Chapter 14: The Deadly Strike at Six

(Back at the Deadly Six's hideout)

Orbot and Cubot arrived at the room where the fuse box distributing power the whole base was. They opened up the fuse box and opened Ty's toolbox.

Palutena (telepathically to Orbot and Cubot)- Good, you found power source to this old robot factory.

Viridi (telepathically to Cubot)- What the hell are you doing?! Get that think off your head!

Cubot stuck his head into Ty's toolbox and got a wrench clamped to his face.

Viridi (telepathically to Orbot and Cubot)- For a so-called evil genius, that egghead has some of the most idiotic robots.

Cubot- Hey! I know you're a goddess and that we're working for someone who's usually your enemy, but we got feeling too!

Orbot pulls the wrench off of Cubot's face and moves towards the fuse box.

Orbot- How about we get back to the task at hand? Shutting down power to this place.

Palutena (telepathically to Orbot and Cubot)- He's right, Viridi. We don't have much time. That machine has sucked up nearly 99% of our worlds' energy and Pit and the others are almost spent fighting Tabuu's followers down below.

Viridi (telepathically to Orbot and Cubot)- Fine. I'm sorry for being so mean to you two. Now can you both please do this job for us?

Cubot- Gladly.

Orbot- This will stop the world draining machine, yes?

Palutena (telepathically to Orbot and Cubot)- Unfortunately, no. It's mostly running on Tabuu's power, not electricity. However, the kids they've kidnapped are also what's powering the machine. Turning off the power will deactivate the stasis pods they're all in and hopefully release them. That will stop the machine from draining our friends who are fighting in the Mushroom Kingdom and using their stolen energy to accelerate the world draining process. Giving us more time to hold Tabuu's forces off and take down the Deadly Six.

Viridi (telepathically to Orbot and Cubot)- Start by cutting the blue cable connected to the left side of the central power core. This should disrupt the flow of…

Cubot- Wait, wait! Hold on a second! Which one of these is blue?

Orbot put his palm over his face and so did Palutena and Viridi, even though those two weren't physically there.

(In another part of the Deadly Six's hideout)

Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Sonic, Ty, Bowser, and Eggman were about to face down the Deadly Six. Zavok saw Mario and Bowser standing in front of him, but he was mostly happy that Sonic was also one of his opponents.

Zavok- You have no idea how long I've waited for this day! To get my revenge on you, Sonic the Hedgehog!

Sonic- If you really wanted to fight me again, you could've just called me and we could've arranged a playdate instead of doing Tabuu's dirty work. Besides, it was Eggman who tried to enslave you Zeti.

Zavok- Am I just to forget how badly you defeated all six of us? How you humiliated me in front of the other Zeti? I have pride and you needed to suffer as much as I did. And then I hear you've joined a group, making it even more difficult to exact my revenge. So Tabuu offered me an opportunity to get revenge.

Mario- By becoming Tabuu's slave?

Zavok- Tabuu has offered me a passion among his ranks…more than once…but I work for no one. Once this is all over, I will be ending our partnership with Tabuu. But that's fine with both of us, since we'll have both gotten the revenge we desire. But enough of this talk! The time to end you is now!

Zavok roared at Mario, Sonic and Bowser. For a second, it almost looked as if Zavok's eyes were glowing yellow.

Bowser- Screw this ****head!

Bowser tried to punch Zavok, but he caught Bowser's fist and was holding it back.

Bowser- How is this possible?!

Zavok- Impressive. You appear to be just as strong as I am, Koopa King. But I am curious, you have no quarrel with us and yet you're working with them to stop us. Someone like you should be fighting on our side.

Bowser- You should've thought of that before you kidnapped my son!

Zavok- Fair enough point…

Zavok swung his tail at Bowser and almost made Bowser lose his balance. But Bowser pulled his fists out of Zavok's claw and punched him in the nose. Zavok wiped the blood off of his nose and grinned a bit.

Zavok- I must say, you are a worthy opponent. Just like Sonic is. And speaking of Sonic…

Then Zavok quickly took a step to the side and avoided Sonic's spin dash from behind.

Zavok- You used that same trick on me the last time we fought. Trying to attack me from behind after you've distracted me. And don't think I don't know you're behind me too!

Then Zavok slammed his tail to the ground and made a launched a few nearby rocks on the ground into the air to block a few fireballs Fire Mario tried shooting at Zavok.

Fire Mario- How did he know I was behind him?

Zavok- I guess Sonic nor the fat doctor told you. I have more than just brute strength. I happen to be just as smart as I am strong. Which is way I lead the Deadly Six. You'll all have to do better if you want to beat me and save your worlds in time.

Zazz pulled out a strange yellow ball with what looked like a mechanical face.

Zazz- Should've known I'd be stuck with the weakling. This will be not fun!

Luigi- I'm not weak!

Zazz- After hearing what Tabuu and several of his followers said about the greenie weenie of the two Mario Brothers, I'd have to disagree with you on that one. I'll try to make this beatdown quick!

Zazz threw the yellow ball at Luigi, but Luigi used his superior jumping skills to easily jump over it.

Zazz- That's some air you got there. Even Sonic had trouble jumping over that.

Luigi- I can do more than just jump good.

Luigi tried to use his jump attack on Zazz, but Zazz caught his leg and threw Luigi to the wall.

Zazz- Way too easy! Hehehe!

Luigi- Palutena, Viridi, I know you've got your hands tied at the moment, but I need a power-up item! Any one of them except the mini-shroom will do!

Palutena (telepathically to Luigi)- Let me see what I got…sorry Luigi, but the best I got is a rotation block.

Viridi (telepathically to Luigi)- Rotation block? What's that?

Luigi- It shows a random item for Mario and I to get and it changes every second. It's like playing with a slot machine and whatever it shown when I do finally hit it is what I'll get. The rotation block is risky, but it's better than nothing.

Then the rotation block appeared above Luigi.

Zazz- Hahahaha! You gonna rely on luck?

Luigi- Luck has a factor in every battle. Come on, red star power…

When Luigi hit the rotation block, it showed the penguin suit power-up item. Luigi then changed into Penguin Luigi.

Zazz- A penguin?! HAHAHAHA! Oh, please don't hurt me, Mr. Penguin! HAHAHA! Lamest power-up ever!

While Zazz was laughing his head off, Penguin Luigi hit Zazz with a few ice balls and froze Zazz in a block of ice.

Penguin Luigi- Who's laughing now, asshole!

Penguin Luigi picked Zazz up and threw him into the wall. The ice shattered and Zazz fell to the ground.

Zazz- Why you! I'm gonna send you home in a box for that!

Donkey Kong and Zomom were in arms lock, but Donkey Kong was pushing Zomom back almost too easily.

Zomom- How can this be possible?! We're just as big as each other and yet I'm struggling to hold him back!

Donkey Kong- Simple. Your fat and I'm all muscle.

Then Donkey Kong quickly grabbed Zomom by the back on his neck and lifted him with one paw.

Zomom- Hey, put me down!

Donkey Kong- Ok…

Then Donkey Kong began dribbling Zomom like a basketball a couple of times before punching Zomom in the gut with his Monkey Punch. Zomom hit the ceiling and crashed back down to the ground.

Zomom- You're almost as bad of a meal as Sonic was!

Donkey Kong- And I thought you'd put up more of a fight. Sure, you're big and heavy, but I can easily lift twice your weight with one paw.

Zomom- The fight's not over yet!

Master Zik stood and balanced himself on his walking stick while staring at Yoshi.

Master Zik- I hear you have an appetite as big as Zomom's. Let's see if you can handle this.

Then a swarm of grapes, plumbs, and strawberries surrounded Master Zik before they were shot at Yoshi. Yoshi used his tongue to swallow all the fruit that was shot at him, but Yoshi wasn't done yet. Yoshi's cheeks were filled with all the seeds and he began spitting them as Master Zik like bullets. Zik flipped off his stick and began running around to avoid the seeds Yoshi was spitting at him. Yoshi eventually ran out of seeds, but he lost sight of Zik. But then Yoshi felt someone standing on his saddle, a stick being pressed against his throat, and someone pulling the stick from behind Yoshi's head.

Master Zik- You're fast, little dino. But not fast enough to keep up with me.

Yoshi was starting to choke with the way Master Zik was pulling his stick against Yoshi's neck. Yoshi was having trouble breathing and he was changing from green to blue.

Yoshi- …(gasp)…boing…POW…

Yoshi managed to jump as high as he could in the air performed his ground pound. When Yoshi spun around before dropping, it threw Zik off of him. Zik got himself back up while Yoshi was trying to catch his breath.

Yoshi- …(gasp)…Meanie Zeti try to strangle Yoshi?!

Master Zik- Well…that was the idea…

Ty pulled out his boomerangs and was growling very loudly at Zeena.

Zeena- Who would've thought that would end up kidnapping the cub of one of the members of the Super Mario Brothers' Team and now have to end up fighting that same fool?

Ty- If you think I'm ****ing pissed about abducting Fang, you should see me wife, Shazza handled it! She's was more furious than I was! But that don't mean I don't have a lot of anger to work out on you, bitch! I'll make you wish you never touched me cub!

Zeena- I've fought many boys like you before. Guys like you are always just a bunch of retarded fools. You should really be prepared to just die like your silly little friends fighting in the Mushroom Kingdom.

Ty- I wouldn't underestimate them…or me!

Zeena- Then come at me and try to kill me with your fancy tools.

Ty tossed one of his boomerangs at Zeena, but Zeena dodged it and got in close to Ty before the boomerang could return to Ty. Zeena swung her claw, but Ty used his other boomerang to block it.

Zeena- Guess you're not very good with handling opponents from close range!

Then Ty punched Zeena in the face and knocked her to the ground.

Ty- I might not be as physically strong as Mario, Sonic, or Donkey Kong, but picking a fist fight with me is the last thing you want.

Ty attempted his bite attack, but Zeena managed to get out of the way.

Zeena- I've already be bitten enough times already!

Ty- Fang bit you? I'll have to congratulate him after I kick your ass and rescue him. But first…

Then the boomerang Ty threw earlier was making its return trip and it brushed passed Zeena. However, something happened when the boomerang went passed her. Ty caught his boomerang and made a very big grin.

Ty- …let me teach you me pain by taking something precious of yours like how you took something precious to me and Shazza!

Zeena- What are you talking abou…

Then Zeena felts something hairy on the floor. When she looked down, Zeena saw a large clump of green hair. Funny thing was it looked familiar to her…almost like her green hair. Zeena quickly reached to feel her hair, but all she felt was the back of her now bald head.

Zeena- MY HAIR?! WHAT THE **** DID YOU DO?!

Ty- Consider that payback for all the kids you kidnapped, baldy.

Zeena- You mangy overgrown tiger rip off! I swear when I get my hands on you, you'll be wishing you were fighting Zavok instead of me!

Eggman was pointing his laser gun at Zor.

Zor- (sigh)…Another pointless conflict is about to begin.

Eggman- Then you shouldn't have had a deal with Tabuu!

Zor- And maybe you shouldn't have ever interacted with us by trying to enslave us with that conch and Tabuu might've never known we existed. One of Tabuu's followers told me Tabuu found most of them by tracing back previous adventures of Mario and the others. So, he probably found us by tracing back Sonic's adventure in the Lost Hex. In other words, you're partly to blame for the end of the world, Eggman. Why bother doing anything since it's just a matter of time before we're all doomed?

Eggman- Don't try pinning this on me!

Zor- Ether way, the reaper always wins in the end.

Then Zor creates two shadowy copies of himself

(Back in the room with the fuse box)

Viridi (telepathically to Orbot and Cubot)- For the 20th time, unscrew the bolt holding the adaptor in place in the bottom left corner and…

Cubot- Hold on…is this it?

Then Cubot touched something in the fuse box and was instantly electrocuted and blasted into a wall.

Cubot- Argh! Me voice chip's all cattywampus!

Orbot- Cubot…not your voice chip again…

Viridi (telepathically to Orbot and Cubot)- That's it! I'm this close to quitting this whole thing! Honestly, what were Mario, Sonic, and Ty thinking letting you two dumb bots do this?!

Palutena (telepathically to Orbot and Cubot)- As much as I hate to admit it, you have been a bit more trouble than you're worth. Listen, we really need you to focus or we're all doomed and Tabuu wins.

Orbot helps Cubot get back up.

Orbot- She's right, Cubot. We really need to get this done. I know we can do it.

Cubot- Sure thing, me matey!

(Back in the room where Mario and the others were fighting the Deadly Six)

Mario and the others continued their fight against the Deadly Six. Suddenly the lights go out all of a sudden.

Zomom- Hey! What's happening here?!

Zazz- Why'd the lights go out?

Eggman- I can't believe it. Those two dumb bots actually did something right!

Master Zik- It appears those two idiot machines of Eggman shut down the power to this whole place.

Zor- But for what purpose? The energy draining machine isn't connected to the power.

Zavok- …the stasis pods!

Then Tails began to wake up from inside the capsule he was placed into.

Sonic- Tails?

Tails (weakly)- …uh…Sonic…

Sonic- Tails! I'm so glad you're alright!

Tails tried to get up, but he bumped his head on the capsule he was still inside.

Tails- Looks like I'm still stuck in here…

Sonic- Don't worry! I'll get you out of here in no time!

Sonic was about to rush to the capsule Tails was in, but Zavok jumped in front of Sonic.

Zavok- You should know that it won't be that easy, Sonic. The Tasmanian Tiger tried and failed to get to his cub.

Sonic- Hold on, Tails. Just sit tight until we've beaten Zavok and his Zeti pack again!

Zazz- Why shut down the power to the stasis pods? Is it really a big deal?

Master Zik- It is, unfortunately. Those children were being used to help power the machine. Even though the energy draining machine is still active, it has now lost 2/3 or its original power and it won't be draining energy from the rest of the Super Mario Brothers' Team that are fighting in the Mushroom Kingdom below.

Zeena- Tabuu is really going to owe us for doing this job now! Like fixing my hair!