6-Defeat
Minutes had past…it surely was in intense battle.
Knuckles went flying and his back collided with a huge boulder, which cracked once he made contact. Peach and Sonic charged, Eggman flipped another switch. The gigantic mechanical turtle swung his humungous tail and hit both Peach and Sonic. They both flew a few feet back and landed on their backs, skidding towards the cavern wall. Mario flew towards the tail and wacked it with his hammer as hard as he could, only to get electrocuted. He then grabbed the tail, which caused Eggman to press another button. The tail swung up and down, with Mario still clinging onto it. Finally the tail swung upward harshly, making Mario release and fly upward.
Mario landed on the back of the turtle. He stood up, and smirked as he tightened the grip on his hammer. He walked to the yellow part of the shell and lifted his hammer high in the air, before slamming it down on the glass window. He repeated this three more times before the spot where he was striking at had a huge crack. Before Mario could strike again, Knuckles flew towards him with a fist raised. The plumber ducked, thinking the attack was for him. Though Knuckles flew over him and striked the glass, making that area have a bigger hole in it.
Bowser growled. "This is outrageous!" he shouted. "Let me get out there and handle them!"
"But then I wouldn't need my robot if I had you fight them would I?" Eggman countered.
"Then what do you need me for?!" Bowser exclaimed.
"If I'd told you, it wouldn't be a surprise."
"Whatever! Just let me outta here so I can take care of those pest and kidnap the princess so I can be on my way!"
"No! I am not letting you go!" Eggman argued. "You're just gonna have to wait."
"I wait for NO one!" Bowser roared. "If you won't let me out, I'll just get out myself!" Bowser then began to punch the window as hard as he could.
Eggman snarled as he whipped around, facing the angry Koopa King. "What are you doing?!" Bowser ignored him and continued punching the glass before it shattered into a million pieces. Everyone watched pieces of glass fly all over the place while the robotic turtle began to break down.
Luigi didn't know what to do. He didn't know how to get the hedgehog to release him without making him fall and end up killing the hedgehog. This was just one of the things he hated to do. But apparently, there wasn't much of a choice. Luigi used his free hand once again to grab Silver's hand and tried to pull it off. It wasn't working.
He was sliding towards the edge, he could feel the hedgehog pulling him down. Sweat broke on to Luigi's forehead, this was going to be close. He was running out of options. Finally, Luigi used his free hand to one by one pull Silver's fingers. He did so with as much hast, so so desperate. Though Silver grabbed Luigi's other hand, now the plumber couldn't use his hand.
Luigi was doomed. Sure, he might be fine by the fall, but it all depends of what's at the bottom. Sure he survived the fall from that plan, but that was just luck. Luck may not be on his side this time. He getting so close to the edge. Tears began to well up in the plumber's eyes, he would be facing death if he didn't do something right now. Finally, he had an idea.
Luigi extended his cheeks, collecting as much saliva as he can, and spat the saliva out of his mouth, aiming for the hedgehog's eye. Silver gasped as he released both of Luigi's hands and fell down the cliff. Hanging over the cliff on his stomach, Luigi panted, that was so close…That hedgehog was crazy.
He lifted himself up and crawled away from the cliff. He did admit, Silver did put up a good fight, better than Shadow did at least. Just to the point where Luigi though he was going to die…Though he had gotten into fights where he was close to that point before though. Luigi crawled over to the cliff looked down, now unable to see the hedgehog. He was shaking a bit, trying to take in everything that had happened. That hedgehog would be dead soon. He didn't want it go that far, honestly, but again, he had to, there was no choice. He then crawled a couple of feet away from the cliff.
Suddenly, Yoshi and Shadow came tumbling down the hill just like he and Silver had. Though they both came so close to the cliff. Luigi gasped as he watched the two go about.
Yoshi ended up on top of the hedgehog, but then stood up, hand still on Shadow's white fur. Shadow placed both feet on Yoshi's stomach and pushed with great force. Yoshi flew backwards, still standing, and stumbled towards the edge. The Yoshi waved his arms as he stood on the very edge of the cliff, trying his best to gain his balance.
Though it was too late. He sighed, "Here we go again…" before falling off and down towards certain death that may greet him this time. Unless he is lucky enough that he survives, again. Luigi took deep breaths while Shadow slowly picked himself up. He released a sigh while brushing himself off.
"That was rough." He then turned around, only to be greeted by a slap across the face by an angry plumber.
Luigi glared the hedgehog down with tear-filled eyes. "You killed him." he managed through a sob. "You went and killed him."
"Calm down, calm down." Shadow said as he put his hands up in defense. "I only"
"After I had found him, alive." Luigi interrupted. He shuddered a few sobs before he continued. "I had found him alive…only to be killed…"
"Look, I can assure you he's not dead." Shadow assured. "The cliff isn't as deep as you think." He placed a hand on the plumber's shoulder. "He will definitely live, I know that for a fact. So don't worry about it." Luigi just slowly nodded as he sniffled.
"O-Okay…"
Shadow removed his hand from the plumber's shoulder and the two began walking. They walked back up the hill and through the bushes, back to the area where the couple met. Luigi suddenly stopped, and walked over the pond he fell into. He bent down and stared at his reflection. His face had numerous scratches all over, not that he could see that. Though, he did noticed a trickle of blood leaking from his nose. He then took out a handkerchief from his pocket and carefully wiped the blood from his nostril. After doing so, he put the hankie away and turned around, studying Shadow's figure.
He too didn't look too bad either. Only a few small bruises on his muzzle and a small stream of blood leaking from the same place were Luigi had cut him earlier, which had turned that area pink.
Luigi soon felt a sharp pain on one of his shins. He faced towards the lake again and lifted up both pants legs to the knees. He then saw on his left shin was a three-inch scrape, which was close to the knee and was starting to bleed a little. He took out his hankie again and dipped it into the water while getting onto the knee that did not had the scrape. The plumber carefully wiped the small spots of blood off his scraped shin. Shadow watched the green plumber nursing himself gingerly. Finally, Luigi pulled the pants leg down over his knee and stood up to face the black hedgehog.
"Ready?" Shadow asked him. Luigi didn't answer. Instead, he walked over to the black hedgehog with the wet handkerchief in his hand. Before Shadow could say anything, Luigi placed a hand on the side of Shadow's face and gingerly wiped the cut with a new, clean spot on the hankie.
Shadow didn't say anything. He felt he should of protest, though he was too surprised to speak. Luigi then stopped, looking at the cut which was now nothing but a red small line. With his hand still on the hedgehog's face, Luigi then looked into the deep red eyes that watched him. Shadow, oddly enough, also stared into the big, bright blue eyes of the plumber. They were silent. Shadow's hand hesitantly grabbed Luigi's which was on his face. The hedgehog opened his mouth to say something, then stopped. The plumber raised a brow before Shadow's hand guided his back to his side.
"Don't get any ideas." he said, still looking into the plumber's eyes. Then he tear away from Luigi's gaze and began to walk, leading the way. Luigi put the hankie back in his pocket and silently followed behind the hedgehog.
Silver opened his eyes to find himself facing upward. He groaned, before he shot up. He was on a big, floating leaf, which soared through the air. He was confused, how did he get here? Soon, he heard another groan. He jerked, and whipped his head around to see a green dinosaur lying flat on his stomach with his eyes closed. It was the same dinosaur who was following him all day.
Yoshi lazily sat up, grunting in the process, and saw a white hedgehog looking at him. Yoshi glared. "What?"
"Why are you constantly following me?" Silver asked nastily.
"Look, I'm not in the mood for junk." Yoshi snapped. "I don't even know how I got here. So do me a favor and shut up, and maybe we can get through this."
"Why are you being so hostile? I just asked you a simple question."
"You're the one who's being so hostile! Now, leave me alone."
"Fine, then I guess you know how to get out of here yourself."
"Shut up."
"Fine,"
"I said; shut up!" Yoshi fumed.
"Let me talk!" Silver shouted.
"Shut UP!" Yoshi boomed. Silver froze, before a cold glare formed on his muzzle.
"I. Will. Not." the hedgehog said firmly. The angry Yoshi clenched his teeth and glared down the hedgehog. It was silent.
Suddenly, Yoshi tackled the hedgehog. On top, he grabbed one of the hedgehog's quills that were in front and pulled. Silver, underneath, punched the Yoshi several times in the nose. Yoshi's free hand made its way to the hedgehog's chest which had white fur there also, unlike the black hedgehog he faced, Silver's went around his neck to the back. Yoshi then tangled his hand in the hedgehog's fur and yanked as hard as he could. Silver grunted, before rolling to one side.
Now on top of the Yoshi, Silver aimed his punch at his eye. Yoshi swiftly returned it before he wrapped that hand around the hedgehog's neck and rolled. Silver then aimed his next punch at the Yoshi's mouth, which Yoshi opened then closed when the hand was inside. The hedgehog yanked and pulled his hand so he could get it free, he could feel the Yoshi's teeth digging into his hand. They both froze when the leaf was suddenly falling downward diagonally. They both released each other and began to make their way to the stem which was in the back.
Yoshi tried to walk over to the stem before Silver kicked the back of his leg. Yoshi dropped down and landed flat on his stomach while Silver walked passed him. Yoshi grabbed hold of one of the hedgehog's leg. Silver fell flat on his face while Yoshi crawled over him. Yoshi continued, even when Silver climbed on to his back. The Yoshi rammed his elbow into the hedgehog's face, pushing him off. When he reached the stem, he grabbed hold of it. He was about to pull himself up when the hedgehog grabbed his foot and started pulling. Finally, Yoshi let go of the stem, grabbed Silver's head with both hands and head-butted him.
Silver yelped as he fell back and held his head. While the hedgehog laid stunned, Yoshi quickly got up and pushed and pulled the stem in many directions. Nothing was working, the leaf continued to fall from the sky. Yoshi could see the ground closer and closer from before. Soon, Silver came back to his senses and sat up, only to be pulled by the Yoshi. Yoshi jumped high into the air, making Silver jump with him. They both screamed while falling towards the ground. When they reached the ground, they landed with a rolling land while the leaf crashed into a nearby tree.
They both soon stood up, brushing themselves off. Yoshi turned to the hedgehog. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine." the hedgehog answered while brushing dirt off of him.
"So you see," Yoshi began. "I'm not that annoying. I can be pretty useful when I want to."
Silver managed a small smirk. "You had proved that alright."
Yoshi smiled. "See? This can work out." there was silence afterwards. Yoshi spoke again. "So…will you help me out of this place?"
Silver turned away, a small smile hidden from the Yoshi. "I guess it wouldn't hurt to help you out." he began walking away.
Yoshi beamed. "That's what I like to hear!" The Yoshi followed the hedgehog to a cliff. They both looked down to see a cave, viewing the cave from the side. Yoshi and Silver shared a grin before they climbed down the ledge.
They went in front of the cave and viewed it. Silver crossed his arms and smirked, while Yoshi turned around and looked at the water. He slowly walked over to the water and bent down to stare at his reflection. He saw a four-inch cut on his right cheek, which was nothing but a long red line. His nose was fine, fine for something that was hit a few times. His eye was fine also. There were no scrapes or bruises on his body. All he had was just that cut on his cheek.
Silver turned to look at him. He walked over to the Yoshi and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Are you alright?"
Yoshi didn't respond. Instead, he turned and looked at Silver. There was barely a scratch or bruise on him either. Though there was a decent cut on the corner of his mouth which was a three inch red line and was pink around it.
"Look at that cut on your mouth." Yoshi said while shaking his head.
Silver raised a brow. "What?"
"Look!" Yoshi pointed to the water. Silver bent down and looked at his reflection. He gingerly toughed the corner of his mouth where Yoshi said he had been cut. He was right. He felt something rough on that side. He traced the line to where it ended. Silver looked at Yoshi, who just grinned.
"I have one too." Yoshi took his hand and traced a finger over the cut while Silver watched. The cut went all the way over his cheek. "Here, touch it."
Silver winced, how strange. Yoshi as about to take the hedgehog's hand until a sudden loud roar came. The both jerked and whipped their heads towards the cave. That was where the roar came from. They both slowly walked over to the cave and stuck their heads inside.
There was a giant robotic turtle laying on the ground, totally destroyed. The egg-shaped man, who Silver was chasing, was shouting all kinds of slurs and swears. Yoshi's eyes widened when he saw Bowser, who was laughing maniacally. Knuckles was laughing at Eggman also, just not as uncivilized. Peach was sighing and shaking er head, he was glad Bowser hadn't taken her yet. But he was really surprised to see Mario, who stood there with his hammer ready for any sudden attacks.
"Mario!" he cried. Only to be pulled back by Silver. Mario whipped his head around to the voice that had called his name. He didn't see anybody. Eggman glared fiercely at the Koopa King.
"Look at what you've done!"
Bowser stopped laughing and turned to face Eggman with a smirk on his face. "That right there should prove to you that I listen to nobody."
"Heh…but Bowser," Peach spoke. "You helped us out."
"Wrong." Bowser said as he got out of the Egg Turtle, slowly walking over to towards the princess. "I did it for me. Now Peach, your time has come." he held out his arms, ready to grab the princess. Sonic and Knuckles stood in front of her while Mario jumped at Bowser with his hammer in his hand.
WHACK!
Bowser flew backwards, past Eggman, and his body was slammed into the cave wall. Eggman began to jump out of the Egg Turtle and tried to escape. Sonic curled up and slammed himself into the evil scientist.
POW!
Eggman flew and his egg-shaped body collided with a rock. Bowser lazily picked himself up and glared at the plumber. "You rotten-"
THWHACK!
Mario swung his hammer again. Bowser flew and skidded on the ground. Eggman finally came to as he picked himself up. "Control that-"
KAPOW!
Sonic threw a punch across Eggman's face. Eggman flew towards Knuckles who had his huge spikey fists ready.
KAPOW!
The blow from Knuckles sent Eggman flying sky high, making him hit the ceiling. The evil scientist then fell and landed in his crushed machine with a big CRASH! Bowser slowly stood up, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth while he exhaled loudly.
KATHWACK!
The surprise swing from Mario's hammer sent him flying toward the crushed matching and landed right next to the barely conscious scientist.
Eggman slowly turned to the Koopa King. "If you help me escape, I'll promise you revenge on those-"
KATHWHOMP!
The surprise blow from both Mario and Sonic caused both villains to fly out of the other exit of the cavern. Sonic and Mario climbed out of the Egg Turtle while Peach and Knuckles walked over to them. Peach placed a soft kiss on Mario's cheek while Sonic and Knuckles exchanged nods and shook hands. After Peach and Knuckles followed the two villains out of the cave, Sonic began to look for something Eggman could have dropped while Mario stood there in a daze, blushing.
Suddenly, Sonic was knocked to the ground by a green dinosaur who ran past him and cling onto Mario.
"Mario! You're okay!" he cried.
"Yoshi?" Mario soon returned the hug. "Glad to see you're okay as well." Sonic stood up, just to be knocked down again, this time by a white hedgehog.
"Out of the way, I've got some personal business to take care of."
Sonic slowly stood up and started brushing himself off. "Boy, you sure do have a problem there."
"Who are you by the way?" Mario asked, releasing Yoshi. "And what's your problem?"
"Silver. And my problem is you."
"What attitude!" Mario exclaimed. "I have a problem too, and it's a whatever who thinks he can just come in here and talk to people like that and thinks he all that when he knows he isn't nothing."
"Yeah, Silver, don't talk to my friend that way." Yoshi stepped in.
"Fine," Silver turned his head to Sonic. "But I must reach that man before you do."
"Oh no!" Mario marched up to the hedgehog. "We are not up for some stupid game of yours! In fact, I bet Sonic will beat you there first! He's the fastest thing alive you know! So there will be NO chances of you winning! He'll take you on! He'll beat you so badly…Right Sonic?"
"That's right! I'll take you on!" Sonic beamed with confidence.
Yoshi shook his head. I don't like where this is going…
Silver just stepped up to the angry plumber with a cold glare and his arms crossed. "Fine. Let's just see who, exactly, will reach him first." he growled. "Whatever you do, just don't get in the way." he then walked past Mario, shoulders bumping.
"Let's go, Yoshi." he said, walking past the green dinosaur. Yoshi looked at Mario with a sad look before running to catch up with Silver.
Mario watched with his arms crossed as he shook his head. "That blasted hedgehog."
"Now now Mario," Sonic said. "There's no need to get upset." Mario huffed, listening to the blue hedgehog.
Sonic then soon spotted a card laying on the ground. He went over to it and picked it up. "Finally," he sighed.
Mario raised a brow as he looked back at the hedgehog who was staring at a card he was holding. Mario went over and looked at the card. It had a picture of an orange fox on it. Underneath it read Miles "Tails" Prower.
Mario raised a brow. "Who's Miles? Is that Miles?"
"That's Tails." Sonic said, not looking at him. "He was one of my friends who had gotten turned into a card. Another one of my friends, her name is Amy, was also turned into a card. See, that's why I was chasing Eggman down."
"Ohhh…okay."
"Um…" Sonic frowned. "I don't know how to turn him back."
"Ah!" Mario smiled. "I can turn him back!"
Sonic's eyes widened as he turned to face the plumber. "You can?"
Mario nodded. "See, I have these special powers that are able to make me turn any person or object from a card back to normal with a single touch! I had done so on one of my adventures. Here! Just hand me the card and you'll see for yourself!"
"Um…okay." Sonic, not really believing Mario's words, handed him the card. Soon, Mario's hand began to sparkle, as well as the card. Sonic gasped, not believing in what he was seeing. Soon, an orange fox was set free.
Sonic just dropped his mouth opened. "No way."
Mario just chuckled. Tails beamed with excitement.
"Sonic!" He then cling onto the blue hedgehog tightly, embracing him. It wasn't before long when Sonic kneeled down to the orange fox's height and returned the hug. Sonic looked up and the plumber smiling before winking.
Mario smiled back, before returning the wink.