(A/N: You might have been confused by the fact that Dr. Mario is dead, as Mario mentioned in the last chapter. In fact, so are Mewtwo and Pichu. For details, read Total War.)

Chapter 6: Sprung Traps

Spiderman shouted out as the smashers headed to the door. Having been quiet for a while, the smashers had almost forgot that he and Mace were there. "Hello? This huge, foreboding door just opens by itself, and we waltz right in? Maybe I'm not a professional smasher or whatever, but this seems like a bad idea."

"We can't leave Thyra and Clyne," Marth pointed out.

"Yoshi!" Yoshi agreed.

"Yeah…we obviously know it's a trap," Falco put in sarcastically. "Unfortunately, we're about to cross the line between loyalty and stupidity."

Luigi shook his head. "Translating froma sarcasm, he meansa that we shoulda be willing to savea our friends noa matter what. You'da do the samea for your friends, wouldn'ta you?"

Spiderman thought to himself. He (or his real-life version) would certainly walk into any traps to save Mary Jane.

"All right, fine. But be careful."

"Thanks," Link grinned. "For the permission and the advice."

The smashers laughed cautiously. Spiderman had verbalized each smasher's fears, and now they were walking right into Crazy Clyne's diabolical machinations.

Mario waited outside with Peach, alone and rather afraid. He had used a small handkerchief as a makeshift tourniquet, but it was far too small for Peach's festering wound, which was now an ominous dark red. Her skin was very pale, and starting to look yellow. Meanwhile, Mario was certain that Crazy Clyne knew he was alone, and was preparing a special treat for him. He couldn't keep his eyes off of Peach, though; she was looking worse every minute. Mario had no idea what to do with her, but hoped his friends would be successful quickly.

The smashers were just two steps into the door when the trap was sprung. A bolt of electricity shot across the hall in front of the smashers. Then, the bolt split into 21 smaller balls of lightning. After a few tense minutes, hands and legs began to extend from the balls, and soon, each smasher was faced with his or her crazy counterpart.

"Not again," Samus sighed, referring to the group's tendency to have to deal with pseudosmashers.

Spiderman looked around. "Aw, I feel so left out! I don't have any friends!"

Mace, who also had no opponent, laughed. "I'll be your friend. Let's go!"

Spidey and Windu dashed forward, trying to decide what to do next. Crazy Samus (henceforth C. Samus, etc.), who was on the end, tried to stop the two toys, but Samus fired her energy ball to clear the way.

"Good luck!" she shouted. "And hurry!"

Samus turned just in time to see C. Samus firing a missile. Samus sidestepped, and smashed her opponent away. Falcon did a Falcon Dive to avoid his opponent's Falcon Punch. C. Falcon (yes, that's Crazy Falcon, not Captain Falcon) recovered and used his Falcon Kick to catch Falcon as he landed. C. Jigglypuff started singing, but Jigglypuff ended that quickly with a pound. Jigglypuff carefully got into position, then rested. C. Jigglypuff was hit squarely, but floated right back for more.

Mario gasped as a bolt of lightning struck the ground right in front of him and Peach. The bolt became a ball of lightning, then split into two. After a few moments, a pair of white gloves burst out of both balls, which were followed by arms, and two bodies.

"This isa not good," he muttered, seeing Crazy Mario and Crazy Peach before him.

Mace, looking straight ahead, sighed as he noticed the huge length of the room the smashers were fighting in. Spiderman, meanwhile, leapt into the air to avoid a spike that had just shot out of the ground. Then, the hero ducked to avoid a volley of spears. He sighed, watching Windu walk calmly beside him.

"He must just not like me," Spiderman sighed.

Just then, a huge trapdoor opened beneath Windu's feet. The Jedi barely seemed to notice, and floated across nonchalantly.

"You can fly?" Spiderman gasped.

"Not really. I used my telekinesis to carry myself. I can't maintain it for long, though."

Spiderman shrugged and continued forward. The pair finally made it to the other end of the room.

"On three?" Mace suggested. Spiderman nodded, and Mace began counting. "One…two…three!"

The two burst through the door. Standing in a small glass cage in the middle of the new, smaller room was Clyne. His crazy counterpart stood behind, staff at the ready.

(A/N: What? The smashers are stuck dealing with their counterparts while Spiderman and Mace Windu get to hog all the glory (assuming they can defeat the evil leader)? And what about Mario and Peach? Find out later.)