Chapter 2: Invasion! Bowser's Airship Fleet!

"MARIO!" Where's the toothpaste?" screamed Luigi. He was frustrated whenever Mario misplaced the toothpaste.

The Mario Bros. were back at their house, after a long day of shopping to find what to wear for Princess Peach's New Year's Eve Party. The brothers were getting ready for bed.
Mario was already in his pajamas, reading a book in his bed. Luigi, still in his overalls, had to brush his teeth.

Both the brothers shared the same bedroom. Each had their own bed to sleep in. There was a flat screen television that stood on a drawer, where the Mario Bros. kept their t-shirts,
socks and underwear in. The Mario Bros. got the television by winning the Mushroom Cup Doubles Tennis Tournament.

"Mamamia!" said Luigi. "MARIO! I can't brush my teeth without toothpaste!"

Mario sighed. He put the book he was reading down, climbed out of his bed and walked to the bathroom. The bathroom was right across the bedroom. When he opened the door, it was a total mess! Lotions, shampoos, conditioners, everything was on the floor! Luigi was rummaging through the medicine cabinet, which was right under the bathroom sink.

"LUIGI!" shouted Mario. "Look at the mess you've made." Luigi quickly looked up.

"Mario!" Luigi stood up. He had a serious look on his face. "You misplaced the toothpaste again! Why does this always happen?"

"Luigi, please! Calm down!" said Mario. "The toothpaste should be beside the hair gel."

"But it isn't, Mario!" exclaimed Luigi. He folded his arms, signaling he was getting more impatient.

This scenario pretty much happened every night, before bed. Mario would always forget where he placed the toothpaste. Then, Luigi would make an angry fit about it. At the end,
they would always find the toothpaste in an odd spot, because of Mario's clumsiness.

"Hmm...it should be around here somewhere." Mario said, looking around the bathroom. "I mean, the toothpaste couldn't have grown legs and walked off!"

"This isn't a time for jokes, Mario!" Luigi fumed. He went back rummaging into the medicine cabinet. Mario decided to help look for the toothpaste. He checked in the sink.

No toothpaste...

He checked the bathtub.

No toothpaste...

He checked behind the toilet...

"Aha! I found it!" shouted Mario. He picked up the toothpaste from behind the toilet.

"What the-" Luigi looked up. "How did the toothpaste get behind the toilet?"

"Hmm...I don't know." answered Mario. "Here, brush your teeth. Tomorrows a big day!" He handed the toothpaste to Luigi.

"Yeah, I know. Princess Peach's New Year's Eve Party!" said Luigi. He seemed to calm down. He got out his toothbrush and squeezed toothpaste on it. "Just promise me you won't misplace the toothpaste again?"

Mario chuckled. "I'll try! Now, you better clean up this mess!" he pointed to the pile of lotions, shampoos and conditioners on the floor.

Luigi made a face. "B-But Mario!" he whined. "I gotta brush my teeth"

"Well, you need to clean this mess first!" Mario said. He quickly left the bathroom, closing the door behind him.

"Mario? MARIO!"

Mario walked back into the bedroom. He walked towards the closet and opened it. There, was his tuxedo, beside Luigi's. Mario's tux was slightly smaller and wider than Luigi's due to his size, and weight!

Tomorrow will be fantastic! Mario thought. He closed the closet. All Mario could think about was the New Year's Eve Party. He just couldn't wait to see Peach again. He tried to stop thinking about it for awhile, but couldn't. He was just too excited. With a grin on his face, he climbed into his bed and continued reading his book.

But Mario didn't know that someone out there, was planning something terrible...

Somewhere in the depths of space...

A fleet of airships were flying through space. There was a huge airship, presumably the main airship, with eight smaller versions following it. Each airship had a propeller replacing the sail, which was used to sustain flight. Cannons were sticking out of the windows, used to attack enemies. Attached on the topmast, was a flag that would wave through the wind. It was coloured black with the gruesome face of the leader of the Koopa Troop army. The one known as...

Bowser...

On the main airship, Koopa Troopas were rustling about, preparing the cannons. Serving as the lookout was a Lakitu, who bravely stood on the bow. Goombas were running on the deck, uncontrollably. Koopa Troopas had to seal them in barrels until needed. Steering the ship, was none other than the Koopa King himself. Beside him was his trusty advisor, high ranking in the Koopa Troop army, Kamek.

"So, Mr. Bowser sir. Do you think this plan will work?" asked Kamek.

Bowser looked at him. "I doubt this plan will fail us. Not even Mario could stop us if we had that unlimited power!"

"If you say so, your Rancidness." Kamek looked at the other airships that followed the main airship. "Do you really think it's necessary to bring the Koopalings with us for such a simplistic task?"

"We're gonna need all the help we can get." Bowser answered. "I don't want this plan to screw up. And besides, I don't trust them alone at my castle."

Bowser had brought his eight Koopalings with him. Each of them commanded an airship that followed Bowser's main airship.

Ludwig von Koopa wass the oldest out of them all. He is highly intelligent out of the eight Koopalings. Lemmy Koopa is the second oldest out of the Koopalings. Despite his size, he can come quite handy at times. Roy Koopa is the brute force of the Koopalings. He likes wearing pink glasses, despite being laughed at by his siblings. Iggy Koopa is the weird mechanical genius of the Koopalings. He has helped built the machinery for Bowser's various plans. Wendy O. Koopa is the greediest of all the Koopalings. She can be quick tempered sometimes. Morton Koopa Jr. is the largest out of his siblings. Even though he is the biggest, he really isn't that strong. Larry Koopa is the hyper one in the family. Bowser Jr. is the youngest out of his brothers and sister. He is the most trusted Koopaling Bowser has ever had.

"Hey! Do you think we could race with these airships?" yelled out Larry.

"Don't you think of that, Larry!" Iggy said. "It took me forever to build all these airships!" He let go of the wheel on his airship and almost crashed into Wendy's airship.

"Hey! Watch where you're going, Iggy!" shouted Wendy. She steered out of the way before Iggy's airship thrashed her airship.

"Racing? Awesome idea, Larry!" shouted Lemmy. He steered his airship near Larry's. "Come on! I'll race you to King Dad's ship!"

"Will you guys please behave yourselves!" screamed Ludwig. "I am getting a serious headache out of you two"

"Oh boy!" sighed Junior. His airship was the closest to his father's. "Roy, could you handle Larry and Lemmy?"

"HEY!! SHUT UP YOU TWO BEFORE I MAKE YOU GUYS INTO CHAIN-CHOMP FOOD!" screamed Roy.

There was a long silence between the Koopalings.

"Hehe....that was funny!" Morton Jr. exclaimed.

Back on the main airship, Bowser and Kamek were reviewing their plan to steal the Chaos Emeralds.

"Okay, so in the book, it says that there are seven of these Chaos Emeralds." Bowser explained to Kamek. "I'll be giving the Koopalings one hour for them to find one."

"Hmm...I get it. One Chaos Emerald for each Koopaling." said Kamek. But wait. You have eight Koopalings. What will Junior do then?"

"Don't worry. He'll be coming with me. It said in the book, there is an emerald that is equal to the power of the seven Chaos Emeralds together, called the Master Emerald. I've decided Junior will be the one who will care for it. If we can get that and the seven Chaos Emeralds too, then we've got double the unlimited power!"

"Ooooh! Interesting!" exclaimed Kamek. "So, where are these Emeralds located?"

"They're on a planet called Earth." Bowser answered. "Each Chaos Emerald is said to be located in a temple around Earth. I have a feeling we're getting clos-"

"Target in sight!" yelled the Lookout Lakitu. He was pointing to a blue planet not too far from them.

"Bwahahah!" laughed Bowser, happy to see they were almost there. Then he pulled out a megaphone out of his shell and faced towards the Koopalings airships, keeping one hand on the steering wheel. "Alright, Koopalings! You know the plan, right?"

"Yes, King Dad!" the Koopalings exclaimed.

"Hmph! Then you know what to do then!" He pointed towards Earth. Then, one by one, each Koopaling's airship zoomed past Bowser's ship, heading to the blue planet. Bowser Jr. stayed behind, knowing he had a special mission with his father.

"Okay, dad! I'm ready!" Junior said, gripping hard on his steering wheel.

Bowser let out a snicker. "That's my boy! Now, let's get this job done."

In a split second, Bowser and his son's airships were rocketing towards the Earth...

Somewhere on Earth...

It was a sunny day in Empire City. It was famous for being the largest city to date. People came all around the world to see this high rise metropolis. Empire City's buildings stretched way up into the sky. The park is a place where people can enjoy a pleasant walk. Various small ponds can be spotted throughout it. A humongous fountain can be found right in the middle. The park is also a place where one can spot our blue hero, buying himself a chili dog.

"Two chili dogs please!" exclaimed Sonic the Hedgehog. The hot dog vendor gave exactly what he wanted.

"That'll be 100 rings." told the hot dog vendor. Sonic gave the exact change.

Sonic walked off, he didn't eat his chili dogs yet. He was waiting for someone.

When is she gonna be here? thought Sonic. He sat on a park bench, putting the two chili dogs beside him. He couldn't wait to eat.

Surprisingly, he was waiting for Amy. He'd promise her a date after saving the world from a gargantuan, hyper energy organism called Dark Gaia. After the battle against Dark Gaia, accompanied by his friend Chip, who sacrificed himself to save Sonic, Tails gave him a lift in his Tornado 1 to Shamar, where Amy and Professer Pickle were waiting for them. They held a party to celebrate the success of saving the world. During the party, Amy asked Sonic if they could go on a date, and he gladly accepted, much to everyone's astonishment at the party.

But to Sonic's dismay, Amy was late...

I hope she's okay. Sonic thought. He looked at the chili dogs. They were still warm, seeing a little bit of steam coming from the chili.

It was weird for Sonic, going on a date with Amy. What made it weirder for him was, he was actually looking forward to it. But you couldn't have a date by yourself.

He was starting to relax on the bench when...

"SONIC!!!!"

Sonic looked around him. He thought it was Amy, but it wasn't.

"UP HERE, SONIC!"

Sonic looked up. It was Tails, flying in the Tornado 1. He was circling right above where Sonic was.

"Tails!" shouted Sonic. "What are you doing here?"

"It's about Knuckles!" Tails shouted back. Then he lowered the Tornado near to where Sonic was, landing it in the grass. He stopped the engine. "He said it's an emergency!"

"Is someone trying to steal the Master Emerald?" Sonic asked.

"Something like that." said Tails. "He said these floating pirate ships are coming towards Angel Island, and he thinks Eggman is coming to raid the Master Emerald."

"Hmm..." Sonic thought for a moment. "I guess we've gotta back him up then."

Tails eyes started to widen. "Does that mean-"

"Yep!" Sonic exclaimed. Suddenly, he jumped onto the Tornados wing. "Let's go!"

Without hesitation, Tails started the engine, and they were in the air in no time.

During the flight, Sonic thought about his date.

Amy will understand. Sonic thought. At least I hope she will...

Near Angel Island...

"Sonic! Look over there!" Tails said, pointing over to a floating island.

It was none other than Angel Island. The island was inhabited with lots of various areas. It was filled with various ruins of the ancient city that was once on the island. It had a complicated water system in it. Around the island, was a group of floating ruins, called the Sky Sanctuary. Angel Island is the home to the Master Emerald. The emerald itself kept the island afloat in the sky. The person who was put to guard the Master Emerald was none other than Knuckles. From where Sonic and Tails were, it was a great view of the island.

"There's Knuckles!" said Tails. He pointed to the red Echidna, waving at them with both arms. He was standing near the altar of the Master Emerald.

"Alright Tails. Let's land this thing!" Sonic said. Tails swiftly flew down, then gently landed the Tornado near the altar to the Master Emerald. Sonic jumped off the plane, running up the stairs to where the Master Emerald and Knuckles were, with Tails close by.

"Glad you guys could make it." greeted Knuckles.

"Alright, Knuckles. Where are the floating pirate ships?" asked Sonic.

"Wait, how do you know about the floating pirate ships?" asked Knuckles, raising an eybrow.

"Oh, Tails told me." said Sonic. He pointed to Tails.

"Hey Knux!" exclaimed Tails.

"Grr...don't call me Knux!" argued Knuckles.

"Whoa, Knuckles! Chill." said Sonic.

He ignored what Sonic said. "Anyway, those flying pirate ships are up there!" He pointed in the sky. Sonic and Tails followed to where he was pointing. Sure enough, heading towards Angel Island, was two flying pirate ships.

"Whoa!" said Tails, amazed at how a pirate ship could fly in the air. "That's just plain impossible!"

"Hmph! Who knew Eggman would have a taste in pirate ships!" joked Sonic.

"Are you sure that Eggman is behind this?" asked Tails. He had a worried look on his face.

"No doubt about it." Sonic folded his arms. "This will be a piece of ca-"

"Wait, you guys, look!" Knuckles interrupted. "Look what's on the bow of that pirate ship!"

Sonic and Tails took a look at what Knuckles was talking about. On the bow of the bigger floating pirate ship, was something that looked like a huge turtle, looking at them.

"What is that?" asked Sonic. He looked at Tails, with a concerned look.

"I have no clue..." answered the frightened fox...

On Bowser's Airship...

"So...this is what Angel Island looks like from up close." Bowser commented to himself. He was standing near the bow of the ship. Kamek took over steering the airship.

"What an amazing sight, isn't it your Queasiness?" Kamek asked.

Bowser groaned. "You letting you soft side come out, Kamek..."

"Sorry..."

Bowser continued to gaze at Angel Island. He was amazed at how a huge piece of rock could float in the air.

"Hey, papa!" yelled Junior from his airship. "What are those red, blue and yellow things on that island?"

Bowser was confused. He checked to see if his son wasn't kidding. Then he saw it. Three animals of some sort were on the island. They were looking at his direction. Behind them,
was a large, green emerald.

The Master Emerald! he thought,

"Okay everybody!" Bowser shouted to his crew on board. "Get into positions!"

Bowser's crew wasted no time. Koopa Troopas were loading the cannons with Bullet Bills. They released the Goombas out of the barrels. The Hammer Bros. were shining up their hammers. Lakitus were loading up on Spinies. Bowser Jr. prepared his airship for attack.

"Alright." Bowser said. He gave Angel Island a devious look. "It's time to get this job done..."

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To be continued...

Bowser has finally arrived to Angel Island, but has no clue that Sonic and his friends are there, ready to face the tyrant and his army. What will happen next? Tune in to find out!