"This is unbelievable folks!" Gary Goomba shouted in shock. "It appears an unknown assassin is about to murder both Team Sonic and Team Mario in live television! The censors aren't going to like this…"

Reportertron computed, "the athletes are fatigued from completing the last event two minutes ago, making them easier to kill. Let us hope the authorities arrive quickly before serious harm is done."

Bowser scoffed at the ninja before him. "YOU think you can kill me? I can roast you alive in an instant!"

"Go ahead then" challenged Waku.

The Koopa grinned and began to stand up, only to fall back down in pain. "OW! My leg is broken!"

"Just as I expected. All of you are exhausted and injured. You pose no threat to me."

"That might be true," said Tails, "but we still outnumber you sixteen to one."

"Make that twenty two to one" said Espio with the other referees by his side.

Waku snapped his fingers, and fifty ninjas appeared and quickly beaten up the referees and threw them next to the weakened athletes.

"So much for that advantage" Knuckles muttered to Tails.

Waku chuckled at the helpless heroes. "So then, any last requests before you die?"

"Why are you doing this to us?!" demanded Toad.

"Well, since this is your last request I might as well tell you. I use to be a great hero, adored by many. However, I soon faded from the minds of my fans when they heard stories about you two teams and your adventures. My accomplishments pale in comparison to what you achieved. I'm a complete has-been thanks to you. That is why you will die."

"Envy? That's it?" Sonic said in doubt. "That's kind of a lame for an excuse to kill us."

Mario added in, "at least-a encounter us in person before-a you decide-a to get revenge-a. I mean-a, why get angry at someone-a you never even met before-a?"

"SILENCE!" Waku shouted in frustration. "I was going to give you two a swift decapitation, but now I decided your executions will be more… of my style. My faithful warriors, I'll leave the rest of the vermin in your hands."

In a poof of smoke, the plumber and the hedgehog vanished with the ninja.

"SONIC!!" cried Amy Rose.

"MARIO!!" cried Princess Peach.

POW! POW! The pink clad heroines were quickly silenced.

The ninja that punched Peach and Amy rubbed his hands. "Shut up. If there is one thing I hate most is loud prey."

Bowser became furious. "NO ONE HITS PEACH LIKE THAT!" he screamed. Even with a broken leg he quickly got up to fight, only to be beaten down by a dozen ninjas.

"Ha! I can't believe these losers saved the world so many times" remarked one ninja.

"It's depressing, really" sighed another ninja. "I was hoping for a good fight from them."

Yet another ninja said, "looks these so called heroes have fallen by the might of our ninja clan."

"We will not die by your hands!" replied a feminine voice. The assassins looked at Cream. Her legs trembled as she tried to keep herself up, and her eyes were filled with rage never seen in Cream before. "We all have been in far worse situations than this. You aren't powerful death bringers, you are just a couple of goons. I do not fear you, because I know we will prevail."

The others slowly rose up, encouraged by the rabbit's speech. It became clear that they wouldn't go without a fight.

Then a ninja took out a chain gun and shot them all to death.

"DUDE!" shouted a ninja. "Why did you kill them with that?"

The ninja with the chain gun replied "because apparently all of you guys can't even DO YOUR JOBS!! I mean, god, half of you guys are just standing there doing nothing!"

"Quit your complaining, our work here is done" replied one ninja. "Let's get going."

The hundred assassins fled into the shadows. Everyone else who witnessed the massacre were devastated.

"Folks, today is a tragic day" said Gary, his voice completely void of his usual enthusiasm. "Fourteen legendary heroes have been mercilessly slaughtered right in our very eyes. On the behalf of the Olympic Committee, we truly regret for not doing anything to prevent this from happening.

Reportertron buzzed "if I wasn't a machine I would be crying right now. Let us have a moment of silence for the athletes."

The audience bowed their heads in respect. Some were silent, some were crying.

The Fuwa were the most emotional from this tragedy. Because they knew this would happen right from the start. And now it was over, and their deal with Waku was settled; over a dozen lives taken in exchange for temporary fame.

"What have we done?" cried Nini. "WHAT HAVE WE DONE?!"

Yingying cursed "that damn bastard Waku! We should have never accepted his help from the start!"

"Oh god, I'm gonna…" said Jingjing before vomiting in a garbage can.

Beibei was in a fetal position, mumbling "thishastobeanightmarethishastobeanightmarethishastobeanightmare…"

"At the beginning I thought they could have fought off the ambush," Huanhuan said to himself. "But it seems in reality they never had a chance."

With Team Mario and Team Sonic dead, the world of tomorrow looks much bleaker. But what ever happened to the team captains? And who exactly was Waku? We may never know the answers to those mysteries…

GAME OVER