Mario and Sonic: The Malevolent Wars
CHAPTER 9: UNWELCOME GUESTS!
Yoshi's Island, The Village
There was panic everywhere. Yoshis from all colors ran around trying to get to safety while others stayed back to fight. Some Yoshis wearing tribal clothing holding spears came to assist the civilians, fighting off the invading Koopatrols. One Yoshi ran inside a cottage only to run back out when a Koopatrol came crashing in from the side.
Captain Basilisx smirked as a tribal Yoshi was bashed to the ground by a Koopatrol and another Yoshi's spear was seized by a Koopatrol before he was bashed to the ground as well. Things were going smooth for the villains. Spreading terror to the Yoshis would surely get them to crack where the Chaos Emerald was.
Suddenly his smirk faded away when he saw Mario and Sonic enter followed by the other heroes.
"Grr, why do they have to be here asss well?" Basilisx hissed. "Oh well, sometimesss you jussst have to get rid of all opposssitionsss", the dark Koopatrol said as he hopped off the roof of the cottage he was standing on and sped his way towards Mario.
Mario noticed him coming and immediatly leaped out of the way as Basilisx came crashing down where he was before. The other heroes were surprised by the sudden appearance. Basilisx glowered at Mario, hissing like a snake ready to pounce.
"Captain Basilisx!" Mario exclaimed getting in a fighting stance.
"Mario! I will NOT have you interfere with our plansss", Basilisx hissed.
"Whoa! Who are you snake-breath?!" Sonic exclaimed completly perplexed by the Koopatrol. Basilisx angrily turned towards Sonic hissing at him as well.
"You fool! No one who called me that ever lived to ssspeak about it, you rat!" Basilisx exclaimed.
"I'm not a rat, I'm a hedgehog!" Sonic exclaimed.
"Asssk me if I care!" Basilisx exclaimed swiping his claws at Sonic, who instead dodged.
Meanwhile, the rest of the group had gone over to help the Yoshis defend from the Koopatrols.
"Eat it, you turtle in a halloween costume!" Knuckles exclaimed socking a Koopatrol in the face.
"Mama mia, what are these guys doing here?" Luigi said kicking another Koopatrol.
"Whatever they want, they're attacking my home!" Yoshi shouted barreling into five Koopatrols at once.
"I'm pretty sure they're here for the Chaos Emerald!" Starlow shouted, flying above the battleground.
"Well they won't get it!" Sally exclaimed slashing two Koopatrols with her twin blades before vaulting over another one and kicking it on the back of its head.
"Basilisx, I thought you were working for Bowser! What happened?!" Mario exclaimed trying to hammer the dark Koopatrol. Basilisx just slashed the hammer away and rammed into Mario's gut in his shell.
"I never worked for Bowser at all! My true master has been Alpha my whole life!" Basilisx exclaimed ducking under Sonic's Spindash.
"Dang, he's a slippery one!" Sonic exclaimed Spindashing to Basilisx again, but Basilisx just countered by spinning in his shell. The two continued to collide until Sonic managed to kick Basilisx away. Sonic charged up his speed by running in one place before rocketing towards Basilisx ready to give the Koopatrol commander a hard punch that would shatter his jaw.
Basilisx just leapt high in the air before retracting in his shell and slamming it down on Sonic hard making the hedgehog scream and fall down.
"One down", Basilisx said dodging a Green Shell attack from Mario. The plumber ran towards Basilisx and attempted to dropkick him, but Basilisx grabbed Mario's legs and spun in a circle before letting go and sending him rocketing into a cottage, destroying it.
"MARIOOO!" Luigi screamed suddenly smacking Basilisx with his hammer. Basilisx stumbled and turned around, giving Luigi a cold stone glare making the green cap plumber tremble. Before Basilisx could do anything, Knuckles gave Basilisx a hard uppercut, sending the Koopatrol in the air before Knuckles jumped up and glided into him. The two fell down and tumbled around the grass for a while before Basilisx kicked Knuckles off.
"Inferior pessstsss", Basilisx hissed ready to slice Knuckles' head off until Luigi kicked a Green Shell into Basilisx. Basilisx angrily turned around and charged at Luigi.
"MAMA MIAAA!" Luigi shrieked bolting off. Basilisx chased Luigi throughout the village trying to stab him, but the plumber was way too fast.
"Ssstupid bothersssome flea! Ssstay ssstill!" Basilisx shouted but Yoshi barreled right into him and kicked the Koopatrol to the ground. Basilisx tried to get up, but Yoshi caught him with his tongue and swallowed him before spitting out an egg to which Luigi happily smacked away with his hammer. The egg crashed into two Koopatrol and it shattered, revealing Basilisx inside. Basilisx groggily stood up and shook his head.
"Raagh, time to ssstep up my game", Basilisx hissed. He snapped his fingers and two Koopinators appeared at his side. They were different with purple colored armor, larger spikes on their shells and had glowing red eyes like Basilisx.
"Koopinatorsss, ATTACK!" Basilisx exclaimed pointing at the heroes. The Koopinators lunged at Sally and Knuckles and the two prepared to fend them off.
"More turtles in halloween costumes? What else is new?" Knuckles excaimed giving a Koopinator a power packed punch. The Koopinator stumbled back, but shook off the pain. Knuckles doubled over in surprise when he saw his punch just made a dent on the Koopinator's armor.
"What the?!" Knuckles exclaimed before he was rammed in the gut by the Koopinator.
"Knuckles, be careful! These guys are the higher rank and their armor is really tough to crack!", Sally exclaimed slashing her blade across the Koopinator she was facing. However, like Knuckles it only made a dent on the armor and the Koopinator kicked Sally back.
"Ok, I've had it!" Mario exclaimed taking out a Mushroom with a grey helmet on it. Mario quickly absorbed it and soon he was in a completly different attire. His clothes consisted of a yellow shirt with grey overalls and instead of his trademark cap, Mario was now wearing a steel grey helmet with the trademark 'M' on the front. He was now Hammer Mario!
"It's-a hammer time!" Mario exclaimed dashing out of the cottage and running up to Basilisx where he summoned two steel hammers in his hands and smacked Basilisx with them both. The Koopatrol commander was sent hurtling a good distance.
The Koopinators tried to attack Mario so he could be rid of his power up, but Knuckles and Sally stopped them and hit the two Koopinators with a bunch of chain attacks severly denting their armor.
Basilisx got up and glared at Mario.
"Ssso it ssseemsss you have a new power up to your advantage", Basilisx said.
"Yup, and you don't stand a chance against this one!" Mario exclaimed.
"We ssshall sssee about that!" Basilisx exclaimed bringing out his claws. The two shouted battle cries and charged at each other madly swinging their weapons. Mario rapidly swung both his hammers but Basilisx parried all of them and he tried to do what Mario did but ended up with the same result as Mario. The two kept parrying blows for a while until they broke away and Mario leapt in the air, then tried to smash both hammers on Basilisx's head, but the latter just retracted in his shell and rolled away.
As soon as Mario landed on the ground, Basilisx immediatly rocketed towards Mario in his shell and hit the plumber squarely in the back, making Mario faceplant to the ground.
"Hah! It ssseemsss your filthy power up isss of no help at all!", Basilisx spat. Mario got up and glared at Basilisx before charging at the Koopatrol.
"I'll show you who's filthy!" Mario shouted as he unleashed a barrage of hammer swings, all striking Basilisx before he smacked Basilisx up and spiked him to the ground. Mario blew on his hammer like a candle and smirked.
"Not bad, but ssstill not enough!" Basilisx shouted rocketing back at Mario where the two continued to duke it out.
Back with the others, Sonic was currently bouncing on various Koopatrols in his ball form while Yoshi knocked them all away like bowling pins.
"Yeah, you go guys! Keep hitting them! I'll just-uh...watch from here!" Starlow shouted. Nicole also came out and shot a few digital bolts at the Koopatrols, shocking them. One of the Koopatrols tried to ram Nicole down, but it just went through Nicole since she wasn't organic. Nicole smirked as the Koopatrol smacked into another Koopatrol.
"HI-YAH!" Luigi shouted smashing a Red Shell into a Koopatrol by smacking it with his hammer. Luigi's face lit up with glee as the Koopatrol fell over clutching its gut.
"Yeah! Go weegee! Go weegee! Go we-", Luigi danced before a Koopatrol cut him off by ramming him with the Red Shell as revenge. Luigi angrily got up and kicked the Red Shell back at the Koopatrol, but the minion just kicked it back. Soon, the two were playing a game of soccer with the Red Shell.
"Lo ti odio cosi tanto chesi puo andare a farsi fottere!" Luigi cursed in Italian when the Red Shell hit his nose. Luigi clutched his nose in pain and screamed before kicking the Red Shell with such force that it smashed into the Koopatrol's face, knocking it out. Luigi sighed before turning around and screaming, bolting off. A squad of Koopatrols were chasing him but Yoshi just knocked them down with the Flutter Kick.
"Really, Luigi? You can't even fight Koopatrols!" Yoshi said rolling his eyes.
"What? That was alot of them!" Luigi stated as a matter of factly. Yoshi just sighed before grabbing Luigi with his tongue and spitting him out so he hit a Koopatrol. Luigi rubbed his head in pain while Yoshi fended off two more Koopatrols.
Meanwhile, Sally and Knuckles weren't having an easy time with the Koopinators. The two high ranked soldiers were putting up a damn well fight. Not only did they have tough armor, but their combat skills were almost like Captain Basilisx's.
"Man, they're tough!" Sally panted as she dodged another punch.
"Tough? I don't think so Sally. I'm the toughest there is!" Knuckles exclaimed uppercutting the Koopinator and leaping in the air, kicking him away. Sally just sighed and ducked under a punch and then she slashed the minion with her blades. Despite the heavy damage they took, the Koopinator were still standing.
"That's it! It's time to step it up!" Knuckles shouted suddenly stomping his foot hard on the ground, creating a little shake. He then leapt in the air and screamed: "Quake Punch!" before bringing his fists down on the ground, sending a little earthquake wave at the Koopinators and knocking them down.
"Good! With heavy attacks, we should be able to take these guys out!" Sally exclaimed dropkicking them both.
"How many of you guys are there?" Sonic whined tired of taking down easy opponents. He had been having the easiest time, just Spindashing and Boosting into the Koopatrols. Something says he should have gotten the tougher opponents. Oh well, no use in whining about it.
Sonic sped his way to Sally and Knuckles and split kicked both Koopinators. Sonic smirked at the two who were panting.
"Looks like I'm here to the rescue again!" Sonic said. "Sonic, just shut up and help".
"Ok, geez Sal. Why you gotta rush a hedgehog like that?" Sonic said Spindashing a Koopinator into the other. He then ran around the two Koopinators and unleashed his Sonic Wind attack. The two Koopinators were now collapsed in a heap due to the force of the attack.
"Annd we're done here!" Sonic said. Sally thanked him while Knuckles just grumbled. It really pissed him off knowing it took him this long to fight the Koopinators whereas Sonic just knocked them out with one attack.
His sulking was then cut off by Saly barking at him.
"Knuckles, stop standing there and give us a hand!"
"Oh-right!" Knuckles replied running at a group of Koopatrols and plowing through them.
Mario and Basilisx were still going at it and neither seemed tired yet. In fact, the two had hit each other alot, but the Hammer Shroom gave Mario an incredible defense boost and Basilisx's armor was just way too strong. Both however seemed to be evenly matched until Basilisx uppercut Mario and charged up energy while glowing red.
"MUAAAH!" Basilisx shouted as he released a devastating Claw Blast when Mario came down, sending the plumber flying back. Mario crashed back on the ground and luckily still had the Hammer power up. But he could feel its power weakening. Fortunately, Mario always came prepared and he ate a Mushroom to restore his health.
"Thank you my endless arsenal of power ups", Mario muttered before ducking under Basilisx who had tried to ram him down. Mario turned around and socked Basilisx in the face with both hammers and he then smacked Basilisx on the side, stomache and Ground Pounded with the hammers, emitting a shockwave that sent Basilisx flying back.
"My turn!" Sonic shouted homing attacking Basilisx back into Mario where he smacked Basilisx back and Sonic proceeded to Power Stomp Basilisx to the ground. The Koopatrol commander could feel himself getting weaker and soon he would be no match for the heroes. Luckily, he had backup.
"You're finished!" Sonic exclaimed smirking. "Give up, Captain. You lost", Mario said. Basilisx hissed at them.
"Never! You haven't won yet you pathetic pesstsss!" Basilisx spat venomously. Before Mario and Sonic could do anything, a green bolt of energy nearly missed Sonic by the side of his face and landed next to him. Startled, Sonic looked up to find a familiar white echidna in battle armor with a staff floating above him.
"Ix?! What are you doing here?!" Sonic shouted. Imperator Ix smirked.
"Shouldn't it be obvious, you fool? I'm working with Lord Alpha! He's promised me power and so I shall help him achieve his goal!" Ix exclaimed.
"Well we won't let you!" Sonic retorted. Ix's smirk grew.
"Oh really? Tell me, aren't you here for that Chaos Emerald?" Ix asked. Sonic frowned. He didn't know where Ix was going with this but answered nonetheless.
"Yeah", Sonic said. "Well I'll have you know we already have two Chaos Emeralds with us! So even if you manage to take this emerald, we'll be two steps ahead of you!" Ix said laughing. Sonic however, was in shock. Alpha already had two of the Chaos Emeralds? That was bad, REALLY BAD. That meant the heroes had to get this one no matter what!
"Keep laughing Ixy! We'll stop you anyways!" Sonic exclaimed getting in a fighting stance.
"Don't be too confident. Now move, that's my comrade you are hurting", Ix said blasting Mario and Sonic away with two energy bolts. Ix hovered down and held out his hand to Basilisx, encasing the Koopatrol in green light. His health was now fully rejuvenated!
"Thank you my friend", Basilisx said. Ix nodded. "You're welcome. Now let's take these heroes down so we can obtain the Chaos Emerald here!", Ix exclaimed.
"No! We have to stop them!" Mario shouted. He held his hammers firmly whereas Sonic just got ready to Spindash.
Knuckles meanwhile was fending off a Koopatrol horde until he noticed Ix.
"What th-Ix!" Knuckles shouted making the other heroes turn.
"Mama mia, who is that?" Luigi shuddered. Sally explained who Imperator Ix was and how there was a dream event at the Winter Olympics in his world.
"But what is he doing here?" Yoshi asked. "Working for Alpha, probably", Sally said.
"Well, let's stop them!" Yoshi exclaimed as he, Sally and Knuckles dashed forward while Luigi trudged behind uneasily. He had a bad feeling about this guy and knew he was not to be underestimated. Then again, Luigi thought that about everybody.
Ix scoffed when he saw the heroes. They were foolish to think they'd stand up against him.
"You all have a death wish, it seems", Ix mocked. "Shut it Ix! I'm gonna make sure you don't come back this time!" Knuckles exclaimed holding up his fist.
"We'll see", Ix said. The heroes then charged at Ix and Basilisx, but Ix raised a shield around him and Basilisx, protecting them both and Basilisx took the opportunity to knock them all way by bashing into them with his shell.
While they were down, Ix unleashed a handful of green energy bolts at the group and they sent them flying away.
"Man, why is this so annoying?" Sonic said.
"That's how villains are. I know how you feel", Luigi said.
"It doesn't matter, there are two of them and six of us! We have them outnumbered!" Sally said.
"True! Let's take them out!" Mario said throwing several hammers at the two villains. Ix blasted them apart easily.
"You fools don't stand a chance! Especially when I've brought reinforcements!" Ix said as suddenly a large aircraft appeared with Eggman Nega's insignia on the side and several robots and Koopatrols came out of it and landed on the island.
"Damn it! Sal, you and Yoshi go protect the village! The rest of us will fight these guys!" Sonic shouted.
"I don't think so!" a voice called out and soon the group found themselves surrounded by four figures.
"Now we're even!" the leader of the four exclaimed. They were all Koopas with masks covering their eyes and each was a different color: red, black, yellow and green. To Sonic, Knuckles and Sally, they looked like ninja turtles(hehe get it?). However, Mario, Luigi and Yoshi already knew who they were.
"Mama mia, not you guys!" Mario exclaimed. "Oh no, they give me bad vibes", Luigi moaned.
"Not these cronies", Yoshi moaned.
"Cronies? Look who's talking you overgrown dino!" the green Koopa retorted. Ix and Basilisx looked at each other, unsure if this was a good idea. But if it was what Alpha wished, then he got it.
"Man, even your comebacks are bad", Starlow said. Sonic looked around confused.
"Wait, who are these guys?" Sonic asked.
"Who are we?" the yellow Koopa exclaimed. "How do you not know who we are?"
"We are the ones who spread terror in the Mushroom Kingdom!", the black Koopa exclaimed.
"The ones who have bested our opponents always", the green Koopa said.
"Yellow, hit it!" the red Koopa, who was the leader said. Yellow took out a boom box and soon a swanky tune started playing.
"We are truly the best Koopas around!" the red Koopa exclaimed striking a pose along with the other three.
"WE ARE... THE KOOPA BROS!"
Peach's Castle, Peach's Room
The sound of giggling sounded throughout Peach's Room. Peach sat in there, along with Amy, Rouge, Cream and Toadette. The group was having a fun time with their girl talks. After all, even princesses deserved some quality time.
"So Rouge, how is it with you and Shadow?" Amy asked. Rouge rolled her eyes.
"Oh, don't even ask", she said. "The guy doesn't even have time to relax. He's always going on extra missions for G.U.N along with Omega and whenever he's not doing anything, he just wanders off Chaos knows where!" Rouge exclaimed.
"But are you sure he's not shy to admit his feelings?" Peach asked.
"I'm one hundred percent sure! Whenever I talk to him, he barely cracks a smile. And he clearly stated one day that he doesn't have time for a girlfriend! It would only hold him back. Plus, he's already got someone else in his heart and I respect that!" Rouge said.
"Yeah, he's got Maria", Amy said feeling bad for Shadow all of a sudden. She as well as everybody else knew about the hedgehog's tragic past.
"So Peach, what about you? How's Mario?" Rouge teased. Peach immediatly blushed and everyone else gushed at the sight.
"Aww, she's blushing!" Cream exclaimed.
"Don't be afraid to leave any details Princess!" Toadette said.
"I mean, Mario did take me out for dinner but", Peach said.
"Awww, a romantic dinner! How lovely!" Amy exclaimed. Peach just waved her off.
"Enough already! Nothing is confirmed, we're just friends!" Peach said.
"But you like him", Rouge added. Peach blushed again and everyone "aww"ed harder.
"Yeah", Peach muttered.
"Well, I'm pretty sure Mario likes you too", Amy said. The others agreed with her and Peach thanked them before turning to Amy.
"What about you, Amy? How's things with you and Sonic?" Peach asked. Amy laughed a little.
"Well, you know I have a crush on Sonic. But lately he's been acting wierd. I don't know if it's just me, but I feel like we're growing closer than ever!" Amy said.
"Then you two are so gonna be an item", Rouge said. Everyone laughed and continued on with their gossip.
Toad Town
"Y'know, if you just turn it the OTHER way maybe it would work", Silver said. "Can you shut up already? I said I got this!" Bowser replied pissed. Silver, Bowser and Big were just patrolling Toad Town ready to defend it from Alpha's attacks when they had been asked by a fellow Toad to help fix the main water pipe since the water supply needed to be fixed. Bowser would have just straight up said no, but of course Silver had to go and say yes, being the hero he is. Right now, fixing a pipe was harder than it looked.
"Gaah! How do Mario and Green Stache even do this? It looks really easy!" Bowser exclaimed straining. Silver just facepalmed.
"Turn it the other way!" Silver exclaimed.
"No, I've got this. I'm not gonna let a puny pipe get the best of me", Bowser replied. Silver just sighed.
"Move. Let me do it", Silver said holding up his hand with cyan energy.
"Don't even think about it!" Bowser exclaimed glaring at Silver. Of course, Big was just standing there.
"Okay, almost...THERE!" Bowser said pushing the wheel.
"Dude, you're gonna break it!" Silver exclaimed but it was too late. A loud clank! sounded and the wheel broke off. Bowser still held it in his hands with wide eyes.
"Oops", he said. Suddenly the pipe shattered and the next thing you know, the room was filled with water that only reached up to the feet. Silver groaned while Bowser threw the wheel away.
"Look what you did! Now what do we tell the Toads?" Silver asked.
"We tell them to go fix this themselves! Bah, who do they think I am? I'm king Bowser, for Koopa's sake! I don't help Toads, I scare them!" Bowser exclaimed.
"No we won't. We hurry up and fix this before that Toad comes back", Silver commanded.
"When were you in charge?"
"I always was in charge Bowser! Peach specifically put me as the leader since she obviously trusts me!" Silver retorted.
"I can't believe Peach would make a stupid mistake like that!", Bowser scoffed. Silver just groaned and shook his head. This was not going well at all. Why oh why didn't he go with Sonic and Mario? This was clearly not the future hedgehog's job.
"Ok, so how do we fix this?" Silver asked. "You're the one with the psychic powers. You figure it out", Bowser replied.
"Thanks, that helps alot", Silver said rolling his eyes. Bowser just shrugged.
"Froggy? Are you in here?" Big shouted searching the water. Silver and Bowser looked at each other dumbfounded. Was this all Big could talk about? He was a fisherman, but still.
"Ok, we need to think of a plan", Silver said. Bowser was about to say something when Silver cut him off, "and no I can't control water like that". Bowser didn't say anything after that.
"Gah, this is stupid! I'm outta here!", Bowser exclaimed turning around.
"Hey, no come back!", Silver said.
"Forget it, I'm done".
"You can't just leave it like this!".
"Last time I checked, I could do anything I want. Now bye".
"Stop! We have to clean this before the Toad comes back!", Silver pleaded.
"Oh yeah, what's he gonna do-" Bowser said but was cut off by a high pitched screaming. Silver and Bowser slowly turned around to find a pissed off Toad glaring at them.
"LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID! INSTEAD OF FIXING THE PIPE, YOU JUST CAUSED A BIGGER MESS! OOOHH, YOU MAGGOTS ARE GONNA GET A BIG WHIPPING!" the Toad screamed.
Bowser and Silver uneasily looked at each other. This Toad definitly had problems.
"Well, what should we do?" Bowser asked, irritated.
"DON'T INTERUPT ME, SCOUNDREL!", Toad screamed making Bowser flinch.
"OOOH! THAT'S IT! NOW YOU HAVE TO FIX THIS MESS! GO GET ME ANOTHER PIPE!" Toad exclaimed.
"Where the hell do we find one?" Silver asked.
"ARE YOU STUPID? GO TO THE MARIO BROS HOUSE! IN THEIR SHED IN THE BACKYARD, THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF PIPES AND TOOLS LYING AROUND! NOW SKEDADDLE BEFORE I GET MY WHIP!" Toad exclaimed. Bowser and Silver didn't need to be told twice and they took off.
Toad looked at Big and seethed.
"WAHT'RE YOU STANDING AROUND? GO WITH THEM YOU LAZY OAF!" Toad exclaimed.
"Okay", Big replied and waddled after Silver and Bowser.
TO BE CONTINUED
Author's note: Um, okay. So apparently Silver, Bowser and Big are gonna go on a mini adventure to get a spare pipe and some tools from the Mario Bros house. Kinda wierd.
AND we now see Captain Basilisx and Imperator Ix in action! Will our heroes succeed and obtaining the first Chaos Emerald? Or will the villains get another victory? Find out next chapter as we wrap up the Yoshi's Island arc!
Also, introducing the Koopa Bros! These guys were my favorite in Paper Mario! And if some of you haven't noticed, I'm using some SMBZ elements in this story. SMBZ hasn't happened yet in this universe, but it will. Not only that, but the girls are also having some fun! This story is only warming up still so keep reading!
EPIC Out!