PREVIOUSLY ON MUSHROOM WARS...
"Now then…you shall be the one I grant this next power to. This one is called 'Power negation'. Using this will cancel any kind of 'powers' an enemy has temporarily. When you want to use it say the word 'NEGATE' and make sure your body is facing towards the enemy and it will be done. Like the other powers, this one will take a lot of energy out of you for a short while so use it sparingly," Gekikara said.
"Wow! O-okay, cool! I've always though having superpowers was kind of lame and overrated, but now that I actually have one, it's super exciting! Thanks so much!" Parakarry squealed in excitement.
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"Holy crap! Look at all these articles here…the missing teenage raccoon boy named Vanko. Look at this one from a week ago, it says that Vanko Rumirzo, age 18, reportedly ran away from home last week after getting into a horrible dispute with his father, Vesper Rumirzo, age 40. The father says that he and his son got into a very heated argument over things regarding his job and his deceased wife. Vesper Rumirzo states that he feels awful about the things that were said in the argument and that he just wants his son back more than anything in the world and that he's deeply sorry for making him run away. Vanko Rumirzo was reportedly last seen in the area around Clearwater Hotel by a couple of eyewitnesses right before midnight, the exact same day his father said he ran away. The police have searched thoroughly in that area, but no luck as of yet," Bombette read from the article outloud.
"Wow! Ok then…so, um…alright, if this Vanko is still alive, then why would he be in the basement of this hotel? Why there out of all the places to run away to?" Parakarry questioned.
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My friends have been so out of character lately that I'm willing to believe that it isn't even them. This has to be the work of some evil yet wickedly smart person…someone who we probably won't even expect," Sally said.
"You mean…like Doctor Eggman?" Waluigi asked.
"Well, yeah, but remember, he's dead, so it has to be someone else," Sally quickly corrected.
"Come on Sally! This is DOCTOR EGGMAN we're talking about! You really expect any of us to believe that he just simply had a 'brain aneurysm' and died!?" Toad exclaimed, and some nods were seen too. Sally looked a little heated.
"You weren't there at the funeral! I saw his body! Now enough talk about this, okay?" she raised her voice.
"Hey, did you just see that with Sally!?" Toad asked to Goombario.
"I'm assuming you're talking about her raising her voice after you asked her about Eggman?" he responded.
"Exactly! The way she responded…she definitely knows something, Goombario. Even if she isn't 'infected' like her friends, there is something up with her," Toad said.
"I agree. But, if she does know something, how would we coax it out of her? I'd feel bad for trying to pressure her to reveal something just in case we're wrong…" Goombario asked.
"Yeah, let's not do anything like that just yet. We really should be cautious of Sally, though, from now on. I just can't help but feel like something is up with her…" Toad replied with worry.
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"So, did you guys manage to find anything at the apartment?" Pauline asked.
"Unfortunately, Vector took whatever kind of papers Amy had in her apartment before we arrived, but he dropped a paper, so we got that at least," Diddy said, showing the paper to everyone. "It looks like a map of Station Square, but it's drawn kinda weird. The big red dots are bombs, which means that they're planning to bomb the city tomorrow during the wedding!"
Gasps and shrieks were heard amongst the group.
"This is horrible! We have to find out where those bombs are and deactivate them!" Parakarry yelled.
Sally grabbed the paper from Diddy and examined it. "Wait, do you see this writing down here? It's so tiny, but from what I can read of it, it says 'Bombs to be dropped from the airborn vehicle as soon as S & A are wed. The signal will be sent to…' uhh…can't read the name there, but the rest of it's basically saying that…these red dots on the map…those are the locations of where the bombs will be dropped, NOT where they're currently located at!"
"FUCK! So, how the hell are we supposed to stop an airborn vehicle then!? What should we even do!?" Waluigi cried.
"DOCTOR EGGMAN!?" yelled many people in the church.
"WHAT THE FUCK, YOU'RE ALIVE!?" Sonic shouted moreso in anger than surprise.
"What in the…alright, someone better start explaining this shit right now because I don't have any fucking clue what's happening anymore!" Waluigi demanded.
"Uhh…am I the only one here that ISN'T shocked that Eggman is alive? I mean, come on, this 'plot twist' could be seen from a mile away!" Goombario bragged.
"I had a feeling he was alive too. And I'm not just saying that because I wanna be against the crowd, I'm saying that because this is EGGMAN we are talking about! The evil, sociopathic, technologically skilled genius!" Parakarry added.
"Yeah! Come on guys! You're really THIS shocked that Doctor Eggman is alive? Where have you guys been for the past 30 or so years?" Larry questioned.
"Okay, enough! We get it, Eggman being alive isn't as shocking as some of you think! But, what we really should hear is explanations from both Eggman and Sally! Just what is going on here exactly? Are you two working for this guy here as well!?" Mario demanded to know.
"I'll be happy to explain, Mario! Now then, I'm sure you all know of my 'funeral' that took place a few weeks ago, yes? Well, to put it straight, the entire thing was a setup! The body some of you saw was a decoy! A clone, to be exact! The funeral was put on, secretly of course, by me in order to lead this dirty traitor here to think that I'm out of the picture forever so he can do this 'infection' plan all by himself!" Eggman began.
"DAMNIT! I should've expected something like this was going to happen! How the hell could I be so gullible to think you were actually dead!?" the "minister" cried.
"Because, Vesper, you were too caught up in getting excited and overconfident with the plan that was originally OURS that it didn't even occur to you that I was faking it the whole time! Hell, this "infection" you got going on is heavily flawed since Sonic and his annoying buddies didn't even think of it either! You were doomed right from the start!" Eggman laughed wickedly.
"GRRRRRRRRRRRR! Anyone else ready to maim this guy yet!?" Amy angrily growled.
"As much as I want to right now…no. Not yet. Tell me everything right now, Eggman. Tell me how all of this connects to my son being also somehow infected!?" Vesper pleaded.
"Hold on a second here! So, you both were planning to carry out this infection originally? Why does that not make me feel any better about this?" Birdo questioned.
"I'm not finished explaining! So yes, like I said, we both were going to infect Sonic and his friends in hopes of being successful in taking over the world this time. Vesper came to me about the idea and wanted to help because he had the same goals in mind as I did; we both were craving for world domination. So, we forged this plan together and the process for creating this viral infection went underway.
HOWEVER! Something inside of me did not trust Vesper. Everything about him just seemed a little too 'convenient' for me. Here's a guy that came out of nowhere, wanting to work with me for world domination, a guy I didn't even know and could have his own agenda. There was no way in hell I was taking my chances with this one. So, this was the perfect opportunity to test out my clone I've been working on secretly for years now. I had my clone interact with Vesper throughout most of the process of working on the virus. Then, one day, my instincts about Vesper were correct; he was going to kill me!
In my laboratory on that day that 'that' happened, you, Vesper, had a sudden mental breakdown and screamed at me how you were going to overtake my role as the main villain in this world, because you already infected Sonic, Amy, and Charmy behind my back! You laughed like a maniac, all proud of yourself. I…or, well, I should actually say, my clone tried to calm you down, but you wouldn't listen. You grabbed one of my laser guns that I use for my robot army and chased my clone out of my laboratory and shot my clone down in the Mystic Ruins Forest, thus killing him! I saw it all! I was shocked, but now, this fueled my anger for revenge. I wasn't going to let some nobody take me and my empire down that easily!" Eggman continued.
"Hmm. I see. That was your clone I killed then? I had a feeling it was a little too easy to kill you…but, come off it, Eggman. Let's face the REAL reason why you're so angry. It has nothing to do with revenge. It's all about how you were pissed off that I managed to come up with a brilliant plan that you NEVER thought up of in all your life of being a failed, lonely, wannabe villain! I MEAN, COME ON! Turning heroes into villains via a virus with no cure? It's the perfect way to ensure world domination! You can't handle being overshadowed!" Vesper accused. Eggman turned red at this.
"Well…crazy raccoon guy kind of has a point…" Daisy whispered.
"OH SHUT UP YOU MENTAL CASE! You screwed with me, which was a BIIIIIIG mistake to make! So, I screwed you right back! Now then, allow me to continue this long-winded explanation! Unless you want to take over from here, Sally?" Eggman asked. All eyes turned to her.
"Alright then. I owe it to these guys anyways, because I've been keeping a lot of info from them. Now, before you guys become furious at me, let me finish Eggman's story. On the day that Eggman's clone was killed, that was when I was in the Mystic Ruins forest, going for a run. It was just a bad coincidence that I stumbled upon the clone's body AND Eggman at the exact same time on that day. I was mortified looking at the body! But, I was so confused as to how Eggman's body was just lying there, but then Eggman was staring over his own body? He then explained everything to me. That was his clone that died. He witnessed the whole thing go down and told me he wanted revenge. He told me how there's this new so-called 'villain' on the scene by the name of Vesper and that he's planning to turn Sonic and his friends evil by some kind of infection. He told me that Sonic, Amy, and Charmy had apparently already been infected. Since this was quite a bit of crazy info thrown at me all at once, I didn't even believe it at first and was going to call the cops on Eggman.
However, Eggman showed me this new guy in secret in his lab. He said his name was Vesper. I saw Vesper in Eggman's lab acting like some mad scientist, mixing chemicals together, writing profusely on various papers, talking loudly to himself, laughing for no reason…however, what got me convinced was when Eggman and I suddenly saw Sonic walk into the lab. Sonic looked like he was enjoying the conversation Vesper and him were having and Sonic was acting and laughing just as crazy as Vesper was! I think this was what got me fully convinced.
So…Eggman formed a plan to 'fake' his death and disappear for a bit, while coming up with a plan for revenge on Vesper, and I was told NOT to tell any of my friends, because they all could've been infected at that point. He wanted me to call the cops and have them find the clone's body, so it would make worldwide news that Eggman was dead. I, in secret, organized the funeral for Eggman a few days after in order to make it look more convincing. At the funeral, Sonic and some of the others were acting incredibly bizarre and out-of-character. They kept yelling swear words during the service and joking about what 'better ways' there would've been to kill them. They were also threatening to hurt some other people that attended the funeral if they kept 'looking at them funny.' I knew that they had to have been infected because this was not their normal behavior. This was when I was 100% on board with Eggman's plan because I didn't want my friends to be like this," Sally explained her part of the story.
"So, you lied to us then this whole time? You were completely acting all shocked and horrified whenever we told you about Sonic's friends being infected and hurting us!" Diddy angrily pointed out.
"I know, and I'm sorry for withholding all this info from you guys. I just had to keep as low of a profile as possible, because I couldn't risk this plan getting out to anyone else and having Sonic and his gang find out about it. I promise that I didn't mean anything bad by it!" Sally cried.
"Don't worry, I completely understand where you're coming from. Sometimes, we just gotta do what we think is best for the safety of others," Mario spoke in empathy. Peach turned her head to him in disgust and confusion.
"Okay, this storytelling is sooooooooo boring! Can we kick all of their asses now!?" Charmy complained.
"NO NO NO! I must know how and why you infected my son! TELL ME TELL ME TELL ME THIS INSTANT!" Vesper childishly screamed.
"Fine. I'll continue the explanation from here," Eggman said. "Some days passed by after the funeral, and the whole time I was stalking you, Vesper, from your house all the way back to my lab. I learned of everything you were planning. The day I found about the wedding with Sonic and Amy was also the day I saw you get into a very bad argument with your son there! I heard every word of it. Your son found out about your plans for world domination and you, like a mentally deficient idiot, tried to assure him that this was completely normal. Your son brought up your wife who had died of cancer, telling you what would she think about you doing world domination, and that was when you completely lost it! You were screaming at him and event threw a lamp at him! He ran out of your house and I chased after him. I chased him all the way to behind the Clearwater Hotel because that's where he wanted to be at for some reason.
I found him in the forest behind the hotel, almost about to pass out against a tree. I talked with him, asked what he was doing here, and he basically unleashed everything onto me, saying what a bad and insane father you are, and that he wanted you dead! So, that's when an idea sparked in my head; I was going to use your kid against you, distract you from your plans, and take you down.
So, I brought him back to my lab and…of course, I infected him. Your infected son is vital to this plan. We stayed at my lab for a few days, training him not to attack me, like a wild animal, I guess you could say! Then, you arrived back at my lab and we had to retreat, because my plan was not finalized yet. I visited Sally at the hotel and told her about the wedding and that I had to keep Vanko in the basement, because I had nowhere to go to keep him. The lab was too risky to keep Vanko in there because Vesper would randomly come to the lab with Sonic and the gang, and I didn't want anyone to find out about him just yet!" Eggman said.
"And just for the record, I was NOT on board with keeping some infected, wild creature in my basement! Let alone it being the villain's son! However, Eggman constantly insisted that this was all part of his plan and that there was nowhere else for Vanko to stay, so I begrudgingly obliged and kept him locked in the basement, feeding him occasionally so he wouldn't starve. Bombette and Parakarry found out about Vanko by snooping in there and confronted me about it, so I told them the story and told them to keep it a secret because I was going to eventually tell you all anyways," Sally added.
"Yes! All of this is true! So don't get mad at us for keeping secrets because we made a promise! Be mad at her if you must!" Bombette desperately insisted.
"And then…here we are. Stopping your plans with your infected son just like how I envisioned it. But, oh? You're probably thinking 'That's it, Eggman? LAME!' Well…have I got another surprise for you!" Eggman opened the door again and showed everyone that there was a 100 robot army just outside, waiting to take down anything in sight at the flick of a command.
"Uhh…Eggman? So, all those robots out there…um…they're all going to attack Vesper and the infected guys, right? Not us? R-right!?" Koops started to panic.
Eggman snickered at him. "My original plan is far from over, weakling! You really think I would skip out on this opportunity to take over and do the world domination plan solo? Look at what we got here! Sonic and most of his friends are infected, and there is no cure! No way in hell am I passing this up! THIS WORLD IS MINE! HAHAHAHAHA!" Eggman laughed. Everyone else in the church began to panic and shriek.
"WAIT, WHAT!?" Sally screamed. "You told me yourself that there WAS a cure! You said you made one yourself after Vesper took over the plan!"
Eggman laughed again. "Hahahaha! I lied to you, Sally! I had to get you on board somehow because you arrived at the worst fucking time possible when I was standing over my dead clone! I couldn't risk letting you tell the world that I wasn't actually dead! YOU HEAR THAT, YOU NOBODIES!? THERE. IS. NO. CURE! HAHAHAHA!" Everyone dropped their jaws in horror.
"FUCK! So, does that mean…w-we HAVE to kill them then!?" Kooper asked.
"Hmm. I see. Well…if there's no cure, that means we don't have to feel bad for murdering these pathetic bitches, because it'd be in self-defense," Bowser slowly formed a smirk, one of the few in that room who wasn't feeling completely hesitant on doing the deed.
"NO! Don't kill them! Just…uhh…trust me on this, you guys!" Kammy yelled.
"Damnit! How are we gonna do this then? There's so many innocent people here that don't deserve to get caught in any crossfire. But, there's an entire army of robots outside waiting to kill too. What should we do, bro?" Luigi asked.
"I…I…have no idea. I really don't know. It's going to be very hard killing these guys. Not because they're tough, but because these are people we know. As for the other innocents…the only thing I can think of is to get them out by another exit, but I don't see one in here," Mario answered as sweat dripped down his face as his heart raced. He wasn't prepared for this battle one bit.
Vesper walked to Eggman and stood a few inches from him. His face slowly grew an evil smirk as he stared dead straight into Eggman's eyes. Eggman and some others watching this became uncomfortable now.
"You're too late, Eggman. My plan is already happening as we speak," he said.
"What IS your plan exactly!?" Jojora shouted.
"The plan has gone through some revisions. Originally, we were going to drop bombs from a plane that I stole from Eggman's lab that contained gas that has the same elements in it as the liquid virus. These bombs would infect everyone within its trajectory and the whole city would become infected! However, yesterday, the plan changed when we realized that we couldn't get the gas thing to work with the bombs, so we just decided to go with regular bombs instead, and use the gas for you guys in here! Yes, that's right, Station Square would be destroyed and I get to have my own army of infected creatures right in here that would bow down to my every whim and help me take over the world! And we would get to watch the bombings from here! Heeheehee!" Vesper laughed, now being as cocky as Eggman is.
"God, both of you are fucking sick! Why can't villains just ever realize that world domination is a plan that always fails no matter what kind of plan they make!? IF IT DIDN'T WORK THE FIRST TIME OR THE HUNDREDTH TIME, IT'S NOT GONNA WORK THE MILLIONTH TIME!" Lakilulu screamed.
"You kind of have to admire their determination though…even if it's a delusional determination!" Yoshi added.
"But, wait a second! You said you wanted to 'use the gas for you guys in here!' W-What is that supposed to mean!? Are you going to infect us all!?" Toadette pointed out.
Vesper laughed wildly this time. "HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA! WOOOOOOO! Why do you think I invited you all to this wedding!? You really thought I was just gonna do nothing with you!? WELL, THINK AGAIN! In about 30 seconds, gas will be released into this room from the air vents, infecting all of you, and you will be obeying my every command! YOU GUYS WILL BE MY ARMY IN HELPING ME TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD! YOU WILL HAVE NO SAY IN ANYTHING AND YOUR MINDS WILL BE PRACTICALLY ERADICATED! HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAAAAAA!"
People gasped and screamed at this revelation. Most of the people made a break for it for the door but Shadow and Espio blocked it off and scared the people away.
"Wow! You guys would rather be killed by a bunch of generic robots than be infected? You all must have a death wish. Come on, it's not so bad! You feel much more powerful than ever before. All emotions involved in decision making are wiped away, so you don't feel bad when you're getting what you've been wanting deep down for so long," Shadow said, staring directly at Wendy as he said that. This made her furious.
"Well, shit! I honestly didn't see that one coming!" Eggman yelled, completely blindsided by that reveal.
"Oh no! What the fuck are we gonna do!? It's either we turn into a bunch of emotionless psychopaths, or we potentially get killed by the robot army! BOTH OPTIONS SUCK!" Mona cried.
"There has to be another way out of here! MARIO! WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING FAST!" Peach yelled and grabbed him by the shoulders.
"There's…there's not gonna be enough time...it's too late…" Mario said, frozen in shock, no clue what to do.
"HAHAHAHAAAAA! Sorry Eggman, you tried. You're just not cut out for this anymore. It's my turn in the spotlight now! ACTIVATE THE GAS NOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!" Vesper roared. Everyone screamed, cried, and held their friends or lovers tight as the inevitable end approached. There was truly no escape this time around.
But, nothing happened. Vesper and the other infected ones gave a look of confusion.
"What the? Why isn't the gas coming out!? ESPIO! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO ACTIVATE THE GAS RIGHT NOW!" Vesper shouted.
Still, nothing was happening.
"Trouble in paradise, Vesper?" Eggman smirked.
Suddenly, a ferocious and familiar-sounding roar was heard. Donkey Kong smashed a door open in the back corner of the main room and rummaged through the crowd, scaring everyone and making them run the opposite way.
"GET BACK, GET BACK! He's the strongest infected one here! We have to look out for him the most!" Flurrie warned.
DK ran up to the altar, stood under the church-light, and faced the scared crowd intensely. Murmurs and cries were heard throughout and scared expressions were seen among almost everyone.
"DK! I demand to know what the hell is going on here! Why hasn't Espio activated the gas yet!?" Vesper yelled.
DK slowly formed a wicked smirk upon his face. "Because I knocked him out. He's unconscious."
Gasps were heard, but the loudest came from Amy.
"WHAT!? WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU DO THAT FOR!? YOU IDIOT! YOU JUST FUCKED UP THE ENTIRE PLAN!" she exploded.
"Not the ENTIRE plan, Amy! Calm down! We still have Blaze who is flying the plane to drop the bombs on the city!" Knuckles assured.
DK still kept his smirk. "That's not happening either. I also knocked her unconscious and I destroyed the control panel to the plane."
More gasps were heard and people were now more confused than scared at this point.
"Okay, is there anyone else outside of this room that you HAVEN'T knocked unconscious!?" Sonic yelled.
"DK…wh-what the hell has gotten into you!? Why are you doing this!?" Vesper cried.
"Why am I doing this? Because…I'm not infected," DK stated. Now, everyone in the room looked immensely shocked, the most shocked of all being Vesper.
"WHAT!? WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE NOT INFECTED!? I INJECTED THAT POISON INTO YOU AND…AND…AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!" Vesper screamed uncontrollably, dropped to his knees, and repeatedly pounded the floor with his fists.
"Wait a minute here! So, you were faking being infected the entire time!? Uhh, mind explaining this to all of us!?" Dixie asked.
"Sure. To put it simple, whatever Vesper injected into me didn't work. I mean, I got a mini-seizure from it, but…it just didn't work on me! I don't know how or why, but maybe I was just lucky or maybe my immune system kicked in and rejected the virus? I saw my reflection in the mirror and that was when I knew I wasn't actually infected. I still felt like myself! Anyways, the second I realized that I didn't turn into an evil psychopath, I thought of using this to my advantage. I faked being infected from that point on, in order to figure out what Vesper's plans were and stop them from happening, which I mostly did. Stopping the wedding itself was going to be an impossible feat just by myself so that's why I had to let it happen.
But! While this wedding was happening, I managed to set free Wario and Goombella from their cells down in the 'basement' of this church. It's not an actual basement, more like a string of long corridors and tunnels, but I think that's where these guys' base of operations are. They're waiting in a room down there for you heroes to let them out! I told them to wait there until the coast is clear out here, because I knew a fight was going to happen in here.
I'm sorry I didn't let any of you guys know about this, but I HAD to keep it a secret to myself so I could completely guarantee that they wouldn't become suspicious of me. Well, actually…it wasn't JUST to myself. I had to let one person know about my plan so this person would be rest assured that things weren't going to turn out ugly," DK explained.
"Wario and Goombella are alive!? OH THANK GOD!" Waluigi yelled in huge relief.
"No! NO! NOOOOOOOOOO! HOW COULD THE VIRUS NOT WORK ON YOU!? IT WORKED ON EVERYONE ELSE BUT…WHYYYYYYYYYYYY!? AAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!" Vesper overdramatically screamed and let the rest of his body fall to the floor.
"I don't think it's unrealistic for DK to not have been infected. Not every 'injection' is going to work on everyone, and not every 'injection' is going to have the same exact effects on each person either! It explains why some of the infected ones have bloodshot eyes and some don't!" Eggman added.
"Who was this one person you told the secret to, DK?" Diddy asked.
"It was me," Mario spoke. All eyes turned to him. "I'm sorry for keeping another secret from you guys, but it had to be done. We couldn't risk this secret getting out into the open and these guys finding out about it. Do you guys remember two days ago when DK asked me to have a word with him and both of us walked away into a separate hallway? That was when he told me of his plan. He grabbed me by the neck and quietly told me of it, telling me that they have security all over the place and had to make what he was doing look real. I jumped on board with his plan and demanded that he throw me across the room in order to make everything look real. Sounds crazy, yes, but it was needed to convince everyone that DK was truly infected! That's why I've been keeping my cool this whole time, because I knew DK would get his job done. It's why Bowser and I decided to leave the church alone last night because we were too distracted by our horrible fight, but I knew there wasn't anything to worry about because DK had it covered."
"Wait a second, you and Bowser didn't even check out the church last night!? You said you were going to!" Kazooie yelled.
"Dude…this is seriously WAY too much to take in right now. Can we just skip to the boss fight already!?" Fire Bro complained.
"Mario…I can't believe this…" Peach said, both frustrated and in shock at him.
"I don't even what to think anymore. Everything that's been happening and been said since we got here is extremely fucked up and giving me a massive headache," Goombario said.
"BUT WAIT, DK! Where is Banjo!? Tell me you at least have an idea where he is!" Kazooie yelled.
"He's down there too! He's locked in some glass box with some kind of pipe connected to it from the wall. I'm not sure what that pipe is for but it obviously can't be any good! I tried breaking the glass myself but it's rock-hard as hell! We need more power to break him out of there!" DK said.
"You've deceived the entire world, you filthy creature! Your wicked ape blood must've not been compatible with the virus somehow! YOUR BLOOD REJECTED IT! HOW COULD I NOT SEE THIS TRAJESTY COMING!?" Tikal cried just as overdramatically as Vesper was.
"You shouldn't be feeling bad, Tikal. It should be me who should feel bad," Rosalina spoke, coming out from another room from the back corner. Everyone looked to her.
"Rosalina…" Waluigi whispered.
"I sensed that there was something quite off about you, DK. It bewildered me. Now I realize that I should've trusted the odd energy your aura was giving off. But…I'll make sure to make it up for killing you right here, right now," Rosalina threatened as her eyes turned black.
"ENOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUGH!" Eggman roared, silencing all other talk. "This has gone on far too long! Now, you'll all surrender to me right now or else you'll-"
BANG!
Everyone screamed at the sudden sound. Eggman fell to the ground, being shot in the chest by Vector.
"I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS FUCKING TALKING! And you know what? Fuck the gas plan! We're just gonna fucking kill all of you instead!" Vector yelled.
"NOT ON MY WATCH! GET THEM!" Mario yelled and lunged at Vector, knocking him down. Right after that, all chaos broke out in the church.
All the people who were neither the heroes nor villains screamed and gathered up in the far corner as all the fights were happening at the exact same time. It was a complete madhouse. Various objects were being thrown everywhere and everyone was screaming bloody murder.
Amy whacked Daisy in the head with her Piko Piko Hammer. Daisy cried out and fell to the ground on her back. Amy loomed before her and was about to smash her head in with the hammer, until Peach came in and smashed a chair into Amy. Peach then jumped onto Amy and smacked her repeatedly until Amy rejuvenated and headbutted Peach, making her fall over on her back. Amy got on top of Peach and began to strangle her until Daisy got up and kicked Amy on her side which rolled her over off of her. Mona picked Amy up and shoved her into the refreshments table, breaking the entire thing down.
Yoshi and Charmy duked it out by having Charmy sting Yoshi all over his body repeatedly. Yoshi was defenseless because the bee was too quick and screamed at every immensely painful sting. Birdo took off her bow and used her Boomerang Bow move and managed to hit Charmy at the perfect timing, knocking him to the floor. Flurrie used her Body Slam move on Charmy while he was on the floor. Yoshi moved Flurrie out of the way and knocked Charmy unconscious doing his Ground Pound move on his body.
Sonic spun around the whole room too quick for anyone to easily catch him. He then jumped and barged right into Diddy, slamming him into the wall. The pain went so deep into Diddy's stomach and chest area that he started coughing up blood. Pauline managed to catch Sonic in the nick of time as she threw Bombette at Sonic and used her Bomb move, which blew him some feet away. Dixie stepped in slammed the back of his head against the floor, which knocked him unconscious.
As all the fighting was going on, Vesper crawled on the floor to his son, who Sally seemed to have left behind to join the fighting. Vanko was shaking uncontrollably while still growling like a wild dog.
"My…my son…do you see me? Do you hear me? I'm so sorry that that awful man did this to you…now you're infected with no hopes of going back! Oh god, what have I done!? M-Maybe I should've made a cure after all…" Vesper cried as he touched Vanko's face and rested his head against his. "I…I guess I have no choice but to kill you, then. I can't stand seeing you like this, son. There is no other option at this point." Vesper was about to reach over and grabbed the handgun that Vector dropped when Mario attacked him, but Vanko shoved Vesper on his back to the floor and continuously swiped his claws all over Vesper's body.
"AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH! STOP IT, VANKO! I'M YOUR FATHER! PLEASE STOOOOOOP!" Vesper cried as his blood was beginning to splatter all around him.
Rouge flew into the air then swooped down and grabbed Kooper by his hands. Rouge laughed as poor Kooper yelled in fright. Rouge then threw Kooper down at an angle and he crashed into the sweets table. This also knocked down various candles that were lit before the wedding began and the candles lit nearby curtains and tapestry on fire. Lakilulu got revenge for Kooper by throwing a spiky shell at Rouge, which knocked her to the ground. She yelled in pain and barely managed to get herself back up…that is, until Koops knocked her back down and out with his Shell Shot move.
Tikal ran to the now broken down sweets table and began to throw plates and other various utensils like crazy everywhere she could while crazing like a madwoman. Koopie caught a silver plate she threw and Koopie threw it back at her, sending it straight for her forehead. This knocked Tikal out easily.
Knuckles grabbed Toad and threw him across the room right into a group of chairs. This angered Toadette so she smashed a glass cup on his head, which hurt him, but didn't knock him out like she hoped it would. Knuckles roared and bashed Toadette in the face. She cried and fell on her back as Knuckles was about to do it again, but then Bowser Jr. came in and swiped his claws at Knuckles' back. The echidna screamed in pain, then turned around, giving a swift roundhouse kick to Bowser Jr.'s head, knocking him away into the crowd of people. Bowser unleashed flames from his mouth, which set Knuckles' leg on fire along with the seats nearby.
Mario continued to wrestle with Vector on the ground after lunging at him from before. They kept rolling over each other, punching, strangling, kicking…Vector managed to chomp deep into Mario's arm, making it bleed. Mario screamed in pure agony and pain. Luigi jumped onto Vector's back and began to punch him repeatedly. Vector yelled and moved all around trying to get Luigi off of him. He then grabbed Luigi by his hands and literally threw him at Mario. Vector quickly turned around only to be met by Vivian who punched Vector out using her Shade Fist move and then was kicked in the jaw by Fire Bro.
Rosalina froze DK in place and blasted a blue wave of magic at him, which sent him crashing through the wall behind him. Tails flew over to Rosalina and did a surprise kick to the back of her head, but it wasn't enough to knock her out. Rosalina telekinetically brought Tails crashing down. She then made the giant cross topple over and fall right towards Tails' direction. Sally managed to drag him out of there as the cross smashed into the floor, evading it by an inch.
Parakarry flew over to Rosalina and aimed straight for her. Rosalina caught this and quickly threw a fireball at his direction, but barely dodged it. The fireball crashed into the ceiling and started a fire up there. Parakarry got to Rosalina and touched her shoulder. "Good thing I remembered this ability! NEGATE!"
Rosalina and Parakarry screamed and the two fell to the floor.
"AAAAGGGGHHHHH! WHAT…THE…FUCK DID YOU JUST DO TO ME!?" Rosalina cried, barely able to move.
"Ugh…it's called magic, bitch!" Parakarry swore.
DK climbed back onto the stage, grabbed Rosalina, and lifted her up above him.
"I'm sorry about this Rosalina…I really am," DK apologized, not feeling good for what he's about to do. He threw her across the room and crashed into the supply closet.
Wendy, Waluigi, Kazooie, and Goombario ran to the basement while the fighting was happening so they could find the others down there. Little did they know that Shadow followed them as well…
"KAMMY, COME ON! THE SPELL, WE HAVE TO DO IT NOW!" Larry yelled.
"I NEED FULL CONCENTRATION LARRY, OR IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK!" Kammy responded, holding Larry's hand with the syringe that had the liquid virus in it in her other hand.
BANG!
The sound of the second gunshot brought attention to some others near the spot where it happened.
It was Vesper who had done it. He shot his own son in the head with the handgun that Vector dropped earlier. He screamed and backed away from the sight, horrified at his dirty deed.
"I…oh god…son…" Vesper uttered, staring wide eyed at his dead body. Vesper himself had claw marks all over him and was bloody all over, but killing his son in self-defense didn't make him feel any better about it.
He then heard chanting. He looked up and saw Kammy and Larry chanting something with their eyes closed. He shrieked in horror.
"NO! WITCHES! THEY'RE CHANTING A FUCKING SPELL! KILL THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEM!" Vesper screamed and aimed the gun at Kammy.
"TIMESLOW!" Daisy yelled, and the ability worked. It took Daisy's energy away temporarily, which left her weak on the floor.
However…it was too late.
By the time Daisy said the word, Vesper had already pulled the trigger. The bullet flew in slow motion right to Kammy and Vesper himself was moving in slow motion. Daisy saw this happen.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! KAMMY, GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Daisy screamed.
Kammy and Larry didn't make any response as they were still chanting to finish the spell.
"GOD FUCKING DAMNIT, KAMMY! OPEN YOUR EYES AND MOVE!" Bowser roared as he ran to them.
Kammy opened her eyes and screamed when she saw the bullet flying slowly to her. The effect of Timeslow wore off and the bullet shot through Kammy's chest back at its regular speed, splattering blood all over Larry. This made him open his eyes now and he screamed when he saw that Kammy had been shot.
Bowser stopped running and froze in horror the second he saw the bullet hit Kammy.
"No! NO! KAMMYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" he screamed and backed away from the godawful site.
Meanwhile, Vesper had the opposite reaction. "Haha! I did it! I FUCKING DID IT! I PREVENTED THAT STUPID SPELL FROM HAPPENING AND- OOH!"
Vesper made a shriek when he felt an enormous, sharp pain in his back and torso. The pain made him drop his gun. He slowly looked down to see that it was Bowser's claws that struck right through his body. Vesper slowly turned to his head to face Bowser, who had the look of pure evil and rage in his eyes, not saying a single word to the murderer of his closest friend. That petrifying look from Bowser was the last thing Vesper saw as his life faded away almost instantly. Bowser took his claws out of him and Vesper's body dropped to the ground in a puddle of blood.
The syringe with the purple liquid suddenly floated in the air. The liquid inside suddenly turned blue and a flash of blue light appeared from the syringe. The blue light then shot various blue waves at all the infected people.
However, before this particular event occurred, Kazooie, Waluigi, Goombario, and Wendy were in the basement tunnels/corridors looking for Goombella, Wario, and Banjo.
"GOOMBELLAAAAAAA! WARIOOOOOOOO! BANJOOOOOOOO! CAN YOU HEAR US!? TELL US WHERE YOU ARE!" Goombario yelled.
"Fuck! There's so many hallways down here! It'll take forever to search them all!" Waluigi grunted.
"Should we split up then!? That battle up there is only going to distract the infected jerks for so long!" Wendy said.
"Normally I'd be opposed to that idea, but we're in a crises mode right now! I'm gonna check down here!" Kazooie yelled in a rush and ran down the hallway to the south.
"WAIT ACTUALLY IT'S STILL A BAD IDEA BECAUSE…oh shit! Ugh, she's not gonna listen!" Goombario groaned.
"Don't worry, I'll go after her and stay with her! You two check down that way! Let's be quick!" Wendy assured and ran down the same hall Kazooie did. Waluigi and Goombario kept going down west and came down a corridor of various cells.
"God, did they keep them down here like prisoners!? This is fucking sick!" Goombario yelled in disgust.
"Oh no…I REALLY hope they weren't tortured down here…" Waluigi said in stress.
The two kept walking down and came to a door on the left. Waluigi kicked it open and inside was Goombella and Wario.
"OH MY GOD! THANK GOD YOU'RE OKAY! BOTH OF YOU!" Goombella cried in joy and tears and hugged Goombario.
"WALUIGI! Y-You have no idea how much I needed you! I was beyond scared being down here with nowhere to go!" Wario cried into his brother's shoulder. Waluigi also cried in return, being so happy that his brother was okay.
"I'm so glad you're okay, Wario…you were always on my mind every second that you were gone! I love you, brother!" Waluigi cheered while still crying.
"Goombella, your face! My god, what the hell did to you!?" Goombario noted all the bruises she received from her previous torture.
"Ugh, I'd rather not talk about that right now! Let's just get the hell out of this dump!" Goombella demanded.
Meanwhile, Kazooie entered a room in the hallway she ran down. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw Banjo in that glass cage that DK described earlier. He was lying still.
"BANJO!" she screeched in joy. She entered the room and suddenly, a loud alarm went off. Kazooie jumped in fright at the noise and water began rushing through the pipe that was connected to the glass cage. Water began slowly filling the glass cage which woke Banjo up. He saw that he was trapped and couldn't even stand up in the cage. He screamed for mercy and banged on the glass cage.
"BANJOOOOOOO! BANJO, I'M HERE! I'M GONNA GET YOU OUT OF HERE, OKAY!?" Kazooie cried as she banged on the glass cage to let him know she was there. Banjo saw her and cried for her help.
"Kazooie! PLEASE GET ME OUT! I DON'T WANNA DIE!" he yelled as the water was now a quarter of the way from filling up entirely.
"Okay…um…I have no if my grenade eggs will work for this, but I gotta give it a shot!" Kazooie said to herself.
"HEY!"
Kazooie turned around at the sudden yell. "Oh! You! Hey! Why do you have that handgun on you? Did you steal it from…WAIT A SECOND! This is perfect actually! Use the gun to shoot Banjo's cage right there! It will let the water flow out and I could break the rest of the glass with my grenade egg to get him out of there!"
The person aimed the handgun at Kazooie.
"Uhh, what are you doing!? Quit playing around now and shoot the glass cage already! HELLO!? WHAT HAS GOTTEN INTO YOU!? QUIT POINTING THAT THING AT ME!" Kazooie yelled.
BANG!
The bullet shot through Kazooie's torso, then through her back, and the bullet smashed into Banjo's cage. The bullet blasted two holes in the cage, releasing water on both sides. Banjo managed to break away the remaining glass with his fists that made a big enough hole for him to crawl out of.
"Ah! That was too close! Thanks for…wait, Kazooie!? KAZOOIE!" Banjo shrieked and ran to her body. He noticed the bullet hole in her body. "Wh-what the!? KAZOOIE! WAKE UP! PLEASE WAKE UP! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Also meanwhile, Wendy checked a different room for Kazooie in the same hallway.
"KAZOOIE!? Goddamnit, I get you're in a panic right now, but you can't just separate yourself from the group like this!" Wendy groaned. She turned around and screamed when she saw Shadow standing in the doorway.
"Hello Wendy. We meet again," he seductively spoke and shut the door.
"Sh…Shadow…" she whispered in shock, and immediately got flashbacks of what happened that night at the club in her head.
"This just can't be a coincidence now. You…me…alone in a room once again. I always think back to that night when you and I shared that amazing, intimate experience. You were so easy to play with. It was so fun exploring your body as you lied still and let me take control. What do you say we do it again?" Shadow spoke as he slowly approached her. Wendy gulped but didn't back away from him.
"I-I'm not afraid of you, Shadow. You think you can just control me like you did before!? Use my body like it's some toy!? THINK AGAIN!" Wendy yelled. Shadow scoffed at her, then smacked her.
"Shut up. Know your place, you dumb broad. Now, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. The easy way would be me getting a little 'taste' like I did last time. But, the hard way…hehehe…boy, I don't think you want me to go into detail for that one!" Shadow snickered. Wendy held her cheek, holding back her tears. She looked at him straight in the eyes and lowered her hand.
"Fine. We'll do this the easy way and get it overwith," Wendy stated. She then got on the ground and got into 'position.'
"Woah! Haha. You're making this quite easy for me. I like that. See, I knew you weren't THAT stupid to try to reject me again!" Shadow said in excitement. Wendy then did a swift kick to Shadow's groin.
"AGH! FUUUUUUUUUCK! YOU FUCKING BITCH!" he screamed, holding his groin and fell onto his back. Wendy got on top of him now.
"Remember how Eggman said there was no cure for you guys? Well…guess what? That gives me the perfect excuse to kill you with no remorse afterwards, and it would be perfectly justified," Wendy said as she gave him a victorious smirk.
Shadow smirked at her right back. "Pah! You don't have the guts to do it! Quit thinking you're some badass heroine. You were always meant to be some useless, spoiled, whiny, teenaged bi-"
Shadow was cut off by Wendy wrapping her hands around his neck. She gritted her teeth as she gripped his neck tight.
"What was that light all about!? Did you guys see that!?" Vivian yelled.
"Ugh…hey, what the hell is going on here!? Woah! Why are we in a burning building!?" Sonic confusedly asked.
Rosalina stepped out of the supply closet. "Ugh…wait a second! I-I'm back to normal! I can feel it! How were we cured!?"
"Bowser! The spell, it worked! They're all back to normal!" Daisy said, who then noticed Bowser and Larry mourning over Kammy. "Oh no…shit! Kammy!" Her eyes became watery at what she saw.
"Dad! We need to get out of here right now! This building is burning down! Larry, come- WOAH! KAMMY!?" Bowser Jr. shrilled at the sight of Kammy's dead body laying up against the wall.
"He shot her…he…killed her…" Larry spoke, still in shock from what happened.
"No! KAMMY! NOOOOO! THIS ISN'T HAPPENING!" Bowser Jr. broke down crying.
Wario, Waluigi, Goombella, and Goombario entered back into the church from the stairwell.
"GUYS! We got Goombella and Wario! HOLY SHIT! Uhhh, let's get the hell out of here!" Goombario yelled, noticing the ceiling going up in flames along with the tapestry on the right side and some furniture in the middle.
"Two problems! One, there's a huge robot army outside that's in our way! And two, where are Banjo, Kazooie, and Wendy!?" Toad asked.
"I'll take care of this," Rosalina spoke, stomping to the outside. She put both hands in front of her, facing the army.
"ERADICATE!" Rosalina yelled, and a pink wave shot from both of her hands, vaporizing the entire robot army. Everyone else inside started heading outside as the church was beginning to crumble in the flames.
"I'll go find Banjo, Kazooie, and Wendy! You guys go!" Jojora commanded and went down into the basement corridors. She ran as fast as she possibly could.
"WENDY! BANJO! KAZOOIE! WHERE ARE YOU!?" Jojora shouted. She heard a yell from the hallway to the right and ran down there. She opened the first door on her right and screamed at what she saw.
"Jojora!" Wendy shrieked, still strangling Shadow.
"WENDY, GET OFF OF HIM! KAMMY AND LARRY DID A SPELL TO CURE THE INFECTED ONES! THEY'RE ALL BACK TO NORMAL NOW!" Jojora cried, horrified at the potential murder scene.
"Oh no!" Wendy shrieked again and got off Shadow. He was lying completely still.
"Is he…d-dead!?" Jojora asked.
"I…Jojora…" Wendy was speechless. It may have been too late now.
Jojora kneeled down to Shadow's body and put her head against his chest. She gasped.
"Oh god, I don't think I hear a pulse! Uhh…okay! I can do this!" Jojora cried and performed CPR on Shadow. She breathed into his mouth and pushed down on his chest.
"Come on, Shadow! LIVE! LIVE! LIIIIIVE!" Jojora cried, and then breathed into his mouth again. Wendy was terrified at the fact that she really may have killed him when he could have been cured and gone back to his normal self.
"PLEASE, SHADOW! PLEASE…AWAKE!" Jojora was now crying uncontrollably and continued to push down on his chest. It reminded her of the time she tried CPR on Watt, which made her cry even more.
A loud cough was heard. Then another one. Shadow opened his eyes and inhaled greatly, then panted, regaining control of his breathing. Jojora and Wendy were astonished and beyond relieved to see Shadow alive.
Everyone eventually escaped the burning church safely. Bowser brought Kammy's body out with him, because he didn't want to leave her all alone to burn. Banjo did the same thing with Kazooie's body, but no one knew that she died till they saw him bring her out. Everyone looked at Banjo in horror and sadness. Yet another friend gone. No one was feeling a sense of accomplishment or satisfaction right then and there. Sure, the main threat was gone, but they still had to deal with the awful tragedy of losing two great friends and going through pure insanity in this still unfamiliar world.
EOC.
Well, that is (technically) the end of the Sonic arc! Now, I say 'technically' because the main threat is over, but the gang will still be in this world for one more chapter as they deal with the effects of Kazooie and Kammy's deaths. There's also a couple of other mysteries that still need to be solved and will come to light next chapter too! Next chapter will also feature the villains at the island again and Spike, Bow, and Tadano. The upload date for next chapter will be March 23, 2018. It's a bit far away, but only because I need to adjust to the new school semester and focus on that for now. See you next time!
