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Mario & Sonic II: World Heroes

Chapter Eight

The Pharaoh's Rage

Meanwhile far off in the Bowser Badlands, the Daft Punk Koopas had just returned to the castle. "I can't wait to give this World Ring to Lord Bowser!" Bridgette muttered, while balancing the ring in the palm of her hands. "I wonder if he'll let us back in the Koopa Trooper rankings for this!"

The Daft Punk Kart then landed on the air pad that looked an awful painted of Bowser Jr. "He best be doing dat, naw mean?" Boomer irked.

"...Huh, what do you mean?" Brick uttered, turning to his brother.

"Whatta mean, whatta do I mean?! I ain't running round like some sucka, naw mean?" Boomer uttered pulling up his oversized turtle shell as if they were a pair of baggy jeans. "It was hard gettin' dat ring, naw mean? And I ain't going back to dat meadow, naw mean?" However just large question marks appeared over Butch, Boomer, and Brick's heads.

"Hmmm...Maybe it would be wise for Bridgette to go to Lord Bowser alone!" Butch muttered pushing back his glasses. "I think her alone would suffice!" The look on Butch's face made it seem like something was troubling him immensely!"

Brick could not believe his brother's statement. "Are you kidding me, Butch?! We busted our asses too, so why should just Bridgette go?" Brick felt like Butch was trying to give Bridgette all the credit just because she was their older sister and team leader.

"It's not you that I'm worried about Brick. Actually, it's Boomer and his unusual manner of speech I'm worried about! I don't think Lord Bowser would appreciate being called son or naw mean!" Butch calmly responded. "It could set off some sort of incident!"

After pondering about it for a minute Brick sighed. "Yeah, you're probably right, Butch! Boomer is a Grade A idiot! We'll watch him for you, Bridgette!" Brick hated telling Butch that he was right because Butch had to always be right.

Bridgette nodded, before leaving her brothers' side. "Right then. Make sure to keep a good eye up on him."

After a short walk, Bridgette finally made her way to the Bowser's Castle entrance. "...Gulp...Well, here goes nothing..." she then slowly pushed open a large cobble door and walked down the extremely long hallway down into Bowser's quarters. "Uh...excuse me Lord Bowser, but I have some urgent news for you! It's about the World Rings!"

However, Bowser stared at her like she was nothing and roared. "Grrr...Get out of here! Didn't I fire you bumbling Koopa Bros. after that Metal Sonic debacle?!" Every since losing to Metal Sonic, Bowser wanted nothing to do with Ninjakoopas.

Rusty, the elderly Koopatrol, then stared at Bridgette and rubbed his eyes feverishly before muttering. "Uh...sir, if I may, this is Bridgette, she's the leader of the Daft Punk Koopa. She has no connections with the Koopa Bros. whatsoever...At least I think."

"Oh, you're right, sir. I have nothing to do with those bumbling morons." Bridgette said, while nodding her head repeatedly.

Large photos of Princess Peach lined the walls with small cravings around the floor of Bowser and his son Bowser Jr. "Oh well, what do you want? Can't you see that I'm really busy?!" Bowser growled frightening Bridgette. "This better be good dammit or I'll have another head to put in Kamek's stew!"

After clearing her throat, Bridgette found the courage to speak up. "Uh...My team and I managed to steal a World Ring from Professor Frankly for you!" Bridgette then approached Bowser carrying the rings in her hands. "This ring is yours Lord Bowser under the condition that you let the Daft Punk Koopa return to the Koopa Troop."

Bowser carefully took the ring into his claws and a strange smile can across his face as he began laughing. "Hehehe! So, it seems that you actually brought me some actual results, unlike those other idiots! Uh...Remind me again, why did I fire you?"

"Uh...sir! You fired the Daft Punk Koopas, so you could hire your nephews, the Koopa Bros, remember?" Rusty muttered bowing slowly.

"Oh!!!" Bowser yelped. "...Wait, my nephews?"

"Sir, shall I prepare the Daft Punk Koopas a room?" However, Bowser motioned Rusty not to do that just yet. "Well, what is it that you want them to do, my liege?"

Bowser pulled a map out of his shell, handing it to Bridgette. "Go there; I have it under good surveillance by Kammy. A World Ring is said to reside there. If you can idiots can recover it for me, then I might consider giving you a room inside the Koopa Keep!"

Meanwhile, inside Tutankoopa's pyramid

Silver and Shadow were doing their best to distract the pharaoh, as Metal Mario ran toward TutanSphinx with his metallic fist balled up tightly. "Here I GOOO!"

However, since Metal Mario was running so slowly and his metal footsteps really gave his position away, TutanSphinx easily predicted Mario's attack and countered by blasting him with a huge amount of sand.

Shadow sighed, as he watched Mario went spiraling backward and then eventually crashing into a wall. "Uh...I think you should...I don't know...take that metal armor off?" Shadow huffed sarcastically looking down at Metal Mario. "It's really gives you away and you attack way too SLOW...Genius!"

Just then, Metal Mario ripped off his cap returning to normal Mario, but he immediately dug around in his overalls pulling out a leaf. "Hmm...exactly what I needed!" Mario chuckled transforming into Raccoon Mario. "Hehehe...look I've got a raccoon tail!"

Tanuki Mario then chuckled as he flicked his tail around feverishly, which irritated Shadow. "...ERRR...Will you stop wagging that faggity tail in my face?!" he growled, slapping away Mario's tail. "Why don't you do something useful for a chance?"

"Hohohoho! You're just jealous cuz I can fly now..." Mario chortled. Shadow just stood there growling, as his face turned dark red from anger.

No matter how many times Silver the Hedgehog blasted TutanSphinx nothing happened. "Grr...Dammit, I don't get it! It's like he's immortal or something?!" Silver landed on the ground wiping sweat from his gray brow. "Whew! I'm going back in! Chaos Control!"

TutanSphinx then slammed his large sand-like claw down on Silver preventing him from moving and also knocking large amounts of sand in his face. "I admire your courage rodent! But I am the light of the Koopa Clan!"

"Humph! You're nothing!" Shadow muttered snapping his fingers blasting TutanSphinx with multiple bolts of lightning from his Chaos Snap. "Silver, I'm disappointed in you! You're just as bad as Sonic nothing, but an useless hedgehog."

"How dare you strike me, you filthy, disgusting swamp rat! I'll crush your bones and devour your worthless soul!" TutanSphinx bellowed while releasing a ton of sand from its mouth. The sand seemed to be alive as it wrapped around Shadow's legs and tried pulling him in.

"Uh...Wait a minute guys! Remember the great Mario is here too!" Raccoon Mario cried as he then immediately took of like a blur picking up Wario while fluttering through the air with a flick of the tail.

"Eeeyyyyahhhh!" cried Raccoon Mario spinning Wario around in the air before releasing him toward TutanSphinx.

"Oh...Yeah Macho guy coming through!" Wario shouted, before slamming his gigantic fist against the jewel embedded in TutanSphinx's forehead. "Oh yeah, Bull's Eye! Eat that, baby" However, once Wario landed on the ground he noticed that the jewel on TutanSphinx's forehead began to crack. "Wahaha...I guess he couldn't take my brute strength, Hehehe!"

Numerous cracks began appearing on the face of TutanSphinx as he stumbled back and forth from Wario's blow. "Damn you! Erghh my sand armor!" It became obvious to Silver the Hedgehog that TutanSphinx couldn't repair the cracks with sand.

Silver immediately snapped his fingers. "So that's how he does it? I guess TutanSphinx isn't indestructible as we first imagined. It seems that the scepter must of somehow alter it form into thar gem!" Silver almost whacked himself for not figuring that out already. "Shoot. I should have known that! Man this realm is starting to make me an idiot!"

"So, all we need to do is wreck that diamond on its forehead?" Shadow smirked while adjusting his golden cufflinks. "It shouldn't take too long to blow him to ash!"

TutanSphinx then roared. "So you figured out my weakness? Who says you idiots can even get off another blow against my jewel!" Suddenly large pillars appeared inside the chamber as TutanSphinx destroyed most of the pyramid bringing everyone outside. "Now, my Sand Spiral!" Just then, the pillars shot out into the air and tried drilling into Shadow, Silver, Mario, and Wario.

"I got it!" roared Wario running back and forth before catching the large pillar in his arms causing it to stop spinning. "Uh...I think this is for you!" Wario then turned throwing the pillar back at TutanSphinx and the pillar slammed into the jewel on the pharaoh's forehead. More and more sand broke off TutanSphinx's armor shrinking him in the process.

Raccoon Mario swooped down grabbing Shadow's arm and letting him get a couple of open shots at TutanSphinx with his Chaos Spear. "Let's change this up a little!" Shadow smirked, before looking up at Mario. "Mario, drop me now!"

Raccoon Mario then released Shadow letting him freefall toward TutanSphinx. "Let's see how this fool likes my next attack!" Shadow yelled popping off his golden cufflinks that restrained his power.

Shadow clamped onto TutanSphinx's jewel and his body began to emanate bright red, before he caused a huge explosion that sent a thick black smoke everywhere. "Chaos...BLAST!" A deafening roar came from the thick black smoke and everyone looked into the smoke waiting to see if Shadow or TutanSphinx even survived.

While everyone else was fighting TutanSphinx, Waluigi hid underneath a bush that was covered in gold coins outside the chamber and he was too afraid to steal any of it.

"I...I...need...to...help...W...Wario, but I'ma scared!" Suddenly Waluigi remembered the genie lamp. "I could get Erazor Djinn to help!" However, the genie did not even leave his lamp. "Hey! What's the deal Djinn get out here and help Wario?"

"Stop yelling you at me, you moron! I cannot help you unless you wish for it, but be forewarn, you've already used two of your wishes!" Erazor Djinn replied from inside the lamp. "If I assist you and Wario you two lose your final wish and I'll move on to the next sucker...er...I mean deserving soul!"

Waluigi had snot coming down his nose, his bottom lip was quivering uncontrollably, and his knees started buckling wildly. "...B-But...If I make a wish...Wario will rip me into pieces...But, if I don't make a wish, he's pretty much a deadman...but on the other hand if I make a wish, I'll be basically saving his life, and he's bound to understand that...right?" he then held his head. "...Who am I kidding? Wario would sell his soul, before he let any kind of way of getting more money slip from his grasp!"