Me: Lets get to the needed info first. Sonic and all related characters are owned and copyrighted by Sega and Archie/ Dic (For Sally, Sonia, Manic, Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts I mean.) Mario and all related characters are owned and copyrighted by Nintendo. Yes I do not own Sonic the Hedgehog, a video game counterpart to Bugs Bunny, and Super Mario, a video game counterpart to Mickey Mouse.

Chiller: Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse?

Hey it makes sense if you think about it.

Now that's taken care of, let's get to the fun info. Yes, I've played Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga. Great game, as usual. Using that game, I might bring in some elements from it in future chapters.

Second, you all realize that there are a few characters that still haven't bruised their knuckles yet, right? Like say Yoshi, Geno, Amy, Daisy, Espio, Vector, Mallow, etc. There are some characters that I already have mapped out on who should battle who. But there is one critter I'm having doubts on his opponent.

Yoshi.

What Sega character should he battle? Some one from Sega, Archie, anywhere.

Terra: AnT...according to this script...

I have a script?

Terra: (Struggles to contain her anger.) ACCORDING to this script, you already have someone for the frog-dino.

Yes, but I'm trying to avoid using SatAM characters so much, but there isn't much SegaSonic characters when they stand alone.

Terra: Well why not Espio? He uses some tongue attack too, and he's a reptile.

Yeah, but he's not considered as transportation. Sides, it won't look right if their tongues got stuck together. That probably would be Espio's first kiss then. But speaking of him, I don't have anyone else suitable for him....sort of.

Note: Cast your vote for these characters on which they should battle.

Yoshi

Espio

Mallow

Oh, and I also kept a score on the previous battles. Check this.

Clash of the Dark Doubles- Shadow Mario vs. Metal Sonic: Metal Sonic (This idea was given by DoP)

Clash of the Guardians' mate- Candy Kong vs. Rouge the Bat: Undecided (Interrupted by Knuckles and DK.)

Clash of the Princesses- Princess Sally Acorn vs. Princess Peach Toadstool: Princess Peach Toadstool

Clash of the Guardians- Donkey Kong vs. Knuckles the Echidna: Knuckles the Echidna

Clash of the Sidekicks- Luigi Mario vs. Miles 'Tails' Prower: Luigi Mario

Clash of the Main Villains- Bowser Koopa vs. Dr. Ivo 'Eggman' Robotnik: Undecided (Tie.)

Clash of the Heroes- Mario vs. Sonic the Hedgehog: Undecided (Tie.)

So basically Team Sonic and Team Mario are tied by two points. Unless you count that Toad vs. Omochao, cause so far, that don't count.

Clash of the Winged Bears- Bark the Polar Bear and Bean the Dynamite vs. Banjo the Bear and Kazzoie the Crested Breegull

Okay this one, I'm having little second thoughts cause I'm thinking of letting Bean fight Conker, if I let that crazy squirrel in this story. HEY, if I do, maybe I can have Sally (A squirrel...well half of one, at least.) and Big the Cat meet Greg the Grim Reaper (Who hates squirrels and especially cats!). I'll pity them.   

Mallory: Anthony...there are some fans who like Sally, you know, like you for instants.

Terra: Big, I'm not so sure.

Max: I say feed him to Greg! FEED HIM!!!

~sigh~...well that wraps that up. Let's get back to the story, plus the fight that'll break the tie breaker, for now: Clash of the Strong Man- Chunky Kong vs. Mighty the Armadillo!

                                                                                          Sonic and Mario

(Play Amy's theme: Sweet Passion)

My name's Amy Rose; I'm cute and full of energy. Oooo that Sonic! How dare he leaves me behind while he goes off and have fun on some island! Not only that, I'm stuck here with her royal hairiness and that human princess in the yellow dress! Now I'm reading from the script here (A/N: There's a script?) so here goes. Two hedgehogs working with some creepy people other than Eggman captured Mighty and forced him to fight some gorilla, Knuckles and DK can't get to the bad guys' lair, Vector and Espio are searching for the next emerald in another land, and I'm bored out of my mind watching Tails fix the stupid planes! AARRRGH!!! Jeez, Tails, hurry up and fix those planes so I can help my Sonniku!

(End song)

(A/N: Being tempted, for now on, just like my other fics, this fic will be ordered in time slots.)

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Mushroom Kingdom: 4:04 PM

The kingdom of toadstool citizens, covered with the air of peace. Noble little creatures that are now continuing with the repairs of Toad Town, while others like constructions toadstools pace around the field of the castle, planning out on how to make a new race course for then Mario Kart Double Dash tournament coming up.

Speaking of the castle, sitting on the stone bridge of the majestic castle is Princess Daisy of Sarsaland, who is now peacefully watching the blue skies. Sure a huge crisis with the power and dark magic of Bowser and the cunning and evil technology of this... Eggman was pressuring the poor folks of the Mushroom Kingdom, but Daisy welcomes this adventure. There's nothing she loves more than teaming up with noble friends to bring justice into the hearts of evildoers, and they shall overcome all obstacles with teamwork and determination. 

  "THAT'S ENOUGH, AMY! END OF DISCUSSION!!"

If some people learn to get along, that is.

Missing the peace and quite already, Daisy lifted her body off the ledge of the bridge and looked behind to see Amy and Sally walk out of the castle as they, once again, were in their arguments.

  "Come on, Sally! Please let me go with Tails! Please, pretty please?"

Sally fought to control her steam.  "Amy, we already have a full roster in Congo Bongo, and Tails is only going to return DK's friend's plane and come back. That's it!"

  "But I really wanna help! You gotta let me go there!"

  "I know you're worried about Sonic, but you know that he can take care of himself, so just relax."

  "But I can't relax! I know my Sonniku is in trouble!"

That…name! She hates it when Amy calls him that. It makes her…sort of angry and a little…jealous. Now she can't just help but...counter it. "Will you give it up? Sonic just can't return the same feelings that you have for him!"

Ooo if there's one thing that she hates, its people questioning her love for Sonic, especially from this…stuck up tramp. "I know that he loves me, deep down inside. He would've discovered it earlier if YOU hadn't come and stole his heart from me!"

  "I stole his heart? How could I steal Sonic from you when he never belonged to you in the first place?"

  Uh oh. Daisy can already feel the tension in the air, and by looking at the guards at the front door, so can them.

  "Why you dirty hairy hag!"

  "How dare you call me a hag, you child!"

  "Child?! I'm not a child, you stuck up witch!"

  "I am not a stuck up witch, you brat!"

  "Old fart!"

  "Spoiled prick!"

  "Smelly furball!"

  "Good for nothing magget!"

And the cat fight began as each of the girls pounced on each other and fought within a fight cloud. Sounds of cat howls and fists, kicks, glass breaks, etc played as they went at each other like wild lions. The two toadstool guards came up and held the raging girls by the arms and pulled them away. But little did they knew, one must never get involved in a cat fight, and life proved it once again when the girls tossed the guards in the river.

Daisy quickly looked over to see if the guards were alright and then saw the fight continued.

  "Sonic was mine, first! Go date someone your own species, your royal furriness!"

  "Tell Knuckles and Rouge that and you should go find someone your own age, kid!"

Daisy knew that if she tried anything now, she'll suffer a fate worse than those guards. So what can she do?

  "SLEEPY TIME!!!"

Suddenly, after sounds of sheep cries were heard, a rain of light spots with the appearance of sheep fell upon the girls who were in an eternal death dance. The fight slowed down, halting their hair pulling, ear biting, and face scratches. Soon, the girls' eyes felt as if weight held them down, and the later their cheeks met and were used to support their weight from falling as they fell to sleep.

That's typical. Just leave it to Daisy's sergeant cousin to solve a chaotic sight; sometimes with a little white mage magic. Hmm...now she wonders if she can do stuff like that. "Been wondering when you'll show up."

With a grim look, Peach lowered her arms as her jewel on her chest dimmed its light. The blonde princess then approached from the door to the girls. "What are we gonna do with these two? This is the second time they fought."

  "Well we all know that they're suffering a case of the blue porcupine virus ~giggle~…" she felt a bit concerned for the sleeping furries. "We gotta do something, or some evil creep will use their jealously to their advantage."

Peach and Daisy carefully carried the little critters over their shoulders. Its bad enough they had to see violence caused by their enemies, but by the hands of their own friends? They're not having any of it. Besides, Sally is the brains, so Peach needs her full cooperation and ease to help save the Mushroom World, which means she'll have to get along with Amy…somehow. 

  "Hey, Peach, maybe I should give Amy a tour of Mushroom City…you know, to keep her mind off of the blue guy."

  "That'll help. I'll see what I can do with Sally. Have fun." With that, Peach headed back inside the castle with Sally on tow.

  Fun…? Hopefully for this kid's sake. 

Congo Bongo-Damp Jungle: 4:05 PM

Well here we are in a wet rain forest that yields damp environments and sometimes fogs. The setting is an opening in the middle of the jungle; a large field in front of a delicate lake with a large waterfall. The characters: The fastest critter on Mobius, Sonic, and the heroic plumber of the Mushroom World, Mario are up their necks against a group of humanoid robots packed with a verity of weaponry, and are leaded by two hedgehogs with a fashion style of rockers.

The soil suffered the burning pain of the bullets and lasers, so it was covered with a number of black shot marks. Sonic and Mario took a breather after dodging the enemy fire.

Sonic was one to keep things lightening, like so, he flicked his pinky and thumb like a phone and pretended he was calling someone.  "Uh huh...oh...okay, I'll tell them that....yo, hedgey-wanna-bees...the retro 80s called; they want their fashion style back."

Mario rolled his eyes. Great, kid; make them madder.

Indeed they are; their colors of green and wild pink just morphed into the color of red, and their teeth looked as if they sharpened it from the time being.

Sonia's teeth chattered. "Why...WHY YOU....! SG3s...FIRE!!!"

And fire their lasers, they did.

Sonic chuckled under his mouth as he ran away from the shots while Mario kept jumping away as much as he could. The plumber couldn't believe, from his altitude, how much fun Sonic seems to be having. It's like he's treating this like a game.

  Why did I have to be paired up with a crazy rodent? Mario shot some fireballs from the air, stunning some of the robots enough to stop their fire.

This left Sonic to strike, busting through the bots with a Homing Attack as if they were thin layers of wood. Sonic skid on the dirt when he landed, instantly ducking under laser shots. He bravely zig zagged around the shots, keeping the SG3s busy, as he thought as he saw Mario soaring over to the bots and smashing their heads under the bottom of his feet.

  "Yo, Plumber-man, you keep the bots busy, I'll save Mighty!"    

  "Me? Why do I have to-a fight these things?"

  "Cause someone has to put up with these fakers!" he shouted, pointing to Sonia and Manic. He zoomed away, racing to stop the violent battle, until he felt grabbing him and dropping him roughly on the ground.

Sonia rested her telekinetic powers after she stopped Sonic. "Fakers? Do you see us imitating you by running around like an idiot?"

  "Well I do, every time you try to slice me in pieces with an axe, sis..."

  "MANIC...! Alright, I had it up to here with your BIG mouth, blue boy."

Proudly, Sonic stood, rubbing his nose. "What can I say? I have charm."

Sonia narrowed her raging eyes that were emitting pink flames. "Wise guy, huh...? Care to say it again after...THIS?!!" She acted out with a powerful psybeam, the kind where you can't see the beam, but you can see it parting away the dust in its path, giving Sonic warning to zip away from it, letting the beam crash through some trees.

  "That doesn't bold well for mother nature, sister!" Sonic shot away with a Spin Dash attack, but Sonia hovered away and used her psychic powers to slow down the buzz-saw, letting Manic to come forth and hammer the hedgehog away with both fist.

Sonic forced himself to live from the pain and hooked the soil with his fingers to halt his flight. He leaped away, racing back to field, avoiding a ground wave caused by Manic's fist. Sonic charged at the green hedgehog like a mad bull and shoved him with his body to about ten feet away. Manic shoved back, keeping himself from going any further, and then lifted his feet off the soil, in a whirl ride, and then Manic tossed his foe away with a mighty throw like around more than forty yards away. 

There was no surprise within him as his blue body flew over the field, no, for he sighed and enjoyed the ride before kicking his brain to automatic so that he'll instantly land on his feet like so and slide through the dust for a stop.

Snobby, Sonic lifted his face and rubbed his nose like this fight was mere child's play. "Are you guys done playing around? This is soooo boring, I rather be watching PBS...no offense to all you PBS viewers." he said through the forth wall.

How infuriating for the renegade hedgehogs. With their skill, and their blue adversary is acting like they didn't even touch him.

But we can all guess what's really going on in Sonic's mind.

  GAAHHHH!! My head! God damn it hurts! That stupid green hedgehog! When I get that green wanna-be, I'll....GAAAAHHHH!!!"

Sonic sneered. "Care to continue this dance, ladies?"     

The head of the green hedgehog morphed to a boiling shade of red. "Did he just say that, Sonia...? Tell me he did not say that!"

The girl narrowed her eyes at her brother. "Yes, Booker T. Now get in there and show him how mad you are!"

  "GLADLY!!!"

Trees tumbled off their roots, smoke rise over the standing trees, and the birds evacuated from their homes. The muscle brutes of the world, Mighty the Armadillo and Chunky Kong threw thundering fists about that did more damage to the trees than an axe could.

Mighty leaped back and landed his fist on the soil for another quake claw that ripped through the earth. The large gorilla leaped over the shockwave and countered with a hammering shockwave of his own. Amazingly, the armadillo dashed through the wave and surprised the prime ape with a hard jab that could break any skull.

But after Chunky's ride through the surface of the floor ended, he proved that his skull was as hard as steel. As he got up, he saw the armadillo pulling a poor tree from its roots and then he charged at him with it. With a loud cry, Mighty swung the large, thirty foot tall tree, down at the gorilla.

SMASH!! Before he knew it, Chunky uppercut the tree to bits. Pieces of wood flew around in every direction. Chunky grabbed an end and swung the tree over his head, which Mighty still had a grip on the other end. WHAM!! Chunky hammered Mighty hard on the floor, forcing the dust near the Mobian to rise.

When the smoke cleared, no Mighty was not standing unscathed like some DBZ fighter, for he was lying motionless. The young but large Kong slowly approached him, ready for if he attacked.

  "Hey...buddy...Chunky didn't hurt ya...did Chunky?"

A low rumble was heard...must be his tummy again...now it's getting louder...Where is it coming from...?

While face first on the floor, Mighty shook his hands and sunk them through the surface of the earth. Cracks traveled from his fingers, ripping bits of the floor, making earthy crack sounds. He grinded his teeth as he slowly raised up with his hands gripped to the floor.

  "Naw...you didn't...YOU JUST PISSED ME OFF!!" with a thundering cry, he suddenly ripped a giant chunk of the earth, right to about the size of a Toyota truck, and held it high above the head. He was now about to slam the rock right on the stupid ape's head with a force of god.

  "EAT THIIIIIISSSSSS!!!"

BLAM!!! A giant earth geyser even towered the trees after a thundering roar was made.

Meanwhile, Sonic circled around Manic, confusing him enough to the point of angering him even more than he already was. As he did, Sonic collected some rings that a few moments ago appeared. Strange, even those hedgehogs were collecting them in this battle. That means this will make things a little difficult.

  "EAT THIIIIISSSSSS!!!!"

Sonic paled when he saw the unthinkable. His old, easy going friend smashing a giant rock on a poor guy. That...that just wasn't right. Sure Mighty did had a bit of a temper, but he was basically a gentle dude. Who would've thought that whatever these creeps did to him could succeed in doing that to Mighty?

  "Mighty...no!" Sonic flew in to stop the horrible fight, but then felt something reeling him away from it. He able to look behind him to conclude that he was pulled back by Sonia's telekinetic powers...

POW!!! and hammered by Manic's fist like a baseball to a bat. Sonic then bounced hard on the floor like a ball, losing his collected rings in the process.

Good thing he had some rings. He didn't feel that punch or the fall...well a little. It still hurt. Sonic grabbed two rings before they sunk into the zone, and glared back at the renegade hedgehogs.

  "I'm through playing Mr. Nice Sonic. It's Sonic-Hardball time, ladies and...ladies."

Manic could probably pass out from being so vexed from Sonic's insults. With fury, Manic dashed for the blue big mouth.

Just as Sonic planned.

Sonic dashed like light to Manic, and maneuvered around him, surrounding the green hedgehog with images of Sonic. Yes, Manic was too much in anger to concentrate on not being fooled by the fakes as he punched every one of them. The images made his anger grow, especially that they all stuck their tongues at him.

Manic grew tired, leaving Sonic the perfect opportunity. Punches, kicks, punches, and more kicks was laid by Sonic, bruising the green rodent. Sonic swept Manic away with a fierce axel kick, throwing him further away and scratching the floor as he flew.

Now it was time to put out this faker. Sonic launched after the green hedgehog...as if someone fell on him, Sonic slammed to the floor. "Ugh...what the...?" Wait...that wild pink hedgehog's doing...he should've known.

That fall wasn't enough to force the rings out of him, but still it hurt. Now his body hovered high, then...BLAM!! Sonic crashed into a tree and dented it in cracks. That hit from Manic was enough to lose his rings. It hurt, but not to the point of seriously injured, thanks to the rings, but if he don't retrieve at least one, the next hit will extremely hurt. Fighting the wooziness in his sight, Sonic reached for a ring near him...but then his hand felt so heavy, and it was pinned to the dirt.

  "I could easily crush your thick skull with just a thought..." said Sonia as she approached Sonic with her powers active. "...but I'm sure dear brother wants first dibs, am I right?"

Making a deep footprint on the ground, Manic madly cracked his knuckles. "YES!!!"

Mario hopped robot head after robot head, breaking the necks out of the SG3s. Soaring in mid-air, Mario shot some fireballs on the bots that were about to shot him in the sky. He then met the ground with style by missile kicking a bot's chest to its back.

  Mama-mia...they certainly carry thick-a armor. Hate to say it, but at least the kid packs more of a punch-a than I do with that saw thing.

Speak of the devil; Mario then saw Sonic getting thrown by a deadly punch straight into a tree.

  Aw, but the kid ain't gonna last long alone. Wish I can get-a these wind-up toys off my back.

  "BOMBS AWAY!!" suddenly, a barrel crashes into a SG3 that was trying to sneak attack Mario.

He was wondering when Diddy and Dixie would show up. The two young apes leaped out of the tiny cliff like action heroes, with a horde of barrels rolling the slope.

  Don't you just wish that life had good timing as this? Mario asked the forth wall.

Diddy cried a 'Woo hoo' as he activated barrel rockets on his back and took the air with his little girlfriend who fluttered with a long pony tail as a propeller. From out of nowhere, Diddy drew twin wooden pistols and shot a number of peanuts. It stunned the SG3s a bit as the bots tripped over the rolling barrels.

Dixie dropped a group of exploding melons, blasting chunks of the robot's body parts out. When her pony tail gave in, she dropped to the floor; But she was not done. She used her pony tail that somehow had the ability to lift up straight on its own, grabbing a barrel. She flung it like a catapult, smashing a bot with the projectile.

  "We'll handle these tin soldiers..." Diddy warned, shooting away. "...you help out your partner."

  "Uh...you guys? You sure you could hold out on your own, Pizanos?"  

  "Don't talk pizza talk on us..." said Dixie, whipping a bot with her pony tail. "Just go!"

Mario hesitantly headed for Sonic's aid, but he felt so guilty just leaving the kids there....They're just...children after all...then again, so is that fox kid and the pink hedgehog...or all these alien Pizanos to be exact.

Manic held Sonic by the neck with one hand, and had the other cracking its fingers, moving it around. "Now should I crack each of your ribs for calling me a girl, crush your skull like a soda can for doing that illusion thingy, or just rip you like a wish bone for insulting my bad ass fashion style, and hope my wish comes true?"

  "Would you make it quick, numb-skull...?" Sonia shouted, looking at her watch. "I'm missing Friends."

Manic tapped his finger on his chin...and then he got an idea. "I'll let you decide, blue boy. What will it be?"

From this death defying situation, Sonic bravely grinned. "How about my main man squirt your psycho sister with that creepy water shooter, I elbow you right in the face, sweep you off your feet, and I don't romantically, and then walk over your pudgy gut?"

  "Hmm...? Interesting suggestion...but not in my category! Freak it! I'll try them all!"

Suddenly, Sonia suffered a full blast of H20 in the face that knocked her on the ground. Sonic then elbowed Manic when he was off guard and swung his legs to sweep Manic off the floor and nail him down, hard.

  "Try to warn ya, bud." And he step over Manic's stomach after that.

Mario grinned at the approaching Sonic. "Molto bono display, kid…and did you call me your main man?"

The teen cringed at the thought. "I was punch drunk…you heard nothing!" 

Sonia's anger was up to the point where the water on her boiled to steam. "You know…I just had my silky furred skin washed in a good bubble bath before this, done my clothes to clean perfection, and already fixed my nails…and you ruined them! RUINED!"

Mario narrowed his eyes at her with a sweat drop. "You should've thought about that before trying to mess-a with us, kid."

  "And suffer the wrath of my Masters…? ~shudder~ no thanks!"

Kids…oy…anywise, Mario handed Sonic a mushroom to heal some of his wounds. "Alright, speedy, you handle the green boy; I'll take care of the girl."

Sonic finished munching on the mushroom, feeling most of his muscles relaxed and his energy partly replenished. "Good, going easy on that girl was killing me. I don't like to hurt the ladies…even psychos like her. You had this with girls before?"

  "Well two. Some crazy witch-a named Valentina…" Mario then frowned after thinking about that battle he was forced on in the Super Smash Bros. Melee against…Peach. "I don't wanna talk about the second time."

  "Never mind then. Let's just nail these fakers!"

Sonic charged ahead with a Spin Dash while Mario leaped ahead. The plumber shot towards Sonia, which she then froze him in the air with her telekinesis. But Mario quickly fired the Fludd, taking direct hit on Sonia's face. 

Sonic shot quick punches and kicks at Manic while he zipped around him and away from his attacks. This time, Manic countered Sonic's attempts by punching the earth to shake it, and knock Sonic off his feet. The blue hero's reflexes were quick enough to avoid Manic's hammering fist by rolling away, and then he leaped up to his feet when he got a safe distance from his opponent.

  "Not bad, pal; not bad…let's see what you'll when I go full force!" and Sonic charged with a Figure-Eight Dash, closing in on Manic real fast, and then…

BAM!!!

A powerful sucker punch sends Chunky's back to slam against a large rock, imprinting a silhouette crater.

After Mighty hammered a chunk of the earth hard on Chunky, a while back, the armadillo gained the upper hand while the gorilla was seeing stars. However, Chunky proved the contender he is and did not give the Mobian a free ride. But he was still in worse shape than Mighty now.

  "I was expecting something a little extra. Guess I shouldn't bring my hopes up when it comes to you smelly apes."

Chunky pealed off of the rock and dropped to the floor.

  "I swear what good it is of being just strong when you don't have the speed and skills to cover it. Now just look at yourself, dweeb; I'm just kicking your furry can straight downtown." 

The gorilla's right arm was pumping from its veins, shaking violently.

  "Now watch as the Armadillo comes in and gives a little smackity smack straight across your candy-ass, and then the Armadillo will twist your spine so bad until the Armadillo hears you sing Jingle Bells…" Mighty charged forth, holding up his to deliver and fierce punch to the face. "If you smeeelllll…what the Armadillo…is…coo…!"   

POW!!! And then Mighty shot out like a rocket car, cutting Acers of trees from their roots till he crashed into a rocky hill.

That…was Chunky's Primeape Punch; the same move he was given from one of Cranky's potions. The move he taught to DK once before he was taken to a Super Smash Bros. tournament. That powerful punch was enough to send even the strongest of opponents unconscious.

Except that Armadillo. Deep in the forest, Chunky can see a sandstorm rushing through and some bloody screaming. That creature wasn't going down without a fight.

There's only one hope.

In the DK 64 adventure, Chunky, along with Diddy, Tiny, and Lanky Kong somehow developed a slight bond with the Crystal Coconut. It wasn't as strong as its guardian's, no, but their bond was enough to give them special abilities. Tiny could shrink herself to small size, Lanky can inflate his body, and Chunky…well his is the opposite of Tiny's.

Trees rocketed out of the forest like an explosion took place. An ever so enraged and very, very pissed Mighty the Armadillo marched out of the dust-storm, covered in dust, bruises, blood as so on.

  "You think you're so cute, huh? HUH? I'll tell you something about cute...they always die...!! Huh?"

Chunky was flexing his muscles, grunting and grunting as a white aura flowed from him like steam. For a minute there, Mighty though he was trying to do some DBZ crap. Now he wished he did and failed at it because as that famous growing sound you hear from those Mario games was heard, the gorilla grew in gigantic size. The kong was now twenty-five feet tall, making the Mobian feel like a ant.

  "Chunky don't want to hurt you, but you do, so Chunky must!"

Mighty slowly stepped back, shooting his dilated eyes at the giant ape. "At least I know who King Kong is...whoa nelly!"

Every leap Manic made, hewould always punch the earth, creating shockwave that ripped through it, and Sonic would always zip away from the ground waves. He knew Manic was only doing this to keep Sonic at bay, but unless he had a hefty amount of stemena like yours truly, he'll tire himself out soon.

And just like Sonic guessed, Manic was getting tired; his prowless is slowing down, making it easier for Sonic to cut through and deliver a rushing tackle that then slammed Manic into a tree.

It was like trying to get through an invisible wall, or invisible waves of the sea. No matter how hard Mario tries to close in on her, Sonia would always use her telekinetic powers to push Mario back. But Mario already knew her weakness: She's not experienced with handling water. What is it with hedgehog's luck with water, he wondered.

Mario fired Fludd's nozzle cannon, blasting Sonia soaked and wet. Now when she was off guard, allowing Mario to blast her with fireballs...or at least blast the ground near her and hope the force would knock her out.

But the wild pink hedgehog used her telekinetic powers to hover over the dirt and avoid the bouncing fireballs. She then answered back with a telekinetic-psybeam, but once again, Mario side flipped away from the beam, letting it break a tree from its roots.

  "You know, you kids just-a don't listen to your elders, do ya?" asked Mario, still on his guard.

  "Yeah...why should we, pops...? Not when we can do THIS!" After Sonia removed the pendant shewore around her neck, it shined with white light within her hand. It suddenly sprout into a electric keyboard guitar, which Sonia held it like a two arm gun and a guitar.

Mario nearly cracked a laugh. "Don't tell me you're gonna play-a rock n roll for me to death." Whoa, let's be careful here, he thought. Mario lived in the Mushroom World for years, and if there's one thing he learned, is to expect the unexpected.

  "In a word...YES! MELODY DESTROYER!!" Mario expected it to shoot lasers or something...he was barely half right. The thing fired a powerful beam with the force of a tidal wave, and now it it just burned through the plumber. But it didn't stop there. The beam continued to cut through, rocketing toward the robot fight where Diddy and Dixie were.

  "DIDDY, LOOK!!" Dixie cried as she saw a chaotic beam coming forth.

Quickly, Diddy held onto Dixie's waist. "Hang on!" And Diddy lifted off with his rocket pack, blasting over the incoming wave of death that burned all the SG3s to ashes.    

The beam extended through achers of the land, leaving a large smoke screen in its trail. But it finally died down, with only but the echoing roars of the beam fading away.

Sonia breathed hard after being thrown back from unleashing that godly blast. At least she took care of one measly plumber.

  "Hey...ragazza piccola*...!" (Translation: Little girl in Italian.)

She felt pale when she heard that familiar voice she thought was dead. Cringing, she looked up and found the plumber soaring up in the air. It would appear that Mario jumped up so fast, he left a image of himself that fooled Sonia to think he was caught in the blast.

  "How long till that thing recharges?"

Normally she wouldn't tell, but she was too much in shock to care. "Uh...thirty minutes?"

Grinning, Mario drew two power rings he collected a while back. (Yes, Mario with power rings...now we've seen it all.) With the power of the rings, he was coated in fire aura as a blue image of spades appeared behind him. "Should've made that shot count. SUPER FLAME!!" 

From the air, Mario fired a barrage of giant fireballs like meteors. The shots didn't take direct hit of the female hedgehog, but it did harmfully blow holes on the ground near her, powerful enough to blow her hard like a strong punch. Her body bounced on the ground to a good distance till she finally dropped to a stop. The weapon she held also landed near her and shrunk back into a crystal pendant

  "Ow...you're...too...mean..." and with that, Sonia passed out.

At the same time, Sonic waited for Manic to peel himself out of the tree. When Manic did, he drew his own pendant and summoned a set of drums that made Sonic rolled of laughter. However, that was Sonic's downfall; when Manic jammed his drumsticks on the drum; he created a number of sonic boom blasts that also caused chaotic damage to the earth. (Poor Mother Earth.). This blew Sonic away like he was as light as a feather.

  Okay...didn't see that coming...but if he thinks I'm gonna let myself be dragged around in this freak storm...think again!

Sonic drew a ring and harnessed the energies into his body. The hedgehog was now hidden behind a bright display of light that even blinded Manic. The light then faded, but what surprised the green hedgehog was Sonic was cutting through mighty drum waves with some kind of a super Sonic Spin that made an annoying whistle sound.

BLAM!! The Sonic Cannonball plowed the drum set along with Manic with a powerful attack that was as fierce as a bullet train. Along the ride, Manic was shoved through the dirt, making a long ditch behind their trail.

The attacked ended, and Sonic breathed easy before he prepared to carry Manic's unconscious body.

  "I see you finished as well; Took you long enough, though."

Sonic grimed when he noticed Mario approaching with a passed out Sonia in his arms. "Heh, well hearing you make those high pitch sounds was enough to make me wanna kill myself."

  "Hey, I can't help it that my voice gets squeaky when I'm excited!"

Suddenly, explosion sounds took Sonic and Mario by the notice. They looked ahead to find a giant gorilla plummeting the earth with his fist.

  "I'm not sure if they can't help making mince meat of each other, either!" said Sonic before dashing in to the rescue.

Again, Mighty got blasted into a rock. Even when he leaps away from Giant Chunky's hammering fist, the force was enough to knock the wind out of him.

  "You've gotten a few blows. I'll give you that…" Evil Mighty grunted as he peeled himself out of the rock's face. "But you know what they say: The bigger they are…the harder I make em fall!"

Mighty launched high, and soared over to Chunky's face…

  "BULRP!!!!" But Mighty felt like a truck hit him and he slammed hard through the trees like a bullet. Yes, the armadillo has gotten a hard taste of Chunky's Sonic Belch.

  "Wait! Stop the fight! Stop!"

Chunky then saw some chubby big nose guy in overalls and some blue pointy thing running up to him, waving their arms like they were trying to say hi.

  "Sonic…!" Mario called as he ran by the blue hedgehog. (Sonic was running at average human speed, alright?). "You get-a your friend; I'll talk to…GAH!!"

Out of nowhere, a blockade of SG3s warped in their way, aiming their wrist blasters at the interferers.

  "Man, these guys are serious about these fights, are they?" asked Sonic.

While the robots fired their lasers like Star Wars frenzy, Chunky saw this and figured that poor critters are in trouble.

  "NO MORE!!!!"

Suddenly, a flying tree slammed the gorilla in the face. In the tree patch, the trees collapsed down within the smoke screen, and then more trees shot out, taking hit at the gorilla.

  "GRRRAAAAAHHHH!!!" Mighty launched like a rocket from the smoke covered forest and charged through the floor like a madman. He took another leap to the air and span like the Tasmanian devil, winding up for a blow to the floor, which he did now.

  "GRRRRAAAAA!!!" a hammer to the earth created the mother of all ground waves, catching   Giant Chunky within the wave.

  "DIE NOOOWWW!!" Mighty soared through the sand storm, and then used all his might to deliver a powerful, earth shattering punch to the face. The punch even shoved Chunky's back right on the floor, shaking the earth from impact.

But Chunky's mind doesn't know the meaning of the word 'give up' as his arms struggle their muscles to pull himself up. He may have taken a devastating blow that could break every bone in his body, but Chunky is tough. Not even an army of Kremlings can keep him down. No armadillo will ever…  

And Chunky passed out hard on his back, shrinking back to his normal size with the famous Mario shrinking sound.

*Battle over…Mighty the Armadillo wins*

As soon as it was called, the robots were fighting with Sonic and Mario warped away.

  "Hey…where did that voice come from? It sounded like that guy from those Mortal Combat games." asked Sonic.

(A/N: Before you ask; no, the Masters ain't one of the characters from Mortal Combat. This is only for Sonic and Mario characters.)

Mario took a gander around the area to find out. "No clue…but take a look at your friend."

Sonic felt like he could cry right now. His old friend who helped infiltrate Robotnik's Eggman-Land was battered, bruised, covered in blood, wet and dry, dirty, breathing deeply for air, etc. and he still seems that he wants to fight. He already taken out the brutish kong, and now his next course is Sonic and Mario.

  "Heh…heh….heh….what…? What are you staring at…? You wanna go? HUH? Come on, then…come on!"

Sonic cringed in shock, shaking his head. "Mighty…snap out of it…don't you remember me?"

  "COME ON! I asked you to fight me! Now fight, you retards!" he pumped his feet through the floor, taking a charge at the duo.

  "Brace yourself, kid!" warned Mario as he took a stance.

But then the armadillo's pace slowed down. His breath weakened and his arms shook violently. With one last breath, Mighty dropped to the floor, parting the dust from his fall.

  "MIGHTY!!" Sonic zipped quickly to Mighty's body, but then he startled back when he saw some purple ghost thing leaving the armadillo's body.

  "That must have been what possessed him." Said Mario as he ran up to the two with a suitcase in hand.

  "Hey, where did you get the suitcase from?"

  "Why don't-a you ask-a that pink hedgehog friend of yours about the hammer?"

  "Never mind then."

Mario pulled out two green spotted mushrooms and gave one to Sonic. "These are 1-UP Mushrooms. They'll revive your friend as long as he still has-a pulse."

Sonic took the time to check a pulse on Mighty. "Yeah, he still has one."

  "Good, feed-a this to him. Crush it, juice it, I don't care-a how you do it. Just feed it to the kid. I'll tend to Chunky."

  "Fine!"

  "Really…? They do work wonders, wouldn't you say?"

Sonic shot to his legs and startled when he saw both Sonia and Manic back in conscious, but not enough for a fight. He grinded his teeth when he saw a familiar face; a small black imp creature with a jet pack on his back and a green bag worn around his shoulder. This creature was juggling some 1-UP mushrooms like a circus clown.

  "Bokkun?!? What are you doing here? These guys are part of Eggman's competition! Why did you help them?"

The imp sneered. "Cause I quit that egg-ass' job a while after your run-in back in Knothole Island. (A/N: Spoiler for my up-coming fic: Sonic Adventure 1.5) The Masters are my new bosses, and they praise me a lot more than Egg-butt did."

Before he knew it, Sonic grabbed him by the neck and lifted him off the floor. "Who are they? Tell me before I clog up that little neck of yours!"

Fighting the pain, Bokkun held up a little nicely wrapped package. "Gck…this…will tell you."

Dropping him, Sonic held on to the present and pull the ribbon…BOOM!! I'm pretty sure you know what happened.

Sonic boiled his little ashy head in fury. "I HATE IT WHEN HE DOES THAT!!"

Bokkun flew towards the awakening hedgehogs as he laughed like a hyena. "Man you little jokers can't even handle one Speedy Gonzales wanna-be? Man, I'd been kicking his butt all the time back before you were even found."

  "Hit and run does not count as a victory, pip-squeak!" Sonic shouted.

  "Eh, whatever."

Behind Sonic, Mario already fed the mushrooms to Mighty and Chunky, and they did their usual successful job in replenishing half of their energies, but they were still woozy to get up. Mario left them be and joined with Sonic, taking a glance at the black imp.

  "Who's that?"

  "Bokkun…some little yellow clown who gives me messages from Eggman…then blowing them up in my face. Guess he works for these so-called Masters now."

Suddenly, a body landed between the two, all bruised and dirty. It was a little monkey with a red cap and shirt.

  "Diddy!" Mario rushed up to the poor mammal that was starting to wake up. "You okay?"

Diddy massaged his head like he had a migraine, but he appeared to be fine. "Yeah…Dixie…DIXIE!!"

(Play Shadow's theme-Instrumental version.)

Sonia and Manic parted away for a two dark figures, like subjects for the king. One figure was large, fat, and wearing yellow overalls and cap, and a maroon shirt underneath. The other figure was a black hedgehog with red streaks on his quills, and he had Dixie unconscious and over his shoulder.

  "Shadow!"

  "Wario!"

The two tag team of darkness grinned with wickedness.

  "You…leave her alone, you creep!" Diddy cried in anger.

Shadow smirked, gripping Dixie tighter. "I'm afraid I have to decline your demand, little boy. You see, your little girlfriend is next of our experiment. I'm just here to keep it well in business, plus to have a word with these foolish fakers."

Sonia and Manic hung their heads in shame.

  "She has nothing to do with this!" said Mario. "This is a battle between us, Wario!"

  "As much as I love to drag your puny carcass around the curve, orders are orders and I'm one to keep a word. Vedali piu successivamente, perdente!" (Translation: See you later, loser.)

Sonic and Mario charged in for the attack, until Shadow, Sonia, and Manic revealed their fake emeralds and Wario and Bokkun held on to them.

  "CHAOS CONTROL!!" Sonic pounced on them a little too late as he plowed to the dirt. They already warped away.

  "Dammit!" Sonic pound the ground with frustration.

This was a nightmare. Yeah, that's to explain this. Diddy felt cold, as if a part of him harshly left him. The monkey ran around the corners of the damaged field, hoping he could find his beloved girlfriend.

  "Dixie…Dixie…Dixie…?" Diddy went into a nervous reek. Soon he came to Sonic and shook him by the shoulders. "Where is she?! Where did they take her?"

Sonic could feel the worry in his eyes. He doesn't want to hurt his feelings anymore than it already is, but there's no way he can make up a confident answer. "I…don't…know."  

That was it…there's no hope. Diddy choked in tears and dropped to his knees.  

  "DIXIE!!!!!!!"

His cry echoed across the land. Even miles away from the large smoke cloud, two beings on a cliff heard the heart shattering cry. One hidden under a cloth that appeared through a dark worm-hole, and a large, bulky robot with the appearance of a gorilla.

  "Ah, it appears Shadow already went in the next subjects. It makes me feel that the Masters are playing favorites."

The robot shined its crimson eyes. "#Partner- subject- scanned.# Where were you?"

  "Waluigi's partner was being lazy, to my view. I had to save his skinny butt. But I can ask the same for you. We must continue with the next subject with the crocs."

  "#Negative…!# You screw yourself with the reptiles for all I care. I've got an old score to settle with Donkey Kong." The robot marched away from his partner, shaking the earth a bit with his steps.

  "KAOS!! Your business is to fulfill your orders; not with personal affairs…! KAOS!!" 

But the gorilla-shaped robot ignored and went ahead with his personal programming: Destroy Donkey Kong.   

 ????: ?:??

…so much colors all around…

..so beautiful…

…yet so empty…

…so alone…

…I can't be here…

…I need to fulfill my promise to her…

…please let me leave this place…

  "I am sorry…it is too soon for that."

He twisted around, floating in the rainbowish space. The echidna woman lowered down by him, like a goddess from heaven. Flying near her was a watery creature with emerald eyes.

  "But why…? Tell me, Tikal!"

She closed her eyes; pouting her lips in a frown. "The darkness that has taken control of your body is too strong. Any action to obtain it may destroy your spiritual aura, Shadow."  

He hung his head, watching his fist shake with rage. He's helpless now…and the darkness is making a mockery in his body. What now?

  "All we can do is hope that Sonic and his counterpart succeeds in weakening it. We can only wait."

Wait…that's not really his strong point…but his patients is better than the blue hedgehog's.

  "You better save my body in one piece Sonic…you better."

Marsh Land-Midas Falls: 4:01 PM

Within the Mushroom lands lie eight lands that were shown around Mario's RPG adventure. Each of these lands is the main lands of the world and connects to one another, forming a shape of a mushroom, hence the name Mushroom World.

Marsh Land, the greenest land of all the Mushroom Land. Half of this land is made up of a lush jungle, and the rest a lively forest. In the jungle, over between Marsh Land and the Mushroom Kingdom lies the biggest waterfall in the world; the Midas Falls. If one person was brave enough, he could ride the falls to collect coins that hides within. Although to of the Chaotix and Mallow of Nimbus Land never had chance to find that out.

At the foot of a spring, a boat lies in ruins around shore; smashed parts decorated the beach. Not only was that, bodies also part of the ruins.

  "Uhhh...~kaff, kaff~...." Vector was the first to wake up, cough up a fish from his mouth. "I hate seafood!" He stood up, still woozy from his unconsciousness. "Hey...Espio...? Yo! You around, dude?"

  "OW! Here...!" the purple chameleon tossed Vector off his feet and made himself visible. "Jeez, you stepped on my freakin back!"

  "Well how was I supposed to know you were there? Man, if you weren't in ghost mode..."

  "I can't help it if I camouflage when I'm asleep...by the way, what happened?"

  "Well...I think after you went psycho on the boat, we fell into some huge waterfall...and I slid down some tunnels, checking out some show ride those crazy monsters make...and I don't know...I think I hit my head on a rock along the way."

  "Well that's just perfect, and this boat you stole is busted...oh well, maybe the owner won't know."

  "True that...wait, I remember collecting some mollas along the way! Where are they?" he scanned around the green, tropical area till he found the gold dics hidden under the waters behind him. "Hello new car!"

Before he knew it, a purple blur soared over him and plummeted in the shallow ends with big splash. The horned chameleon surfaced roughly out of the waters, happily gripping on the coins.

  "Shiiiinnyyyy!"

  "Yo, Espio, I had them first! Give em up!" and he dived in the water, wrestling Espio over the coins.

  "Finders keepers, losers' weepers!"

  "Weepers my scaly butt! I found them myself! Get your own!"

  "Hey, share of the financials, Vec!"

  "Freak that!"

And fighting in the water for money they did.

Just then from a path behind some bushes, Mallow appeared, running out. He stopped, spotting the two Mobians fighting like second graders in the shallow water.

  "I picked them with my own two hands, so they're mine! You can keep the green ones!"

Mallow blinked after Vector screamed. "Uh...actually those green Frog Coins are worth more than...."

  "GIVE UP THE GREENS, HORN HEAD!!"

And their fighting got worse, making large splashes about.

  "Guys...stop fighting...we don't have time for this..." Mallow hated to do this, but he's not much of the voice of authority. "THUNDERBOLT!!"

After a flash was seen over the jungle, we pan down to the group, seeing Espio and Vector cringe their sparking bodies that floated on the water.

  "Sorry to do that, guys, but I do need your help to find that emerald thing..."

Abruptly, Vector merges out of the water. "YOU CRAZY PUFF-BALL?!! YOU COULD'VE KILLED US!!!"

Espio also stood out of the water with an angry scowl. "YEAH!!!"

Mallow's face was beginning to break down. "Uh...I'm sorry...I-I-I thought that...you guys wouldn't..."

  "Well next time watch how you shoot those bolts! This isn't a freakin anime cartoon; we could've been DEAD!" Espio warned.

Mallow thought the possibilities of his foolish attempts, and yes, shocking them in water was deadly. As he poured guilt in himself, it has caused the most common thing he done in his past time.

He cried.

  "I'm SORRRRRYYYY!!! WAAAAAAHHHH!!!!" 

What happened was unexpected for the Mobians. What was a clear blue sky was covered behind a blanket of gray clouds. As if life didn't think they were wet enough, it started to rain.

  "You know…?" Espio asked, annoyed by the cold drops. "I'm beginning to see a pattern."

  "Yup."

From behind some bushes, a green frog in a blue scarf and hat hopped towards the trio. He stopped and gazed at two of the strange wet creatures, but his jaw dropped when he saw the crying figure.

  "Well I'll be! If it isn't Mallow!"

Hearing that voice calmed the Nimbus boy down, and when he did, the rain stopped, and the sun shined once again.

Espio blinked in confusion. "Yup…that proved that pattern."

  "Damn straight, dude."

Mallow happily ran towards the frog. "Frogo! Hey, it's great to see you again!"

(A/N: For those of you who remember Super Mario RPG, this frog is the one who sells yor stuff for Frog Coins. I forgot his name though, or if he has one that is.)

Frogo nodded, patting the boy on the head. "Hey, how's the prince of Nimbus Land doing?"

  "Great…I was until when…"

  "…Until Bowser invaded the Mushroom Kingdom with an alien ally. I know, Frogfucius knows."

  "I was expecting Grampa would know about it. After all, he is Frogfucius." 

Both Espio and Vector shot surprised looks at each other.

  "Wait…back up, dudes. Frogfucius…as in a 'frog'?"

Frogo nodded. "Mallow was adopted by our elder before he found his parents and discovered his duties as a prince. While then, he believed he was a tadpole."

Soon the calm before the storm played as both Mobians froze in silence. Frogo and Mallow became clueless as they watched the blank faces on the alien duo.

  "Um…hello?" Mallow said, snapping his fingers.

  "My, such odd fellows you have here, Mallow."

It was a relief that their faces were starting to move, but what next would anger Mallow.

  "BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" both Vector and Espio were drowned in laughter; falling on the muddy soil as they laughed.

We don't have to go up close to the characters as the camera here shoots above the jungle.

  "STOP MAKING FUN OF ME!!!"

KLASH!! And a powerful lighting bolt suddenly stopped the laughing.

  "Sheesh, I knew I should've brought my fist-aid kit." Muttered Frogo.

Congo Bongo South Side Beach: 4:12 PM

The waves of the mighty sea roars upon the sandy soils of Congo Bongo, seagulls soar over the shore, searching for food, and DK and Candy lie on the sand, forced to listen to Knuckles and Rouge's tired argument. Yes, tired, I mean as in they were feeling exhausted of breath and lack of words, so they sat on the sand. But one of them blunts a name every minute or two.

  "Cave-dweller." Knuckles muttered, still sitting the sand with his elbow rested on his knee and his face on his palm.

Rouge glared at him as she massaged her wings. "Banana nose."

A long pause came between the two as Knuckles traveled his eyes on the area and Rouge massaged her wings. Knuckles has been watching her treat her wings for the past ten minutes, with no care. But seeing this for so long was starting to make him curious.

  "Why are you massaging your wings?" he asked still with a 'Like-I-care' tone.

She shot a quick narrow look at him before going back to her wings. "If you must know, you know how I glide like you?"

  "Yeah?"

  "Actually, I'm supposed to fly."

A tiny pint of surprise popped within the echidna, but Knuckles still felt angry at her.  "Then how come you don't?"

  "Well hey, after time of being an agent, going on painful mission and crap, it but a bad strain on my wings. I can't fly anymore, and every time I try to spread my wings to the fullest, that cramp comes back and it hurts."

  "Hmm…" Interesting…though Knuckles couldn't help but feel a little sorry for her…like he would show it, of course. "Why don't you use those mushrooms in this world?"

  "The princess said that it doesn't work on those…kind of cases." The bat then groaned. "And we bats aren't supposed to get these problems at this early of an age!"

  "Really…how old are you?"

Suddenly, the bat shot a deadly look. "You don't get out of your island that much; do you? Addressing a lady's age? Shame on you!"

  "I'm not addressing, I'm just asking."

Rouge turned away, raising her up her chin. "I'll never tell ant-breath."

  "Alright, I understand that you're afraid to tell that you're what, forty? Fifty?" 

With a swift motion, Rouge pinned Knuckles down on the floor and her face was an inch closer to his. "I'M TWENTY FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU JERK!!"

A wave of embarrassment flowed through Rouge for the fact that she blabbed her age, and that she's so close to Knuckles. Slowly, she sat up straight, trying to ignore her heated face. An awkward silence kicked in again, where both where too afraid to say a word or hoping no one will bring up that…position.

  "Eighteen." Until Knuckles finally broke the peace; admitting his age.

None of them knew why, but they smiled at each other, followed by soft laughter.

  "AHOY!"

The crew heard the wave of a call from afar. They arose with their legs supporting them up, gazing down at the right side of the beach. Sailing along the waves appeared to be someone riding some tube thing dragging along a tail of more tube thingies.

  "Hey, who's that?" Candy muttered out loud, running closer to the water.

A large came crashing down, shoving the tubes quickly to shore. Knuckles and Rouge nearly got plowed by the tubes, if they haven't leaped over them. Soon, DK came to intercept and pushed the tubes to a complete stop.

  "Aw, gee! Thanks pal."

DK blinked down at the person he saved from crashing into the rocky wall behind him. It was a little turtle with large eyes, and orange fingerless gloves.

  "Hey, you're DK, aren't you?"

  "Um…yeah…do I know you?"

  "You're Diddy's uncle, right?"

  "Well I'm not exactly his uncle, but yeah. You know Diddy?"

The turtle hopped out of the tube thing, which by the Rouge and Candy's observation, they were motorized hover-pods. "My name's Tiptup the Turtle. I'm Diddy's old friend from Timber Island way back. I also helped him beat Wizpig too."

Suddenly, DK's mind opened up. He remembered Diddy once talking about some old friends in his old home in Timber Island. He also mentioned them in his battle against the alien pig, Wizpig.

  "Oh yeah! Diddy talked about you…"

  "Wizpig?!"

The natives turned to the Mobians who froze in surprise. It didn't take long for them to drop to the sand and laugh.

  "W-What…hahahah…kind of a name is that?" Rouge laughed, barely containing herself.

  "Wizpig…hahahah….wha…ahhaha…does he have the power…ahahha…to use the bathroom…every five minutes…hahahhahah!!"

Tiptup sheepishly laughed. "Yeah…I don't blame you."

Ignoring them, DK went back to his nephew's old friend. "Well any friend of Diddy's is a friend of mine." He cautiously shook Tiptup's little hands with his large paws. "You know me as Donkey Kong. This is my girlfriend, Candy…" the appealing gorilla waved. "…and the laughing hyenas over there are Knuckles the Echidna and Rouge the Bat."   

Tiptup sweat drop as he still witnessed the two laughing their brains off in the sand. "I'll…say hi to them later."

  "So what are you doing here, anywise, Tiptup?" asked Candy. "And what's with the hover-tubes?"

  "Me, Diddy, Timber, and Pipsy are going on a little race for kicks. I was lucky I had time to schedule my family's choir some other time to do so." Pausing, the laughter of the Mobians was starting to scare him since they're still laughing. Wizpig's name isn't that funny. "So…you guys resting in the beach? It doesn't seem to be the best place since you have to see THAT!" the turtle pointed at K.Rool's battleship: the Blast o' Matic, with fear.

DK shook his head. "We're trying to think of a way to get in there."

  "Why?"

As Knuckles and Rouge recovered and stood up, Candy continued. "We have to stop K.Rool from making anymore deadly robots he's making from robot parts sent by an alien."

Alien…? Tiptup cringed in his knees and then ducked in his shell. Wizpig might be back. After the Diddy Kong Racing, most of the natives in Timber Island fled due to the fear that Wizpig might be back. "Y-Y-you don't mean…W-W-Wizpig, right?"

This caused Knuckles and Rouge to collapse back on the sand and laugh.

  "Nope, but this guy is far worse." Said DK.

  "Oh that makes me so much better." Tiptup sarcastically muttered in his shell.

Now that she thought about as Candy eyed the four hover-tubes, Tiptup came at a better time. Maybe if she asked nicely… "Say Tiptup…"

  "Ye~ah?" he slowly withdrew from his shell.

  "Since we're trying to save the day and all, and that we can't get to K.Rool's ship without taking a chance of being eaten by sharks…can we…?"

He already saw it coming. "Wait a minute! Those pods don't come cheap, you know!"

He maybe a pro at a swamp orchestra and a hero for defeating Wizpig, well at least helping Diddy defeat Wizpig, but there's one thing he's not experienced dealing with…

…and that's the exotic charm of a woman.

  "Pleaaase?" she asked, kneeling close to him with the sexiest and cutest look she could muster.

And from there, Tiptup fainted on his back. "U-u-uhhh….okay!"

Candy sheepishly laughed when she saw DK's jealous face. "Hey, you gotta play dirty to get the things you want."

  "Yeah…but did you have to do that?"

  "Why?" she playfully poked hid nose. "Feeling pale before a turtle? Did I ever tell you I find the Ninja Turtles very hunky?"

  "WHAT?!!!"

Candy giggled as she stretched his lips. "Just kidding."

Minutes later, the gang took a tube, disconnected them from the chains and wires, and began to shove them towards the water. But now looking at the floating tower, miles ahead, and his beloved girlfriend, the one he knew all his life (Along with Funky Kong), the one that went from best friend to something more, the one he asked to go steady years later and answered with a deep kiss he'll never forget, he started to realize that this will be incredibly dangerous for her. This kind of mission might end her life.

It was pretty scary back in the Mushroom Kingdom when he heard that this Doctor...Roton...Robon...er...? Eggman, yeah, turns his captives into robots, and Candy was one of them. But instead, she was under a dark control, which was at least better than seeing her as a robot. He guessed after all this pressure, he forgotten the safety of Candy's. What if once they close in on K.Rool's tower, she get blown to bits by a missile, or what if...

  "Donkey Kong! Is anyone home in there?" Candy finished from knocking his head. "What's wrong?"    

The gorilla pressed his lips; facing down at the hover tube. "Candy...you sure you wanna do this with us?"

  "Huh?"

  "I mean...I never thought about this before...but I don't know what I'll do if you got hurt...I don't think...maybe you shouldn't...I mean you don't go onto these adventures a lot..."

He didn't expect it...actually he expected her to slap him for thinking of her so low. But Candy silenced the ape by pressing her lips onto his. 

  "Like I said: I'm already involved in this too much. So don't ask to stop me, got it, Donkey?"

  "I…got it." He answered back with a kiss of his own.

Knuckles cringed away in disgust. "Ugh, I think I'm going to be sick."   

???: 4:42 PM

  Uh…that was one of the worse naps ever…

  The floor feels shaky…why does it feels like…I'm in a car or something?

She felt herself pushing up through the gravity, but then she hit on something like a bar connecting some cloth.

  Ow! That hurt…hey why is it so hard to stand…huh?

She looked at her left and saw from an opening, trees passing by. Below her was a brown haired woman on some driver's seat…in a small car she's standing on.

  "Daisy?"

Just like she guessed, as the woman turned around, it was the flower girl princess. "You're awake; finally."

  "What happened? Where am I? Where're you taking me?"

  "Whoa, chill, girl." She said, keeping her eyes on the road. "You and the squirrel were ripping each other to shreds, so Peach put a sleep spell on ya."

Oh now she remembered; Sally starting a fight once again. Damn that witch. "So…where are we going?"

Daisy gave a sly smile. "My friend; we're gonna do some ladies' shopping."

Yes, she just said Amy's secret word. "Shopping? But this place doesn't look like a place to do some…huh?"

What passed by was something Amy never thought she'll see in this world: Some kind of a sporty maroon van from…Mazda or something. She doesn't know about cars, but she did come to a conclusion that this place is stuck in medieval times.

  "Was that a…?"

Daisy chuckled. "What? You thought we'd be in some land of wizards and knights and all that crap?"

  "Well…yeah."

  "Oh come on! Didn't the go-carts and TVs in the castle tip you off?"

  "There were TVs?"

The human rolled her eyes. "Look, the point is: we're going to Mushroom City. Trust me; it'll be like that Station Square you talked about…oh, Amy, can you hang on to that bar in front of you?"

Hesitantly, Amy gripped the bar. After Daisy pressed the button, the clothed roof above Amy moved back like a convertible roof. Her eyes spread, realizing that that she could get blown off, so she held on to the bar for dear life.

Amy found herself traveling in some dirt path in a forest, riding on some mini-kart shaped like a yellow buggy or something. It looked like one of those old 40s type cars, decorated in flowers. The woman sure loves flowers like Amy does, she concluded.

  "This is my new Bloom Coach!" Daisy shouted through the wind. "This is going to be my kart for the Mario Kart: Double Dash tournament. Hang on; we're heading to the exit to Toad Turnpike."

Amy felt herself nearly beginning to get thrown of as Daisy drove the kart in turns like crazy before finally making a sharp right to a ramp that lead to a highway, and joined a trail of cars.

  "Jeez, Daisy, you drive like a wild grandmother." Amy shouted, trying to gather her nerves.

The princess sheepishly grinned. "Well hey, its my first time driving a kart since a few weeks ago, and the first time in a Mario Kart race."

  "Mario Kart? Is every sport named after him?"

  "Well he is the hero of the kingdom, and all. Though I feel sorry for Luigi."

  "Huh?" she rather not asks that. It's none of her business. Anywise, further down the road, as Daisy maneuvers around the cars and trucks, she can see a city, miles ahead.

  "There it is: Mushroom City! What do you think, huh?"

  "Hmm...Looks smaller than Sapphire City, but almost the same size as Station Square though."

Daisy rolled her eyes, shaking her head. You just can't win them all.

After trailing miles of road, the girls rode on a bridge that connected to the city, which they're very close. But what got Amy's attention was a large cruise ship far down on right the in some docks. A beautiful resort ship, just the thing Amy always dreamed of going with the one she loved. Soon as the kart reached to the right spot, Amy can see a familiar picture on the boat side.

  "~gasp~...Hey! Your face is on that boat!"

Daisy looked over at the right. "Oh look at that....heh, yeah, that's actually my boat. How else you think I got here?"

Amy raised a brow at her. "I don't even know where you...LOOK OUT!!!"

Daisy witnessed the cause of her death, or at least an expensive bill when she was about to drive into the rear of a car. Madly, she twisted the wheel to the left and made a nasty sharp turn that almost tossed Amy away.

Soon they made the clear, safe and sound, and Daisy breathed easy.

  "Are you stupid? Watch where you're freakin going!!" Amy screamed. "You could've killed us!"

  "Well I'm sorry, but you were going all 'Oh-my-god' on my boat!"

  "Hey, you're the one who was driving; not me!"

Daisy growled, focusing on the road. "If you don't like my driving then why don't you take the wheel?"

  "Gladly."

  "Ha! Like I'm gonna let a thirteen year old drive my baby!"

Amy felt the fury of hell within her, but she forced herself to be reminded that Daisy's driving, and she'll save her fury when she'll get out of the car.

  "Speaking of my boat, let's stop there, so we can hitch to another ride for style."

Amy temporary sided away her anger. "What do you mean?"

The girl turned to Amy for a quick second with a grin. "Limo, baby!"

Pop goes her anger. "LIMO!?! ~girly squeal~!"  Amy could just see it now: Sonic and she riding in a majestic limo through the city in a beautiful night, with lights shining like Christmas lights. Holding up a glass of wine, low in alcohol, of course, they would stare into each of their green eyes, moving their lips closer and closer…

  "AMY!!"

Awakening from her dream, she found her arm being clenched under Daisy's hand.

  "What were you doing? You almost fell off!"

Amy swiped her arm away. "Well if you people would bother putting in a back seat…"

  "That's because it'll be easier for the back seater to use items, and look who's talking on watching what you're doing!"

The pink hedgehog snorted while pointing her face away.

  This is going to be a loooong day.

And so, Daisy drove her Bloom Coach though the alleys of the docks, without anymore trouble. But little did Daisy or Amy knew that high on top of the Mushroom Bridge further ahead, two figures watched the ladies with binoculars. One was a very tall elf-like being, the other was short, hidden under a worn out brown cloak.

  "So…you're good at reading lips. What's the word on those brats?" asked the tall plumber like creature.

  "No words you need to hear, Waluigi, unless you're hoping to know that they're saying that you're cute."

From his red face, Waluigi grinned wide. "The yellow princess, right? She's cute."

  "I was only kidding, old fart. Jeez." And back the cloaked figure was with the watching.

  "Hrmph! By the way; where were you at the bar? I had to be saved by that old fool, even though I could've wiped the floor off of that croc and squirrel."

  "Little business with the Masters. Anywise, it appears those girls are starting to get on each other's nerves. Let's keep a close watch on them." Soon, the figure juggled a dark, foggy orb on his palm. "We'll strike when the time is right."

Marsh Land-Tadpole Pond: 4:22 PM

  "How much longer, dudes?"

  "Just a bit further."

Back in the damp jungle of Marsh Land, Mallow and Frogo lead Espio and Vector through the path of the jungle to the home of the frogs and tadpoles: Tadpole Pond. They've only been walking for over fifthteen minutes, but Vector was starting to get restless.

  "Why me? Why did the squirrel princess have to make me come to frog-central?"

  "Because we do well in swamps and forests?" Espio answered as he continued his pace.

  "Well…at least I'll have my tunes to keep…" as he placed his hands on his waist to turn on his walkman… "Uh…hey…where's my tunes…" Vector searched around him for his tune-set in panic. "Where is it? Where's my baby?"

Mallow and Frogo looked over at the timid croc. "What's wrong?"

Espio shrugged. "Ah he's missing his headphones and tune-set he always wears. You know, I didn't notice they were missing until now."

  "DON'T SAY SUCH CRUEL THINGS ABOUT MY BABY!!"

Suddenly, Vector's eyes looked as if he witnessed a love one dead when Mallow pulled out a demolished piece of electronics with wires and microchips hanging out.

  "I was wondering what this thing was. I found it lying in the bushes after we fell off of Midas Falls."

Like light, Vector swiped the smashed walkman away. With a shuddered breath, Vector studied the state of his beloved device. Wires were hanging out and cut in half. Circuit boards were either scratched or chip to pieces. The headphones were cracked open like crackers. His beloved entertainment set, his weapon, his only love…gone….gone….

...gone...

A little tea cup sailed through the waters like a boat. It rose above, which appears to be carried by a wet, black pad that had a tadpole tail.

  "Ah, thank you, young one." An old-man voice said as a green hand grabs the tea cup. What sipped the cup was an old frog with a thick white beard, and some purple crown-like hat.

  "Do you think Mallow will be here soon, elder-frog, sir?" the tadpole in the water asked.

  "Now, now. I do believe he and his new friends shall be here…"

  "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" a cry screamed in the distance of the jungle that scared some birds out of the trees, and most of the tadpoles out of the water.

  "…very shortly."

Minutes from now, the old frog can see four shaded figures coming from the path on the other side of the pond. Two figures he recognized: A frog creature named Frogo, and a Nimbus being named Mallow. Plus two he never had seen before: Some kind of a purple dinosaur dragging a croc…could be a Kremling. He must be cautious with that one. 

  "Here come our visitors… Lakatu?"

  "Why…? Why…? Why…? Why…?"

  "Vector, will you let it go? It's just a stupid walkman!" Espio said, dragging the crying reptile by the tail.

  "But…it was my baby…my soul child...~sniff~…couldn't we stop to give her a proper burial?"

  "No!"

  "Heartless punk!"

Soon, Frogo stopped, making the others respond to a stop as well, before the shore of a large pond. "Well, here we are."

Espio checked the surroundings. It was just a large pond with little black tadpoles leaping out of the water and back like fishes, and a tiny island at the middle of the pond. "Where? It's just a pond."

  "What you see is not what it appears!"

Everyone jumped to their feet, except Vector, who was still mopping and crying for his dead walkman.

  "What the hell was that?" Espio shouted in surprise.

Fortunately, Mallow rolled his eyes like he been through this all his life. "Aw, grandpa, will you just…?"

  "Still your tongue, child! Thou has not given you permission to speak!" a godly voice howled from nowhere. It was like his voice came from every direction. "This pond is the gift from the heavens. The carrier of all questions of the world. I am the keeper of Tadpole Pond. The collector of all information of the world. Thy know all and see all."

Due to being caught off guard, Espio was shaking in his ruined shoes. This is Mallow's grandpa? Damn! "Um…well…we have a…question…"  

  "Do not quiver, young alien. Thy watcher, Frogfucius, is but a gentle creature. Speak among with ease, and thou shall answer with all thy knowledge of the world that thou, Frogfucius, wield."

Vector was too much in grief for the smashed walkman in his hands to be intimidated by the voice. However, he did see some feet behind some bushes at his left. Curious, Vector came over and removed the leaves, discovering an old frog with some radio equipment.

  "Frogfucius is a reliable, trustworthy being. I cast thee permission to…"  The old frog realized that he was found out and felt two pairs of Mobian eyes glaring at him with such weight of irritation. "~ahem~… please do not mind the old bean over the bushes. He is just there as a radio person to give off my godly voice…er, opps…"

Espio then zipped over to Frogfucious and shot his raged face at him. "What the hell you trying to pull with this Wizard of Oz crap, old man? Huh?"

Mallow quickly pulled the chameleon back. "Don't take it personally. Grandpa just likes to act like one of those powerful wise mans." 

The elder frog stepped out of the bushes with his cane to support him. "Yes…I was only being cautious…I feared that this croc was a Kremling. Gladly, I'm wrong. He does not have the right appearance to be a Kremling."

A snort came from the Mobian croc. "Man, first that cloud-drunk gorilla now you? I don't know who these Kremlings are, but they seem to be giving crocs a bad name!"

  "Indeed…" the elder took a glance at the familiar travelers. "Ah, Frogo. It's been a while. How has your journey for knowledge faired?"

  "Excellent, elder. I'm hoping to learn more for am I to be the next Frogfucius."

This brought the Nimbus-boy's attention. "Next Frogfucius? What does he mean about that, grandpa?"

The old frog closed his eyes with a frown. "This is not the place to discuss your question, travelers. Let us talk on my small island down the pond."

Suddenly, Frogfucius' feet lifted off the floor as dust parted from him. Espio and Vector's jaws dropped as they watched the old frog hover to the winds. Yeah, Mallow says he pretends to be an all powerful wise man, or some sorts, but this looks pretty convincing.

  "Aie! Hey, hey!" But now, Frogucius was dancing around, as if something was bothering him. Soon the two became very disappointed when they saw some creature hidden behind a cloud above the frog carrying him with a fishing pole.

  ~sigh~…he never changes. Mallow covered his face in embarrassment.

Soon the Lakatu carried Frogfucius over to the island. "Look alive, tadpoles! Form a bridge for Mallow and his friends!"

The amphibians obeyed and form a line from the shore to Frogfucius' island. Mallow and Frogo crossed the tadpole bridge along with Espio, but Vector was once again in so much grief over the broken walkman in his hands that he fell into the water. The island just had a small table with tea appliances, a wooden cabinet, and a mirror.

  "I was expecting you alien travelers to come to my humble abode." Frogfucius said which he was already behind his table, drinking a spot of Koopa tea.

When Espio reached the island, he dumped his ruined gloved hands in the water and fished the depressed croc out of the water. "Suck it up, wuss!" he kicked the croc and walked towards the old man. "Hey, just how in the world you knew that we were aliens?"

  "As you know, water is one of the four elements of the world. The waters of this land carry information throughout the world. I am a being who have mastered the technique to read news from the waters of the world, which requires years of world knowledge that Frogo here is studying."

Espio rubbed his chin. "Wow, sounds pretty hot."

  "It is not just 'hot'…." With the strength of Mario, Frogfucius leaped high into the air shook the earth when he landed on the steel table, which was painted like wood. "It is inferno!!!!"

Espio bewildered back. "Er…y-eah!"

The old frog hopped off the table. "From what I gathered, you and your friends came from a planet in a far galaxy, and came here from the means of your arch-nemesis that have the technology to turn beings into robots."

  "Yeah, that's right."

  "He teamed up with the king of Koopas and is out to search for seven emeralds that have scattered into the lands from your world. So you are on a quest to find these powerful items. It has seemed you have stumbled on another adventure, young prince." Frogfucius said to Mallow. 

  "Yeah, it's great to help Mario, once again!"

Espio cleared his throat out loud. "Yeah, that's great and all, but important things first. If you can read info from water, then can you tell us what's Eggman is up to?"

Frowning, Frogfucius shook his head. "I am sorry. Bowser's head MagiKoopas, Kamek and Kammy are aware of my power, so the fog barrier that is now protecting the castle also keeps any info from the castle from spreading."

  "Well that's terrific." Espio muttered.

  "But I'm sure it has something to do with the power he shot in the Star Road."

  "Yeah, our Master Emerald."

  "The energies of the item are forcing your world and mine to merge into one. It will only be a matter of time before the two worlds completely merges. I'm afraid that it might rip the two planets apart. Let's pray that it doesn't happen."

Frogo's eyes widened. "Unbelievable; and Koopa doesn't have the capabilities to cause such a thing alone, other wise we'd all be dead."

  "Just tell us where the next Chaos Emerald is, and we'll make sure it won't happen, gramps." Said Espio.

Frogfucius narrowed his eyes with cautious looks. "Troubled, are we?"

  "Am not."

  "Very well then…" pausing, the old man faced his back at the group, watching the far mountains behind the trees. "I believe the emerald has fallen into the Forest Maze- Rose Forest."

  "Great! We'll…"

  "I must caution you that Bowser and his partner's forces are on the trail, as we speak; There maybe other dark beings hunting for it as well."

The purple Mobian shrugged. "Please, tell us something new. Alright, we're out of here. Thanks for the info, pops, but next time, lay off the Wizard of Oz crap."      

Soon, Espio walked across the tadpole bridge, dragging sad Vector by the tail again, even if the croc had taken the water, head first.

  "Troubled child, he is." Frogfucius sighed. His eyes then caught the worried look of his adopted grandson. "What troubles you, young one?"

  "Grandpa…what do you mean of Frogo being the next Frogfucius."

A long pause came from the old man as he kept his grim face at the pond scene. "My boy…I may not have much time left in this world. I have seen all in this world throughout my long life. I feel that the heavens have finally agreed my passing may come soon."

Mallow's eyes softened enough for tears to shed. "No…don't say that! You can't leave, Grandpa! You just can't."

  "I'm afraid I must. I am in a need for a long rest for being the info gatherer of the world."

Mallow choked in tears; stuffed in sorrow. "B-But…you're always a bag of energy…it's not fair…"

Gently, Frogfucius placed a webbed hand on Mallow's head. "Now, now…Frogo still has much to learn, and I still have time left to help you in your journey."

With a loud sniff, Mallow nodded.

  "Right now is not the time to discuss this. Your comrades need you to lead them through Marsh Land. Go now."

But Mallow stayed and held on to his grandfather like his life line. "Grandpa...~sniff~..."

Launching like a rocket again, and slammed onto the table, the force blew Mallow away the way back to shore. "GO NOW!!"

Hey, even the crybaby prince had to have some tough love back in his Tadpole Pond days. He stood up and turned to go, but like a tamed animal being sent to the wild on his own, Mallow looked back at his grandfather, pouring out tears. Sure it's nice that he's with his real family, but he grew up with Frogfucius most of his life, and is truly considered his real family. Knowing that he may leave this world...leave him...well...it just wasn't fair.

  Fare thee well…grandson. A tear dropped from his eye. This maybe the last Frogfucius may see of his Nimbus grandson.

Unknown anyone, not even the mighty Frogfucius, they were being watched by a techno-eye in the darkness.    

Mushroom skies-Egg Carrier: 5:12 PM

Bowser didn't really understand.

  "Computer: distance report!" called Robotnik from his captain's chair.

  ~Calculated time to destination: one hour~

  "Good."

Egg boy say that gathering these Chaos…Gems were very important. But isn't teaching K.Rool a lesson a little…out of the way?

  "Shouldn't we focus on this gem hunt? I'm more than willing to place my Koopa foot on K.Rool, but still…" Bowser said who was standing next to Robotnik, watching the scene out in the wind shield.

Of course the Chaos Emeralds are vital, but when he was working on his weapon, his computer discovered a hacker in his system stealing his masterpieces. This hacker was clever, hiding any addressed info in his server system, but it was nothing that Robotnik's super computer: A.D.A.M couldn't pick up.

Last time he remembered Sonic's location, it was at the island of apes. But wouldn't you know it, the hacker was at that place, and it wasn't hard to know who was the culprit since he saw that another native terrorists used robotics that were incredibly crude and just plain…what's the word Sonic uses…? Oh yeah…they just suck! But for some reason, the parts that were used looked very…familiar…and he now knew why.

This K.Rool was using parts from the Badniks…

ROBOTNIK'S precious Badniks! 

  "Listen, reptile: I'm aware of the Chaos Emeralds, and I already had some of my crew hunting the next one as we speak, but do understand how precious one's genius is? Do you know how it feels when someone use your own brilliant work you constructed long and hard with your own two hands for their dirty ways and calling it their own? Do you?"

That didn't take long to answer. "Better believe it, Egg boy."

  "Exactly! No one shall plagiaries the great Dr. Robotnik's work! NO ONE!!"

  "Uh, I thought you're name is Eggman?"

Robotnik cringed for a minute…but he relaxed with a smile. "Whatever you wish to call me. I just sometimes go with that name so Sonic and his smelly friends can't use it as an insult…besides, Eggman was my old high school nickname, honoring my genius."

  "#But according to the journal files, that name was a common insult before the humans hanged you in a flagpole#"

BAM!! And Robotnik crushed a chubby, silver robot with a hammer like a soda can.

Oh yes, one of Robotnik's new robots to handle the Egg Carrier bridge: Bocoe. Along with him is his taller brother, Decoe, who for similar reasons reminds Robotnik of Scratch and Grounder. He should've programmed these new bots some tact.

  "Learn to still your voice box, Bocoe."

The bot shakily pulled to up right. "#Pardon, Master Robotnik, but I come to inform you that we have a waited transmission from the SSSSS Squad.#"

  "Very well. On screen!"

Overlapping the wind screen, a fuzzy picture of the robotic rooster, Scratch came in. The background appeared to be in some jungle.

  "What is it you have to report? Did you find the Chaos Emerald?"

The rooster lifted his chin proudly and began to speak, but then he was tackled by some green drill robot and a red monkey with a lightbulb on his head.

  "Let me talk to him! I heard the news first!"

  "No me! Come on, this is my only chance to get out of toilet cleaning!"

  "No, I'm the oldest! I tell him!"

  "I was built first, chicken-boy!"

  "I get to tell Dr. Robotnik, Coconuts! I'm his favorite!"

  "No I am!"

  "I am, me: Scratch!"

Hold it together…just hold…who's he kidding? This is the dumb-bots he's dealing with. "DUMB-BOTS!!!"

Soon as the three froze in fear, they were all shoved away by a crab robot named Crabmeat.

  "Sorry about that, doctor. We've discovered that the next Chaos Emerald is in a forest reign, but a couple of the Freedom Fighters are on the trail as we speak."

  "Identification?"  

  "Memory files search…two of the Chaotix: Vector and Espio."

  "Hmm…ah, those dunder fools who accompanied the echidna when I had Chaos, huh?" (A/N: My fic: Sonic Adventure DX: The Reign of Chaos) "Very well then…use the weapon I ordered you to bring, and then…I will also send in another robot to aid you."

  "Sire, the weapon we have may be more than enough."

  "Don't question my decisions, Crabmeat! This robot will only be used to hunt the emerald easy…that is if I can decide which one to use…Resume the mission!"

  "Yes sir. Crabmeat over and…GAK!!" a quick glimpse of him being tackled by Scratch, Grounder, and Coconuts was seen before the screen blacked out.

Just then, another robot similar to Bocoe, but gold, taller and slimmer came in with a tray holding a deck of cards. "#Your cards, sir.#"

Robotnik swiped the cards and looked through the deck. The cards contained pictures of a number of robots; robots robotized from Koopa baddies that…'volunteered' to do so, and combined with Badnik superstructure.

  "Hm…oh, I can't choose."

Bowser grinned. "Decisions, decisions, aye egg-boy?"

  "Quiet…!" the doctor slotted the cards in some containment in the arm of his chair. Pulling a lever, the main screen became like some slot machine and juggled a number of pictures…until all three rows stopped at a pic of a nasty looking purple caterpillar robot.

  "Ah, Wigga-Killer…perfect!"

The hatch on the top dock bay opened. Red eyes lit like the fires of hell in the darkness. Rockets fire up, one by one. Just like a missile, the robot shot away from the ship hatch, soaring into the clouds.

  "Wait till those fools in the swamps gets a load of what's heading for them! Bwahahaha!"    

Robotnik clicked a few buttons to show a screen of a humanoid being covered in cloth and held onto some steel bed like Frankenstein.

  "And you, my pretty, you have already gathered data from Sonic and his plumber friend. All I need to obtain is the most important life data from Sonic…then… you will be complete, my perfect weapon; the ultimate killing machine that towers over the so-called Ultimate-Life Form! When you awaken, and meet up with Sonic and that pudgy plumber…" The mysterious weapon shined a crimson eye that can be seen through the cloth as if it was ready to destroy. "…Kill them! HAHAHAHAHA!!"    

Now felt a little left out as he rolled his eyes. Jeez, he's such a freak.

(A/N: Incase you're wondering; that's not Metal Sonic or some combined robot of Metal and some Metal Mario…hell no! You would be surprised, though.)

Back in the jungle, Crabmeat freed himself from the three Dumbots and headed out to the hover ship they came with. He tapped one of the E-100 bots by the legs.

  "Robotnik's orders. Release the weapon."

Soon, the front hatch of the ship dropped to the ground, releasing hot steam from the bay. What walked out of the ship was a robotic creature with spike claws and long hair that were like flat fins. This robot answered its call with glowing green eyes.

  "Ah…Metal Knuckles…I have a job for you."

Shining its green eyes brighter, Metal Knuckles listened on.

????: ?:??

  "…heh…~pant~…~pant~…"

  "…~pant~…~pant~…my stomach hurts…"

  "Ow…my head feels broken…hey, Sonia, can you see if I have any fractures or something?"

  "Hang on…just need to deal with the agony in my ribs."

The two hedgehogs stood in the dark empty zone, trying to contain their sore bodies. But then, despite the pain they feel when they move, a loud humming sound startled them.

  "Sonia the Hedgehog…Manic the Hedgehog…you disappoint me/us."   

With fear in her body, Sonia looked up to the sky, even though the voice seemed to come from everywhere. "Masters…please forgive us. We've done our jobs successfully to acquire data from subject: Strong Man."

  "Silence! I/we have not given you permission to speak…I/we speak of you two of trying to destroy the important course in the project. Sonic the Hedgehog and Mario-Mario are vital to our goal. They must be remained alive!"

  "…"

  "Speak now!!"

The girl seemed to want to cry. She bowed to her will.  "I…forgive us! They gave us no choice."

  "Your excuses are pitiful! You know our mission." Surrounding the hedgehogs, foggy creatures of Boos came. But these do not have the cute looks of a Boo. Their faces drive with madness and have razor sharp teeth that can suck fear from the heart. "The Dark Boos are hungry; hungry for anger; hungry for violence; hungry for darkness. They thrill on the thirst for battle. They drive the darkness and anger to their will. They must be satisfied to achieve their full power."

  "Yes…we understand."  

  "And you better. You and your brother will return to your stasis tubes for recovery until your next mission. I/we expect that you won't make the same mistake again."

  "Yes…" her voice shuddered. "…we will succeed without mistake."

  "Good! Leave now!"    

With that, the two warped out. The dark figure or figures within the dark clouds then shined their yellow eyes.

  "It's so hard to find good help these days."

  "Indeed…I do not see the reason why we must speak simultaneously to our minions."

  "You saw the fear in the girl's eyes. That is the reason. Fear is what drives life to total loyalty."

  "Yes, you speak the truth. Now, on to business. I've gotten word from one of our agents that KAOS is disobeying orders."

  "Yes, his personal past will be his undoing. Let him learn his mistake…"

Soon a cloudy image of a frightened rabbit girl appeared where the hedgehogs once stood.

  "For now we must focus on our next little subjects."

      

Congo Bongo-Misty Forest: 5:23 PM

There is another part of the Congo forest that is always covered in thick fog, barely possible for the naked eyes to see through. Yes, this pale blue fog coats the forest so bad, no one knows what it really looks like anymore. The trees appear as if it carries no leaves, and it's all painted in the shade of black.

  "Hello...? Hello...? Mother...? Mommy?"

A lone and frightened girl wanders the eerie forest, shuddering with fear as she gripped dearly to a blue plush toy thing....that actually moved.

  "Chao, Chao!"

The little long eared girl held onto the Chao, tightly, feeling the intimidation of the forest overwhelm her. "I know, Cheese...let's...keep moving. I'm sure we can find mother."

But sometimes she just wants to drop down and cry. The sights of the red eyes glaring at her, strange looking ghosts appearing in sight with their frightening sight was weakening her will ever so. But she just has to be strong. She just has to find her mother.

  "No...! Stay away! You can't make me do it!"

That certainly scared her, but it didn't sound like a ghost...it was a girl; maybe lost like her. But...she sounded like she was in trouble.

Soon, she spotted a girl ahead, alright. She was a monkey, with a very long blonde ponytail. She had a pink hat and a pink V top with pink knee pads added as well. She was out of breath, and she looked scared just like her. Well at least they can be scared together.

  "Hello...? Who are you?" the girl asked with worry.

  "Um...I'm Cream the Rabbit."   

  "You're…Cream…?" the girl gripped her fingers by her lips. "Oh no…"

  "Is there something wrong?"

  "Stay away from me! Run! Please run!"

  "Why? What's wrong?"

But then, something purple hit the monkey girl in the back and knocked her on the ground. Cream's legs froze to the floor in fear. She knew she had to help her, but she's too scared.

  "Are you alright…? Please…?"

  "In a way…she is."

Something evil and scary just then appeared behind the girl, from a tree. A creepy dwarf fat man in a yellow hat and a person that looks like Sonic, only black appeared, standing behind the poor girl with evil smiles.

  "Today's your lucky day, little girl." Cackled Wario. "You get to prove how tough you are. Don't you want to be like say Sailor Moon, little girl? Well here's your chance."

Shadow nodded. "Yes…Now, Dark Boo; Arise and look in front of you at your new challenger."

The girl shot a deadly, violent gaze at Cream, shooting fear into her heart with burning purple eyes like fire. Cream felt so cold through her spine, holding onto her Chao for dear life.

  "Well then…" Shadow smirked as he left with Wario to a safe area. "Have fun."

The girl's teeth drooled, as if it showed that she was hungry…hungry for blood.

  "Kill….KILLL!!!!"

Now a wave of coldness hit Cream. She could only do one thing…

Scream to the top of her lungs. "HEEEEEELLLLLLP!!!!!"

  "Huh?" with his ears, Sonic heard a faint cry with the words he heard more times than he can count.

Sonic tread through the Banana Plains with maximum speed with Diddy on tow. Trailing him was Mario, rocketing close to Sonic's speed with the help of Fludd's water jet boosters.

  "Did you hear that?" he asked with a shout.

  "Yeah…that's the cry of trouble…I think it's coming from that cloudy forest."

Diddy looked ahead at the forest a mile away. "Misty Forest? We never go there! Never! Who knows what ghosts and…"

  "Nuts to that, kid! If you want your girlfriend back, then we're going in!!" Sonic kicked in the pace and tread towards the foggy jungle. One can hope that they arrive in time before doom approaches.

End of part 13…….

Max: You guessed it; Cream vs. Dixie…but is it a one-sided battle? At least she has Cheese on her side. Find out what happens on the next Sonic & Mario.

Alright, first let me make some corrections:

In the chapter when DK talks about the feud between Mario and Cranky, I made some mistakes about DK Jr.'s appearance since I wanted to involve the GBC version. So it'll only involve the original...with addition to the Godzilla part from the last level of the GBC version. And on a side note, most of you may believe, but time in the Mushroom World flows slower than the real world. Just saying.

Just for fun, since Knuckles and Rouge admitted their age, at least my version of age, let's list the age of the characters.

Sonic: 17

Mario: 33

Tails: 11

Luigi: 33 (five minutes younger than Mario)

Knuckles: 18

Donkey Kong: 20

Sally: 17

Peach: 30

Amy: 13

Daisy: 29

Bowser: 36

Eggman: 44

Rouge: 20

Candy: 20

Shadow: Immortal (17 by appearance)

Wario: 36

Charmy: 13

Diddy: 12

Cream: 10

Dixie: 12

Vector: 19

Krunch: 24

Mighty: 17

Chunky:  15 (believe it or not.)

Now then, to answer your future questions:

1) Mushroom City is part of the courses from Mario Kart: Double Dash. So is Daisy's Cruiser. Toad's Turnpike is from Mario Kart 64

2) KAOS is a boss from Donkey Kong Country 3. I thought of putting him up, new and improved, plus with a bio past. He's got the brain of someone who has a grudge over Donkey Kong. The question is: Who?

3) Characters from Sonic X are not here for the same reason of the show. Remember, characters from say SatAM have AU stories. Expect more Sonic X characters to show soon.      

Now it's on to the reviews.

Megawing- I don't remember Tyclyde. But man, you people must love the Robo-Koopa so badly, huh? Fine, I'll give you Robo-Koopa soon. I may also bring in something maybe like: Kamek vs. Snivley.

Rumorgirl411- Terra: Wow, thanks for the iron glove…hee, hee, oh Maxy! ^-^

Oy vay…

Steeldramon21- Didn't expect you to show. For Julie-Su, I got plans for her, but not really for this fic.

Crow T Robot- It's alright. More challenge for me anywise. That's the life of an artiest. To correction: No, that's not Nack, got it?

Magician of Black Chaos- I think Eggman answered why he's taking care of things in Congo Bongo. It's an ego thing. Go fig.

Ryumasa the Ryuhaitou: What does that name mean?

Other thanks: The Time Traveler, Metal Dragon1, Ud the Imp, Nitpick nerd, icemaster, RichaCo, Anthony Bault, Sonicmon, pokemon-35055, Ninetalesuk.

Well that's it for me, and like the Sonic comic says: Let the need for speed be with you.

Terra: AnT…quit while you're ahead.

Critic…

  "Sonic…you gotta stay out of the water." ~ Sonic~ Sonic X

  "I hate swamps…they're full of bugs and junk!" ~ Sonic ~ SatAM

  "How come everything I don't like is good for you and everything I do like isn't?" ~ Mario ~ Super Mario World  

Who knows, Mario…who knows.