, as well as the police, began screaming when they heard the somewhat loud laser gun sounds. The robber pulled out another gun which was the same laser gun and started shooting the two guns like Dual Berettas. Mario rapidly grabbed the cap off a garbage can to act like a shield. Luckily, the lasers couldn't tear through metal like they could skin. The robber would have continued shooting when the guns began clicking. The mugger realized the guns were out of ammo. The mugger threw one of the guns at Mario and then ran towards a nearby car.
The robber held the driver at gunpoint as the driver slowly got out of the car and left the mugger to steal his car. Mario and Luigi stopped when they saw the robber start to drive away on the stolen car.
Mario exclaimed in frustration with Luigi "Darn it! We gotta do something, brother! He's getting away!" as he saw the car speed up and begin to get away.
But suddenly, in a split second, the car was rammed by an what seemed to be a blue ball of light and was blown 40 feet in the air and then started rolling across the street until the car crashed into an electronics shop, which just so happened to be an unusually big and crowded Electronic Hut, an electronics store similar to Radio Shack.
The glass window burst, and the car destroyed a couple shelves filled with old Macintosh computers, cassette recorders, and Nintendo Entertainment Systems. Everyone was confused about what happened. Mario and Luigi had their mouths hanging wide open.
The car left behind a big and thick cloud of dust that had something in it. A faint silhouette was able to be seen with what seemed to be a faint blue glow. The dust slowly settled, and the silhouette became clearer and clearer.
The silhouette was apparently a somewhat short porcupine-esque creature colored a bright blue with white gloves, red shoes, and an arrogant smirk. Bright green eyes and everything.
The Mario Brothers recognized the blue hedgehog as the weird Sonic guy they met during the bank robbery chase just minutes ago. It seemed like the cloud of dust was partly blown away by the rapidly spinning cylindrical gust of blue wind circling around Sonic. People who witnessed the event went along their way like it's a normal thing to see. When Sonic turned his head to the right, he saw the Mario Brothers just standing there.
Sonic's own wind energy ceased for the time being and the young hero said in an excited tone of voice, "Oh hey guys! Didn't expect to see you here! How's the van?"
Mario sighed and replied "The van's wrecked. My mechanic friend told me it'll be done by 10 PM. Cost me 700 coins."
Sonic rubbed the back of his head and apologized "I-I'm really sorry, bro. I got a little carried away and I busted up your van. I would've paid for the repairs since I caused them."
"Nah, nah, nah, nah, don't apologize, paisano. I already paid for the damages and it wasn't that expensive. Although you did damage the engine with your sparks. Seriously, how do you even make them? Anyway, don't worry. Like I told you, I could get this thing fixed even if it was completely vaporized." Reassured Mario.
Sonic blew out a sigh of relief.
"Alright, that's good. I've had enough to worry about today." Sonic said while rubbing his eye.
Sonic let out a little chuckle when he heard something far away and he abruptly stopped. He turned his head to the left and saw the same Radio Shack that the robber crashed into.
The mugger, who was severely injured and bleeding out of his forehead, crawled out of the car and began to crawl away.
Sonic quickly said, "Sorry about leaving so early, the bastard is trying to get away, see you later, bye!" and then ran towards the Radio Shack. The mugger was still crawling away when his chest had a sort of glowing blue rope wrapped around it. It was the communicator watch's Enerbeams, the ones Sonic complemented Tails about in the MNN Building's basement. The mugger was pulled away until he stopped in front of Sonic.
Sonic said "Sorry about the crash, dude. But get this, you're a criminal! Didn't your mama tell you not to steal? You should be thankful I ain't Shadow otherwise I would've beat your head in. Too bad the edgelord disappeared out of nowhere like dads who went out to buy cigarettes."
The mugger replied in confusion "Wha- Wait, Shadow? Hold on, y-you're talking about that b-b-b-b-b-bastar-"
Sonic interrupted him by saying "Ah, ah, ah, ah, no buts. You did something wrong and you should pay the price."
"Wait wha- Woah!" The mugger tried to respond but he was dragged away by Sonic again. Sonic went to a light pole and started climbing it. He then hung the poor mugger on the arm of the light pole.
Sonic was laughing when the mugger tried to say "W-Wait, wait, wait, wait, don't go! I-I know where Shadow i-" when suddenly his mouth was tied up with the same Enerbeams.
Sonic wiped his hands and teased "Hey! No excuses, buddy! Wait for the police to get here and prepare to serve your sentence. Bye-bye!" then zoomed away, leaving the mugger to hang on the light pole while gagged.
Mario and Luigi had no idea what just happened, but they decided to ignore it and went on their way. They decided to walk back to their factory. When they came in, everyone near the entrance was shocked at how much of a mess they looked like.
The bank robbery chase had their cheeks and foreheads blackened. Their clothes and caps were also blackened. The brothers decided to ignore anyone's comments about their look and made their way to their offices. They handled calls, bills, and letters until their shift ended at 9 PM.
Sonic The Hedgehog: Dimensional Wars
Hero Story
Chapter 6: Schtick Measuring Contest! Part 1
The sky was dark with the moon barely illuminating the land since it was in its waning crescent phase. It was 8:57 PM, just 3 minutes before 9 PM.
The Mario Brothers finished their shifts and made their way out of their warehouse. They waved goodbye at any plumbers going home and were about to walk to the parking lot when they saw their parking spot empty. Luigi was shocked and Mario had a bored expression while he looked at his watch.
Mario noticed Luigi's mouth hanging open and asked, "Hey bro, what's with the face?"
"Mario! Don't you see? Our car's gone! Somebody stole it or something!" Luigi exclaimed while he grabbed Mario's shoulders and shook them around in panic.
Mario shoved away Luigi's hands and grabbed his ear while scolding "You stupid deficiente, did you burn yourself out paying bills or something? Our car wasn't stolen, it's at E. Gadd's repair garage! Oh, now that I think about it…"
Mario let go of Luigi's ear and looked at his watch again. The minute hand was on the 10 and the hour hand was a little past the 9. Luigi looked at the watch really embarrassed at his own stupid mistake.
"Oh goody, look at the time. Albert said he'd have the car ready at 10 PM. We gotta hurry up and get there. Let's go!" Mario exclaimed before running off with Luigi following behind.
Meanwhile on top of the tallest non-castle building, Sonic was sitting on the edge, looking over the giant kingdom. All lit up in the dark night. It really did remind him of Mobius City a little. The night was cool but not too cold. Made sense. Summer had started 7 days ago. But Sonic still didn't know just where he was. After he got bored of looking at the city, the blue hedgehog looked down at his left hand.
His communicator watch sat there on his glove cuff, unused for hours. The watch wasn't able to access the internet or any GPS services. Sonic only used the compartments on the strap of the watch to pull out the light rope made from his own energy and to pull out his Walkman.
Sonic wondered why the watch wasn't able to access anything. His phone was also unable to access the internet since it had no service. But that at least made sense. Data plans aren't worldwide.
He did see that the Mushroom Kingdom still uses old computers that use the MS-DOS operating system, phones the size of bricks, and the abundance of payphone booths and phone books. Sonic bet that people still used dial-up internet rather than broadband. Hell, maybe dial-up internet isn't even a thing in the Mushroom Kingdom.
It was very unusual that the Mushroom Kingdom was using such old technology. Heck, some of it is stuff his parents possibly used back then. It was impossible that the Mushroom Kingdom never had the idea to access any satellite communications and see how much more technologically advanced the world has become in three decades.
If the Mushroom Kingdom, and Sonic, were on the same planet, the satellites would still be there. Some homes in the kingdom also had satellite dishes on the roofs.
The only way news networks and the general public would never know about the outside world being more modern is if they isolated themselves for a certain reason or if...the satellites never existed and if Sonic was on a different Earth.
Suddenly, a sharp pain in Sonic's head started and he started rubbing his forehead. All that thinking gave him a mild migraine.
"(This is so confusing. Where am I? Who are these creatures and why have I never heard of them? How did I never find out about this place before? Why can't I remember anything about how I ended up here? Why does my watch not work? What, am I not on the same planet or something?") Sonic asked himself as he groaned in pain.
Sonic slapped himself in the face, stood up, and exclaimed "Oh, don't be ridiculous, Sonic! Of course, you're on the same planet! I think. I mean, there's gotta be a very reasonable and down-to-earth solution about what's going on! Say, my watch and my phone were damaged! But that begs the question, what broke them? I don't remember anything that happened after the archive room! I feel like I've hit a new low! I'm rambling to myself while trying to find out where I am, which just so happens to be a land that is inhabited by living Mushrooms, turtles, cloud dudes, and fucking BEANS!" While he started pacing around the roof until he slowly ran out of breath from talking and started wheezing like an asthmatic high school student who forgot his inhaler. Sonic sat back down and rubbed his face where he slapped himself since it still kinda hurt.
Then suddenly, Sonic heard a loud metal clunk. Sonic stood up and walked around the roof of the building. The blue blur didn't know where the clank came from and he thought he was actually becoming paranoid.
Sonic stepped on something awkwardly and fell on his face. In confusion, he quickly got up and wondered what he stepped on. He kneeled down and grabbed something. It was a simple metal stick. One end of it looked like it was ripped off of something. Like someone bit it off of something.
His hand began to feel cold and sticky. The stick was covered in a strange clear liquid that looked like slobber. Sonic threw it away in disgust and wiped his hand. But he felt something wet on his shoulder. He stuck his hand out, thinking it was gonna start raining.
He felt more drops but not on his hand but rather his other shoulder and one of his quills. The wet liquid also felt cold and sticky, like what the stick was covered in. Unlike raindrops, the drops of that unknown substance looked much bigger and much denser. It almost resembled a big loogie of spit. The drops continued. They didn't land anywhere else.
Sonic heard a very low sound coming from above him. It sounded like a sort of growl. He slowly turned around and looked up. His emerald green eyes met 6 glowing orange eyes. Sonic let out a high-pitched gasp while internally panicking. It was a robotic creature that had the figure of a caterpillar. Its exoskeleton was black and shiny like carbon fiber.
With more than 6 feet, it seemed. It kinda looked like a robotic version of those long yellow caterpillars with daisies on their heads. Weren't they called Wigglers?
The creature began roaring at Sonic while the scared blue hedgehog began screaming. The creature swung its lower body around and whacked Sonic in the gut. The lower body grabbed him and threw the blue blur off the building.
People from below in the streets looked up and were panicking at the presence of the strange creature, as if they already knew of the monster's existence. Sonic couldn't control himself while falling and when he thought the creature was gonna leave him alone after attacking him, Sonic saw the creature climbing down the building rapidly.
Sonic let out a loud yelp and tried to fall faster but the robotic Wiggler kept up. The creature jumped and tackled the blue hedgehog over a building and landed in a nearby park. People began running away and large bits of dirt were kicked up and displaced by the robotic Wiggler crashing directly into the ground. Sonic kicked away the robo-Wiggler and got into a fighting stance. The Wiggler lunged at Sonic but he managed to dodge it by dashing out of the way. The Wiggler tried lunging at Sonic again, but luckily the blue blur dashed away once more.
The Wiggler began lunging at Sonic faster and faster until he had to dash away every second. People looked on in awe while some people were startled at the damage to the ground the Wiggler did every time it tried to lunge at Sonic.
The Wiggler stopped and heard Sonic taunting him by yelling "Ha! You're just like Egghead's dumb bots! Slow and heavy! How about losing some weight, Chubby Chubb Chubb-bot?"
The robo-Wiggler began roaring loudly and used half of his body to rip off the upper chest of a statue in the park, broke it into pieces, and began throwing them at Sonic. Sonic dashed at the robotic Worm and managed to dodge all of the statue pieces. But one of them hit him square in the nose and he tumbled to the ground. Sonic groaned while squeezing his bleeding nose. The Wiggler lunged at Sonic while he was down and actually tackled him many feet away. Sonic rolled on the ground until he crashed into a parked car.
Sonic was about to get up when he was grabbed by the Wiggler's lower body and was dragged off through the streets. The Wiggler moved rapidly through lanes of traffic, crushing any cars it stepped on.
Sonic tried punching the Wiggler's tail, but the Wiggler was shaking too much for accuracy. Sonic tried to see where the Wiggler was going but large pieces of debris and clouds of smoke blocked his vision.
People jumped out of the way of the giant robotic worm and some called the police. After some time, cop cars showed up and began chasing the Wiggler. Cops inside their cars took out strange-looking guns. They looked like laser guns and they had their own respective colors.
Some laser guns were orange and others were icy blue. The orange guns shot out orange energy spheres that had fire coming off of them. The orange spheres landed on the Wiggler and exploded in a small but fiery explosion. Part of the robotic Wiggler was on fire.
Sonic gulped when he saw the massive fires that the orange guns released. The only guns Mobian police officers used were regular gunpowder and lead bullet guns. Other police officers who had the icy blue guns shot out a similar-looking energy sphere but when it hit the Wiggler, part of its body froze. Unfortunately, the body part that froze also froze Sonic's lower body.
Sonic winced at the pain and said in a raspy voice "Oh god, that hurts! I can't feel anything below my stomach! Is this what frozen food feels like?!"
The Wiggler began roaring as it began slowing down. The robotic worm was covered in ice and flames and looked like an ancient mythological creature. Sonic tried to break out of the Wiggler's restraint but the Wiggler actually strengthened its restraint on Sonic. Sonic winced again at the pain since it felt like everything below his stomach is being crushed by a hydraulic press on all sides.
A cop grabbed his radio and yelled into it "All units, we've got a 10-35! A Mecha Wiggler has suddenly appeared and has taken a hostage! Call in heavy armored trucks and choppers! Set up a blockade. We're gonna need a lot of backup here!"
The radio responded with another voice "Roger, calling in trucks and birds."
A few miles in front of the Wiggler's path, a group of armored trucks appeared from two intersections as well as 3 helicopters which slowly flew in from far away. The Koopa cops from the armored trucks got out and organized a blockade. Metal fences were set up and police officers prepared their fire and ice guns. The Mecha Wiggler noticed the blockade. It turned its head around and saw the cop cars currently chasing it. The Mecha Wiggler growled in frustration.
One of the cops in the blockade turned around and said to his partners "Alright, when the Mecha Wiggler is in firing distance, we fire. Understood."
The rest of the cops nodded their heads. The cop nodded too and pointed his gun at the Wiggler again. The Wiggler was getting very close. The police tightened their grip on the triggers as the Wiggler kept getting closer and closer.
One of the cops saw that the Wiggler had Sonic in its grasp and said to his partners "We better be careful. The damn Mecha Wiggler has a hostage. Make sure to aim at the head."
Unfortunately, the Wiggler noticed that the Koopas had set up a blockade and started thinking of a plan.
The leading cop began saying "Get ready!" and focused his eyes on the iron sights on the gun pointing right at the Wiggler.
The Wiggler began roaring loudly and lunged at the police officers as the leading cop yelled as loud as he could "FIRE!" and a barrage of fire and ice was fired at the mechanical worm.
The Mecha Wiggler swung his lower body around and threw Sonic at the blockade, screaming his lungs out in the process. The air resistance made Sonic start rolling into a ball, continuously speeding up. Sonic, even at only a split-second, began spinning at 100,000 RPM and was surrounded in a seemingly thick sphere of blue air while he left behind many powerful gusts of wind.
When the fire and ice collided with Sonic, the fire and ice were blown away by the vacuum caused by Sonic's incredible speed. The cops weren't able to react because Sonic instantly collided with the trucks and caused chain explosions from their proximity to each other. The vacuum pulled in the 3 helicopters and made them crash into the ground in a fiery explosion.
The police officers were blown away by the explosion and the massive vacuum of air from Sonic's speed. People were pulled in by the vacuum as well as cars and tables. The explosions from the trucks caused a massive smoke cloud that covered the street completely. People began running away when the smoke began spreading. Sonic rolled on the asphalt until unrolling and falling on his face semi-unconscious. His communicator watch hit the ground hard and started playing from Sonic's alternative rock music playlist, beginning with Green Day's hit song "Wake Me Up When September Ends" from their American Idiot album from 2004.
The Mecha Wiggler stuck its head out from above the smoke and didn't know if the cops were gone since the smoke was blocking its vision. The Wiggler stuck its head back in the smoke and activated its X-ray vision. He saw the destroyed trucks and the cops lying on the ground. When the cops were scanned, their heartbeats were flat lining and none of them were breathing. They were completely dead.
The Wiggler checked the ground once more and saw the unconscious Sonic lying on the ground. He wasn't dead, the Wiggler saw, so the robotic worm picked up Sonic once again with the lower half of its body and started slithering away.
Meanwhile in the smoke, a Koopa police officer, blackened by the smoke and ash, was lying on the ground when he suddenly woke up and started coughing severely.
He reached for his radio, turned it on, and spoke into it "All...units...The Wiggler...got away...he used some blue guy...to destroy our blockade...All units...pursue the Mecha Wiggler...as quickly as you can..."
The officer coughed some more until finally succumbing to his wounds. His hand loosened and he dropped his radio.
Someone from the radio said "Officer Kooper, what is your status? Did you say the Wiggler got away? Officer Kooper! Officer Kooper, respond! Officer Kooper? KOOPER!"
The Mecha Wiggler went through lines of traffic and crushed multiple cars with its massive weight. The Wiggler seemed to be looking for a good place to climb until he saw a distant castle colored a vibrant red and white. The tallest tower's height was to the Wiggler's liking, so the Wiggler began scurrying towards the tower. Police cars showed up and began chasing the giant worm. A Toad cop peeked his head out the window and saw where the Mecha Wiggler was heading to.
"Oh shit, he's heading towards the castle! The thing is probably gonna feed on the electricity from the lightning rod on top of the roof the next time it rains!" Said the cop to his Koopa partner.
The Koopa partner replied "What? Damn it! Hey, take the wheel. I'll try to get in contact with the Royal Guards." as he took out his radio and started fiddling with the radio frequency while his partner put away his gun and grabbed the wheel to keep it stable.
Meanwhile in the outskirts of the city and on a tall hill, outside the entrance of the castle, beyond a white wood bridge, a long and wide moat of water, two Koopa guards were standing on each side of a giant door leading to the inside of the castle. The guards were wearing red and white tunics and bearskin hats like the Royal Guard in Buckingham Palace in merry old England. The guards were holding fire flower guns that looked like L1A1 SLR rifles with bayonet knives attached to the end of the barrels.
The guards were silent for a few seconds until they heard a muffled ringing noise.
The guard on the left asked "What the? Where's that coming from?"
The guard on the right responded "Wait...Oh brother, it's my radio." And took out a small radio, similar to radios cops use.
The guard on the right pressed the on button and heard someone yelling "Hello? Hello? Is anyone there?"
The guards looked at each other in confusion before the left guard came over to the other and responded "Yeah, who's this?"
The radio asked "It's Officer Kaylob. Is this the Royal Guard of the Mushroom Kingdom?" To the guards' lessened confusion.
"Yeah, this is the Royal Guard. Well, just the two of us guarding the entrance of the castle. Why do you ask?" Said the guard from the right side of the door.
"We've got a serious emergency! A Mecha Wiggler has appeared on the east side of the town and is currently going on a rampage throughout the town. Right now, the Wiggler is heading toward the castle at high speed!" Replied the Officer Kaylob with a nervous tone to his voice.
The guard on the right had a chill going down his spine when he asked again "Wait what? What's coming to the castle?"
"I repeat, the Mecha Wiggler is coming towards the castl- LOOK OUT!"
"Look out? What do you mean?" Asked the guard from the left side.
The cop screamed at the top of his lungs "GET OUT OF THE WAY!" as the guards realized something was coming at them at high speed. The Wiggler lunged at the castle entrance while the guards dropped their weapons and dived out of the way of the giant robo-Wiggler.
The Wiggler broke in through the entrance of the castle and made bricks and pieces of the door go flying while guards landed in the giant moat of water. The Wiggler observed the inside and realized he was inside the castle. The Wiggler walked out and looked at the top of the castle. That's where the Wiggler wanted to be. The mechanical worm jumped up and began climbing the roof of the castle.
The cop cars arrived at the entrance and saw the Wiggler climbing on the roof of the castle.
One of the cops got out and spoke into his radio "All units, the Mecha Wiggler is now climbing the roof of King Toadstool's castle. Call in 10 choppers at once!"
While the Wiggler was climbing the castle, Sonic slowly gained consciousness when he started mumbling and slurring the lyrics to Green Day's song like he was drunk. When the song ended, Sonic fully woke up and realized what was going on.
"Holy shi- What's going on?! What the- Hey, let me go, you dumb worm! What's he doing?!" Said Sonic tried to loosen himself from his captor's restraint on him. Sonic looked down and saw that the Wiggler was pretty high up. Sonic became nervous when he looked back and saw that Wiggler was climbing some towers. But Sonic knew it wasn't just any tower. It was the tallest tower from the giant castle.
"This robot is crazy! I gotta get this thing to let me go and stop it! But how?" Sonic said to himself and began wondering how he could stop the Wiggler while he was being restrained. The Wiggler finally reached the top and jumped on top of the flagpole.
Sonic looked at the scenery from the top of the castle and was amazed at how beautiful the Mushroom Kingdom was at night. But the young adult hero continued thinking of a way to be let go from his captor. Sonic then saw 10 choppers fly in from far away and realized the 10 choppers were police choppers.
"Oh, thank god. Good thing the cops are here. Now, how can I get this thing to let me go? Oh, that's right! I'll try to force him to let go of me by blasting him with wind! Another great idea, Sonic!" Said Sonic as he looked back on the worm.
Sonic clenched his fists and began focusing. Visible gusts of blue gale began blowing and flowing from his shoes then quickly spread to his entire body. His body began vibrating rapidly like he was phasing in and out of reality. What Sonic was doing was speeding up each atom in his body to ludicrous speeds. When Sonic moves fast in any way, he generates wind energy from his body. When Sonic moves really fast, he can deliver a concentrated and powerful gust of wind that can blow anything away with ease. At full power, it was comparable to the wind speeds of a Category Five hurricane and an Enhanced Fujita Five tornado.
Combined.
Sonic's sheer airflow kept increasing until he generated enough wind for the smaller gusts on the spherical cyclone surrounding him to become many yards long and begin to stretch out to the edges of the castle roof. The Wiggler noticed Sonic's massive air energy output and so did the choppers and the police below. The police were amazed at how much of his own wind Sonic could release. But in a split second, parts of Sonic's body began spazzing out uncontrollably. It was like parts of his body began glitching in and out of his body. It looked like some sort of glitch in a damaged computer monitor or TV. But to Sonic, it hurt. A lot.
But Sonic focused his energy and delivered a powerful concentrated blast of air to the insides of the Mecha Wiggler. The gust of wind traveled through the circuits and then arrived at the motherboards and began disconnecting and ripping away everything. The Mecha Wiggler began spazzing out by the amount of errors he was receiving and made the robot let go of Sonic. The blue blur fell down and started rolling down the roof until he dug his fingers into the edge of the roof thus stopping his descent and leaving his lower body dangling off the edge.
The Wiggler kept convulsing and actually began to have bright yellow sparks be released from the malfunctions. Sonic pulled himself up and placed his feet on the edge of the roof and kept observing the malfunctioning Mecha Wiggler.
"How do you like that, caterpillar? Can't handle all of that nice breeze? You want some more? Well, I'll give you more!" Said Sonic as he rolled into a ball and began charging up a Spin-Dash.
Sonic zoomed across the roof in the blink of an eye and tacked the Wiggler upwards. The Mecha Wiggler was sent flying upwards as Sonic charged up another Spin-Dash and jumped towards the flying robot. Sonic tackled the Wiggler, spun up another Spin-Dash, and tackled it again. The blue hedgehog spun enough Spin-Dashes and tackled the Mecha Wiggler enough times that both of them were 1200 feet in the air. Sonic spun another Spin-Dash and jumped a few hundred feet higher than the Wiggler.
Sonic then charged up another Spin-Dash but this time, he began charging up a large amount of energy. The energy, along with the momentum of him falling, would propel him at over 1000 miles per hour. Finally, Sonic released his Spin-Dash and right as he began moving, he broke the sound barrier and generated a vapor cone behind him and an incredibly loud boom.
Sonic tackled the Wiggler, who's exoskeleton was completely destroyed, and his circuits caught on fire and exploded. The Mecha Wiggler was sent flying downwards toward the castle. Sonic unrolled himself after rolling into a ball to charge up the Spin-Dash and saw the Wiggler finally destroyed. He smiled to himself until he realized the massive robotic worm was gonna crash into the roof of the castle.
Sonic yelped in fear and began chasing after the robotic worm, in an attempt to not piss off whatever monarchy that ruled over the kingdom. He successfully caught up to the falling Wiggler and by charging even more wind energy in his right leg, he kicked the Wiggler away from the castle and all the way to the city. Sonic wiped his forehead and blew a sigh of relief before landing on his feet on the castle roof.
"What's our next order?" Asked Mario while he waited in traffic with his brother checking their radio.
Luigi replied, "Some guy on Tezuka Avenue clogged his toilet and dishwasher and he wants us to unclog them." While looking at the long lines of traffic.
Mario said sarcastically "Oh really? I thought he wanted us to uninstall his toilet and leave him without a good crapper to use!" While making funny faces.
"Oh, shut up, Mario. This is what plumbers do. What, you get excited that the hedgehog dude was gonna be competition for you and now you think being a plumber is a waste of time?" Luigi frowned at his brother.
Mario was surprised and then looked away saying "What? N-No! That's not what I meant! I just...wanted to make a funny sarcastic remark. I don't think being a plumber is a waste of time. It's my life's work. And it is yours too!"
Luigi sighed and added "Even so, you've saved the world and the princess many times before. And you've had no problem going back to being a simple plumber. What makes having that hedgehog guy as competition make things different?"
"You know, Weege, I actually don't know. For years at this point, I've...felt bored. I mean, being a plumber and a hero are things that I enjoy but... Even everything that I've saved the world from...All of those powerful enemies like King Koopa and Antasma...I've wanted more. And seeing that hedgehog guy run unusually fast and be unusually strong, I often wonder who he faced up against, since the hedgehog guy does seem to have experience. Sometimes I feel like I could face enemies even worse than King Koopa." Said Mario while deeply thinking.
Luigi raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"Want more of what? To face off against enemies worse than King Koopa? What are you on about?" Asked Luigi to his brother.
"Y-You know...We're already in our 30's and I feel like...we should take being heroes more seriously. I mean, imagine if King Koopa takes being a bad guy more seriously. Bring his whole armada or better yet...allying himself with someone else. Someone way more powerful than the King himself. You know, supernatural enemies that if we just stand around and do nothin', they'll get powerful enough to destroy the world in, I don't know, a snap?" Said Mario while imagining the future.
"But Mario, King Koopa has done that before too! He's worked together with Antasma. Although, we've had to defeat some more powerful enemies without them being allied with King Koopa. Princess and Elder Princess Shroob, Cackletta, and so many more. What more do you want? In my opinion, I just think that you're thinking irrationally. Why do you want more dangerous enemies? That would put the whole Kingdom or even the whole world in peril! What, you bored of Bowser? I really don't get what you're trying to tell me, bro." Luigi frowned at his brother.
Mario rubbed his eyes and responded "You're right. You're right, bro. Just...Just forget what I said."
But the Mario Brothers heard people screaming behind them. They looked back and from the rear window, people were getting out of their cars and running away. The Mario Brother decided to do the same and as soon as they got 20 feet away from their van, a giant creature fell on it and crushed the van flat along with other cars and left behind a massive dust cloud.
The Mario Brothers and other people ran over to the crushed cars. When the dust cleared out, everyone saw that the giant creature was a destroyed Mecha Wiggler. A Koopa went up to it and the moment his hand touched the metal, a giant spark of energy sent him flying 3 feet away. He was unconscious but he was okay. The Mario Brother noticed that the electricity sparking from the Wiggler was colored a bright glowing yellow.
As soon as Mario guessed who it was from, he heard someone call out from above asking "Hey! Are you guys okay?"
People looked up and saw a blue porcupine standing on the roof of a building behind the Mecha Wiggler.
Someone in the crowd spoke to Sonic "Yeah, we're all fine. Some guy got electrocuted by the dead Mecha Wiggler but he's fine. Just KO'd."
Sonic wiped his forehead and replied "Alright, that's good. Well, I gotta go. See ya!" and then began jumping from building to building and away from the scene.
Mario sighed as he observed his completely crushed van.
Silently, Mario angrily murmured "Damn kid."
Luigi got out his phone, which was a massive DynaTac 8000X, and asked Mario "Should we call a tow truck and get the van to E. Gadd's repair garage?"
Mario looked at his brother with a disappointed look on his face and answered "Yeah, I hope they're able to fix the van. It's currently a pancake. Goddang Mecha Wiggler."
The tow truck arrived after half an hour and after the Mecha Wiggler was lifted away via chopper, the van was dragged away as flat as a pancake.
As soon as the van arrived at the Garageinator 3000, Albert Gadd was morbidly shocked at the van's condition.
"Holy Edison, what the hell happened to your ride, man?!" Asked Albert with severe confusion, wanting to know why the van was as flat as IHOP's delicacy.
Mario sighed and responded "Well...a simple way to say it is...a Mecha Wiggler crushed it."
Albert scratched his chin and then replied "Wait, THAT Mecha Wiggler that was rampaging through the kingdom? That's why your van is only 4 inches thick?"
Mario nodded his head and confirmed "Yep, that damn worm crushed our ride."
Albert nodded his head as well. Albert began remembering what he saw on the news and said to Mario.
"Man, you sure weren't kidding when you said that the hedgehog kid was powerful. He literally launched that Mecha Wiggler hundreds of feet in the air! Plus, he's super-fast. That guy is awesome. You guys know him personally or something?" Albert geeked out as he remembered Sonic's amazing speed, strength, and agility.
Mario scratched his head and responded with confusion "Nope, I met him a couple hours ago. I swear, I don't know what's up with him. He seems to have come out of nowhere and now he's everyone's hero! He seems really experienced at crime fighting. That's kinda weird. Really, the guy is very suspicious."
Albert scoffed and asked "Oh spare me, Mario. That's not true! I think. Tell me, what is it about him that you find suspicious?"
Mario immediately responded "He just appeared out of nowhere. First time I saw him was a couple hours ago in the early afternoon. Like I said, it was during that one car chase that totaled my van. He just told me his name, helped flip over my van, since it was upside down, and he just ran away to do whatever."
Albert wrote some things down on a notepad and said "His name, you say? Interesting. What is it?"
Mario responded with ease "He said his name was Sonic. Sonic The Hedgehog. Pretty weird name, right. Although it is fitting."
Albert continued writing into his notes while saying "It is pretty interesting. I guess it is pretty fitting, seeing as how fast that dude is."
Mario nodded his head.
"Well, I still don't see how he's suspicious. He seems like a real cool guy from what you've told me. Besides, you aren't being racist with him, are ya?" Said Alfred to Mario.
Mario denied with confidence "What? No, no, no, no, it's not like that. I'm not being racist with him. That's just wrong. It's just that he just came out of nowhere. Believe me, if there was a powerful hedgehog going faster than most speed limits and stronger than people with Mega Mushrooms, don't you think we should know more? I mean, there's no records of him anywhere. It's like he materialized out of thin air. He doesn't look like anyone I've ever seen in the world. I never asked how old he was. But from what he sounds like, he can't be very old. Sounds like he either just hit his 20's or is about to. I also have no idea where he's staying. I never saw him again today after the stunt he pulled with the Mecha Wiggler. I just hope he's okay after tonight's fiasco. From what I saw on the news, he was taken hostage by the damn thing."
Alfred finished jotting down info on his notepad "Uh huh. Well, I'll have your ride ready for you in maybe the next afternoon. It's already half past 10 so ya'll better get goin' now. See you tomorrow!" As he waved goodbye to the brothers as they did the same.
Seems Mario is onto Sonic. Maybe because he's just jealous? Maybe he has a new worthy competitor in the hero business? But Sonic couldn't care less. He's still suspicious of whatever mysterious event sent him to this Mushroom Kingdom place. Sure, the Mushroom Kingdom is a nice and safe place but he's still asking himself the real questions. Seems like his memory is quite fuzzy about a few things. Why was he sent here? How was he sent here? Why does the Mushroom Kingdom seem so old-fashioned?
Find out next time on the next chapter of Sonic The Hedgehog: Dimensional Wars!