Mario and Sonic:

The Malevolent Wars

CHAPTER 2: RETURN OF THE SHROOBS

Neo Metropolis Zone

"Damn it all!" Eggman exclaimed as he frantically looked through his inventions, trying to find the one that would help at a time like this. Orbot and Cubot, his two henchmen, trailed behind him in confusion as Eggman skimmed through the various machines and robots in his robot chamber.

"Wait, so you and Bowser were betrayed by Alpha and were nearly killed? And you escaped just barely?" Orbot asked. Eggman glared at him. "Yes, for the twentieth time! Chaos, you really know how to upset a person! Why can't you be good like Cubot?" the mad doctor said pointing to the yellow cube-shaped robot blindly looking at his hands and tripping, then falling down. Stupid question, Eggman thought.

"How do you trip over your feet if you have no feet?" Orbot asked. Eggman shrugged. "Don't question his ways", he said before turning his head and continuing to search. Orbot sighed and turned to his comrade. "Oww. What happened?" Cubot said. "You tripped and fell down". "I did? Oh yea, I did!" Cubot exclaimed. Orbot sighed again. Sometimes he felt bad for his brother. Being made with a broken A.I and voice chip really must suck.

Well then again, Cubot never even cared. Suddenly a high-pitched squeal surprised the two as they turned to Eggman who was rubbing his hands excitedly. "What is that?" Orbot asked. "Oooh, lookie-here!" Cubot said. Eggman stood proudly. "That, my useless numbskulled assistants, is my latest version of the Egg Beater! It's enhanced with lots of upgrades and is designed to counter all of Sonic's skills!" he exclaimed.

The Egg Beater was a really impressive invention. With the upgrades, it now was redesigned. With double the armor, the Egg Beater had a color variety of red, black, white and brown with shades of grey (haha!). There were spikes on it's head along with the shoulders and foot. The torso looked like Eggman's lab coat, only darker and greyish, showing that he had combined it with Nega's look. There were spiky gloves and grey arms as well as black energy rings on both wrists. There were three cannons stationed on its back and arms. The legs had black and red like Shadow and there were a large brown belt, showing that it could separate and last but not least, the head was white with a black visor, brown mustache and red glowing eyes inside the visor. In reality, this was Eggman's scariest creation, only behind Metal Sonic.

"Wow, that is certainly impressive!" Orbot exclaimed impressed by the look. "Of course it is! It was upgraded by me! But wait, there's more!", Eggman exclaimed. "More?" Cubot wondered aloud. "See that brown belt there? Well, I've installed a system called the Morph Manager inside it and it lets this belt separate the upper body from the lower body and allow it to morph together to different parts, such as wings!" Eggman explained.

Orbot was extremly impressed by his master's hard work and knew Eggman deserved credit for this. "What about the weapons and abilities?" Orbot asked. Eggman then laughed. "Ohohohoho! That's the best part! This robot has increased armor as well as an ultimate arsenal that can make even Omega look weak!" Orbot gasped. "Really?"

"Yes! I'll note down a few. There are heat-seeking missiles, long-ranged mace shooters, counter springs, ring bombs, red hot lasers, rapid-firing cannons, a large tesla, flamethrowers, slug throwers, plasma cannons, eagle artilleries, and a new weapon the X-Shooter". Orbot was slackjawed.

"That's a few?!" he exclaimed. "Eh, only a quarter. There are still more", Eggman replied. "As for it's abilities, it has a energetic force field, an energizing system, and can counter all of Sonic's skills". Orbot was now confused.

"But our enemy isn't Sonic though", he said. Eggman smiled wickedly. "Oh I know. Luckily when me and Bowser were still with Alpha, I recorded everyone's skills who was on his side secretly and have the data gathered onto this flash drive", he said. Orbot gasped. "You mean-" "Exactly. I'm going to download all of this data into the Egg Beater, so it would be able to fight both enemies thus making it invincible! Hohohohoho!" Eggman laughed.

"You are a genius, sir!" Orbot said. "Of course I am!" Eggman agreed. Orbot then turned to Cubot. "Did you hear that Cub-" he stopped shortly as he and Eggman both stared at the yellow robot who was lying on the floor, after tripping over his "feet" and wasn't moving as he appeared to be unconsious. Eggman sighed and facepalmed.

"Oh, what have I made?" he asked himself before turning to Orbot. "Be sure to lock this robot in a capsule because we are bringing it with us to the Mushroom Kingdom since the people of New Mobotropolis told me that's where Sonic went!" Eggman exclaimed. "Pardon, but isn't that in Mario's world? We don't have a robot that could travel from dimensions", Orbot said. "Oh we won't need to because our worlds are merged together!" Eggman said.

"What?" Orbot asked. "Long story short, Alpha used the Chaos Star's power to merge our worlds together and bring back a few defeated enemies. But who knows what else he'll do so we need to hurry!" Eggman exclaimed tucking the flash drive inside his pocket. "Let's go! And bring this with us in a capsule! We're taking the Egg Flyer with us!" he exclaimed running inside a large ship that was smaller than the Egg Carrier. Orbot pressed a button that placed a large capsule on the Egg Beater as a giant claw emerged and carried it inside the ship's cargo.

"Cubot, let's go!" Orbot exclaimed shaking his comrade awake. The yellow cube robot sat up sharply. "Wuzzah!" he exclaimed. Orbot shook his head before grabbing Cubot and running inside the ship as the Egg Flyer then proceeded to take off from a large runaway. Eggman silently prayed they would make it in time, for this crisis was far too deadly.

Peach's Castle, Mushroom Kingdom

"My lady, the invitations have been delivered", Toadsworth said as he bowed down to Princess Peach, who was currently helping Toadette decorate the large cake that rose halfway up the room. Peach turned to Toadsworth.

"Thank you, Toadsworth. I'm just happy that Bowser hasn't showed his face for nearly a month now and we can finally relax and have a party", she said. Toadsworth nodded. "Indeed. That smelly carcass frightens me dearly. Last time he even tried to eat me!" the elder brown toad exclaimed causing Peach and Toadette to giggle.

"What is so funny?" Toadsworth questioned. "Oh Toadsworth! Of course Bowser had to do that. You were getting in his way and there was no other option left!" Toadette exclaimed.

"Well, he could have simply moved me!" Toadsworth exclaimed. Peach smiled at him. "I'm afraid it's not that simple Toadsworth. You know how Bowser is". Suddenly a loud, high-pitched voice entered the room.

"Princess Peach! I'm h-o-o-me!" the voice said. Peach giggled. "That must be Starlow, I'll get it". Toadsworth sighed. For some reason, he always got extremely annoyed with Starlow, seeing as her voice was gave him a migraine and her behavior was just unproper.

"That little rat again?" he asked. "Why not? She's a cutie", Toadette said fixing a rainbow decoration on the cake. Peach then came back in the room with a yellow orb flying behind her.

"Hi Toadette!" Starlow piped happily. "Starlow! I mised you!" the female toad said as she and the Star Sprite happily talked.

"This castle hasn't changed at all. Still fresh as always!" Starlow said. She then saw Toadsworth sulking behind. "Hey old man. Still have that grouchy attitude huh?" she asked.

"What! How dare you talk to me like that? I do not have a grouchy attitude for your information!" Toadsworth exclaimed. "Uh-huh, sure you don't", Starlow replied. Toadsworth fumed.

"Why you-princess!" he exclaimed. Peach sighed. "Starlow, you know better". Starlow disbelievingly looked at Peach.

"What, but he started it!" "It doesn't matter who started it! I will not have fighting in my castle!" Peach said sternly. Starlow sighed.

"Yes'm" she grumbled. Peach turned to Toadsworth. "Now then, when is Daisy coming? I'd like some more help here", she said. "M'lady, we've sent an invitation to her kingdom already. She said she would be here. The same thing with Rosalina", Toadsworth explained.

"Oooh, what about the Mario Brothers? They're gonna be here right?" Starlow asked. "Of course they are! This wouldn't be a party without them!" Peach said. Toadsworth then looked at his watch.

"Speaking of which, they should arrive here soon. I've gotten their timing down over the years", he said. "Good to know, Toadsworth. Thank you", Peach replied. She then looked at the balcony.

"Let's go to the balcony and take a look at our kingdom, shall we?" Peach said. "Definitly!" Starlow exclaimed. "I'm down", Toadette said. "Well, I suppose fresh air wouldn't hurt", Toadsworth said. They all then walked to the balcony where they were able to get a spectacular view of the Mushroom Kingdom. There were numerous banners and confetti in the air as Toads throughout the kingdom were setting up decorations for the massive party Peach was throwing.

Peach sighed as she looked in the distance. Oh Mario and Luigi? Where are you?

Mario and Luigi's House, Outside of Toad Town

"Luigiii! Let's-a-go already! We're getting late for the party!" Mario called to his brother who was currently struggling to get in his clothes. "Just-a-minute Mario! I'm almost done here!" Luigi called back, fixing his hair. Today was the grand party Peach was throwing. Mario did not want to be late but Luigi was taking time to get ready.

"Luigi! Come on already!" Mario called again, getting impatient. He was ready to bring out his hammer if Luigi didn't hurry it up. "I'm coming Mario!" Luigi called as he raced down the stairs. "I'm he-OW!" he yelled as he had tripped over his own foot and had fallen down the stairs.

"Luigi, are you okay?" Mario asked. "I'm fine", was the reply that came from a faceplanted Luigi. "Well get up then! We're going to be late!" Mario exclaimed pulling his brother up on his feet. Both brothers then walked outside through their front door before Mario turned around and locked it.

"So Mario, what do you think the party's gonna have?" Luigi asked. "I don't know, but I do know it's going to be awesome! Bowser hasn't attacked in a while so this definitly deserves a celebration! Peach has been planning this since last week so all this time will have to pay off!" Mario said. Luigi excitedly nodded.

"Hey guys!" a voice said from above. Mario and Luigi both looked up to see three paratroopas swoop down. They all had blue shells and black shades on and had wings that helped them fly.

"Hey guys, what's up?" Luigi asked. The leader of the three floated in the middle. "What's up? Did you guys see Peach's Castle yet? That's what's up!" he exclaimed. Mario and Luigi looked at him in confusion.

"Why, is it under attack?" Mario asked concerned. "You bet it is!" the lead paratroopa exclaimed making Mario and Luigi both gasp. "It's getting attacked by those fancy decorations! Woowoowoo!" he exclaimed laughing along with the other paratroopas at the silly joke. Mario and Luigi just gave each other a dumbfounded look.

"Oookay, so the castle is alright?" Mario asked. "Yup! And you better hurry up there if you want some of that delicous cake!" the lead paratroopa taunted. "Did somebody say cake?" a voice rang out and out of nowhere jumped a green dinosaur with a big nose, startling everyone.

"H-hey! Watch it!" the paratroopa exclaimed. "Oh sorry, I just got excited", the green dinosaur replied. Luigi eased himself.

"Yoshi! What are you doing here?" he asked. "Ain't it obvious? I'm going to Princess Peach's party since she invited me! I heard there's gonna be cake there!" Yoshi exclaimed excited.

"Of course there is! And I hear it's gonna be really good since the Toads have been talking about it in Toad Town! Heck it's even in the paper!" Mario exclaimed holding up a newspaper and pointing to an article which showed a large cake. Yoshi licked his lips excitedly.

"Oh wow! I want that cake really badly!" he exclaimed wagging his tail. "Well then you better hurry up, siiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrr!" the paratroopas exclaimed flying away towards Peach's castle. Yoshi immediatly got in a running stance.

"Hop on!" he instructed. Mario and Luigi both got on Yoshi and the dinosaur took off in a speed that could rival Sonic's. The bros both hung on for dear life as they felt the wind tear past them.

"WHOOAAAA! HE MUST REALLY WANT-A THAT CAKE!" Luigi screamed as his arms were holding onto Yoshi's tail while his legs were dangling in the air. "CAAAAAAKKKKEEEE!" Yoshi yelled as he raced through Toad Town, jumping from building to building to which at one point Luigi nearly fell off.

"SLOW DOWN YOSHI!" Mario screamed as his cap nearly flew off which would not be a good thing since the Mario Bros are nothing without their caps. "CAAAAKKKKEEE!" Yoshi yelled before speeding up, nearly sending Luigi flying off again. Soon, the trio had made it through the gates of Toad Town and were now racing towards the gates of Peach's Castle.

"Almost there!" Mario exclaimed. They passed the shining water and statues as they neared the gates where the guards opened them up immediatly recognizing the three and Yoshi ran inside. He abruptly came to a halt, sending Luigi actually flying off this time.

"WAAAHHH!" Luigi exclaimed as he hit the wall face first and slowly slid down. Mario slowly climbed off Yoshi and looked around. Indeed the decorations were everywhere. Banners, ribbons and confetti were everywhere and numerous colorful balloons were flying around. It was like going to a party in Spagonia. Mario and Yoshi stared around them, slackjawed at an amazing job Peach had done.

"Whoa! I knew Peach was good at pretty but not this good!" Yoshi exclaimed. "Yeah, and by the looks of it this party must be really big. Come on, let's go to the castle!" Mario exclaimed as he and Yoshi made their way to the doors of the castle. The Toad guards happily let the two in, seeing as they were the heroes. Mario then turned around as he walked in.

"Luigi!" he called. "Yah!" Luigi exclaimed as he hopped in struggling to put his shoe on but tripped. He then got up and looked around.

"Wow! Is this what the Paratroopas meant?" Luigi asked. "Yup! Let's go now, Peach must be waiting for us!" Mario said. "CAAAKKKKEEE!" Yoshi exclaimed before running off to Peach's room. Mario ran after him

"Yoshi, not that way!" he called. A few seconds later, Yoshi ran back towards Mario tearing right past him and heading for the ballroom. Chuckling, Mario ran after Yoshi, leaving Luigi to trail behind.

"H-hey! Wait up!" Luigi called out. Once inside the ballroom, the trio gawked at the sight. There was so many people here as numerous tables and balloons were set up.

"Wow!" Mario exclaimed. Suddenly, a yellow orb flew in front of them. "Mario, Luigi, Yoshi! You're here!" Starlow exclaimed. "Starlow? You are here too?" Luigi asked.

"Of course! I live here now!" Starlow said. Yoshi looked around. "Where's the cake?" he asked. "It's getting ready as we speak. Come on, Peach is waiting!" Starlow said leading the three in another room where Peach, Toadette and Toadsworth were decorating a large cake.

"Oh you're finally here!" Peach exclaimed when she saw the three. "Masters Mario and Luigi! We welcome you along with Master Yoshi to the Grand Festival of the Mushroom Kingdom!" Toadsworth exclaimed.

"Wow, Peach! The decorations are really awesome!" Yoshi exclaimed. "Yeah, we just-a saw them on our way!" Mario said. "Um, Princess? Where's the bathroom, I've really GOT TO GO!" Luigi hollered. Peach pointed to her left at a hallway before Luigi bolted in that direction causing everyone to laugh.

"This party is gonna be awesome!" Toadette exclaimed. "Yes and Daisy will be coming too along with Rosalina!" Peach added. "Did someone say my name?" Daisy called out as she burst in the room.

"Daisy! Welcome to the party!" Peach exclaimed hugging her friend. "Oooh, Peach I can't wait! Those decorations are so first-classy!" Diasy exclaimed. She then saw Starlow and Yoshi. "And these two cuties are her too? Aw, come here!" Daisy exclaimed hugging them both with Starlow giggling and Yoshi blushing. She then pulled away and looked at Mario.

"Hey Mario, where's my weegee?" Daisy asked. Mario pointed to the bathroom. "He had to go", Mario stated. Daisy nodded. "Well now what?" she asked. "Well, we're just getting ready and the decorations are almost done too. After that, it's party time!" Peach exclaimed. Everyone cheered at the sound of that. Finally after months and months from Bowser's abuse, the Mushroom Kingdom could relax and have a blast at the party since he had mysteriously vanished. Little did they know, all was about to change.

"Hey, does anybody here that?" Mario asked when he heard the engine of a ship. "Here wha-" Starlow was cut off when a loud boom sounded in the distance, followed by the screaming of panicked Toads. Everyone looked at each other with a worried glance as Mario looked out the window. What he saw nearly gave him a stroke.

"I-it can't be", he said panicked. Peach put a hand on his shoulder, concerned. "Why, what happened?" she asked. Mario cast her a scared look. "They're back. The Shroobs", he said. Peach and the others gasped. They knew the Shroobs very well. Aliens that had nearly succeeded in destroying the world.

"We have to stop them!" Mario exclaimed. "Protect the cake!" Yoshi said standing in front of the large delicacy. "Yoshi, we have to stop the Shroobs or there will be no cake!" Mario exclaimed. Yoshi sighed before he followed Mario.

"Right!" Yoshi said. Toadsworth looked back. "What of Master Luigi?" he asked. Daisy walked to the bathroom. "Leave it to me!" she exclaimed before shouting a battle cry and kicking the door down, revealing a panicked Luigi inside.

"Waaah!" Luigi screamed. Daisy shot Luigi an angry look. "Luigi, what are you doing hiding in here? Go help your brother out!" she said dragging Luigi out of the bathroom who was constantly repeating "Nononono" and pulled him up. Mario sighed at his brother. Even though he was a hero, Luigi never ceased to make anyone wonder just how did he ever survive in a haunted mansion by himself.

"The Shroobs are back? Oh no, I can't go back out there!" Luigi yelped trying to run away, but couldn't since Daisy was standing in his way.

"No way. Now you go help your brother fight these monsters back and protect this kingdom, my little weegee!" Daisy sternly said. Luigi frantically shook his head, seeing as he was terrified of the Shroobs.

"Can't you and Yoshi go?" Luigi asked hopefully. "No! Now let's go!" Mario exclaimed as he jumped off the balcony and took off towards the chaos. "You heard the man, now let's go!" Yoshi exclaimed before he grabbed Luigi with his long tongue and set Luigi on his back, much to the cowardly plumber's dismay and took off after Mario. Peach sighed as she worriedly looked at them.

"Don't worry, they'll be fine", Daisy said assuring Peach. "Yeah, they've been through worse", Starlow added. Peach nodded. "I know. I'm just worried as to how the Shroobs are back. I mean, it's not long that we'd beaten them", she said. Toadsworth frowned.

"My lady, something is wrong here. I feel something big approaching and it's not good", he said. Starlow sighed. "Old man, you are so superstitious", the Star Sprite said. "What did you say?" Toadsworth fumed as he and Starlow started to argue. Toadette sighed. "Those two never shut up, do they?" she said.

Back in the town, Mario tore through the crowd of screaming Toads and wall jumped on top of a house. He then proceeded to leap from building to building and stomped on top of a Shroob, knocking it out immediatly. He then used the momentum to spring in the air, flipping several times before landing gracefully on the ground. He then pulled out his hammer and wacked two more Shroobs away. A group of Shroobs charged at Mario, who just stood there. Before the Shroobs could strike, Yoshi smashed through them, sending them flying in different directions. Luigi jumped off Yoshi and sighed before pulling out a green shell and kicking it towards three Shroobs knocking them away like bowling pins.

"Why does this always happen to me?" Luigi said as he punched another Shroob away. "Because you people always have to poke your noses in other people's business", a voice said as Mario suddenly jumped away from a laser. Another Shroob stood on a house. He had two horns on the side of his head, claws on both hands, an eyepatch on his left eye and a blue iced arm.

"General Shrooz!" Mario exclaimed. The Shroob laughed. This guy was Mario's rival during the Shroob Saga when they first invaded. He had encountered the Mario Bros. repeatedly as Commander Shroob, but had later changed his name to General Shrooz. The guy was basically a psychopath.

"That's right Mario! This time, you're death will be today right here by my hands! Thanks to the enhancements our master has given us, we're now even stronger!" Shrooz exclaimed. "Enhancements? You mean Shroob Princess?" Luigi asked. "Fool! The Shroob Princess follows a new master who has helped revive us and now we will take over your world along with that blue hedgehog's world!" Shrooz said.

"Sonic's world? But what has he done?" Mario wondered before he leapt out of the way as Shrooz fired his laser. "Stay still you pest!" Shrooz shouted firing his laser again, as Mario dodged it. Mario then rushed forward and delivered a powerful uppercut that sent Shrooz flying along with coins coming out.

"Waagh!" Shrooz shouted as he crashed into a wall. The alien just got back up and charged back at Mario, who blocked a punch and jabbed the Shroob on the head before smacking him away with his hammer.

"Give it up, Shrooz! You can't beat me!" Mario exclaimed. Shrooz fired a laser at Mario, which sent the plumber through a house with three toads. "Oh yeah? We'll see about that!" Shrooz exclaimed charging towards Mario. However, Yoshi intervened by slamming into Shrooz and sending him crashing through three houses.

"No, you can't beat him!" Yoshi exclaimed. Shrooz was about to get up, but Luigi stomped on him from behind and hammered him away. Shrooz crashed into another wall and this time, the wall collapsed on him. Struggling out of the pile, Shrooz shot Yoshi with a laser and charged at Luigi before headbutting him.

"Ooof!" Luigi cried out as he fell back. Shrooz grabbed him. "Not so tough, are ya now?" he taunted. However, Mario totally caught Shrooz off guard by sneaking up behind him and smacking Shrooz away with his hammer, sending the Shroob general through another house and into the fountain.

"Ack-sputter!" Shrooz said spitting out the water. Before he could do anything, Shrooz was blasted away by a Blue Shell, which Mario had pulled out. "Nooooo!" Shrooz screamed as he was thrown in the air and came back down crashing hard. He then struggled to get up, but couldn't as Luigi and Yoshi both stood by him, ready to attack. Mario walked up to Shrooz and glared at him.

"Call off your troops and no one gets hurt", Mario threatened. Shrooz just smirked. "Never!" he exclaimed before Mario, Luigi and Yoshi were blasted away by multiple lasers. Shrooz stood up and dusted himself off as another figure floated down, much to the shock of the trio.

"Princess Shroob?" Luigi exclaimed. Princess Shroob laughed. "Mario Bros! I'm so glad to see you! Now I can finally get my revenge and take over the Mushroom Kingdom!" she exclaimed. Mario jumped up. "We won't let you!" he exclaimed as he charged forward along with Luigi and Yoshi. Princess Shroob just shot out a large beam that sent the trio flying away into houses. Mario crashed through a ceiling and fell down as the ceiling collapsed on top of him. Yoshi had crashed through the chimney of another house and bounced out the window while Luigi had crashed through another window and landed inside. He then noticed the ceiling, which was very large and had a chandelier was shaking and gave away. Luigi stared in shock as the chandelier rocketed towards his face.

"WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO ME?" Luigi shrieked as he shielded his face with both arms. But before it could hit Luigi, a large fireball had blasted the chandelier away as Luigi looked up slowly, shocked to see he was alive and fainted. Princess Shroob and Shrooz looked in utter shock as Fire Mario stood before them, glowing in a fiery aura.

"That's it! Now you're gonna get it!" Mario exclaimed before powering up both his hands with flames and rushing towards the two Shroobs.

"Here we go!" Mario shouted as he gave Shrooz a fiery uppercut that sent the general flying in the air then blasted him away with a fire ball before he could even cry out in pain. Mario landed on the ground as Shrooz crashed into a house, completly demolishing it and bouncing into the fountain, where he didn't get up. Princess Shroob backed away as Fire Mario approached her.

"Now that your general is down, it's your turn!" Mario exclaimed lunging at her. Princess Shroob fired a crystal at Mario, who countered with a fire ball in turn. They both continued this for a few more times before Princess Shroob fired two purple orbs at Mario. Mario smirked and took a step back before thrusting both his hands for and shooting out a rather large fire ball which tore through the orbs and slammed into the Shroob princess, blasting her down on the ground. Mario then rapidly threw fireballs at the princess repeatedly until the princess was blasted back more. Princess Shroob struggled to stand up, but couldn't. She couldn't believe the power Fire Mario possessed and decided now would be a good time to retreat. A little saucer slowly flew down, as the princess stepped on it and glared at Mario.

"I won't forget this, Mario! Mark my words, Mushroom Kingdom will be mine!" Princess Shroob exclaimed before grabbing Shrooz and calling her troops back as they retreated back into the ship. The ship then flew away as Fire Mario looked at his brother who was waking up.

"Heh? Where am I? What happened?" Luigi asked. He then remembered the situation. "Mama-mia! Where is the Shroob Princess?" he asked. Fire Mario smirked. "I took care of them. They ran away", he said. Yoshi then walked over.

"Well that's good to know. Except now their won't be a party since half the town is destroyed", the green dinosaur said. "Actually, there will be!" Starlow exclaimed as she flew towards the three. "We still have the cake! Come on!" the Star Sprite exclaimed before flying off.

"CAAAKKKKEEE!" Yoshi shouted as he took of with Mario and Luigi running after. "Wait up!" Fire Mario yelled as he propelled himself forward with his fire powers, leaving Luigi to slowly jog after them. "Really, again? Why does this always happen to me?" the green plumber said as he trailed after, panting.

Alpha's Castle

"...and then he launched me into a wall with his little fireballs", Princess Shroob explained as she bowed down in front of Alpha, who sat at his throne. "It's fine. The plan was just to give them a warning anyway", he said. Princess Shroob nodded before turning around and walking off with Shrooz following her.

"Master Alpha, we have some news", Snively said as he and Captain Basilisx. "What is it?" Alpha said. Snively motioned to Basilisx who pulled out a tablet. "It seems the Freedom Fighters are headed for the Mushroom Kingdom right now, as we speak", the doctor said. "What shall we do?" Snively asked.

"We'll just send someone to slow them down, just as a warning for fun", Alpha said nodding to Zavok who nodded back before turning to his comrades and grinning menacingly. The six Zeti then ran off in the other direction. Alpha then looked at the vision. "The plan is coming in motion", he said knowing that what he intended for was happening.

"Is there anything else to do sir?" Snively asked. Alpha shook his head. "Just keep an eye on the Mario Bros. I'll meanwhile continue my contribution", Alpha said. With that said, Snively and Basilisx bowed before walking off in the shadows. Alpha chuckled to himself as he continued to charge the Chaos Star, admiring its power. Soon he would unleash the devastating power on all of his foes and get what he wanted: position as God of the Multiverse. And no one will be able to stop me...

TO BE CONTINUED

Author's note: And here we are, back for more action! Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been really busy with midterms at school and personal issues. But I'm back with another solid chapter. And with some more news as I just heard about one of SEGA's new games releasing on the 3ds. It's called "Sega 3D Classics Collection" featuring games like the original Sonic the Hedgehog, Altered Beast, Puyo Puyo 2, Fantasy Zone 2 and more. It looks cool and I'm so looking forward to getting it.

Not only that, but LHT and Battle Legend is going to be updated soon. I have it planned out and am soon going to put it up. Sorry for the delay, it's just that I am busy lately, but I'm definitly not quitting! Anyway, we'll see what happens next chapter as both Sonic and Mario have been attacked and now they know about the whole world merged thing. But what will happen now? And where's Bowser and Eggman? By the way, General Shrooz is from Mario and Luigi Heroes of the Stars and Captain Basilisx is from SMBZ for those of you who didn't know. Find out soon.

EPIC Out!