A/N: I live! Sorry this took so long. I promise Chapter 4 will be out sooner enjoy!

The heroes stared at the huge monstrosity towering over the beach. It was breathing heavily, and drooling sludge out of all three of its heads. The middle head was the first to attack. It coughed up a glob of slime at Mario and Luigi. The two Italian plumbers jumped out of the way of the assault. The two brothers looked at the beast, then raised their hands.

"FIREHAND!"

"THUNDERBAND!"

Two streams of fire and thunder shot from the twin's palms. The attacks made contact with the creatures surface, leaving scorch marks. However, seconds later the marks were covered up with new ooze, leaving the creature completely untouched.

"He stopped our attacks like they were nothing," Luigi said in shock.

"Then we'll have to try something stronger," Mario said. He began channeling his Flower Points to perform a move he had learned during Smithy's invasion. Soon, his hands were glowing red with fire.

"ULTRA FLAME!"

Several fireballs, all much bigger than the Firehand, poured from Mario's palms and onto the creature's skin. Nearly the entire head was scarred, but the creature shrugged it off just as easy as the previous attack.

"That was my most powerful attack," Mario said in shock, "but he shook it off like nothing!"

"Yeah, and our jump and hammer attacks would be worthless," Luigi observed. "What do we do?"

"We need to use water, but we can't do that until Peach and Daisy get here with FLUDD."

"Let's keep hitting it with our hand attacks, maybe we can find a weak spot," Luigi suggested.

"I doubt it," Mario said. "But it's the best we got." With that, he lit up his hand and took another shot at the abomination.

While the middle head was fighting the Mario brothers, The left head was fighting Wario, Yoshi, and Birdo. The head lunged at the three fighters, who dodged the attack. Wario ran to one of the pavilions on the beach and, with his Herculean strength, snapped one of the poles off, then hurled it at the creature. The pole hit in the forehead, but the sludge plant simply absorbed it into itself.

"It's times like this that make me wish as was still invulnerable," Wario said.

Yoshi pulled out several eggs and threw them at the beast. Though they exploded on contact, the creature shook this off. Birdo fired her own eggs from her beak. They too, only phased the monster. "Now what? Our attacks are useless! If the princesses don't hurry with that water pump, were gonna get slimed!" Yoshi said.

Speaking of the princesses, they were currently in Hotel Delfino. They had just finished up a spa treatment, and were going to join the rest of the racers at the beach. But just before they could leave, Toad and Toadette burst in and told them what was happening. They quickly went up a few floors, where Professor Gadd was working on some of his inventions.

"Professor, we need FLUDD," Peach said.

"Oh, sure, it's right over there," he said as he pointed to where the pump was sitting. As Peach walked over to where the pump was sitting, it sensed her presence and activated itself. It then looked at Peach.

"Scanning," it said as it saw the princess through its optical sensors. As he did, images of Peach's past were registered into its memory banks. Her fighting Wart's Shy-Guys, her smashing her frying pan on Smithy's beasts, her fighting in the second Smash Brothers tournament. "Temporary user identified as Princess Peach, ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom. Would you like me to run the training program?"

"There's no time for that? Mario and his friends are fighting a gigantic sludge piranha at Gelato Beach. We need your help!"

"Understood. Please guide me to the beach."

Princess Peach strapped FLUDD onto her back and ran out of the hotel, with Daisy right behind her. "Oh, by the way," Gadd shouted as the two ran out, "tell Luigi that the upgrades to the Poltergust will be ready soon."

With the princesses gone, Gadd returned to his work. He picked up the Poltergust, now upgraded from 3000 to 4000. "Now to take it for a test.

I think not, Professor Gadd.

At hearing this deep voice, Gadd turned around and stared in shock. Floating right in front of him was a figure few people had ever come face-to-face with, but everyone in several worlds knew. "Master Hand!" Gadd said in surprise.

You remember me. How touching.

"How could I not! You did broadcast that whole tournament all over our world."

Yes, I was hoping to prove I could beat the best of the best to several worlds, but apparently Bowser and his goons had other plans for me. Speaking of which, he asked me to bring you to him.

"Forget it. I'm not going anywhere near that ugly reptile. So why don't you come get me!"

Please. I don't soil myself with such trivial tasks. That's why I brought some friends with me.

Suddenly, three figures rose from the floor. They reminded Gadd of the Wire Frame Fighters from the Melee tournament. But a new skin with a green tint that covered their whole bodies, including their featureless faces hid the wires. And covering their skin was several digital ones and zeroes, the language of binary. One of them had a female figure, while two of them were male.

My new fighters are stronger than the Wire Frames or the Polygons. Surrender now and we can to this without any damage.

"I don't think so," Gadd said, raising the Poltergust 4000's nozzle

Ah, the Poltergust. I read about that when I was searching for combatants for the Melee tournament. But I know that its true power cannot be unlocked without Elemental Ghosts, so I'm not impressed.

Gadd, however, said nothing. Instead, He reached for a dial on the side of the vacuum he had added in his upgrade. He turned it to a picture of a flame. Then, he pointed it at one of the fighters and activated the machine.

Suddenly, a river of flame poured from the Poltergust's nozzle. The figure managed to jump out of the way, but not before taking some damage.

So, you have upgraded as well. Impressive. But if it is a fight you want, then we'll be doing it on my terms.

Suddenly, the room the professor and the villains were in disappeared. There was nothingness all around.

We'll settle this in a Smash Bros. Match. Fortunately for you, I can still only program one stock into my Virtual Fighters, and since a love a good challenge, I'll give you five. Now, the arena will be… Hyrule Castle

Instantly, the castle materialized around them. Gadd remembered seeing it in the tournament.

Now, let the fighting commence.

Next Chapter: Gadd vs. The Virtual Fighters, and the Heroes vs. The Sludge Piranha