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Mario & Sonic II: World Heroes

Chapter Six

The Mummy's Curse

After a humiliating defeat Luigi, Sonic, and Professor Frankly returned the Mushroom Kingdom with their heads down. "Damn, this is so lame," Sonic then cried. "I wonder if Shadow will be angry with me? I mean he's always cranky."

"Oh...Mario is gonna be so disappointed in me," Luigi sighed loudly.

"...Man, it really is a drag..." Sonic sighed, while picking inside his ears. "Who'd thought those idiotic turtles would of got off with that ring."

However once Sonic, Luigi, and Frankly reached the castle, Princess Peach told them that Mario, Shadow, and Silver were gone. "Sorry Luigi, but you've just missed Mario. He took the other hedgehogs to Gritzy Desert. Professor E. Gadd mentioned that he picked up weird energy spikes from the Gritzy Desert."

"I can't believe Master Mario isn't here?! I need to inform him about those Daft Punk Koopa rogues that stole the World Ring from us," Frankly chortled with a bit of anger.

Princess Peach covered her mouth shrieking in horror. "Oh no! Your ring was stolen! How awful that must be for you!"

Luigi and Sonic sat around a table inside the castle with tons of delicious foods surrounding them. "Hrmm...I cannot just sit around here stuffing my face! I hate losing!" Sonic cried standing up from the table. "I...uh...need to get some fresh air."

Meanwhile on the other side of the globe in the Gritzy Desert, Wario, Waluigi, and Erazor Djinn were skulking throughout the unbearable hot desert. "Grr...Tell me again, why are we walking in this godforsaken desert?" Wario gruffed pulling his feet out of some quicksand.

"I've already told, you fat, disgusting imbecile. Once I collect all the World Rings I'll become super powerful!" Erazor Djinn scoffed floating over his lamp. "Yes. I'll be a GOD, nobody will be able to match me! This one world and the other shall belong to me and ONLY me."

Erazor Djinn then started laughing all tyrannically. However, Wario still did not fully understand and so he asked. "So, what does this have to do with me?!"

"Oh...uh...once I gain my extra power I could...um...grant you...uhh...even more wishes?" Erazor Djinn replied lying through his teeth. "You see if you help me I'll be able in turn to repay the favor. You see, that way we all win."

Waluigi then laughed folded his arms. "I can't wait till we get all those extra wishes!" he then placed his hand on his chin. "Hmm...I wish I knew what I wanted?"

"Your wish is my command!" Erazor Djinn said, causing a giant cloud of smoke to plume up through the air. Erazor Djinn then looked down at Waluigi. "You would have wished that some guy named Prince Peasley would fall madly in love with you...Uh."

After Djinn granted his wish, Waluigi's eyes became buck as he quickly turned toward the steaming yellow plumber. "W-Wait...I can explain, Wario?! It's not what you think!"

Wario immediately grabbed Waluigi by the throat growling. "Warggg. I don't care about your little gay fantasies about Peasely!" he then started strangling him. "But, what I do care about is...You just wasted one of MY wishes, you pencil neck turkey!"

Hearing all the noise attracted the attention of a Sandy Pokey and it roared as it lounged toward the ground digging a massive hole pulling Wario, Waluigi, and Erazor Djinn down into a pit. "Oh...no!" Wario cried flailing his arms around. "Let-a me gooo!!!!"

"Hmm...What a strange creature..." Erazor murmured, floating outta the hole as he watched Wario and Waluigi sank inside the sandpit.

"Don't just stand there like moron!" Wario yelped. Waluigi was in the background flailing around like a fish. "Get us outta HERE!!!!"

Erazor Djinn just paused, before mumbling to himself. "Hm, I suppose I should rescue them before they meet with a sandy demise. I mean, it's not like they haven't made their third wish yet."

Meanwhile, further away from the sinking Wario Bros. Our heroes Mario, Shadow, and Silver were also investigating in the desert after a series of strange events. "Huh?! Did you guys hear that?" Mario asked looking at Silver and Shadow. "It sounds like someone's screaming!"

Shadow seemed to be a lot more pissed off than Silver and jacked Mario by his collar growling loudly. "Hrmmm...Damn you, Mario! I'm a warrior not some stupid jewel sniffing dog!"

Mario swatted Shadow's hands away, while laughing. "C'mon Shadow, this is an easy mission; all we have to do is find out who's causing all this trouble! Besides, don't you remember? E. Gadd said a large source of energy was detected in this direction, it could be a World Ring!"

Suddenly Mario, Silver, and Shadow could feel the earth moving underneath their feet almost like an earthquake and seemingly, out of nowhere a pyramid emerged out of the ground. "Whoa...I didn't even sense anything under our feet!" Silver cried staring up at the ominous pyramid. "I betcha the World Ring is in that ruin!"

Mario, Sonic, and Silver then entered into the eerie pyramid, but it was deaf silent inside, the only thing Mario saw was cobwebs lining the walls. "It's obvious no one has been in here for centuries!" Mario shuddered burning the cobwebs with a fireball. A large branch could be seen on the ground and Mario decided to use it as a torch.

The expedition party then walked deeper into the pyramid and Silver noticed strange markings that could been seen on the wall. "Wow! What is this, ancient text?" Silver cried running over to the wall, but he stepped on a cracked step by mistake.

Unbeknownst to Silver he triggered a trap and suddenly the wall opened up firing poison-tipped arrows at our heroes. "Wahhhh!!!" Mario cried leaping over the arrows as the hit against the walls melting them.

"What the?" Shadow snarled before using Chaos Control to stop the arrows from flying. "Now Chaos Spear!" he yelped, reappearing. Shadow then held out his hand, blasting the wall with a yellow ray destroying the rest of the arrows before they could launch.

Silver deciphered the text and quickly turned toward an exhausted Mario and Shadow crying out. "Alright, guys! According to this, the entire pyramid is fill with traps!"

Mario took off his hat and wiped sweat from his brow. "I think we coulda guessed that one myself."

"Oh, that's not the best part Mario! According to this text an old pharaoh by the name of Tutankoopa used to rule these lands, but his regime was oppressive and his own guards lead a coup against him. It is said that Tutankoopa was buried alive in this pyramid and if his pyramid is disturbed his soul will become revived!" Silver exclaimed, he loved myths and such.

Mario seemed a bit scared. "Wait a minute! An evil pharaoh called Tutankoopa! Maybe we should get outta here!"

"We can't, Mario! Its also mentioned in this text that once we entered the pyramid we were immediately cursed and Tutankoopa would just hunt us down!" Silver then retorted. "Besides, he has a treasure trove somewhere in here and I can faintly sense a World Ring!"

Shadow punched the wall laughing hysterically. "This is perfect! I get to battle against an undead pharaoh and get a World Ring! Could this day get any better?!"

"So where is this treasure trove?" Mario asked wanting to leave the pyramid as soon as possible.

Silver turned back to the ancient text and after reading it, he smiled. "Alright it's located directly underneath us!"

"Okay I'll hammer the ground with a couple of Chaos Spear and then we can just drop down below." Shadow muttered unfolding his arms.

Silver ran in front of Shadow waving his arms. "You can't do that! Shadow, this place is full of knowledge we should preserve it for future generations."

"Get outta my way! I'm busting through the ground and there's nothing you can do about it!" Shadow yelled pushing Silver aside. "Chaos Spear." Shadow yelled firing a couple of yellow blasts at the ground, but the pyramid's base was way too strong.

"What the hell? I guess this cave doesn't know the HELL I am!" Shadow griped preparing for an even stronger attack.

Shadow's entire body glowed brightly as he emanated Chaos Energy. "Let's see if this pyramid can handle my Chaos Blast!" Shadow then let off tremendous amounts of energy destroying everything in sight causing the bottom of the pyramid to cave in.

Mario, Shadow, and Silver then fell through the hole landing in Tutankoopa's treasure trove. "Dammit look what you did Shadow?! All that precious knowledge is lost forever!" Silver moaned.

"Shut up! Who cares about some stupid pyramid! We're here for the World Ring!" Shadow then snarled replying to Silver.

Tons of treasure lined the floor of the trove and Mario saw crowns, gold bars, and diamonds any greedy bastards dream, but he did not see a World Ring. "Hmm...All I see is other jewels! Are you sure the ring is in here Silver?"

Just then sand poured into the room where Sonic, Shadow, and Silver stood. "Foolish Mortals! Who dares intrude the domain of the Great Pharaoh Tutankoopa?!" cried a mysterious voice. "I'll bury you alive under a pile of sand!"

Tutankoopa was MagiKoopa, who wore a long yellow robe with his enormous crown made of Chain-Chomp and he pointed his scepter at them. "I knew you mortals were after my ring! I could careless about the ring in general, but no fool that enters my realm will live to tell about it!"

Mario and Silver stood their in awe, a real life mummy was actually speaking to them, but Shadow was not amused. "Just hand over that ring before you get hurt!" Shadow griped pointing toward Tutankoopa. "I'm not in the mood for your garbage!"

"Mortal! You dare order I the great pharaoh Tutankoopa around?" Tutankoopa cried insulted by what

Shadow just said. "I'll summon Chain-Chomps to drag you into the pits of HELL! Where you'll burn for all eternity like the guards who betrayed me."