It was 9 AM. Sun was shining brightly and it looked to be a beautiful day.

Mona felt the warmth on her skin, which comforted her and woke her up from her sleep. The second she opened her eyes, she shrieked.

She was outside in some forest, lying on some grass. She looked all around her in confusion and fear and made a scream.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHH! WHAT THE FUCK!? HOW DID I GET HERE!?" she freaked out and stood up, but yelled in pain when she did. She looked at her skin and saw that she had some tiny cuts on her arms, along with a gash on her leg. Her clothes were ragged, dirty, and slightly ripped. She quickly tried to remember anything from last night that could've led to where she was now.

"Agh…my fucking leg! What the hell happened to me last night…I…I remember…jumping out of the window of the hotel…but…I don't remember anything after that!? Who the fuck did this to me!?" she yelled to herself and started to cry a little. She then looked closely at a spot on the grass to her left. She saw a large patch of black and red fur in that spot.

"What the hell? That looks like Shadow the Hedgehog's fur…" she whispered.

"Hey! Are you okay? Oh my god!" yelled a female jogger who stopped near her, covering her mouth in shock at Mona's wounds.

"Oh! You! P-Please help me! I have no idea how I got here! I need to get back to my friends at the Clearwater Hotel!" Mona frantically yelled.

"Um, o-o-okay!? Uhh, but shouldn't I call the police too!?" asked the clueless jogger.

"No! Screw the police! I have to get back to the hotel NOW!" Mona angrily demanded.


Larry was walking in the lobby to the dining room to eat breakfast with the others, when all of a sudden, Wendy ran up to him and stopped him.

"Larry, I have to tell you something. I can't hold it in anymore! I got zero sleep last night because of it!" Wendy yelled in panic. Larry noticed the bags under her eyes.

"Woah, Wendy! Okay, calm down. What the hell is going on?" he asked.

"Let's go to the parking garage to talk about this. I don't feel comfortable discussing this out here. I can't risk anyone else out here hearing this…" Wendy said and dragged Larry back to their room. Larry looked very worried now.

However, someone in the hallway DID hear it. It was Koops, who was also on his way to the dining room, but eavesdropped on the conversation. He was very curious as to what happened to Wendy so he followed them.

Wendy and Larry went to a far corner of the parking garage floor they were on that was hidden well from sight. Koops hid behind a car and listened.

"Wendy…something DID happen last night at the club, didn't it? It wasn't just someone scaring you off, was it?" Larry asked in fear.

Wendy looked at him with watery eyes and put her hand on her mouth. She cried loudly into Larry's shoulder.

"Oh…Wendy…please, you need to tell me what happened! PLEASE!" Larry begged, more scared than ever now.

"I WAS RAPED BY THAT BASTARD, SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG!" Wendy screamed into the air while still uncontrollably crying. Koops and Larry dropped their jaws at this horrifying revelation.

"WHAT!? WAIT…RAPED!? WHAT THE FUCK!? WENDY! HE DID THAT TO YOU!?" Larry screamed in shock.

"I'M SO SORRY, I WAS SO STUPID! I THOUGHT HE WAS NORMAL AND…AND…I WAS ATTRACTED TO HIM AND I GAVE IN, B-B-B-BUT THEN HE…OH GOD, I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE!" Wendy screamed again and cried even more into his shoulder.

Tears ran down Larry's cheeks. His sister, his own bloodline, was violated by some cruel and disgusting monster. She was violated at the same location he was in, and he knew nothing about it. He felt millions of emotions run through his body at once. The biggest ones being guilt, rage, and distraught. He felt guilty because he thought he could've stopped this creature from taking advantage of her body and destroying her innocence. He felt rage because this creature took her body and tore it in half, and wanted him left for dead for ruining his sister's life. He felt distraught because the pain and horror in Wendy's eyes made him feel equally in pain and horror, and wanted to do whatever it took to heal the wound.

"Wendy…listen to me…we'll kill that motherfucker, you understand? It was Shadow, right? Yeah. We'll kill him. He messed with the wrong koopa clan," Larry said intensely as he clenched his fists and stared into space with anger.

"But…wait, Larry…he's not Shadow! Remember! He's been infected or whatever! We need to kill whoever caused the 'infection'! AND I WANT TO BE THE ONE TO DO IT!" Wendy yelled.

"I DON'T CARE, WENDY! The minute I see Shadow, I'm fucking breaking his neck! No one messes with my sister! I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT SON OF A BITCH ACTUALLY FUCKING DID THAT!" Larry screamed with his face being red all over.

Wendy sighed and rubbed her eyes to wipe the tears away. "We need to tell dad, Larry. And the others."

"No! We can't do that! This isn't the right time. Imagine how he'll react!? We'll do it on the day of the wedding. Something is definitely gonna happen there, and with dad all fired up, he'll kill literally anything standing in his way. It's the perfect strategy. Telling him now will cause even MORE chaos in our group and it would be a huge distraction against everything else going on," Larry objected.

"So…you want me to keep it a secret for another day!? How the hell could I just do THAT!? Larry…I want EVERYONE to know what he did to me RIGHT NOW! I want everyone to know how REALLY fucked up these guys are!" Wendy demanded.

"WENDY, JUST TRUST ME! Please! I know you're angry and hurt right now and we WILL tell everyone, okay!? But, it has to be tomorrow. Who knows what else is going to happen today!? Just please trust me on this! You WILL get your revenge! I promise!" Larry assured. Wendy sighed in frustration.

"…Fine. Whatever! Let's just go to breakfast then. But, we are telling everyone first thing tomorrow morning, got it!?" Wendy demanded again and Larry nodded his head. The siblings quickly walked back to the hotel while Koops hid under a car as they walked by. The news he just heard made him angrier more than anything else.


In the dining room of the hotel, Sally and some other employees were helping set up the long table for the gang to eat breakfast as she wanted them to feel welcome. Some of them walked in and noticed that Sally looked visibly upset.

"Sally, dear! We can't thank you enough for doing this. But…oh! What's wrong? Something the matter?" Flurrie asked in concern.

Sally sighed depressingly. "I-It's Tails…someone hurt him!"

Everyone else gasped in fright.

"Wait, what!? Is he okay!? Tell us what happened!" Mario yelled.

"It happened late last night. I was waiting at the front desk for Tails to deliver the gem to me to give to you guys. I was the only one in the lobby at the time. I suddenly heard a scream outside, and it sounded like Tails! I ran outside and looked to my left and saw Tails on the ground, not moving at all! I ran to him and saw a bloody mark on the side of his head! Someone struck him! I…I really thought he was dead, so I called 911, and they came quickly. I rode with him in the ambulance to the hospital. Thankfully, Tails is still alive and his wound should be all stitched up by now. I talked to the police about what I saw and so did Tails, but he basically said that he heard someone run up to him, so he turned around, screamed, and after that was when he got hit…" Sally explained while sobbing a little.

"Oh my god! That's completely horrible! Who did Tails see!? Did they catch the bastard!?" Kazooie angrily asked.

Sally shook her head. "Tails said he just saw someone in a black hoodie run up to him and hit him with a rock. Vector and I looked at the security cameras when I got back from the hospital last night and saw the attack. It was indeed a person wearing a very long, black hoodie and there was no way to tell who the person was, so…we've got nothing, basically."

"Oh…shit! It had to have been one of those fuckers then! Who else could have done this!? Thank god Tails isn't dead!" Kooper exclaimed.

"Wait a second. A person wearing a black hoodie, you said? As in…the same person me, Yoshi, and Diddy saw last night at Amy's apartment!?" Birdo said in shock.

"Hey, hold on here! I threw away that black hoodie in the garbage at the lobby! Someone definitely should've noticed some weirdo digging into that trash last night, right!?" Yoshi pointed out.

Sally shook her head again. "The garbage was dumped right after you put it in there. The dumpster area, unfortunately, has no security cameras around there. So…if it WAS the same hoodie, there's no way for us to tell who went out and got it." Some of them groaned at this revelation.

"But wait a second! What about the gem!? You…you DO have the gem, right!?" Koopie nervously asked.

Sally sighed depressingly again. "I'm sorry, you guys. I didn't find the gem at the crime scene. Tails doesn't have it with him. He told me that the person who hit him must've stolen it while he was knocked out." Everyone's expressions turned to that of worry and hopelessness.

"Are you fucking kidding me!? Now we also have to go on a wild goose chase to find the gem along with figuring out what's going on with Sonic and his friends!? This is ridiculous!" Kammy raged.

"Okay, I think this officially confirms that the black hooded person is indeed one of them. They want us to really suffer and go crazy at this point," Daisy said.

"Hold on here. Why would the black hooded person show you where Amy's apartment is, one of the bad guys…but then go and steal the gem after knocking out Tails, one of the good guys? That makes no sense!" Goombario deduced.

"He has a good point. Wow! I didn't even think about that. Umm…are we sure it's even the same black hoodie? Maybe it's just a coincidence that two people in a black hoodie showed up around here on the same night?" Luigi guessed.

"Damn. And the mystery deepens…this is really giving me a headache, all of these mysteries going about. What the hell are we going to do?" Parakarry asked.

"Well…we start off with visiting Tails after breakfast. We'll check up on him and ask him about last night to see if he's able to remember anything now. Then we'll go from there. We all have to stay calm now. We WILL get the gem, save our friends, and get out of this place alive," Mario assured with great confidence. Everyone else nodded in agreement. They then started seating themselves at the very long table for breakfast.

"Oh, Waluigi! Good morning to you! How is everything between you and Rosalina?" Flurrie asked.

Waluigi raised a brow. "Uhh…everything's just peachy. Why do you ask?"

"Oh? So everything is okay then? How wonderful! True love always overcomes any kind of conflict!" Flurrie heartily laughed.

Waluigi made a very confused expression. "Huh!? Flurrie, what the hell are you talking about? Why would there be something wrong between Rosalina and I?"

Flurrie also looked confused now. "Um, you don't remember, dearie? Last night, you told me about your guys' argument back at the hospital and how upset and hurt you were over it. I was quite concerned for you both!"

"What the…? Argument back at the hospital? Flurrie…I seriously have no…wait a second…" Waluigi thought it through for some seconds and eventually realized what had happened. "Oh god…h-how could she do that!?"

"Parakarry…do you think we should tell them about last night…?" Bombette whispered, looking at the bruises on her lower body.

"Uhh, do you think it's a good idea, Bombette? I'm surprised no one's noticed your bruises. It might not be a good time right now. It's just another thing that everyone would have to worry about, and I don't want to stress everyone out even further!" Parakarry replied.

"Are you serious!? Parakarry…we have proof that some creature is down there and I could've been killed! I have the bruises to prove it! If that creature somehow gets out of the basement, then it could cause trouble for us and the other people staying here!" Bombette insisted.

Parakarry rubbed his forehead, his headache worsening now. "Fine. How about this, after we're back from visiting Tails, we tell Sally about what we found in the basement first. She may know how to get that guy out of here easily so we can all be safe from him. Okay?"

Bombette slumped in her chair in disappointment. "Fine, I guess. But…Sally insisted that nothing was down there…do you think she was purposely lying?"

Parakarry shrugged. "I have no clue. Why would she lie? It wouldn't make any sense…then again, A LOT of things happening lately haven't been making much sense…"

Kooper saw Koops stomping into the dining room and immediately gulped.

"Oh god…K-Koops! Please! I don't wanna fight anymore! I really am sorry for everything! I will NEVER forgive myself for what I've done!" he cried.

"Hey everyone! Kooper and Koopie here aren't the only ones that like to keep secrets for no good reason!" Koops yelled, grabbing everyone else's attention.

"Eh? What the hell is going on now?" Bowser Jr. groaned, sick of the drama.

"Koops, please stop! Whatever you're about to do, just don't do it!" Koopie pleaded.

"Come on Wendy and Larry, tell everyone about the horrible secret you two decided not to tell everyone else!" Koops pointed to the siblings, which put all eyes on them.

"HUH!? What the fuck are you talking about, Koops!?" Larry responded in utter confusion.

"Wait a minute…how did you…oh my god! Did you eavesdrop on us!?" Wendy shrieked.

"I want everyone to know that keeping secrets from others close to them does nothing but destroy relationships! You two would know all about that!" Koops glared at Koopie and Kooper.

"Koops, calm down! Let me take you back to your room! What you're doing isn't right!" Vivian pleaded and grabbed his hand, but Koops tugged away.

Larry knew what he was referring to now and clenched his fists again. "Koops…if you're talking about what I think you're talking about…don't you FUCKING dare even say one word."

"Okay, what the hell is going on here exactly? What secret are you two keeping from us?" Bowser asked Wendy and Larry, but the two tried to ignore him.

"Why shouldn't I!? So these two jerks get a pass on keeping an important secret but you two don't!? Screw that! WENDY WAS RAPED BY SHADOW, EVERYONE!" Koops screeched, and immediately, all jaws dropped in shock.

It was as if time froze for a few seconds. The words he spoke threw everybody off. They never expected such an act of cruelty and violation to happen to any one of them.

"You…YOU BASTAAAAAARD!" Wendy broke down in tears and ran off.

"WENDY, WAIT! PLEASE STOP!" Bowser Jr. yelled and ran after her.

"YOU ASSHOLE! LOOK AT WHAT YOU FUCKING DONE! I WAS KEEPING THAT A SECRET UNTIL TOMORROW FOR A REASON, YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT! YOU JUST COULDN'T HAVE WAITED, COULD YOU!?" Larry exploded. It was the angriest anyone's ever seen him.

"HOLD ON! You were keeping this a secret!? WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING SO STUPID!? THE MINUTE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS TO ONE OF YOU, YOU TELL US ABOUT IT, NOT FUCKING RUN OFF AND HOLD INFORMATION BACK FROM THE REST OF US, YOU IDIOT!" Kammy yelled in his face.

"I…I…I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK I WAS DOING, OKAY!? I'M SORRY! GAAAAHHH! I'M SUCH A FUCKING IDIOT! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH ME!?" Larry screamed and fell to the floor in tears, feeling that same intense mix of emotions he had felt just earlier.

"Shadow…he did this to my daughter…I'm going to fucking murder him…" Bowser growled under his breath with pure rage in his eyes. He then quickly stomped outside with Mario following him.

"Seriously Koops!? What the fuck was that all about!? That was NOT your decision to make about revealing that secret!" Birdo yelled.

"Why are you getting mad at ME for!? They were literally talking about keeping her being raped a secret from you guys! I WAS DOING WHAT WAS RIGHT!" Koops yelled back, holding back his tears.

"YOU FUCKING LIAR! I WAS GOING TO TELL EVERYONE ABOUT IT TOMORROW! YOU RUINED EVERYTHING!" Larry screamed as he stood back up and lunged into Koops. The two briefly brawled it out on the floor before Luigi came in and pulled Larry off of Koops.

"STOP! This fighting stops right now! We don't need any more of this crap, okay!? JUST FUCKING STOP IT!" Luigi yelled.

"Koops…I know you're hurting right now, but seriously, none of this was your call to make! You guys were both in the wrong here!" Daisy said.

Koops stood himself back up and gave everyone a dirty look. "Whatever. I'm going back to my room." He then stomped off, leaving everyone else still in shock, and some in disgust.

"Poor Wendy…god…and Shadow, raping her!? What a monster! When the hell did all of this happen anyways!?" Lakilulu asked.

"It was at the bar…Wendy was by herself…I should've stuck by her…then none of that would've happened…I'm so sorry everyone…" Larry sobbed.

"Oh no, don't you DARE start blaming yourself! You had no idea it would happen so quit feeling bad about that! What you need to do now is comfort your sister. You too, Kammy. She needs you guys now more than ever!" Pauline spoke on the verge of tears.

Larry looked at her oddly. Something about the way she said that made him stop weeping, and also made him think if she had gone through something similar.

"You're right. She needs me. She needs US. Kammy…we need to find Wendy. I can't let her go through this alone!" Larry exclaimed and dashed off to go find her with Kammy in tow.

"BOWSER, WAIT! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU GOING!?" Mario yelled as he chased after the koopa king to the outside of the hotel.

"WHERE THE FUCK DO YOU THINK I'M GOING!? I'M GOING TO FIND THAT FUCKER AND KILL HIM! STAY THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY, MARIO!" Bowser screamed.

"First off, you don't know where he nor the rest of them are! Secondly, I know you're very angry right now, but you need to just stop for a second because you're gonna get yourself hurt or someone innocent hurt, or worse!" Mario pleaded and ran in front of him.

"I SAID STAY OUT OF MY FUCKING WAY! I'LL FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE AND KILL ALL OF THEM! I DON'T GIVE A FUCK IF THEY'RE 'INFECTED' OR NOT, THEY'LL PAY FOR WHAT THEY DID!" Bowser screamed again, drawing attention from onlookers.

"CAN YOU JUST STOP FOR ONE GODDAMN SECOND AND LISTEN TO ME!? WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND GET PAYBACK, BUT WE CAN'T DO IT WITH YOU RUMMAGING THROUGH THE STREETS AND RISKING YOUR OWN LIFE!" Mario screamed back.

"I'M DONE LISTENING TO YOU! YOU WOULD BE DOING THE EXACT SAME THING IF THAT HAPPENED TO PEACH! NOW FUCK OFF!" Bowser told him off and began to run off until Mario punched him in the face. Bowser roared and punched Mario in the chest, blowing him a few feet back.

"OH MY GOD! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON OUT HERE!?" Daisy shrieked with Peach following her.

"Leave me alone! You two better not try to stop me too!" Bowser threatened.

"Mario! Are you okay!? UGH! Why is this happening now!?" Peach cried as she ran over to him.

"Don't get mad at me, he punched me first!" Bowser snarled.

"I know, Bowser, I saw it. That still doesn't make ANY of this right!" Peach said as she helped Mario up.

"Bowser, you need to come back inside. Please. Go to Wendy, she needs you the most right now. Save your rage for the big fight!" Daisy calmly demanded. Bowser let out a big sigh and dragged himself back into the hotel.

Back inside the dining room…

"Wow! That was totally chaotic, you guys! I thought it was totally obvious by now that secrets are no good no matter what!?" Fire Bro exclaimed.

Diddy scoffed at him. "Actually…I think it would be more obvious for some people to not try to get with a guy's girlfriend despite knowing that she's with someone!?"

Fire Bro turned to him and squinted. "Eh? What does have to do with anything?"

"Don't play dumb. You know exactly what I'm talking about! Who the hell do you think you are trying to plant your lips on my girlfriend!?" Diddy stood up and talked down to him.

Fire Bro giggled. "Really? She's your girlfriend!? Could've fooled me!"

Diddy got red and let out a scream and punched him square in the jaw. Some screams were heard.

"DIDDY, NO! THIS ISN'T THE WAY TO HANDLE THINGS!" Dixie cried, getting in the middle of the two with Birdo.

"HEY! SERIOUSLY NOW, ENOUGH OF THIS SHIT! NO MORE FIGHTING! God! What the fuck has gotten into everyone here!? Seriously, ever since we've gotten into this world, this group has been falling apart! This is the worst possible time to be divided and fighting!" Birdo yelled to everyone in the group. A few nods were seen.

"This mission has brought out some people's true colors, Birdo. That's exactly what's going on here," Diddy bluntly spoke and walked off, giving a lasting glare to Dixie. Fire Bro groaned in pain but still smirked as he saw Diddy walk away.

"Wait, I'm confused at what just happened!? So…Fire Bro tried to kiss you, Dixie? Is that what happened?" Bombette asked.

Dixie began to cry and looked to the floor. "We kissed each other. It was the biggest mistake of my life…I…I'm so sorry, you guys. Him hurting Fire Bro was our faults…I don't know how to fix this…" She then exited the dining room, crying even more. Toadette followed her out.

"Great. Another love triangle. Just what we all needed at this moment in time," Goombario said while rolling his eyes.

"This is really getting to be too much for all of us. So much unnecessary drama…wait…I think I may know of a spell that can erase our feelings of stress! It will help us keep our focus for anything else that could happen with the Sonic group!" Rosalina exclaimed.

"WHAT!? Are you being freaking serious right now!?" Waluigi yelled and looked at her with a horrified expression.

"What? I'm just trying to help everyone out!" Rosalina said.

Waluigi angrily shook his head. "Typical. Using unnecessary magic to make the problem go away again. This is fucking ridiculous!" He then stormed out of the dining room.

"Wha…Waluigi! What's wrong!? Come back!" Rosalina cried and ran after him.

"Uhh…so are the rest of us gonna eventually storm out of here like they all did and forget about breakfast or…?" Kazooie spoke in confusion.

Daisy followed Mario and Peach back to the dining room until she heard a familiar voice call her name.

"Hmm?" she turned around and saw Mona running up to her.

"Daisy! Thank god I found you! You wouldn't believe what happened to me last night!" Mona yelled out of breath while running up to her.

"Why, what happened to you last night? In fact…where were you last night? I don't remember seeing you at all! And your clothes look so dirty too!" Daisy said.

"It's a crazy story, so bear with me. So…you remember my arm hurting like hell, right? Well, I talked to Sally and she gave me these pills from the black market called Quick. Being the idiot that I am sometimes, I took those pills and started hallucinating, which was one of the side effects that Sally warned me about. I thought I could handle it…but some of the stuff I saw so scary…and…it got to the point where I saw DK charging at me and it looked SO real. I got scared and panicked so I jumped out my window and landed on the grass!" Mona explained.

Daisy widened her eyes at her story. "Woah! Mona…my god…I'm glad you're okay, but what the hell were you thinking, taking pills from the BLACK MARKET!?"

"I know, I know! I just wanted the pain to go away as soon as possible so I got desperate! But I'm not finished yet! So…I woke up this morning in the woods next to this hotel…but I wake up with this gash on my leg! I have no idea why and it still hurts like hell! I literally have no recollection of what happened right after I jumped out the window! I saw some fur on the ground next to me that looked like it belonged to Shadow the Hedgehog but I'm not so sure. Thankfully, some woman found me and brought me here in her car. The woman also suggested I contact the police but I didn't want to get them involved because, well, there would be no point since I don't remember anything and it would detract too much from the mission at hand. So…that's my incredibly fucked up night," Mona finished her story and sighed in exhaustion.

Daisy kept her eyes widened and covered her mouth with her hand.

"Daisy? What's wrong?" Mona asked.

"Mona...if you were with Shadow at all last night…oh god! You're lucky you're not more hurt! Are you sure you shouldn't be at the hospital right now!?" she shrieked.

Mona nervously took a step back. "Why are you saying I'm 'lucky'!? And I'm fine, I swear! The pain will go away, I just need to put some bandages on!"

"We just found out that Wendy was raped last night, by Shadow the Hedgehog! He's an absolute psychopath! He's the most dangerous one out of all of them to look out for!" Daisy revealed, getting emotional now.

Mona gasped. "WHAT!? She was raped by him!? Oh…that son of a BITCH! How is she holding up? Where is she now?"

"Her family is with her now, taking care of her in their room. I'm assuming she's holding up as best as she can. But, Mona…are you sure you can't remember a SINGLE thing from last night after you jumped from the window!?" Daisy asked.

"For the life of me, no matter how hard I try, I can't. I'm guessing those pills fucked with my memory somehow. I don't know. But, god…him raping Wendy…that's beyond disgusting…" Mona said while shaking her head.

"Well, I'm also saying this because, Mona, do you think there's a chance that…that may have happened to you too?" Daisy uncomfortably asked.

"What!? No. NO! Daisy, don't you dare put that in my head! I woke up with all my clothes on! I'm pretty sure there was a tussle between us, which explains the wound on my leg, but no. Absolutely not. You're gonna get me all paranoid now!" Mona freaked out while cringing at that thought.

"You're right, I'm sorry. I just couldn't help but think it after what happened with Wendy…" Daisy sighed.

"I understand that, but I promise you, there was no way I was raped. But Daisy…please don't tell this to any of the others. I don't want them stressing out over one more thing going on."

"Um…okay then. If that's what you want…" Daisy shrugged, not liking that idea but kept her promise.

"But Daisy…there's something else I need to tell you. It's about Fire Bro. When I was having those hallucinations…well, one of them was about Fire Bro and Tatanga. Do you remember that time when it was revealed that Parakarry paid me to start a fire in Bowser's basement?" Mona asked. Daisy nodded. "Well…one of those 'hallucinations' brought me back to that night. It was so weird! It felt like I was physically back in that basement! I understand the logistics of it but it all felt so real. But then, at the end, after I 'escaped' the basement I see in the distance Fire Bro talking to Tatanga! After that it was over. But, what's weirder is that this 'hallucination' happened twice! Seriously, out of all the crazy hallucinations I had, this one felt the most real and it was the only one that happened twice."

"Wow, that's absolutely insane! God, what kind of pill did you take exactly, Mona!? I really hope it didn't do any damage to your body!" Daisy exclaimed.

"I hope not either. I'll have to read the label again. But Daisy, I know this sounds kinda far-fetched but…something tells me we shouldn't trust Fire Bro, and I'm not saying that because he's a loon, but I'm starting to think my hallucination was actually a memory I had forgotten from that night!" Mona said.

"Woah woah! Hold up here. What makes you think we shouldn't trust Fire Bro based off what you saw while you were tripping on drugs? Mona, listen to yourself right now, you're going off of VERY vague evidence!" Daisy said.

"I know how it sounds, okay!? But just hear me out. I didn't remember A LOT from that night. All I remember was sneaking into his castle, starting the fire, and leaving. However…this pill did something to my memory…I remember a little more from that night. I took a strong 'stay awake' pill called Genso before I left to go to the castle because I was very tired from the day and I wanted to be awake enough to do the deed. However, the pill I took today must've had some similar ingredient in it that Genso does which must've triggered my memory coming back to me. I'm now, like, 99% sure I saw Fire Bro talking with Tatanga that night!" Mona tried to convince Daisy but she came off sounding more like a crazy chick instead.

"Mona…are you SURE that's the case? Are you sure you're not thinking this because you had the same hallucination twice about Fire Bro and Tatanga? I'm not saying you're wrong here, but you have to think this through very carefully," Daisy said, now looking and feeling uncomfortable by how unhinged Mona was becoming.

Mona crossed her arms and gave a little pout. "Daisy, you can say that I'm sounding crazy right now. It's fine. I'm not going to get offended. But, why, out of ALL the crazy hallucinations that I had, was I 'transported' back to that night in the basement twice specifically?"

"Well, you do have a point there. I'll take this into consideration okay? This is a lot to take in right now, especially with everything else going on. I think you need a nap though, you look VERY agitated and restless. And no more taking those pills!" Daisy demanded. Mona rolled her eyes, disliking being told what to do.


Waluigi enters his room, furious, with Rosalina close behind. She shuts the door.

"Waluigi, what is wrong!? Why did you give me such an attitude back there!?" she asked.

"Because I know what you did to me, Rosalina! You used some spell to erase some bad argument that we had from my mind!" Waluigi angrily yelled. Rosalina gasped in horror as her eyes started to water.

"Oh…oh god…Waluigi…I…I did that because I just didn't like how we argued and I didn't want you to be mad at me! I didn't mean anything bad by it!" she screeched.

"Are you serious right now!? Rosalina, couples DO get into the occasional argument! It's just how it goes sometimes, it doesn't mean I'm gonna be mad at you forever! So, what, everytime we get into an argument, you're just gonna erase that from my mind then!? How the hell am I supposed to put my trust in you now!?" Waluigi continued to yell, but was feeling more hurt than angry at this point.

Rosalina started to cry. "Waluigi, I am so sorry! Really, I am! Here…l-let me fix this, okay!? I can use magic to forget EVERYTHING that ha-"

Waluigi dropped his jaw as soon as he heard where she was heading towards. "JESUS CHRIST, ROSALINA! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!? Were you not listening to a single FUCKING word I said!? You violated my mind! How the hell could you do that to me, especially after what Pauline and Kammy did to Mario!?"

Rosalina backed away a little from his outburst, more upset. "Oh god…I don't know what I'm doing! Waluigi…I'm just trying to help, to-to make things better! I'm so sorry! I did all of this so wrong!"

"You're doing things the way YOU want to do them, Rosalina! You're not even considering alternate options to fix things, you just go straight to magic! You're trying to fix things to your liking, and I'm pretty damn sure that's not what magic is supposed to be used for!" Waluigi continued, also getting teary-eyed. He had never felt so betrayed by someone in his life.

"Y-You're right. I'm…I'm such an idiot! Waluigi…I'm so sorry that I hurt you…I NEVER meant to do anything bad with what I did! I love you so much! You know that, right!? Right!?" Rosalina said as she stepped closer to him.

Waluigi closes his eyes and sighs as a tear falls down his cheek. "I…I don't think this is going to work anymore…"

Rosalina felt her heart shatter into pieces. She tried so hard not to burst into tears.

"Wa…Waluigi…you're leaving me!?" she said through her crying.

"I need some space, Rosalina…what you did to me…I don't know if I can ever get over that…" he spoke with his eyes closed still, scared to see her devastated expression.

Rosalina let out more tears, feeling the most horrible she's ever felt in years. She knew in her mind that Waluigi had every right to be hurt and angry at her. She had gotten so confident in her usage of magic that she didn't even think of the consequences of using magic in her relationship.

"O-Okay…I understand…I'm so sorry, Waluigi…I ruined everything…" she said, then slowly exited the room. Waluigi fully released his tears and emotions the second she left and fell onto the bed, letting out a loud cry, feeling just as devastated as she was. The emotional pain was too much to bear, feeling like knives were being jabbed into his body.


Goombario banged onto Koops' door.

"Koops! Open up! C'mon man, we seriously need to talk! You can't hide in there forever!" he yelled. No response.

"Ugh…really man!? Is this how you wanna be for the rest of this mission!? Taking out your anger on other people who don't deserve it and hiding away from the world like a coward!? BE A MAN AND OPEN UP!" he yelled with increasing impatience. He heard the door unlock and then it opened slightly.

"Uhh…Koops?" he spoke in confusion.

"Come on in," Koops spoke coldly.

Goombario came in and shut the door. He stared wide-eyed at his destroyed room while Koops just sat on his bed, looking very ticked off.

"My god! Koops, did you do all this!?" he asked in shock.

"Who the hell else could've done it, Goombario!? I did this because I've never been more hurt in my entire life! You wouldn't understand because you've never had someone cheat and lie to you like those assholes did!" Koops yelled.

"You're right, I wouldn't know the feeling of pain because I've never had that happen to me before. You got me there. But! I know enough to where this has got to stop, dude. What you did back there was atrocious. Everyone is pissed off at you right now! You really wanna make things worse by staying in here and causing more drama whenever you want!?" Goombario talked him down so he could see the error of his ways. But, Koops just rolled his eyes.

"You know what? You're a total hypocrite! How the hell are you mad at ME when Larry and Wendy LITERALLY conspired to keep her being raped a secret from EVERYONE!? IT'S ALMOST THE EXACT SAME THING THAT KOOPIE AND KOOPER DID! YET EVERYONE WANTS TO SHAME ME BECAUSE I'M ONLY SPEAKING THE TRUTH THAT SECRETS ARE NO GOOD FOR ANYONE!" Koops yelled and got into the goomba's face.

"Okay, first off, back the hell away from me! Secondly, I know what Wendy and Larry did wasn't right at all, and you're right, they shouldn't have kept it a secret from everyone. But, that's not what I'm talking about here, Koops. I'm talking about your attitude and the way you're handling things. You need to calm down and just talk or vent things out normally. I know it hurts being betrayed by your lover and friend, and I'm also just as mad at them as you are, but you can NOT heal by taking your anger out on the world. It doesn't solve anything and it's just gonna make things worse for you and for the people that care about you in the long run. Please, Koops. You need to stop this crap. If you need someone to vent to, I'm here for you, okay!? I know we haven't talked that much lately but, I do care for your well-being!" Goombario said. Koops looked away and drooped back down on the bed. Goombario saw tears come out of his eyes. He sympathized with him still, despite everything that happened, because he saw the pain in his face. Goombario tried his best not to come down on him too hard since he's still heartbroken and attempting to recover from it and enduring all the pain. Goombario himself had never experienced heartbreak of any kind, so he was terrified to really know at this point if heartbreak actually felt like that.

"Goombario…please…leave me alone…I want to be alone…" Koops spoke calmly with tears running down his cheek.

"Koops, what you need right now is a friend, not loneliness. Dealing with your pain alone is not good for you," Goombario stated.

"Please, Goombario…just go…please…I deserve to be alone…" Koops sniffled without even looking at Goombario. The goomba sighed in sadness and slowly left his room.

After Goombario shut his door, he looked up and saw Vivian standing in front of him.

"You talked to Koops…is he doing okay?" Vivian nervously asked.

"He needs more time to get through the pain, Vivian. I think I sort of got to him, but, he really needs more time to process everything," Goombario said. Vivian looked down in disappointment.

"This is all my fault, Goombario…none of this would've happened if I had just kept my stupid mouth shut…but I was just trying to be a good friend at the same time…" she started to sob.

"Please don't blame yourself. It's not gonna help anything, Vivian. You did what you thought was right. Maybe it was the right choice, maybe it wasn't. We just have to live with what's happened. But, if it's any consolation, you ARE a great friend to Koops, and a great friend in general. I don't blame you for what you did one bit," Goombario tried to lift her spirits, and it worked. He saw her smile just a tiny bit through her tears. She gave him a hug and things felt so much better in that moment in time.


Dixie was in her room with Toadette, freaking out about the incident earlier.

"I hate this so much! I barely even slept last night, Toadette…UGH! I don't know how else to fix this! I wanna tell Diddy that fighting with Fire Bro won't solve a thing, but he doesn't wanna talk to me now!" Dixie cried while pacing back and forth.

"Dixie…you're just gonna have to let this take its course for a while. Do you want me to tell Diddy to just stay away from Fire Bro?" Toadette asked.

"No! You've done enough," Dixie replied with an attitude.

"Huh? What is that supposed to mean!?" Toadette asked, noting her attitude.

"Why the hell did you tell Diddy about me kissing Fire Bro when I literally told you not to!? Were you not listening to anything I told you last night!?" Dixie yelled.

Toadette immediately became peeved at her. "Really now!? Diddy was the one that came up to ME about why you were acting weird last night, and I had to tell him! I'd feel horrible if I lied to him!"

"UGH! Toadette, you didn't have to lie! I was going to tell Diddy myself eventually and tell him that I told you not to say a word! I was going to make sure that all responsibility and blame would fall on me so you'd get a pass! But, now I see where your loyalties lie considering you can't even comprehend one little request!" Dixie furiously vented. This REALLY pissed Toadette off, more so than she thought it would.

"My loyalties!? ARE YOU SERIOUS!? I have been your best friend for years now, keeping your other secrets and helping you through hard times! Well, you know what? Maybe you shouldn't be going around and kissing other guys behind your boyfriend's back like some stupid whore!" she furiously spat. Dixie's expression became very shocked after her 'best friend' called her that atrocious word and this set her off. She smacked Toadette hard on her cheek, leaving behind a visible handprint.

But, the second Dixie did that, she gasped in horror at what she did. She never thought she would react so violently to anyone, let alone to her closest friend.

"Oh…oh my god…Toadette…I-I-I'm so sorry! I don't know what came over me!"

"You…l-leave me alone!" Toadette stated, holding her cheek in pain.

"Toadette, please! I really am sorry! I just…got so angry for a second then-

"I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE! I NEVER WANNA SEE YOU AGAIN!" Toadette screamed in pure rage and ran out of the room in tears. Dixie felt so horrible at what she just did to her only closest friend. She dropped to her knees and cried in devastation.

EOC.

Next chapter, another person from the gang gets 'infected'! Stay tuned for next week!