Cyborg Koopa

"Alright, so what's the plan Mario?" asked Kirby.

"I suggest we find the missing Brawlers before something bad happens to them. Hopefully, no one else is tied to a chair drowning underwater, but we can't take any chances. Fox and Falco are lost, so we should start looking for them first. Ike?"

"Yeah, Mario?"

"You and Link go look for Marth and Roy. I think you'll find them at Hyrule Temple or maybe Skyworld. Kirby?"

"Yes?"

"I get this feeling that Ash and Lucario are lost in Kanto or being held hostage. Start looking for them there."

"You got it."

"Um…who made you in charge?" asked Yoshi.

Mario lifted up a large red book.

"That's what this book says. It's called The Book that Says that Mario is in Charge of all the Good Brawlers Whenever Something Bad is Happening, and as far as I'm concerned, bad things are happening."

"Let me see that book." said Yoshi, extending his long tongue and latching onto the book.

He opened the thick red book and began to read the first rule.

"'Rule 1: Mario's in charge. Rule 2: Refer back to rule one.' They had to make a book this big just to say that you're in charge Mario?!"

"Look at rule 1759."

Yoshi quickly flipped through the pages of the book until he got to the very end of the book.

"'Rule 1759: If you are still reading this retarded book, it means that you have a brain tinier than a gnat and will forever be known as the dumbass that can't read the first rule like you should and follow it. The fact that you're still reading this rule only means that you're a jackass who should be branded on the tongue. (That means you Yoshi).' Dude, this book is just mean!"

"Forget about the book! We have to find the other Brawlers as soon as possible before something else happens."

"Where should the rest of us go?" asked Ike.

"At this point, we should just free-roam until we can find the other Brawlers, so I say look everywhere."

"Okay! Let's go!"

Captain Falcon and Diddy Kong were investigating The Jungle once again to see if they could find Diddy's uncle, Donkey Kong. Diddy was armed with his Peanut Popguns while Captain Falcon merely had a knife that he used to cut down the various plants and vegetation that was blocking their path. The Jungle seemed peacefully at the moment, but things always tended to go awry in these situations.

"Diddy, did Donkey Kong ever tell you what he was doing last night?"

"Well, I remember him saying that he was going to be working out at his secret hut or go searching for bananas. He said something about trying out for some Smash Tournament this weekend too."

Captain Falcon and Diddy Kong slashed their way through more plants and end up looking down a large mountaintop, gazing at the beautiful forest region, witnessing a waterfall and thousands of trees with exotic fruit in them.

"Wow…I can see why the two of you would move here. This place is beautiful!" said Captain Falcon.

The two Brawlers slid down the mountain and entered the giant jungle, walking across the humid area and swatting the bugs away from their face. They were slowly getting closer to Donkey's hut by every minute, although Diddy still had this odd feeling in the pit of his stomach. He glanced to his right and saw something descend into the river, leaving a trail of bubbles. It might've just been an alligator or other aquatic reptile, so he simply shrugged and continued walking. But that wasn't the only thing he saw out of the ordinary. A few minutes later, both Diddy Kong and Captain Falcon spotted an odd, dark silhouette zoom across the sky…and it definitely wasn't a bird.

"What the hell was that?!" asked Diddy.

Captain Falcon shrugged. "I dunno. A crow maybe?"

"Crows don't have spiked wings that look like spaceships."

"We'll worry about it later after we find Donkey Kong."

Once again, they continued to walk straight ahead to look for Donkey Kong's hut. However, Diddy experienced another bad premonition in his gut: They were being followed. Diddy stepped on a twig and heard a shrill growl now far from their position. Diddy paused for a moment and looked left and right…but he found nothing. He continued to walk with Captain Falcon until he heard the same growl again, which made him turn around and wield his Peanut Popguns. Yet, for some reason, nothing was there except for giant blue dragonflies called Flitters.

"Something wrong Diddy?" asked Captain Falcon.

Diddy panted twice, a tad bit paranoid, and gradually lowered his peanut firing pistols.

"It's…it's nothing. Just keep walking."

Diddy Kong and Captain Falcon kept walking forward until Diddy suddenly heard something laugh shrilly and mutter something gutturally. Diddy didn't stop or turn around this time; he edged his eyes onto the river and looked at the reflection. He saw himself and Captain Falcon…but then he saw a few odd looking anthromorphic green and blue reptiles walking towards them. Some of them were taunting Diddy behind his back by making stupid faces and whispering deadly signs. By the looks of it, they were Kremlings sent by King K. Rool. Diddy didn't panic or turn around; he continued to walk forward.

"We're being followed." said Diddy.

"What?"

"Don't turn around, don't look suspicious, and don't panic. There's Kremlings behind us; they're following us."

"What for? King K. Rool and all of his cronies are either dead or neutral now! Why would he send the Kremlings to attack you and your uncle again?"

"That's the point! I don't think King K. Rool sent them at all!"

"…But if he's not responsible for your uncle's disappearance and these Kremlings behind us right now, then who--"

Diddy Kong and Captain Falcon shouted when a Kremling pulled out an odd laser and fired it at the Brawlers. Diddy pushed Captain Falcon out the way and Diddy himself jump-kicked off a tree and began to fire his Peanut Popguns at the reptiles. Some of them groaned and were blasted into the river, while others simply swallowed the peanuts and gulped loudly.

"FALCON PUNCH!!!" yelled Captain Falcon.

He did his signature Falcon Punch move and knocked a Kremling straight into the sky, disappearing without a trace, screaming like crazy. Diddy slapped a Kremling twice, hit him with his tail, and then he did a cartwheel attack that launched him into a tree, rendering him unconscious. Diddy jumped in the air and kicked another Kremling right in his snout, followed by picking him up by his feet and tossing him against a large boulder. Captain Falcon shouted, "FALCON CANNON!!" and diagonally kicked a Kremling in the face as he zoomed down towards the ground. All of the Kremlings that were alive were either unconscious or extremely hurt. Diddy chuckled and turned around, scratching his butt and wiggling it so they'd see. He was taunting them…and it was working.

The Kremlings growled and all of them took out a large yellow cannon that shot out thick green lasers that could pierce through flesh ten times better than butter. If they got hit even once by the cannon, they'd die immediately.

"Um…we should run now." said Diddy Kong meekly.

The two Brawlers yelped when the cannons fired a laser that zoomed through the plants and trees with ease, narrowly missing both of them. They began to sprint through the jungles as fast as they could, jumping over rocks and roots that they might've tripped over. The Kremlings were chasing after them and roaring and growling in shrill voices, shooting a countless number of lasers. Unfortunately, as Diddy began to run, he tripped over a large twig and fell through a pile of leaves and sticks that camouflaged a large hole. Diddy screamed and groaned loudly when he hit the bottom of the pit.

"DAMNIT!!" he shouted, his scream echoing through the hole.

"Diddy! What happened?!" asked Captain Falcon, who saw his ape friend fall down the hole.

"I fell down a trap hole! What does it look like?!"

Diddy groaned again and held his right leg.

"I think I broke my leg…"

Captain Falcon was about to shout something back to Diddy, but he was forced to flee the various Kremlings and had to leave Diddy in the hole. Diddy grumbled and tried to stand up, but shouted out in pain when he stood on his busted leg. Diddy heard another low, menacing growl from the distance and screamed when he saw two red eyes coming right for him.

"CAPTAIN FALCON!!" yelled Diddy, hoping that his friend would come to rescue him.

Diddy yelped when a humongous creature grabbed him by his tail and began to drag him across the dirt to a tunnel that led straight into darkness. Diddy tried the grab the dirt with his hands, but they were simply dragged backwards. Diddy's scream echoed as he was yanked into the darkness by the creature.

The Mario Bros. were traveling around Mushroom Kingdom, first searching through Peach's castle to see if she was still there. Unfortunately, the whole castle had been abandoned and no a single soul was inside. Not even Toad. So Mario and Luigi traveled to Toad Town to ask anyone if they had seen Princess Peach, but surprisingly…the town was empty.

"I don't like this…something's wrong here." said Luigi.

"You're just being paranoid bro. Everything should be fine as soon as we find Peach and her subordinates."

"Don't you think it's weird that nobody is in this town, when there should be hundreds of Toads and other creatures like paratroopas at work or traveling to places?"

"I guess so."

Meanwhile, out in the distance, a Hammer Bros. was standing on top of a building overlooking the two plumbers, ready to summon a bunch of koopa troopas to attack. The Hammer Bros. muttered a command through a radio and several koopa troopas appeared.

"Hey, did you hear something?" asked Luigi.

"…What?"

Suddenly, a whole squad of koopa troopas fell down from the sky right next to the Mario Bros., surrounding them in a circle. The Mario Bros. sighed.

"You wanna attack first, or should I?" asked Mario.

A koopa troopa yelled loudly and was about to attack the Mario Bros., but Mario hopped on top of the koopa troopa's head and kicked him right in the nose. Then he blasted a couple of fireballs at a red troopa and charred his whole body. Luigi jabbed a koopa three times and grabbed him, spinning his body around him several times before he violently slammed his body on the concrete road. Then he charged up his Green Missile maneuver and shot his whole body into a green-shelled koopa's chest, leaving a huge red bruise and nearly crushing his ribs.

Not even a minute had passed and there were only three more koopa troopa soldiers left. Luigi jumped on top of the koopa troopa and stomped on his head, performing his signature Luigi Cyclone move. He spun the koopa troopa like crazy and his body flew high into the sky and zoomed across Toad Town, landing in Forever Forest. Mario was repeatedly jabbing a red koopa troopa in the face until his nose broke and his eyes were blackened and swollen. The koopa troopa groaned and slowly fell over to the ground, blacking out after a few seconds. Mario charged up one of his fiery punches and was about to sock the last koopa troopa right in the nose. That's when something weird happened: Time began to slow to a crawl and everything began to freeze. Somewhere, an alarm began to go off.

Warning! Incoming Newcomer!

Time suddenly sprang back to life and the koopa was inevitably punched in the face. A being landed behind The Mario Bros. and made a tiny crater in the ground. Whatever this figure was, it seemed to be very unfriendly. The newcomer was a barefoot koopa wearing a thick blue shell on his back. Its skin color was orange and its hair color was a red Mohawk that pointed upward. But that isn't what made this newcomer anomalous and evil. Whoever this koopa was, it was half-metal, like a cyborg. His left arm and leg were completely metal, as well as his face. When the koopa opened his eye, it was red like a laser pointer, while the other was normal and blue. Even half of the shell was metal and grey, but his spikes on his shell were white.

Newcomer Identified as…Iggy Koopa.

"What the hell? Is that Iggy Koopa?!" asked Mario.

"Isn't that what those big bold letters up there say?" asked Luigi.

Iggy looked at the Mario Bros. and smiled devilishly; clenching his metal hand into a fist and hearing it whir a little.

"I don't suppose you remember me, do you Mario?"

Iggy's voice was slightly maniacal and sounded metallic or like a robot. But then again, he was half-machine.

"Um…should I remember you?"

"Dinosaur Land? My own little castle? Don't you remember it Mario? Don't you remember jumping on my body until I slipped into my own pit of lava? DON'T YOU REMEMBER IT!!?"

"Whoa. Holy shit dude! Iggy's gone insane!"

"No, I'm not. I'm improved now. You see, you made my body like this. I'm three times as smart and three times as powerful now…and it's all thanks to you Mario."

Iggy suddenly laughed and smiled widely, with some demonic expression on his face. It wasn't an evil laugh or a laugh caused by massive comical exposure. It was just a laugh that popped up from nowhere. ...Perhaps the fact that half of his brain was metal was driving him to the brink of insanity.

"It's too bad that my master has ordered me to kill you; you're the one who made me like this. I should be thanking you!"

Iggy's left eye began to glow brightly. He was about to shoot an intense beam at the plumber brothers through his eye, which would kill them instantly.

"LUIGI! MOVE!!!"

Iggy roared loudly as his eye fired a laser beam right at Mario and Luigi.