Sonic & Mario
Chapter 3
New Ally and New Foe
Sonic's eyelids slowly opened up, revealing a blue sky in his view. His head felt dizzy from being unconscious, and his whole body was sore from the fall. Sonic moved his body a little but then felt a sharp pain in his backside. Sonic moaned as he brought up his head to see what he was laying on. Sonic's green eyes grew big; he was on a thorn bush!
Despite his aching body, Sonic immediately jumped off the bush and landed on the hard ground underneath his feet. His whole back was filled thorns from the bush he just jumped out of. Sonic quickly pulled the thorns out of his back, wincing in pain each time he pulled a thorn out from his skin. After all the thorns were out of his back, Sonic took a long look at his environment. There were hundreds of fruit bushes marking the environment but not a tree in sight. Sonic shrugged. He must be in a meadow in the middle of a plain.
Sonic's mind was still dizzy at what happened the hour before he passed out. All that he could remember was a black swirling object in the sky, sucking everything in sight. Sonic shook his head. He remembered now.
Sonic looked again at the scenery. Apparently, the black hole must have sent him to another part of Mobius, one that he had never been to. Sonic shrugged and started walking down the path that was running between the fruit bushes. He had to find out where he was.
He didn't have to walk far till he saw a creature walking along the same path as he was. Sonic never saw this type of creature before; it looked like some oversized turtle with a green shell on its back. Sonic thought it looked strange, but then again, he was probably strange looking to the turtle itself.
"Oh well," Sonic thought, "Perhaps it could tell me where I'm at."
Sonic walked up to the green shelled turtle.
"Hey!" Sonic said in his cheerful voice, "Could you tell me where I'm at? I'm kind of lost here."
The turtle like creature took one look at Sonic and screamed.
"Who are you?!" it asked.
Sonic backed away from the frightened creature.
"Easy there, I didn't mean to scare you," Sonic said trying to calm the turtle down.
"What do you want from me?" it asked.
"Could you tell me where I'm at? I'm kind of lost."
The turtle baked slowly away from Sonic, getting off the path.
"You are on Yoshi's Island!" it said anxiously, "Now leave me alone!"
The turtle turned to leave, but Sonic was too fast for him and blocked his path.
"Where is Yoshi's Island located at?" asked Sonic, trying to find a clue of where he was at.
The turtle, blocked by Sonic's body, couldn't grab his breath and fainted right on Sonic's feet.
Sonic knelt down to the turtle and looked at it. It was still breathing but was unconscious. Sonic dragged the turtle to the edge of the path and dashed off in the distance. He didn't stop till he came to a hill in the center of the meadow. Sonic dashed up the hill and stood at the top, thinking over what just happened an hour before.
Sonic's memory rushed back and forth in his head, trying to solve his location problem. He had never seen such a strange land with a strange creature. The name the turtle itself had told Sonic was a strange one indeed, one that he never heard anywhere on Mobius. The black hole that he was sucked into was a big one, possible enough to send him anywhere in Mobius. But then again, as Sonic remembered, the chaos emeralds were starting chaos control when the black hole appeared and…
An epiphany suddenly struck Sonic. He wasn't in Mobius at all; he was in a different world: a different universe!
This wasn't the first time it happened to him. He and his friends were trying to stop Eggman when…
"Eggman!" Sonic yelled, recognizing how dangerous of a situation he was in now.
If Sonic himself was transported to another world, then Eggman must be here as well! Eggman wasn't picky at conquering land; just as long as he can make his "Eggman Empire." And if he were to build it here…
Sonic dashed down the hill and ran along the path in the meadow. There was only one way he could Eggman and himself him: chaos control. The chaos emeralds had to be here on this world along with Eggman. If Eggman gets them before Sonic does, his chances of going home were over. He had to get those chaos emeralds no matter what!
"Where is he?" Mario said.
He has been flying over Yoshi's Island for a couple of minutes, searching for Bowser. He couldn't just disappear like that; not Bowser. He always left a clue of his whereabouts. But it was evident enough to Mario that he had lost sight of Bowser: his only connection to Peach's vision.
Mario was ready to return to the mainland when he saw a bright flash coming from Yoshi's Island. Mario stopped flying and looked for the flash but saw nothing.
Curios enough to investigate the cause of the flash, Mario flew towards Yoshi's Island, unaware of the surprise ahead of him.
"Blast this old rust-bucketed machine!" Eggman yelled as he gave a good kick to his Eggmobile, accomplishing nothing but hurting his own foot.
"Ow!" yelled Eggman as he hopped around on his good foot, holding the injured one in his hands.
"If there's one thing I hate more than that heinous hedgehog," said Eggman as he put his foot down, "it's a machine that doesn't work!"
"I heard that, Eggman!" came a voice from the Eggmobile.
Eggman recognized the voice immediately. Running to his Eggmobile, Eggman pressed a button on the control panel. A picture of Metal Sonic came on the screen.
"Metal Sonic!" exclaimed Eggman, "I thought you were destroyed!"
"Not yet, Doctor," replied Metal in the monitor screen.
Eggman got annoyed by Metal's sharp attitude. It reminded him too much of Sonic.
"Stop your joking and get over here. Do you know where I'm located?"
"Yes, Doctor," Metal replied, "I can see you here in the sky."
"Then come down here and help me fix my Eggmobile!" Eggman said as he went to turn the screen off.
"I can't, Doctor."
Eggman looked at Metal's face. Was he playing around with him again? Eggman had no time to listen to Metal's obnoxious attitude.
"What do you mean you can't?" Eggman asked angrily.
"Something is flying towards you, Doctor."
Eggman looked up at the sky but saw nothing. Eggman was getting tired of Metal's game.
"Listen hear, Metal!" Eggman yelled in the speaker, "I'm tired of your obnoxious games and jokes that you are always playing on me. Why just the other day you…"
"Doctor!" Metal replied, "Look behind you."
Though still frustrated at Metal's humor, Eggman had enough trust in Metal and looked behind him. There in the sky was a small object that appeared to be flying with no wings at all. The object was too high up to see what creature it was, but Eggman could tell that the object was ready to land.
Right near Eggman.
"Well, Doctor?" asked Metal.
"Keep out of sight!" commanded Eggman, "And don't do anything till I give you the word! Log Out!"
Eggman turned off the screen just as he heard a small plump behind him. Eggman turned around and saw the strangest thing he had ever small: a small human being in blue overalls with a red winged cap on his head. Eggman was shocked at the size of the human, not even as tall as Sonic. What impressed Eggman the most, however, was the red winged cap on the human's head. Apparently, the human being was using the small wings on the red cap to fly to great heights in the blue sky. Interesting.
Eggman was so fascinated with the being in front of him that all he could do was stare at him.
Mario stared right back at Eggman. Never had he ever seen such a weird human being than what was before his eyes. The human was much taller than himself, almost as tall as Bowser. The human's head was bald except for a scruffy brown mustache that covered his lips. Mario couldn't tell what his eyes looked like for there was goggles covering the identity of his eyes. The human's body was fat and kind of egg shaped. Everything about the human was weird yet fascinating at the same time.
Mario waited for the human to move, but when nothing happened, Mario walked carefully up to the human. Whether it was a friend or a foe, the human wasn't going to do anything unless Mario tried talking to it.
"Hello," Mario said to the staring figure, "who are you and what is your purpose here on Yoshi's Island?"
Mario's voice woke Eggman from his daze. Eggman shook his head to wake himself up and stood up tall to show off his full height and weight to the puny human being. It did ask him a question, and it was rude to not answer.
"My name is Dr. Ivo Robotnick, but I am known more by my official name, Dr. Eggman," replied Eggman with a smile on his face.
Mario was puzzled by Eggman's name.
"Dr. Eggman?" asked Mario, "That's a name I never heard of before. Where are you from?"
Eggman's smile just widened as Mario asked him these questions.
"Not from around here, I can tell you that," Eggman said and gave a short laugh.
Mario was unmoved by Eggman's answer or laugh.
"You see," Eggman explained, "I am a great scientist from the planet called Mobius, my dear uh…"
"Mario," Mario said, "I never heard of this planet called "Mobius." Where is it located?"
"Mario, eh?" Eggman said to himself. He was already creating his next scheme and who knows, this human could possibly help to succeed into making the Eggman Empire.
"As I have told you before, Mario, I am a scientist. The greatest scientist of all time as a matter of fact!" boasted Eggman and laughed over his previous accomplishments, "Well, it just so happened that I was working on one of my latest experiments to help people of all kinds and species when my enemy appeared and attacked my experiment."
Mario's eyes widened.
"Your enemy?" he asked.
Eggman smiled. He was slowly but surely pulling Mario into his Eggman Empire scheme.
"Oh, yes!" Eggman said, "My enemy was angry that I was helping the people of my planet. He used to rule over them with an iron fist until I got into his way. Well anyway, he attacked my experiment and in my horror, a black hole suddenly appeared out of nowhere. I was sucked in it and dropped here about an hour ago. I have been here ever since."
Mario was deep in thought by the time Eggman was finished. It all made sense to Mario about the arrival of Eggman, but what happened to his "enemy?"
"Doctor, do you know what happened to your enemy?" Mario asked, a sense of nervousness in his voice.
"I am not really sure, but it is most possible that he is got transported with me to your world not too far from here."
Before Mario could ask another troubling question, he was shocked to see tears coming our of Eggman's goggles. Suddenly, Eggman fell down to Mario's feet and started crying.
"Please help me, Mario!" Eggman said between his sobs.
Mario was surprised by the "great scientist's" behavior and backed away from the crying man.
"Help you with what?" Mario asked.
Eggman continued crying and crawled towards Mario who backed up even further from the crying man.
"Please, Mario!" pleaded Eggman, "All that I want to do is get back to my world, but I am afraid that my enemy likes it here and will try anything to stop me from going back."
Mario stopped backing away and continued listening to Eggman.
"You see, Mario," Eggman explained, "My enemy is always against me and will try anything to stop me from accomplishing anything. If he found out that I am trying to go back, he might be upset and attack me for doing so."
Mario's temper started to go up. What type of creature would be so mean to attack someone for just trying to go home? Suddenly, Mario's question came back into his head.
"Doctor," Mario said, "I'll make sure that your enemy won't harm you while you are trying to find a way back to your world, but I am not sure what your enemy looks like. Would you give me a description of its size and power?"
Eggman got off the ground and walked to his Eggmobile. Once there, he turned around to Mario.
"I have a hologram image right here in my machine of my most dangerous enemy. Here, I'll show you," Eggman said as he pressed a button in his flying machine. A projector immediately popped up and shone a bright blue light into Mario's face.
Mario backed away as a hologram image emerged right in front of him. As the image was clearing up from the projector, Mario studied the image closely, hoping to answer his own question.
The projector showed a blue spiky creature a little taller than Mario himself. It had two long legs, a small body, and a large spiky head with two angry looking green eyes staring back at Mario's own blue eyes. From what Mario could figure out, the figure looked like a tall blue hedgeh…
Mario let out a small gasp. This hologram looked exactly like the painting he saw in Peach's castle! It was the same creature!
Eggman heard Mario's gasp and smiled. Everything was going as he had planned it.
"You recognize my enemy?" asked Eggman with a grin.
Mario stood still in fear, his big blue eyes staring at the awful creature.
Eggman pressed the same button again, and the hologram faded away. Mario, awoken from his stare, blinked his eyes a couple times to get his eyesight back.
"So the creature is real," Mario muttered under his breath.
Mario turned to face Eggman.
"You won't have to fear your adversary," Mario reassured Eggman, "I'll find him and take care of him for you and the kingdom."
Mario turned to leave but was stopped by Eggman.
"Be careful, Mario," warned Eggman, "That creature is very powerful. I doubt if a tiny being such as you could bring him down."
Mario turned to face Eggman.
"I have to try."
Mario turned back and walked off into the bushes, leaving Eggman alone with his Eggmobile. Eggman went back over to his machine and turned on the speaker.
"Metal Sonic, are you there?"
A voice answered him back.
"Yes, Doctor."
"Good," Eggman said, "I need you to do a big favor me."
Mario walked slowly through the meadow, his mind occupied by his latest meeting with Dr. Eggman. The creature was real, and he had no idea how to stop it. All the details he got from the creature came from Egg…
Mario stopped walking. A remembering thought just struck his mind.
"You must make a new ally."
Princess Peach herself had told him that in order to defeat this creature; he would need to make a new ally. Perhaps Eggman was that ally Peach was talking about.
Mario just shrugged his shoulders at the thought. Sure he just met Eggman (and he didn't trust him), but he had information on the creature as not to mention that he was the creatures enemy. Perhaps he could be a useful ally.
A sudden blue streak of light suddenly passed by Mario at alarming speed, knocking Mario down to the ground instantly. Mario laid on the ground for a moment, stunned by the speed of the blue streak, but then immediately got up and ran down to the path in the middle of the meadow. He had an uneasy feeling about that blue streak.
Mario made it to the path and saw the saddest scene he had ever seen. In the middle of the path laid a family of Koopas, all with multiple bruises on their bodies. Their shells lay battered right next to their battered bodies. None of the Koopas were moving.
Mario immediately ran over to the closest Koopa and knelt down to it. It was still breathing though with difficulty.
"Mr. Koopa," Mario said, "Can you hear me?"
The Koopa groaned as it opened its one bruised eye. He immediately saw Mario and recognized him as the hero of the land.
"Oh Mario!" the Koopa coughed.
"What happened here?" Mario asked.
The injured Koopa struggled to keep his eye open.
"My family and I were walking down the path when suddenly a blue spiky thing appeared on the path and immediately attacked us. I tried to get into my shell, but the creature was too fast for me."
The injured Koopa coughed once more as Mario tried to solve the scenario that just happened.
"What did the creature look like?"
The Koopa tried to speak but then suddenly gasped and fell out of Mario's hands. He hit the ground and stopped breathing. He was dead.
Mario stared in horror at what just happened. A whole family of peaceful Koopas just now died in Mario's hands, and it was his fault for not rescuing them on time.
Mario slowly stood up and looked around the path. The blue creature was nowhere in sight.
A touch of anger suddenly filled up in Mario's body: anger towards the murderer. Mario couldn't hold his temper and suddenly blasted a berry bush with a fireball. The bush quickly caught on fire as Mario took out his winged cap and put it on his head. Mario then immediately jumped up into the air and started to fly around the meadow.
The creature had murdered a family of Koopas. He wasn't going to let it hurt anyone again!
The flowers along the giant fruit bushes flew into the air as Sonic dashed by them. He didn't stop running when he came to the path but instead, he dashed across it and went into the other side of the meadow. Sonic's rushing around was urgent; he had to find the chaos emeralds before Eggman found them and used them for his purposes!
Sonic dashed around a berry bush and suddenly stopped in his tracks. Eggman was just in front of him with two robots at his side. Apparently, they must be looking for the emeralds.
Eggman didn't notice Sonic as he searched for the emerald on his monitor screen, but one of the robots heard Sonic and looked at him.
"Doctor Eggman! We have a visitor here!"
The robot's voice alerted Eggman as he turned his head around and saw Sonic standing behind him.
"So then Sonic, you have survived the trip here after all," Eggman said with a smirk on his face.
Sonic nodded his head.
"Yeh! Thanks to your invention, I just got blasted into a new whole world!" Sonic said sarcastically.
Eggman gave a chuckle at Sonic's reply.
"It's not my fault that you got yourself into my affairs," Eggman said with a laugh.
Sonic shrugged off the insult. In all the years he had been fighting Eggman, he was used to being insulted by the super genius.
"And now, Sonic," continued Eggman, "If you don't mind, but I just discovered the location to one of the chaos emeralds, and I plan to use its power for my use."
Sonic listened carefully to Eggman. So the chaos emeralds were here in this world after all. And Eggman had already found the location of one of them!
"Not if I get to it first, Egghead!" Sonic replied with a smile.
"You'll try, Sonic," Eggman said and then turned to his robots, "Distract Sonic while I get the chaos emerald!"
"Yes Doctor!" both robots replied and immediately charged Sonic.
Sonic just stood where he was while the two robots charged him at full speed. The robot's arms quickly became laser guns and fired laser bolts at Sonic. Unfortunately for them, Sonic finally jumped, and the laser bolts hit each other robots, exploding from the laser bolts. Sonic land softly on the ground and looked for Eggman but couldn't see him anywhere.
"Coward!" Sonic said as he dashed off in search of the missing Eggman.
Doctor Eggman wasn't too far off, holding the red chaos emerald in his hands. Eggman chuckled to himself and started to turn back when Sonic appeared before his eyes.
Eggman just laughed as he saw Sonic blocking his path.
"So, I see you took care of my robots, but no matter, let's see how well you will do against me!"
Sonic just smiled at Eggman.
"If you just give me the emerald now, we can avoid any use of nonsense violence," Sonic said.
"Whoever said that violence was nonsense? It sure helps me to accomplish my goals in life," Eggman said and with a press of a button a giant ball came out of the Eggmobile.
Seeing the giant ball, Sonic laughed.
"You better come up with some better tricks and stop using those old useless ones," Sonic laughed as he remembered that giant ball from a previous encounter.
Eggman just laughed with Sonic.
"Believe me, Sonic, I have learned from the past, and I plan to make things even better for me and worse for you," Eggman said and pressed a button on his control panel.
A blue immediately covered Eggman and the Eggmobile while a blaze of electricity surrounded the giant ball, causing it to spark with blue lightning.
Sonic stopped laughing and stood in aw at the new sight. It was he who misjudged his adversary this time, and he was going to regret.
Sonic gave a nervous chuckle. "That's new."
Eggman laughed as the giant electric ball came flying at Sonic at high speed. Sonic quickly dodged it, but he just barely missed the laser bolt that was shot from the Eggmobile. Sonic regained his ground and took the defensive pose. This was going to take a while.
Mario searched back and forth in the sky for the unknown creature. Such a creature that the Koopa had mentioned must indeed be powerful, but Mario wasn't worried; he'll take his chances.
Suddenly a large flame of fire came directly in front of Mario's face. Seeing the danger Mario quickly turned aside just barely dodging another fire bolt that came at him again. Mario's head was getting dizzy from all the quick movements that he was using in the clouds. He felt like he could…
"Mario!"
Mario heard his name called and looked down at the ground below him. There standing on a big rock was a large Koopa-like creature that was jumping up and down, trying to get Mario's attention.
Mario quickly recognized who it was: Bowser JR.
"Mario! Get down here this instant and get ready for battle!" screamed Bowser JR.
Mario just shook his head. What did Bowser JR want with him?
Bowser JR saw Mario shook his head and took it as an insult.
"Oh, so you won't listen to me, eh! Well, it looks like I'll just have to blast you down from the sky!" Bowser JR screamed and blew a large bolt of fire at Mario.
Mario once again dodged the flame but wasn't quick enough. A small flame caught hold of Mario's winged cap and started to create smoke in Mario's face. Mario, unable to see due to the smoke, quickly landed down to the ground and putted out the smoke from his winged cap. When he was done, Mario faced Bowser JR who was waiting right in front of him.
Mario put his winged cap way and put on his normal cap. He was ready now for the worst.
"What do you want?" Mario asked hastily.
"I saw what you did to my father up there in the sky not too long ago, and I plan to take my father's vengeance on you," Bowser JR said angrily.
Mario sighed with annoyance.
"Not now, JR," said Mario, "I have to find someone and sto…"
"Yes! We're doing it right now!" Bowser JR said and blew a fireball at Mario.
Mario easily leaped over the fireball and landed back on the ground. Looks like he has no choice but to give Bowser JR what he deserves.
Bowser JR blew a big flame at Mario, but Mario ducked and threw a bunch of fireballs back at Bowser JR. Bowser JR immediately crept into his spiny shell to protect him from the fireballs and charged Mario. Mario kept on firing fireballs at Bowser JR, but his shell glanced off the fireballs that attacked him. Bowser JR kept his charge up, ready to run over Mario with his spiky shell.
Mario immediately put on his winged cap and knelt down to a pitcher's position, waiting for the charging shell to meet his grasp. When the shell came at him, Mario immediately grabbed the soft sides of the shell and took off in the air till he was a couple thousands feet in altitude. Once in a good position, Mario put his foot back and let go of Bowser JR's shell. Just when he released Bowser JR, Mario swung his foot around and kicked Bowser JR out in the distance. Mario watched from his view point as he saw Bowser JR quickly coming out of his shell and yelling at Mario as he disappeared into the distance. Mario took a deep breath in and let it out. He was rid of that annoying pest.
"POW!"
Mario suddenly heard a loud pound not too far from his location in the sky. Checking his surroundings, Mario saw a bright light north of his location.
"POW!"
Mario once again heard the pounding and saw the bright light getting brighter and bigger in size. Whatever that pounding was, it was coming from that blue light.
Mario immediately flew north in the direction of the blue light, hoping to find the source of all the pounding.
"POW!"
Sonic once again dodged the giant electric ball and landed in a berry bush not too far from the Eggmobile. Sonic shook the leaves off his spikes and leapt off the bush just as a laser beam caught it on fire. Sonic landed safely on the ground and faced his adversary.
"He's tougher than I thought," Sonic said as he leapt out of the way of the giant electric ball.
Eggman, safe inside his blue shield, laughed as Sonic dodged yet another of his attacks. Now this was entertainment! Sonic can try his best, but he won't be able to break through Eggman's shield. That's how Eggman loved playing these games: when he had the upper hand of the battle.
Sonic stopped to catch his breath as his mind worked quickly to find a weak spot in Eggman's shield. Perhaps if the ball pounded the ground with enough force, the shield would go down for a second, and Sonic could use that time to end this pointless battle. It was worth a shot!
Sonic ducked as the ball just barely missed his head. He just hoped his plan would work!
"Hey Egghead!" Sonic cried out to Eggman, "You ball may be pretty powerful, but you got to do quicker moves if you want to defeat me!"
After saying that, Sonic dashed around Eggman, not stopping till his plan would take action.
Eggman tried to follow Sonic with his eyes, but Sonic was going so fast that he fell out of his chair and accidentally hit one of the controllers. The ball acted up immediately and swung around the Eggmobile faster and faster. Eggman struggled to get back in his chair and once there, he stopped the flying ball from moving his flying machine. The ball, stopping in midair, dropped dramatically to the ground with unbelievable force, sending chucks of dirt in every direction. Sonic backed off from the explosion and chuckled at Eggman.
Eggman, now recovering from his dizziness, saw Sonic laugh and grew furious.
"What are you laughing at, Hairball!"
Sonic kept chuckling.
"My plan worked like a charm, Doctor."
"What are you talking ab…" Eggman started to ask but then stopped as he noticed that he didn't see a blue shield covering the Eggmobile. Eggman then panicked: the shield was no longer working!
Sonic took advantage of the moment and charged full speed at Eggman. Eggman tired to get the shield back on, but it was no use.
"POW!"
Screws and bolts were flying everywhere as Sonic landed on the ground and watched as the giant ball into a thousand little pieces. Eggman drastically pressed the buttons on the control panel, trying to regain control of the half broken Eggmobile. Once he had the Eggmobile back in his control, Eggman flew high up in the sky and looked down at Sonic.
"You may have won this battle, but I still have the chaos emerald, and I plan to use for my benefits!" Eggman shouted as he held the red gem in his hand.
Sonic just smiled at Eggman.
"Wanna bet!" Sonic shouted back and jumped high up in the air where Eggman was and brought his foot behind his body.
Eggman immediately saw what Sonic was planning to do and said, "No, wait a min…"
Too late! Sonic brought his foot forward and kicked the Eggmobile and Eggman into the horizon. Sonic then landed softly on a patch of soft grass and saw the chaos emerald land right next to him. Sonic smiled. One found, six more to go.
Sonic went to grab the emerald when he suddenly heard something land behind him. Sonic immediately turned around, ready to face Eggman again. Instead of Eggman, however, Sonic saw a different creature before his eyes.
Standing in front of him was a short human being dressed in blue overalls and a red cap. He was shorter than Sonic, but the human's face gave out enough confidence inside of him to allow him to stand on the shoulders of giants. The thing that Sonic found most unusual about the human, however, was his blue eyes. The cold stoned eyes stared right into Sonic's own eyes which made Sonic uncomfortable. Still, Sonic didn't turn away and stared right back at the small human being.
Mario kept starring at the blue hedgehog in front of him. So this was the creature that was responsible for the murder of the Koopa family. The same creature that, if Peach's vision comes true, will destroy all of the Mushroom Kingdom. A feeling of anger arose into Mario's body as he stared coldly at the surprised hedgehog, waiting for it to move.
Sonic, however, couldn't find enough courage to speak and kept on staring at Mario's eyes.
Seeing that the creature wasn't going to talk, it was time Mario took action.
"What are you doing here?" Mario commanded in an angry voice.
Shook by Mario's Italian voice, Sonic broke the stare that lasted between the two warriors and answered.
"I was just trying to find the chaos emerald when…"
"Did you meet any Koopas along the path in the meadow not to far from here?" Mario asked.
Koopas? Sonic was stunned by the sounding of the word.
"What's a Koopa?" Sonic asked.
"A turtle, that's what! Now did you meet any Koopas on the path?"
A slow memory started to reflect in Sonic's mind on the turtle-like creature that fainted at the sight of him.
"Answer now!" Mario demanded, getting impatient by the creature's silence.
Sonic shot a stare back at Mario. Who did this guy think he was anyway? Sonic had no idea what a Koopa was, but the human's impolite manners were starting to annoy him.
"Maybe I did, or maybe I didn't!" Sonic answered, a hint of anger in his own voice.
Sonic's words raised Mario's temper. Only a true villain would answer so nasty to a question! Mario was now defiantly sure that this was the creature that was in Peach's vision, and he wasn't going to allow it to accomplish its plans to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom.
"Listen here!" Mario shouted to Sonic, "I know your plans to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom, and I won't allow you to do it so guard yourself you fiend!"
Sonic was shocked by the heavy language the short human just said to him but didn't have time to ask questions because he then saw the human grab a winged cap out of his pocket and put it on his head. The human immediately jumped high up into the air and flew at Sonic. Sonic immediately ducked and barely missed the attack the flying human just launched at him. Sonic was amazed at the human's ability to fly and wondered how he was capable of doing such a hard task.
Mario regained his height in the air and stared down at Sonic. Mario's gloves turned into flames as Mario quickly tossed a bunch of fireballs right at the still hedgehog.
Sonic turned around just in time to see a bunch of fireballs coming directly at him. Sonic leapt out of the way and dashed off into the meadow. Mario quickly followed him and threw multitudes of fireballs at the spiky creature.
Sonic could feel the fireballs landing behind him as he kept running through the meadow to avoid getting fried.
"Who does he think he is? The Human Torch?" Sonic asked and speeded up to avoid the fireballs being sent be the natural fire bender.
Mario, surprised by the creature's quick speed, threw even more fireballs at Sonic, hoping to stop the hedgehog in his tracks.
Sonic was too busy outrunning the fireballs that he didn't notice a huge rock lying in his path. When Sonic took a quick glance at his surroundings, he saw the rock coming up quickly in his path. Sonic quickly leapt over the rock as one of Mario's fireballs broke the rock into a dozen pieces. Sonic quickly caught one of the pieces and kicked it backwards in hope that it would stop the human from sending anymore fireballs.
Mario kept his eyes on the hedgehog when he suddenly noticed a large rock coming at him. Mario tried to dodge it, but he wasn't quick enough, and the rock crashed into Mario's body. Mario whimpered in pain as the heavy rock carried Mario higher in the sky until he disappeared from sight.
Sonic immediately took the chance and dashed quickly through the meadow and into the setting sun.
As the sun was setting in the distance, a lone figure picked up the red chaos emerald that was lying on the ground. The figure looked at the emerald carefully, taking in all the details that made up this precious stone. I spark of power shined in Metal's eyes as the emerald glowed in the sunset.
"Metal, come in!"
Metal took out his communicator and turned on the screen. The screen fuzzed a little but then revealed the face of Dr. Eggman who was all dirty from the crash course Sonic had given him a while ago.
"Metal, do you have the emerald?"
"Yes Doctor, I have it here in my hands."
"Good then," Eggman said through the other end of the communicator. "Bring me the emerald and get back to your mission."
"Yes Doctor," Metal replied and turned off the communicator.
Everything was going the way his master had planned.