Chapter 67: Rainbow Road Reunion, Attack Of the Plumber Haters!

Last time, in Tales of the Cosmic Wars the Zannacross Empire began its first attack on a non Zeon world. Of all people, Bowser made the suggestion to the fiery Darth Damonus, to use the Omni powerful forces to help him crush Mario and finally rule the Mushroom Kingdom! While at first it seemed Damonus was going to deny Bowser's request and punish him for his impudence, but then the sealed Chaos was amused with Bowser's desires of revenge and let him go along with his attack! This gave him more of the dark side's power and sent Nightmare to make sure he did not screw up the attack on the Mushroom Kingdom once more!

It did not take long for the Enji to be aware of this attack. And with the painful sting of Lisa's true face still hurting, Ben was more than welcoming something to take his mind off it. Although for some reason Commander Kira thought it was best that the ruthless Titans special forces fleet commander Paptimus Scirocco should take command of the mission with the ace solder Master Chief and the new ace Salvation unit tagging along.

In any case, Squad 7 soon blazes through Hyper Space to help out their friends. While it still took a few days of space travel, luckily they were not too late. Ben and the others arrived at Toad Town just in time to help Mario, Wario, DK, and the other pals of the plumber fend off an attacking force.

They then let Master Chief and the Salvation soldiers fight off the ground forces while they hurry to Peach's castle to make sure she and Daisy are safe. However, when they get there, the castle is under attack by the brat son of Bowser, Bowser Jr! The Koopa kid fires to blast his way through the castle shields through force, only to fail.

Or at least that's what it appears to look like, until his Ghost minion Big Boo uses his ghost powers to fade through the floor and capture the Princess! He then makes a fast escape and he and the young baddie try and make a break for it. However, Ben, Mario, and the others had no intention of letting anyone get kidnapped. And even when Bowser Jr breaks out his new toy, the massive Mega Koopa Crusher robot, he is still outmatched and is soundly crushed. Even this does not amount to much. The reason being that it's revealed that the Peach they thought they rescued was a fake! The real Miss Toadstool was in the care of the Magi-Koopa Kamek !

Not wanting to blow it, Kamek casts a spell, before he can be stopped to warp out of there. An annoyed Mario prepares to storm Bowser's castle for what must be the 100th time now, before a beam of light appears in front of the group. And out of it steps an old ally of Mario, none other than the now fully human, Geno! It seems Geno has come because the stakes have never been higher. He then tells Mario that to pull off rescuing both this world and Peach it will take everything they've got! Will Geno's plan to help be able to stop Bowser and Nightmare before the mysterious machine Nightmare is activating spells doom for the Mushroom Kingdom? It's time to find out!

Our newest chapter started right where the last one left off. As the Titan Special forces warships, Gundam's, and elite commandos fight off the forces of the empire of darkness, Ben and Mario followed Geno to the rooftops of Princess Peach's castle. When they get at the highest point, Geno fired a beam of light into the air.

After doing this for a few seconds, Ben looked around in confusion." Um, I know you most likely know what you are doing, but would you mind filling us in? It looks like you're just making a big light show for the enemy."

"Don't worry; it's a sign for another old friend to pick us up. I figured this would be faster than wasting time climbing the Bean Valley. Ah, and here is our ride."

Geno pointed at the sky and everyone could see a small cloud coming towards them. However, Ben soon saw that this cloud had the shape of what appeared to be a bus and a man riding in it.

The Cloud Bus then flew up to the castle and, with Mario's permission, it went through the shields, before it waved hello to Mario and Geno.

It then says," Well, I'll be. Good thing you said the light would take the form of a star, because otherwise I would be finding myself being blasted! And even so, it was quite a pickle getting through that crossfire! Ah, but a driver will reach his costumer. And when the costumer is the prince I can't afford to mess up!"

Mario's eyes widened at hearing that." Well, I'll a be! It's been a while since I saw you! Why did you come all the way down here with all this zaniness going on? "

The doors to the strange cloud bus open and another being stepped out. This male looked like a human cloud with blue pants and a little pink hair and was sort of the same shape as Kirby. He was none other than the prince of Nimbus Land, Mallow.

The happy fellow saw Mario and Geno and at once jumped at Mario before saying,"Mario! It's been a while! You only came once after we beat Smithy!"

"Hi yah, Mellow! You have gotten big! Sorry about not visiting much. It's been crazy. Maybe after this you and your family would like to come to my newest Mario party? This time it will have bowling! "

"You bet! And Geno! I never thought I'd ever see you again!"

Geno just smiled before he closed his eyes." It's good to see you once more friend."

Mellow got teary-eyed as he rubbed his eyes." Oh man, I'm so happy I could cry!"

As his eyes water, the clouds around the sky get dark and an alarmed Mario muttered," Err, please don't a cry now, Mellow, we have a lot to do."

Mellow focused and after a few sniffles he nodded." Right, I know time is of the essence. Still, I never thought you would be the one to tell me to send the bus to Peach's castle. And that she would be kidnapped by Bowser again! What is going on? "

Geno pat the cloud prince on the back and sighed." I will explain everything to all of you when we get back to your homeland. I am just glad the Zannacross Empire has not found Nimbus land with its warships."

"Thankfully it looks like a giant cloud on the outside, and, with the technology we got from the Lylat Kingdom, we have a shield like this one that makes that radar stuff fail to find us."

Cloud responded with a baffled," Wait, you're saying you and your people live in the clouds? Looks like it puts Cloud City to shame."

Mellow smiled and answers with a chipper," Yup! But still, those guys are scary! We are seeing what they are doing across the world, and it's horrible! "

A concerned Geno then reacted," All the more reason we must work fast to stop them from reaching their vile desires. Have the others I spoke of arrived? "

"Yup! That Rosesalina women in her fancy thing is hiding up there as well."

Mario was surprised and tipped his hat." What? Rosesalina is a back and is there as well?"

"I gathered the forces I could to help us prepare to save our world. Please, you will all see when you get there. "

Yoshi then jumped up with joy." This sounds so fun! Yoshi always wanted to see this city in the clouds that Mario kept telling me about! Oh, can Ben and his other Enji friends come too? "

" Of course. In fact their help is essential to save this world. "

Cloud stepped forward before he nodded." I assure you we will do all we can to protect and save this world. "

Hearing this, Master Chief, who arrived after the kidnapping, went up to Cloud and saluted the Enji captain." If the Enji are going, we should go as well. Whatever plan of attack you have, it will need my unit's support to pull it off."

Geno paused before he sighed." Well, like they say, the more the merrier. But I do not think even the Nimbus Bus can fit you and your squad with all of us. We have to make this return trip stealthy, so that Bowser or his allies do not see Nimbus Land. "

Master Chief shrugged in response." Do not worry, only I and my elite team will follow you in our transport. And it's equipped with total cloaking abilities."

Cloud saw Mario and the others looking weary before he smirked." Don't worry, despite his unfriendly look, I can vouch that he and his men are experts at what they do."

Geno nodded as he looked up." Alright, I see no harm. Sorry to be brief, but time is of the essence, so I recommend we get going. "

Ben then grasped the Star Sword tightly." Heh, alright, time to teach Bowser and the Zannacross Empire that no matter what they call themselves or what new doom they keep bragging about, they still won't prevail! "

Squad 7 followed Geno, Mario and Mellow into the bus. Following them were Luigi, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, and Wario, who greedy as always, practically had dollar signs in his eyes. As Daisy and Toadsworth waved the Nimbus bus off and it then left. Master Chief landed back down and walks over to his transport, where Johnson and his command unit of identical Salvation commandos waiting for him. He got on board and motioned to Johnson." Prepare for takeoff. Follow that, bus."

The commander glanced at the bus and shrugged." Well, so the Enji have another crazy plan for victory, huh? There they go again, acting like we don't exist. Well, come on men, let's make sure we remind them that we DO exist!"

Chief just reloaded his ammo and responded with a causal," I still don't see why you seem to have a competition with the Enji. They are just doing their job like us. Just because they are made up of people with magical powers and skills it does not make them the enemy."

Jonson just scoffed." Don't need to be modest, Chief. It's because they have that high and mighty look that that they keep assuming things about this war. Bah, warriors of light, just cause more problems.

At least Commander Kira is modest about his power, even if he is one of the strongest beings in the whole damn universe. While else would the son of the Enji Knights leader make sure we keep tabs on their activities? Just remember that our orders are to report to Scirocco every detail about the mission and especially about that kid with the fancy blade. Seems the higher ups are really taking an interest with his every move."

Master Chief just checked his plasma gun's scope and shrugged." He defeated Xehamaru, a man that was seen as the worst terrorist in the universe, so of course pepole all over would find that worth looking into. Still...when a man is fighting for a country, and his country responds by watching over him, because they think he is so good that his loyalty is in question, then there is a problem. Sigh, whatever, let's move."

The transport turned invisible from the outside and its ion engines blast off to follow the Nimbus Bus.

About twenty minutes later, the group entered Nimbus land without being spotted. Ben was amazed, as he saw the city on the cloud and its people. As the bus lands," Wow, after all the places I have been to and this still looks cool! Heh, even if it's a demanding job,being an Enji has its perks."

James takes out a sort of advanced camera and looked into it before saying,"

I know what you mean. It's quite an interesting place. After we complete the mission, I hope we have time to check around. "

Hearing this, Mello smiled." I'll be happy to give you all the tour afterwards! Oh, looks like we can step out now, ah and I see the other people contacted by Geno have arrived!"

The doors to the Nimbus Bus opens up and Ben and co step out. Ben was amazed at the new place, but tried to not let his amazement show. He then walks up to Mallow and says," Wow, Mallow, this place looks pretty cool. "

Mallow smiles and says," Thanks, Ben. After Mario helped me find my true parents, and get rid of that wicked Valentina, we really made this place shine! We just built our first shopping mall!"

Ben and Doug take a look at the giant building opposite the castle and Doug saw many native Nimus citizens carrying bags, and even a few food products that Doug knew fondly before he chuckled." Nice! Hey, do they have a hero discount?"

Mallow saw the eagerness in Doug's eyes and rubbed his head." Err, yes, but it will only be in effect if this world is free of control of evil megalomaniacs. Oh, and if you have frog coins "

Ben looked delighted before nodding." Alright then, just another reason to save the day! Oh? What is with that giant thing that looks like a giant hourglass or something? "

Mellow saw Ben pointing to a giant structure that almost looks like a giant kind of ship.

Mellow paused before he shrugged." Oh that? Err, that's not part of the town. We got a letter from a mail man koopa called Parrakarry two days ago to expect a visitor, and presto! She has been friendly, though. "

Mario sees the giant ship and says," Well, what do you a know? It's the Comet Observatory! She was safe after all."

Mario ran to the mobile observatory, while Luigi and Yoshi followed him, and Ben then did the same. When everyone stepped into the entrance, they saw a door open to the side. Out of it walked out a woman that looked similar to Peach.

She was wearing a blue dress and holds a wand. Hovering around her is a star like creature called a Luma.

She was Rosalina, one called the watcher of the stars. She saw Mario, Geno, Ben and everyone else in front of her and smiled warmly. "Hello, Mario, it is a pleasure to see you again. "

Mario responded with," The same to you. I am happy that you and your little friends survived that little mishap after all. "

" Yes, after that I thought I would not return for another century. However, the threat of the darkness brought me back sooner than I expected. It is Geno that contacted me and said you would need my help."

Mario turned to Geno and the former large doll added," She is right. When I saw from Star Road that the Zannacross Empire's forces were backing Bowser, I knew we would need her help to save this world and contacted her before making my return here. And we will need to combine my powers, hers, and the other one I contacted along with your own talents. And, of course, you Enji will be a great help. "

Ben finished taking a look at the Comet Observatory before going up to Geno."Ah, now that we are all the way here and all, do you think you could go over your plan now? No offense, but the more time we waste, the more time Bowser has to cause destruction."

"Ah, what good timing, I was ready to bring the briefing. However, it's time for our last member to reveal himself. You don't have to hide anymore, ready to show yourself, Blumiere?"

Luigi pondered to himself and rubbed his head." Hey, where did I hear that name before? Oh wait a sec, AH! "

The taller plumber sensed a flash of light and dived behind the nearby Donkey Kong. A light that resembled the one Geno came down from earlier beamed down and a man stepped out of it.

The man looked like a human with blue skin, wearing a white hat and a cape. He had a staff, and while Mario cannot put his finger on it, he knew the man looks familiar. He then walked up to him and rubbed his head." You know, I don't know why, but you look really similar to that Count Bleck person fellow that we dealt with a few months ago."

The man in the white hat tipped said hat and responded with a keen,"Why that would be, because that man and who you see before you is one and the same."

Luigi panicked and turned white in a instant."AH! Great now he is back, too! Hurry guys, take care of him, before he sucks up with black holes and brainwash you to become his mind slave! "

Mario walked over to Luigi and smirked." Easy, Bro, remember he repented for his actions, right? I am glad to see you survived that ordeal. Is Tippi safe as well?"

The reformed count smirked before he nodded." Thank you for asking, Mario, Timpani is indeed safe and we have been living happily ever since that day. However, I did not bring her with me today. I knew this would be no day for chatting."

Geno walked to the center and sighed." Indeed. I saw all of what he did from afar, and when I knew I would have to return, I came before him to ask if he would help, and he agreed. "

Blumiere looked down and crossed his arms." Yes, I saw from the planet I now reside in the invasion force coming to your world, and to atone for my sins, agreed to help Geno. I know as Count Bleck I caused much pain and evil with my vengeful plans to attempt to swallow up this galaxy with the power of the void.

And even though both my efforts and that of the traitor Dimentio were stopped before things could not be undone, I still wish to make up for the trouble I caused by helping you, Mario. As well as you Enji Knights. Even though my magic is not as strong as when I was Count Bleck, I still will do everything I can to help."

Mario smiled and responded with," Ah, don't worry about it too much. I can see your heart is in the right place. "

Blumiere frowned before adding," I must admit though, I never thought that Bowser, who aided in stopping me, would then sell out his heart to darkness himself. "

Yoshi looked mad and leaned down." That's right, Bowser was a bully. But Yoshi never thought he would be this big a bully! "

Geno looked at Mario and grasped his fist tightly." It's true, Bowser has helped you before, and fought against the likes of Smithy, but this time, it's different. Before he was being pushed out by opposing forces. It seems that Xehamaru reached out and offered Bowser a place for him in his new world of darkness, and it seems that the ones that took over for Xehamaru are doing the same.

Perhaps Bowser is merely allying himself with the Zannacross Empire out of fear of being destroyed if he defied them. But, whatever the case, we must think of Bowser as the enemies. At the moment he is working with the imperial forces to conquer the world, and much of it is already being overwhelmed by the forces of darkness. And that's not all. I do not know if you Enji were aware of this, but Bowser is at this very moment creating a monstrous machine that threatens the very life of this planet, and everyone on it!"

Everyone got alarmed before Cloud cleared his throat." What do you mean? "

Geno used his magic to display an image of Bowser's newest castle. And to the left of it was what looks like a gigantic black monolith with a sharp spiky top. Around it is what seemed to be many drills around the bottom that almost seem like metal appendages.

Cloud looked at it and reacts with a disgusted," What is that? It almost looks like a larger Mako reactor! Are they trying to absorb the energy of the planet?"

Geno says," I must admit I do not know what this device is capable of. But, I do know the Imperial forces are working as fast as we can to complete it. And that is why we must work as fast as we can to stop Bowser and his allies. However, the reason for this plan is that a frontal assault will not work.

That's why we will come at them at an angle they do not expect. The defense cannons and other systems now set up around Bowser's castle make a frontal assault very costly. And it's now surrounded by a powerful force filed that cannot be broken by normal means."

Mario says," Let me guess, we have to collect seven celestial fragments in order to break the barrier, right? "

Luigi groans and says," Oh, man! Don't tell me we have to go around the world again? We don't have time for this! What is it we have to collect this time? Star Pieces? Star Sprites? Crystal Stars? Bean Stars, Colbert Stars, Pure Hearts? Starry stars? For the holy meatballs sake, WHAT IS IT THIS TIME!?"

As Luigi had a panic attack, Yoshi threw a bucket of water on him to cool him down. While he coughed a bit, afterwards Luigi cleared his throat." Thanks, I needed that."

Geno chuckled and retorted with a gib," Don't worry, this time we can take the short option. My plan makes it so they will not be able to detect us from directly above the castle. And from there we will make our move."

Mario got confused and looked around.""What do you mean, Geno? Some kind of a ship? "

Rosalina walked in front of Geno and answered with,"In order to sneak in successfully and rescue your special one without harm, we will use this observatory's power to summon a path that will take you directly from here to Bowser's castle and bypass his new barrier. Although you do not realize it, you have been on this path of the celestial ones before."

Ben raised a eyebrow before looking at the plumber." Really? How come you did not tell us that before, Mario? "

Geno answered with a wise," Oh, they all just thought it was a fancy place to ride on karts. But it's much more than that. The road that appears in this planet's sky every full moon, Rainbow Road. "

" Really?" Mario blurted out." Your plan is to use Rainbow Road? But even if that can work, like you said. it only appears in the sky during the night of the full moon!"

Geno motioned to the right before he replied with," That's why we need the help of Rosalina here. Rainbow Road is more than a road; it's a passage way to Star Road, and even to other dimensions. By having Rainbow Road lead a path, right to Bowser's castle we can cut through the barrier.

And, in order to cheat a little and summon it, Rosalina will use the power of this Comet Observatory to create the same symptoms of a full moon. However, our time will be short. Not only can this only last so long, but while Rainbow Road will not appear on radar, someone will be bound to see it. We can expect heavy resistance, but this is still the best course of action. "

Cloud closed his eyes before he nodded." This looks like there is little room for error, but it's worth a shot. We are ready, right? "

Ben smiled with confidence before nodding." It may be a rough ride, but after all the crazy stuff we pulled through, this kind of stuff is just like a stroll through the park! It may not be as easy, but working together, nothing will stop us!"

Hiryuumon chuckled at this before he threw in a chipper," Way to tell them, boss! "

Doug then gave a lopsided smirk before he added," Oh yeah, let's do this! Time to kick some annoying turtle butts!"

Blumiere pointed to the left where a large cloud was and narrowed his eyes." I see you are all motivated. Very good, please go over to that Cloud, err no pun intended. This way none of the warships that might fly by will not be able to target Nimbus Land. "

Donkey Kong pounded his chest and blurted out," Ok! There might not be bananas involved, but I'll still help you guys pound Bowser a new one! Banana Slamma!"

Mario looked determined before he grasped his cap tightly." Alright then! Let's a go! It's time Bowser, time you learn you will never win, no matter what you try!"

Rosalina nodded," Alright everyone, just make sure you are on the cloud when I summon Rainbow, huh? Wait a second, where did that man who looked like a yellow version of you, go, Mario? "

Mario and the others realize she was talking about Wario and look around to see he is nowhere in sight before Ben looked around in confusion." What happened? Did he wander off? "

Mario sighs and says," Oh no, don't tell me he a went off and tried to steal more treasure, did he? Come on, let's drag him back so he won't do more harm. Oh, Whoa!"

Ben and Mario hear a large rumbling sound and looked above to see Wario fall out of the window of the nearby Nimbus castle, with Master Chief holding him up. He then dragged him back to the group and threw him over there before saying, "Sorry for the disturbance, miss. We saw this individual sneak off and thought it would be a wise idea, knowing his profile, to make sure he did not cause a disturbance."

Cloud eyed the armored man carefully before reacting with," How did you know Wario would react like that? As far as I know you have never been to this world before, right?"

" The Titans have a vast databank of all important personal on every Lylat world in the Kingdom's database. And our classified files having details on just about nearly all the rest of the worlds in the cosmos. After all, to best protect the universe, there must be as little room for error as possible."

Ben cleared his throat before responding with" Err, okay, now that's a little odd, but I'll worry about mister perfect's issues later. Let us get going. The world can't save itself."

Mario sighed before looking at his rival." Alright, Wario, are you going to help us, or do we have to throw you behind bars with Bowser Jr? "

Wario was about to shout, but sees Master Chief with his gun aiming at him with two Salvation soldiers behind him doing the same. When he saw four more Salvation soldiers dragging out the other thief they found in the palace, the purple hat wearing thief Croco, he then says," Oh, alright, I'll help you give Bowser a beat down, no need to get all hasty!

Arg, blasted idiot crocodile! If he did not blow it we would not have got caught! Whatever.

Alright! Let's get going, before I get bored! "

Wario took out his motorcycle and raced over to the cloud marker, as everyone else did the same. When everyone was in position, Rosalina commanded her observatory, and had it fired a beam into the moon.

While it was during the day it still was visible, and when the beam hit it, a light bounced off, and when it reflected back it forms a giant energy road with the colors of the rainbow. It then forms a path that apparently leaded all the way to Bowser's castle. Ben looked down in awe."

So this is the way to Bowser, huh? Looks nice enough. Alright, thanks for all of this, we won't fail the trust you have in placed in us!"

As Geno and the former count got on the road with the gang, Mellow and Rosalina, along with many local Nimbus citizens, wave the heroes off and Mellow shouted," Good luck Mario, Geno, everyone! I want to go with you, but I guess someone has to make sure things are safe on this end. You guys better come back though, I'll never forgive you if you go and die before I get to make more statues made in your honor. "

Rosalina then looked tense before she looks at the heroes."Mario, you and your friends have more than Bowser waiting for you. I sense a great darkness waiting, but I know that with your friends by your side, you can prevail. That Ben Auro, his power of the light is great enough so that the ultimate darkness might just be stopped after all. "

The two see squad 7, Mario, Luigi, Geno, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, Blumiere, Master Chief and his team of commandos all headed down Rainbow Road. Meanwhile, Back at Bowser's castle the Koopa King is with Nightmare on the roof, watching the Imperial ships construct the giant device, as Bowser saw the center of it glow red with energy he chuckled before he turns to Nightmare and gleefully boomed out," So this thing is looking pretty hardcore evil! Heh, about we give it a go?"

Nightmare just looked at it and narrowed his eyes." It is almost completed, just a little longer till the system locks onto the planet, and then the end of the Enji's futile struggle to save this world will unfold!"

Bowser got so excited he flung his tail and, without realizing it, sent a hapless Hammer bro flying. "Oh yeah! It's time you pay for messing with me all these years, Mario! I can't wait to see his face when he sees that I am the winner after all! Tsc, speaking of that annoying plumber, I bet he is already making his way here to be a lame hero. Bah, even with this nice defense network set up, I know he will find a way to try and mess things up with those annoying Enji Knights helping him all the way! Grr, I won't let him pull a fast one on me now! Start the doomsday thingy now!"

Nightmare just looked at him with an annoyed look before barking out, " Were you not paying attention? I told you mere moments ago, it's not completed yet!"

" I don't care!" Bowser barked out as he bared his fangs." Even if it's not at full power yet, it's better than being too late! RAWR! I am in charge and I'm telling you to do it right, eh? Hey!"

In the blink of an eye, Nightmare had his massive Soul Crush blade right up to the throat of Bowser with one hand. The nervous Koopa king then gulped before he let out a uneasy chuckle. "Hey now, what's with all the hoopla out of nowhere? "

Nightmare's eyes glowed red and he seethed out," You may be the one with the most knowledge of this world, but when it comes to knowledge of conquering worlds, I excel at that far more then a cur like you. I have used this monolith of judgment to clinch many worlds for Sithantos and my master in the past, I think I know how to use it more than you! And one more thing, I only obey the master and Darth Damonus, not you! Don't forget, the reason I was assigned to assist in this invasion was because of your record of incompetence! I only obey those superior to me, understand? "

"Easy, big guy! Hold throwing that sword of yours for those Enji! I get it, pressing the button before it's put on is a bad move. I'm just saying, I know from experience that if we wait too long it will blow up before we get to play with it!"

Nightmare brought his blade down and tightened the other claw like hand of his before saying," Don't worry, I will not let any worms defy their destiny. All who oppose the rebirth of the supreme god of darkness will be wiped out!"

Bowser gave a tense chuckle as he reacted with,"Now that's something we can agree on, buddy! It's time for the big score, GAR GAR! Huh? Hey, who's bugging me in my laugh?"

Bowser turned around to see the one who poked him was Kamik. The Magi Koopa then cleared his throat before he tugged his collar." Sorry to interrupt you, your rancidness, but I thought you might want to see something behind you that might concern you."

Both Bowser and Nightmare turned around to the back, and were shocked to see a wide Rainbow Road come down from the sky and headed right through the magic barrier around the castle to land at the backdoor.

This gets Nightmare to charge up his magic energy, while a confused Bowser just racked his head. Nightmare then darted his eyes around." What kind of magic trick is this? Whatever this rainbow is, it was powerful enough to bypass the barrier! It must be the Enji Knights!"

Bowser looked baffled before he raised a eyebrow." Huh, that's odd, I bet this grand set of hair of mine that this road's the same place that I kart race Mario and co every full moon!"

This made Nightmare react with a disgusted look before he snarled and snaps out," Kart race? You kart race with your mortal enemies? "

The King of Koopa's eyes dared around before he grimaced. "Oh well, I try to one up that mustached dork anyway I can. Kart racing, tennis, golf, Basket ball, Baseball, extreme soccer, dancing, straight out pummeling. And yet he still always wins! It's like he is great at everything! Err, but back on topic, I think that Mario is trying to cheat again. This magical Rainbow road here has fairy tales about being able to go anywhere. Bah, like always, he is not playing fair and must have got one of his magical buddies to send the Rainbow Road on a crashing course through my digs!"

Nightmare just responded by expounding with demonic energy. His Sword then glowed red and he aimed it at Rainbow Road before saying, " No matter what tricks they use, they will not get in my way! Terror Flame! "

The envoy of darkness fired off a powerful energy blast from his sword that carved right into Rainbow Road and blasted right through it. However, the dark knight was shocked when he saw rainbow road reform itself. Bowser slammed the ground with his tail before barking out," Don't bother, dude, I once tried to rig one of the kart races by blasting the road behind me with a bag of Bomb-ombs, but the stupid thing still re-formed itself to help out Mario!

Piff, it must be a holy magic thing. Guess this is the way Mario plans on trying to take my Peachy doll away from me. Ha, but all he has done is tell me where he is coming! Think he can just waltz in on me and win as usual does he? AH! I'll show you that this time is different! Hey you!"

Bowser was shouting to a bunch of evildoers in the room below looking over the monitors that were displaying the state of the battles around the world. They heared the roar before Smithy, Fawful and others looked up, before Smithy grumbled out,"What is it now? "

" Looks like it's your lucky day boys, both those annoying Mario bros, their pals, and even those Enji, are trying to waltz on in here on their fancy Rainbow road. And since I am feeling nice I will give a bonus to whoever manages to put them all out of their misery! So get going now!"

Those in the room headed towards the hallway to the airships and Bowser smirked, before proudly glancing back at Nightmare. "See? They know that I am the man to respect! I have things covered, so don't go all hack and slash on me."

"Tsc...well...the very least...this will be decent entertainment. "

" C'mon...any good show is not complete without a good meal to chow on while watching it. Someone gives me some pot roast!"

As he waits for his meat, he heard a high pitched voice saying," Hey dad, don't tell me you're going to cheat us out of our payback!"

Bowser turned around and saw that the one who spoke was his son, Ludwig, and the other six Koopalings all behind him. Bowser saw his oldest son and grunted out," Sorry, kids, I don't have time to play. Go do some stuff, like beating up trespassers."

Roy Koopa, in his sunglasses, cracked his neck. "That's the thing, pops, we all want payback on that jerk for sidelining us! "

Wendy O Koopa added," You keep paying attention to that dumb Bowser Jr, just because he looks the most like you, but we will show you, while you forgot about us, we were getting stronger and smarter! And now Mario and pals will find themselves in a world of hurt when we are through with them! "

Bowser shrugged before looking back at Rainbow Road." Heh, well you kiddies have been getting the job done on terrorizing those islands I sent you to take over. But these Enji are not going to play nice. "

Larry Koopa's grin widened before he shrugged." Oh don't worry, we are not going to play nice either! Alright, time to unleash our new creations!"

The seven Koopa kids scampered towards the lower parts of the castle and response Nightmare gave Bowser another look of disgust."Leaving the job to children? How foolish, they will not do more than be speed bumps to the Enji."

Bowser then crossed his arms before he proudly responds with " Hey now, those seven have been working on some secret project that they won't even tell me about from the stuff we got from the boss man. Such a top secret plan of plumber destroying greatness can't possibly fail! Grhaahah!"

Nightmare just looked at the sky and darkly muttered," For your sake fool, they better. "

As Bowser was laughing to hard to hear that threat, we go back to check on Ben and the others. After dashing down Rainbow road as fast as they could, they slowly see that the area around them changes from a cloudy sky to a lava filled dark world that marks Bowser's official territory. As the temperature around him heated up, a sweaty Ben turned to the nearby Geno and chugged a water bottle down." So, Geno,how long till we are there again? I'm just saying I don't want to waste most of my energy trying not to overheat or something."

Geno looked ahead before answering with," We are about half way there. Sorry, but it's this long, so this way they won't notice us from Nimbus land."

As James saw Ben sigh in annoyance, the red haired person smirked. " What are you so worked up about, Ben? I mean just cast a magic shield like me to cool down. "

"Well, I guess I did not think about that. You've got to admit, James, your magic skills are more advanced than those like the Enji Captains that excel at magic, like Terra , Jade the Necromaster, Celes or Arche."

Hearing this, James just shrugged and checked his bow."I don't know, I just like to be the best at what I study. I guess magical talent runs deep in my blood but I mostly just train a lot. "

Doug chuckled and lightly tapped his red haired friend on the shoulder before he countered with, " Ha, ah there is James again trying to pass off the modest act. Oh well,even so, at this rate you will most likely be on their level on no time. However, not like you're leaving me in the dust. With the new moves I mastered recently, I may have become way too strong!"

Ben laughed at seeing how revved up Doug was and shrugged."Oh, you guys are a riot."

Doug paused before muttering," What's that look for? Think just cause your the chosen one we can't catch up to yah?"

Before Ben could respond Cloud gave his teammates a sour look and cleared his throat. "Don't forget, guys, we are about to enter the main enemies' base. If you are not paying attention we may get ambushed."

Mario looked behind and shrugged." Oh, I am sure we do not have to brace ourselves just a yet. Bowser has always been a little slow on the uptake. By the time he figures out what we are doing, we will have had enough time to get in the castle already. Huh, mamma mia!"

Just as Mario said this, he heard something and jumped out of the way to see a hail of bullet bills blasting right to him. Luckily, James and Geno were able to move fast and blasted them out of the way with a volley of magic blasts and energy arrows. Everyone then saw four of Bowser's airships flank them from the air! Mario then laughed nervously. "Then again he might a have more help this time. "

Ben shrugged before responding with a determined,"Well,I guess we were hoping a little too much that a giant rainbow road would not get his attention." Oh well. Guess we will just have to take care of the welcoming party first!"

After that, Ben took out his Star Sword and started to power up his magic aura. However, Master Chief ran up to him." Don't be foolish, the opposition is just a little more than a nuisance. We must break away and go after the main objective. "

Cloud took out his own sword and shrugged." The Master Chief is right, Ben, we have no time to waste on these guys."

After hearing this, Ben saw various forces jump out of the airships to greet them, as Smithy and the seven Koopa kids made their presences' known by emerging from the bridge of the main airship.

Smithy then saw the hero's and narrows his eyes." Well, what do we have here? It looks like Mario has come here for a pounding and brought a bunch of ragtag morons with him! I have been waiting for this day, ever since you got the jump on me in my factory! Even if I have to follow that idiotic turtle's orders, it is still worth it to have my revenge! "

Mario just groaned out," Mamma mia! Smithy is back now? And all of Bower's other kids are here too?"

Ben then raised a eyebrow and looked at his mustached friend."What,you're telling me that they are all Bowers kids too? How many children does he have? And furthermore, who would possibly want to have that many kids with him?"

Luigi just shook his head and dryly retorted with," Believe me kid, we are better off not knowing. "

Geno then looked dire before he adds," This is worse than I thought. Bowser must have used the powers he got from the Zannacross Empire to enhance his powers to the point where he brought back villains, like Smithy here."

Hearing this, Larry Koopa laughed and spits out a snaky," That's right, losers! Our dad has way too much power to lose to you, Mario! And to top it off, he brought back all of this planet's biggest trouble makers to help clean out annoying punks, like you Enji!"

Doug got angry and powered up himself before saying,"Bah, the only ones that are going to have their clocks cleaned are you spoiled punks! "

James then hesitated before he threw out a weary," Remember, Doug, we have to get around them, not waste time fighting every last one of them here. "

To this Geno braced himself."Agreed, and there is a way to throw them off. Stand back everyone!"

Geno glowed and put his hand down on Rainbow road. It then shimmered before the road branched off in multiple directions.

Ben then smirked at his enemies shocked looks." Ah, this will do nicely. Sorry guys, but we don't have time to play with you! "

Ben grabbed a shocked Donkey Kong and flash stepped down a pathway. As everyone ran down the other newly created pathways, Smithy and the Koopa kids got annoyed before Ludwig yelled out,"Hey, don't think we are as easy to get rid of as our annoying idiot of a younger brother! All forces, GET THEM! Hey, come on guys, We need Bowser Zord power now! "

Smithy then looked stumped as he mutters a skeptical," Zords? What the blazes are you talking about?"

All the Koopa kids grinned and Wendy giggled out,"Oh, it's our top secret weapons we were working on when dad was spending all his time on Jr. Ha, watch and learn!"

The evil sorties' scampered down to the docking bay of the bigger ship, while their troops tried and swarmed Ben and pals. As swarms of various Koopa and Necrocalcous go after the group, Yoshi turned around and ducked." AH! There are too many of them!"

Doug cracked his neck before he to Yoshi,"Don't worry, we just have to get rid of them! And this will help give them the message! Sphere of Might!"

The blond brawler then charged up his magic energy and formed it into a giant energy blast. Then he promptly threw at the forces charging at them. As it exploded, Ben stopped to charge up his own magic energy." That's the way! This will show them who they are messing with! Shinryukenha!"

Ben fired off his favorite energy wave attack and blasted a whole group of opponents into either dust or blasted them away from the attack's shock wave. For a moment the advancing stopped and Hiryuumon wagged his tail eagerly in response.""Alright, way to show them, boss! Looks like they got the message!"

However, all of a sudden they all heard a large thud, and a cocky voice coming from a projector stated,"HA! You wish, morons!"

Ben saw a large energy blast head his way, and he deflects it into the air with his blade. He and the others are shocked to see seven different large robots come out of the smoke! One is shaped like a giant robot saber tooth tiger with Koopa features.

Another resembled a Koopa Triceratops. The third looked like a mastodon with Bowser's face and shell on it, the fourth looked like a raptor with a ax blade on its head.

The fifth looked like a crocodile and the sixth looked like a gorilla, the

seventh one looked like a Tyrannosaurus with a blade on its head. Seeing this, everyone was shocked and Wario was the first one to blurt out,"What the? What kind of idiot makes up such lame robots? Don't tell me they got their design ideas from those idiot Black Sugar pirates?"

The group heard a lot of laughing, as from each of the robots emerge a Koopa kid.

From the tiger robot comes out the white Mohawk wearing Larry Koopa.

From the Triceratops came out the yellow shelled Lenny Koopa.

From the mastodon came out the stout Morton Koopa Jr.

From the raptor came out the glasses wearing Iggy Koopa.

From the Pterodactyl came out the female bow wearing Wendy Koopa.

From the Crocodile comes out the sunglasses wearing Roy Koopa.

And finally from the Tyrannosaurs came out the leader of the bunch, the odd haired Ludwig Von Koopa.

Ludwig was the first to speak and grasped his fist tightly before he yelled," Thought you could get rid of us that easily, Mario? Come on, it's been so long and we have so much to catch up on! You may have your fancy Lylat Kingdom and Enji Knights helping you out, but we used the technology we got from the Zannacross Empire to build our new toys! Those " Axem Rangers" thought they had dibs till we showed them who played rough!

Prepare to meet your doom at the hand of the unstoppable Bowser Zords!"

Ben thought for a second and looked outraged before he shouted out," Hey! Wait a second! You're all a bunch of hacks! Those all look like the zords used by the original mighty morphing Super Rangers!

Are you all so pathetic the best you could think of was copying stuff from a TV show?"

All the evil kids looked at each other and Larry hastily spat out,"Err, No, we didn't, they copied from us! Ah shut up, you're just jealous because you don't have awesome stuff like us! Enough, time to pay!"

The seven Koopa kids returned into their Zords and at once commenced their attack. The Tyrannosaurus, the Raptor, and the Croc all fire energy blasts at our heroes, but Ben and Cloud deflected the shots, as Cloud split his sword into two again to cover in time. As Ben landed on the ground, he sighed." Bah, for cheap ripoffs the power's there. Still, it's not like you will defeat me with the likes of this! However."

Cloud then landed besides him and says,"You're right, wasting time dealing with these guys will delay our efforts. "

Morton from his Mastodon shouted," Ha, delay? We are going to cancel your plans permanently! Eat dirt, you annoying band of warriors and Plumbers!"

He fired a barrage of missiles at the group. But just as Ben was about to try and defend, Doug jumped up and unleashed a storm of lightning fast kicks to hit the missiles into the nearest Airship. He then landed and gave Ben a thumbs up."Ha, these guys aren't going to ruin our day with some toys like these! Hey Ben, Captain. Take the others and go on. I can handle these jokers!"

Ben hesitated before he responded with, "Alone? Are you sure, Doug? They might be a bunch of clowns, but they can still be a problem attacking from all sides."

" No sweat, from all the advances in my training lately, this will just be another workout, before the main event! Like hell did I bust my ass off only to not be able to take down some spoiled brats relying on toys there dad gave them! Don't worry; I'll be done with them by the time you reach the front doors!"

James walked up to Ben and nodded." Don't worry, Ben, it's not like these guys are made of enough stuff to withstand Doug's punches. Let's move on"

Cloud added," Doug is right, Ben. I believe the situation is doable enough. Just remember to not get overconfident, Doug."

Ben sighed before giving Doug his own thumbs up and bursting down Rainbow Road further. As the others moved down with him, Donkey Kong walked up to Doug and pounded his chest before he vigorously burst out," If you're going to fight, you need someone to watch your back!"

Geno then walked up to Doug and nodded."Yes, I will feel better making sure your blind spots are covered."

Doug looked confident as he brashly responded with,"Fine by me, just make this a party!"

Seeing Ben, Mario, and the others got away, Lenny banged his fist on his chair."NO! You're not getting away from us this time Mario! And that guy with the Star Sword. Dad said he was the second most dangerous enemy. We won't let a bunch of loser side kicks stand in are way!"

Doug got annoyed before he cracked his knuckles." Hey, watch your mouth! My buddy is strong alright, but you're looking at someone just as hardcore! Side kick? Piff.. I'll show you a side kick when I knock your teeth out!

Time to give some more brats a good old fashion pounding! Bursting Machine Gun Punch!"

The blond brawler unleashed a barrage of powerful punches so fast that, in a second, he hit each zord with such force that they were sent high into the air before landing down on the ground hard.

As each zord got back up, Ludwig widened his eyes."Bah, you think you're going to toss us aside? Forget it! That's it guys, no more playing nice! It's time to show them the true power of the Bowser zords. Unite and form the Invincible -Axem Bower-Megazord!"

All the zords jump or fly backwards until they all have their eyes glowed. Then they all begin to transform.

The Sabertooth Tiger and the Triceratops turned into legs and combine with the mammoth. The Mammoth then turned into arms and united with the Tyrannosaurus. The Croc and the Raptor then combined with the others to form extra armor for the legs and arms as well as a large Bowser like shell on its back. They all then fused into some large tank.

The Tank charged at Doug and fires barrages of energy blasts, but Doug is able to jump out of the way. Geno then got in from of him and fired an " Geno Beam" at the Fusion tank's back, but it just bounced right off it. From within, all the Koopa kids have gathered into one large cockpit and Ludwig cryed out," You think that's going to stop us? Time to show you some real thrashing power! Energize those Cursed seal Crystals and we will show that jerk who is stronger!"

They all in unison cried out," One, two, power up! "

They all then put a cursed seal of Necrocalcous crystal that they have into a panel that imputed it into the reactor and it caused the Zord computer systems to all say,"Systems have been energized. Beginning final transformation."

Doug, Donkey Kong and Geno are all perplexed as they saw the fusion of strange

mechanical animals once again turn from a tank to a human robot. The Pterodactyl then flew out and headed for the chest of the robot.

The head of the Tyrannosaurus then sinked in, as a more humanoid shaped head emerges that has a face-guard, horns and yellow eyes.

Now completed, it looks like a fusion of Bowser, and the first Mega Zord used by the original Power rangers, along with the Blade machine the Axem Rangers who fought Mario.

( Why? Because I can!)

Its' eyes then glowed and a computerized voice boomed out," Erde Kaiser Axem Bowser-Mega Zord transformation completed."

In the distance, Ben could see the massive robot and yelled out a outraged," Oh, come on! That's such a ripoff! Couldn't they have at least used different parts?"

Cloud cut in with," Focus, Ben, don't loss track of the mission."

"Sorry,Cloud sensei, don't worry, I won't let them divert my attention, no matter how lame a ripoff of a childhood memory it is."

As the massive robot walked over to Doug, it was now so big that it nearly was too big to fit on Rainbow Road. As it walked up to Doug from within the robot Lenny shouted," HA! Ready to be squished, losers?"

Hearing this, Donkey Kong got mad and pounded his chest before shouting," You think you can match our strength with this large robot? Real strength comes from within! Here is a strength you can't make up with a toy! "

Donkey Kong charged up before running at the robot and delivering a large punch, that had no effect at all. This just had the massive robot look down on the gorilla and attacked with a kick that sent DK flying like a pebble.

Luckily, Geno can fly, and he was fast enough to catch Donkey Kong before he was sent off of Rainbow Road. He landed DK down and the tie wearing hero responds with,"Thanks man, these dudes are tougher than I thought! That toy's hide is way tougher then bosses like Army Dillo!"

Geno eyed his current enemy and sighed." I agree, this can complicate things."

The Megazord set Doug in its sights and out of it the voice of Morton boomed out," Alright, you dimwitted human! Time to make you pay!"

Hearing this, Doug responded with,"Sorry, but I'm not open for business yet. You will have to find someone else to cash your checks! I'll still cash in a payment of ownage though! Hammer Of Might!"

Doug has his magic energy rise and he charges at the robot. He then delivers a magic infused power punch attack, but the Mega-Zord responds with punching back, and the colliding forces cause a shock wave! Ultimately, the attacks end in a stale mate and Doug says,

" Well, looks like your toy has been tuned up. Still, you spoiled brats are sure as hell not going to beat me down!"

As he backed off, and the Koopa kids heared this, he heared Wendy say," Boy, you're full of yourself! You may be strong, for a human. But you still can't even dream of overpowering our ultimate pounding machine!"

Doug looked annoyed before he snapped back with," Meh, you're whatever Mega-zord is strong alright. But it's way too slow to catch me! It's not all about pure strength; you have to use it right. All right, kiddies, time for a lesson in what real great power is! Blazing Aerial Assault! "

The Zord tried to jump and squash him, but Doug was too fast and in a second was already several feet behind it. As it landed back on the magic road, Doug used his powers to jump high in the air and launched a powerful dive attack at the robot's head.

It hit dead on and Doug followed up with a powerful magic infused punch that knocked the giant robot into the air and landed with a large thud. As Doug landed on the ground DK ran up to him and smirked." Hey, not bad! You got some slamming moves that even I will admit are pretty sweet!"

" Oh, just making sure to stay in top shape, to pound evils face in. Oh? Looks like they want a round two!"

Doug then saw the Mega-zord get back up, with a dent in the side of its head. The voice of Roy furiously shouted," Hey man, thanks a lot for messing up our paint job!"

The brawler of Squad 7 just pounded his fists together and gave a lopsided smirk." Oh, I'm going to mess up a lot more than that when I am through with you!" Hearing this, Ludwig snarled out," Oh, that's it, you're dead! No more games, time to finish you! Summon the Exor power sword! "

The eyes of the Mega Zord flashed and a beam came blasting into the sky. Soon enough, a giant sword with a face came flying down and impaled the Rainbow Road. The robot of the seven Koopa kids pulled it out and in its hands it shimmered with magic energy. Doug responded by spitting on the ground" Nice sword, but it's not going to be enough! Sphere of Might!"

He then threw his powerful energy blast attack, only for it to be sliced in half by the Exor power sword of the machine. It then locked its sensors on Doug before he winced." Oh snap!"

The Enji saw the Mega Zord open up its chest, before Wendy cried out," Are turn moron! Turbo Breaker Beam!" Before the large robot fired off a massive energy cannon attack from it. Doug was just barely able to jump high enough in the air in time to avoid it as it goes past him into a mountain, and shattered it.

Doug eyed the damage and let out a uneasy chuckle." Whew, that was close, hey what the?"

He then saw that the Mega Zord had opened up wings from its shell and used its high speed boosters to jet above Doug and prepared to slice him in half. Doug was able to react fast enough and block with the powerful grieves on his legs. But he was still being pushed back before he grit his teeth. " There is no way I can lose to you brats! You hear me?"

He just the machine's eyes glowed as it charges up a powerful eye laser. The voice of Ludwig then boasted out," Keep dreaming you lame Enji dork, its game over! "

Just as it looked like Doug is in trouble, Geno came to his aid. The former doll then charged up his energy." No, I won't let you demented kids succeed in your fun! Geno Whirl!"

He threw a powerful energy disc that sliced into the head of the megazord and damaged one of its eyes. In response, Geno was hit with its free hand, but as a result of this action Doug was able to break free. He landed on the ground and saw Geno was hurt before saying, "Thanks for the save dude, are you okay? "

Geno rubbed his arm and chuckled bitterly." I prefer not to take too many of those blows, but I'll live."

"Think your real tough with that toy you were handed down to you eh? Thinking your big shots when your just privileged pricks is starting to tick me off."

Iggy from the robot taunted with a erratic" Oh, we are so scared! NOT! Seriously what are you going to do about it? You already used your tricks, you have nothing!"

Doug just snorted out in response." Nothing eh? Let's see if showing you the three techniques I have finally mastered are nothing! You better appreciate it, I was hoping to hold on until later to bust out these. Alright, let's get moving!

Fury Aura!"

Doug had his muscles bulge before he powered up even more and his magic aura tripled in size. It then took the shape of blades of energy around his gauntlets and grieves. In response, Wendy sneered out , "Ha! That's all you got blonde? "

Doug smirked and leaned forward with a devil may care look in his eyes." Let's see how you like it! Strike one!"

He burst-ed to attack and, in a flash, he is in front of the Mega Zord and punches the zord in the leg with a hard impact and damaging the right leg. In response, Doug jumped up to deliver a sharp energy kick to the head, but the zord had its eyes glow and energy formed around the spare hand of the robot, before a giant shield with the face of Bowser appeared to block the strike.

Ludwig then narrowed his eyes." Not bad, but you will never pierce our shield! You have been giving us enough trouble. It's getting boring, so it's time we finish you off and go take care of Mario! Get lost, Ultimate Final Power Slash!"

Doug backed away and saw that a large amount of energy was gathering around the sword before he widened his eyes." You want to wrap this up? Fine by me, I have things to do! Take this!"

Ben's friend powered up and, as he saw the colossal blade come down on him, he attacked with a powerful blade punch and was able to hold his ground.

However, Doug was being pushed to his knees by the force of the attack. As he did, he got taunted by the evil kids as Lenny cried out," Well, looks like you're the idiot, after all! So long, loser!"

However, this got Doug mad, and he released more of his power and it was enough to push back the zord a little." You can only dream so long before I hit yah hard enough to wake you up punk! There's absolutely no way I'm being beat down by brats who only got there way cause they were born to some one else!

I think it's about time I break your toy, since your being irresponsible with it! "

Ludwig snickered out," Get real! This sword is way too strong to be broken by you or anyone! Even our dad can't break this when it's this charged up!"

"Oh yeah? Maybe so, but let's see how strong the arm holding the sword is! Strike two! Sanjuu no Kiwami! "

Doug shocked his foes by having his fist glow, and unleashed a fast palm strike to the sword-arm. To the horror of the Koopa kids, the arm swiftly shattered.

As Exor fell off Rainbow Road and into a nearby lava stream, Ludwig screamed out,"What the! You cheated, how did you do that?"

Doug shrugged before he answered with a casual,"Heh, it's harder than it looked. The Sanjuu no Kiwami is a master level martial arts move that shatters any force it makes contact with. Studying may be a pain most of the time, but when it pays off, its results can get real kickass eh? So, ready to cry and go home yet?"

The Koopa kids were so mad now the Mega zord was jumping up and down. Ludwig then cried out a frustrated,"RAH! You're not going to get away with making us look bad, after we worked so hard! "

They aimmed the main cannon at Doug again, but all of a sudden, DK ran up behind it, and, using all his strength, managed to lift one foot to throw it off balance, as it fired off a fast shot.

As Donkey Kong lifted with all his might he then roared out," Hey! Don't forget about me, you greedy Koopa!"

Geno then charges up and gathers his magic energy before turning to his comrade and saying to Doug," He should be off his guard soon, get ready to take the opening I am going to make! Geno Blast! "

The champion of Star Road fired a barrage of energy blasts at the off balance robot, and one of them got inside the cannon and caused a chain reaction. This damages the robot even further, and Doug saluted his two comrades as he narrowed his eyes."Thanks guys, don't worry, I have this! Alright, it's strike three and you guys are all out of here! Shitenshuu!"

Doug powers up and surrounds himself with an even more massive amount of magic energy. He then charges at the Mega Zord to deliver a strike, and, in a flash, reappeared behind it! Larry had his eye twitch before howling out" Ha! Your big shot super move did jack squat!"

Doug chuckled before he wryly responded with," Oh really? "

Ludwig growled back with a frustrated," Yeah, really!

Huh? No way, AHH!"

To the Koopa kid's horror, just as they were going to try and attack again, the head of the giant robot fell off. Right afterwards, the rest of the Erde Kaiser Axem Bowser Mega-zord shuttered, before it fell into two pieces and exploded. The seven kid villains were sent flying and as they were, Doug crosses his arms and proudly stated, Well, looks like the hand was quicker than the eye! That attack was really a condensed barrage of blows so fast, you did not even see it coming! Oh well, boys and girls, you're out for the count!"

All the Koopa kids yell at Doug, as they were sent flying before Ludwig screamed out," You rotten cheater! You are in for it now! Now our dad will come down and show you what, OW!"

Before him or any of the others can yell more trash talk, they all collide into the side of the nearest mountain. This caused a rock slide that promptly shut them up. Doug sees this and pumped his fist in the air." Booyah baby! Doug one, giant robot made up of brats and their toys, zero."

Geno sighed before he walked up to Doug, "Nice work. Sorry I left you to do most of the hard work. "

" Hey, no biggy, I was waiting for a chance to showcase my new mastery anyway."

DK then pounded his chest and added," I could have taken that ugly robot down if I put everything I had. But, I admit you did well, using all those master Kung Fu moves! Come on, let's hurry down this road and smash Bowser, K Rool and their new buddies!"

" Oh yeah! Err, but first, let me have a breather. I hate to admit it, but using all three of my new special moves in a row takes more out of me than I would like. Guess old man Gokuken was not just drunk when he was ranting."

Geno walked up to Doug and used some of his magic energy to heal him while saying,"Don't worry, I'll restore the power you used. Ben, Mario and the others should be able to make it to the castle, as long as Smithy and the rest of the forces did not catch up to them.

" Don't worry about it. If this is all they got, Ben, Cloud and James will have no problem cleaning their clocks. Alright, I am feeling fine, let's go!"

Doug, DK, and Geno hurry and dash down Rainbow Road at top speed to make up for the time they have lost. Meanwhile, let's check on how useful Doug and the others' diversion was. James, Luigi, Yoshi and half of the Salvation ARC commandos went down on one of the branching paths down Rainbow road to divert the forces attacking them. Although it did divide the forces going after them, it also cut their own numbers.

However, the group has been able to do well so far. Yoshi has just busted a group of Para-Koopas with a barrage of eggs and Luigi had out hammered a group of Hammer Bros.

James then fired a volley of energy arrows to blast a magi Koopa while the soldiers behind him blast at the storm of bullet bills heading their way. James saw the forces are momentarily moved back and braces himself before he turns to the others and says,

" Alright, everyone keep moving forward! We are almost there now!"

Yoshi then winced before looking around." Yoshi wants to see this as a good thing, but only worse stuff awaits Yoshi. Well, at least everyone will be together again."

Luigi threw in," I hear you pal, but at least we will be able to fight off these guys long enough till we make it back to Mario and Co. Well, at least with those two being the stars, no one will want to focus on us! Huh, AH!"

Just as Luigi finished saying that, he saw a larger energy blast head for him. James was barely able to grab the green plumber and dash out of the way in time. They then heard a loud ruthless voice cut in sharply with," Think again!"

Smithy himself then jumps down from the ax shaped airship nearby, with his large hammer drawn. He then bellowed out a angry," Fools! Think you can escape me? I'll pound you to dust first and then proceed to have my revenge on Mario and Geno!"

Luigi gulped before he bit his fingers." Oh, great! Even Mario had a real tough time with this guy, and now we have less power and well, we are split up!"

James took out his energy bow and shrugged." Maybe. But do not worry, if he can be beaten once, he can certainly be beaten a second time."

The white bearded robot had steam coming out of his crown in response." Little brat! I'll teach you some respect!"

Smithy swung his powerful hammer, but James easily flash stepped out of its path.

As the red haired Enji saw the impact his robotic foe caused with his hammer he looks harshly at Smithy." Sorry, but such a simple minded attack strategy will not work against me."

"A fast one huh? It will take more than speed to dethrone me, child! And don't dare think that the leader of the Smithy gang is only capable of such simple prowess! Here, let me show you what real power is!"

Smithy opened up the palm of his free hand and fired a powerful laser blast at the new Enji. The attack was fired so fast that James was just barely able to avoid it. As it grazed him across his right shoulder, it hits a salvation soldier and vaporized him in one shot.

This gets Luigi so scared he curled into a ball and started crying."Oh man, this is all a bad dream. Just get into my happy place."

Yoshi licked Luigi to snap him out of it and looked him in the eye." Don't worry Luigi, with James and the others we will not lose to mister metal face."

James then rearranged his glasses and took out a Max Potion to heal himself." Damn him, he is not playing around. If that is the case, then I will make this quick. Give me cover fire so I can get up close!"

Smithy was surprised to see James take out his energy bow and at once fired a barrage of energy arrows at his opponent. The foe was too slow to avoid them, but managed to shield his face as the attacks cause an explosion. When the dust cleared, Smithy saw James and raised a eyebrow." A magic bow? So, to be more precise, you attack by using bursts of energy? Not too bad. However, that is still not going to cut it! I will destroy anyone who tries and prevent my second chance at domination!"

" We will see who cannot cut it. There is more to me than this. But you will fall to pieces before that happens!"

James uses his speed to warp around Smithy and fire a charged up energy arrow at him. However, Smithy got the jump on James by turning his mechanical body around and hitting it back into the air with his hammer. Not even a second later, he extended his arm and grabbed James so fast that there was no time to dodge it.

Smithy then grabs tight on to James and emits an electrical shock to inflict severe damage!

As he zaps James, Smithy laughs and says," Ha! You really thought you could beat me with your silly bow? Forget it!"

" It's not a bow; it's a Quincy standard weapon! Know the difference! AH!"

"Bah, like I care about the mundane differences of garbage! The small difference will not matter when I kill you, and that is about to happen! Goodbye! Huh? AH!"

Before Smithy could attack once more, he felt his beard slightly warmer and saw that Luigi had set his beard on fire with a fire ball. As he set his sights on the green plumber, he was hit again by a powerful ground pound by Yoshi. This enabled James to break free, further angering Smithy.

James then gasped a bit before he blurted out," Thanks for that save. "

" Yoshi always happy to help a friend in need! "

Smithy had his hand rotate before he snarled out," Fool, why help him when all it will do is add to your demise, along with his?"

"Hey, bolt face!" The plumber replied." The only one here that is going down is you! "

The uncommonly brave Luigi took out his hammer and charged at Smithy and in response the metal villain snickered out,"Heh, you call that a hammer? This is a REAL hammer, fool!"

Smithy charged to smash Luigi, but he was surprised that instead of going to strike he jumped on the hammer, and then uses his thunder power to hit the robot in the chest and inflict some damage. Luigi saw his enemies pain and smirked." Oh yes! I know how much you robots love shocks, so have all you want! "

Smithy then howled out," Blast you! I'll make you pay! Guh! "

Before he could act further, Smithy was hit in the head with an egg from Yoshi. This got him even madder and he charged up energy in his eyes for a laser attack before saying,"Blast you all! DIE! AH!"

Just as he was about to blast the two, James warped in front of him and fired a charged up arrow shot. This caused Smithy to be severely damaged." As sparks flew out of his face he swung blindly."AH! My face! I just got this new upgrade! That is the last straw! Enough, no more playing around! "

James landed on the ground and as he pointed his energy bow at the chest of his foe he smirked."I agree, we wasted too much time already. I'll finish you off in the next attack."

Smithy pounded the ground so hard with his hammer that the ground shook, and he then snarled out a livid," I think not! You think I am "out of gas"? Heh, then just for that, I will show you my true form!"

Luigi saw Smithy have his eyes glow red before he slapped his face."Oh man! Why do bad guys always have to transform! I hope it's not too bad! Please, no extra heads!"

"See for yourself. Hahaha!"

Smithy had a light beam out of him before a flash blinds the trio. A moment later, they saw Smithy was much larger, with a more monstrous head that no longer had a beard and far more alien looking.

He then looked down on James and boomed out," Now, time for you to be pounded out of the problem! "

James took a deep breath before he braced himself.," Sigh, just being even uglier will not help you. But seems you will have to learn that the hard way."

The magic user of Squad 7 fired an energy arrow at Smithy, but before it hit its target the ugly metal mug transformed into a giant metal mask. Smithy then had his grin widened." Oh, did I forget to mention that I can transform my head in too many various forms of destruction? HA!"

Yoshi widened his eyes at the sight." OH no! He is so strong now! What are we going to do?"

"The only thing you can all do! That would be to be blown away!"

Smithy now transformed his head into a whole tank. He then fired a powerful Bullet Bill missile from the turret at James. Ben's friend tried to blast it with an energy arrow, but it just got bounced off. Acting fast, he then cast a reflect spell to bounce the attack into the air as it goes off, delivering a massive explosion.

James then lands on the ground and winced."Well, this poses a problem."

Luigi then ran up to him and blurted out," What are we going to do? Without the power of Ben, Geno, and my bro, we are toast!"

Smithy laughed at the green hero's despair." Ha, even if you had those fools to help you, you're toast! This world will soon be ours! And then all the dreams of the universe that hope to crush the ultimate power of the darkness will be shattered! Quincy was it? How pathetic, your petty magic is nothing more than amusement to me! That Ben Auro...once I kill you...smashing this so called legendary warrior will be much more fun! Huh?"

It seemed that hearing this had caused James to react by powering up his magic energy rapidly. He then took something out of his pocket and sternly retorted with,"I won't let you insult the Quincy family any longer, you annoying robot. I was going to save this for later, when Ben was around to show off a little. But instead I'll make you shut up for good! Ben's not the only one who has new powers lately. It might not be as powerful as Ben's new Bankai powers.

But my opinion is that it's still a rather impressive. For the sake of those like my uncle and the others that lost there lives to this chaos, I swore I would not be allow myself to merely be a powerless observer of this war!

See for yourself the extent of my resolve! Ginrei Kojkyaku!"

James inserted a small crystal into his spirit bow and it shined with light. Moments later its shape had changed, now it looked like a glowing bow with a hexagon shape and two glowing strands on the ends. Smithy looked unimpressed and blurted out,"Bah, whatever trick you just did will not scare me off."

" Not like you would know, but this weapon is given only to those that have mastered the powers of the Quincy family. Heh, only a week ago I passed father's final test to obtain it. It would have been useful against Xehamaru, but destroying you will be good enough. Now by the honor of both the Quincy and the Enji Knights, you're through!"

"Enough! You need to be taught a lesson in fire power so, what the?"

While Smithy tried to lock on the Enji, in not even the span of a second, James disappeared from Smithy's sensors and he detected the Enji had flash stepped behind him and turned around, only to see a sword like energy arrow heading for him.

He tried to move, but it's too late and he was hit right in the arm. He finds out James was not boasting about his power up, when it blasts a good chunk of his arm to scrap.

The enraged evil being then says," RAH! You little bug! You merely caught me off guard! That will not happen again!"

"Sigh, you cannot even accept death gracefully. Oh well, die as you want to die."

Smithy locked on him and seethed out a livid," I will not die, only you will die, RIGHT NOW!"

Smithy fired a barrage of missiles from his tank head. However, James easily outmaneuvered them. In fact, he was able to lead them into each other.

This caused Smithy to grit out,'' Such speed, velocity, from this kind of human? Bah, you can't run forever human!"

As Smithy loaded a golden missile James nonchalantly evaded a few more projectiles as he aimed his weapon and responded with," True, but I don't have to."

James then unleashed a energy arrow right at the missile nearest to him, and it bounced off that projectile and caused the next missile to get smashed back in to Smithy's turret before Smithy could fire, causing the robotic enemy to blow up his own head.

As the evil robot staggered back he gives a cry of outrage before he stammered out," RAH! Damn you, think your so clever? Bah, just need to change my tactics. Let us see how you deal with this!"

At once, Smithy's head glowed and changed shape. Soon it looked like there is some kind of old fashion wizard on top of Smithy's head. He then sprouted a ugly grin before boasting out,"Ha! This is my magic mode. Now your efforts are useless! "

James just pointed his bow at Smithy and flatly retorted with,"Ignorance will not save you. "

" You're the one who is ignorant, you fool! Witness my ultimate power!"

He had an energy wave flash from his hands that lighted up the sky.

James saw that he is unharmed and shrugged." Perhaps you need to work on your magic, huh?"

The red haired mage tried to move, and saw that his feet were frozen. Smithy smirked at the hero's shocked reactions." Perhaps you need to work on yours! Yes, now you cannot outmaneuver me, this is your final moment! Oh, and just so you know, I am on to you two. Sit still and wait your turn to die!"

He surprised Luigi and Yoshi, who were just about to come to the Enji's aid, and fired an ice magic spell to freeze them solid. He then charged up a spell and fires it into the air. It then turns into a portal of energy in front of him and he then says,'

This is it! You are more powerful than I first thought, but it's the end of the road for you!"

He then unleashes his spell, and rained down a storm of energy spears at James. However, James counterattacked vie firing an equally endless barrage of energy arrows from his new bow! Shots after shots collide, but Smithy seems confident and says," It's no use, fool, my spell can rain down up to one hundred and ten blasts before it's through! You will never shoot them all down! Muhahah! Huh, why are you not afraid?"

James just kept firing as he narrowed his eyes."Once again, you underestimated your opponent. I feel I should tell you as this is your last error. With my new upgrade, I can fire up to one thousand and two hundred consecutive energy arrows before needing to pause"

"WHAT! You must be joking! No, NO!"

Too bad for Smithy, James was indeed not joking as he found himself having dozens of energy arrows blast into him. A massive explosion occurred, and James took the opportunity to unfreeze Yoshi and Luigi. The green Dinosaur regained his composure and rubbed his eyes." Wow, James! You're pretty strong! That mean old Smithy must have learned his lesson by now! "

Luigi then shook frost off his hat and chuckled bitterly."I wish pal, but jerks like him never learn their lesson. Let's see, I bet he is about to emerge from the smoke as angry as a hoard of mask-less Shy Guys right, about, now."

It seemed the taller Mario brother knew what he was talking about, as out of the smoke blasted out a damaged, but still functional, Smithy. With his head having sparks burst out all over, he staggered forward and says,

" BLAST YOU! I did not come back from the brink of oblivion for things to turn out like this! You will not destroy me!"

Yoshi blinked for a few moments before he shrugged." Wow, Luigi, Yoshi is impressed on how spot on you were. "

"Bad guy behaviors are like a science, kid."

James took a deep breath before responding with a composed,"Sorry, but I don't care much about your wishes when you are bringing harm to others. Face it, you're done. "

" Not yet!"

A desperate Smithy had his head transform once more, now into a giant treasure chest. The heroes just look confused before Smithy in his new form blurted out,"HA! This is the end for you!"

Luigi paled up before stepping back." I don't get it, is it a curse thing? Are a ton of Boo's going to burst out?"

The chest that is his head started to slowly open and Smithy then answered with," When I was rebuilt I had a new feature added in. Now, as soon as this chest fully opens, it will open up to a powerful bomb that will wipe out all around me with at least a mile radius! It's truly the end now! "

James then took out a sword like arrow and responded with a blunt," You're right, for you. Even if this attack is as powerful as you say, you have a problem, I will destroy you before that chest opens!"

" Ha! You're clever, but it's no use! It may be slow, but my chest head has a barrier to prevent intervention! You have no choice but to die!"

This causes Luigi, Yoshi and even some of the remaining Salvation soldiers to step back, but James just calmly loaded his arrow and responded with,"Well, then it's a good thing I am about to fire my most powerful shot, the Steele Schider.

This arrow is suited for you. It's powerful, can pierce through defenses, and act like a chainsaw that continues to cut in. So, any last words? I wonder how your attack backfiring will go? Let's find out because in any case, this is my win! "

"Damn you, think I'll just stay still for you? Arrogant human I'll, huh? What is this, I can't move!"

Smithy tried to jet backwards but found that his gears were jammed. As the bad guy glances downward he sees a metal clamp is lodged right in his feet. As Smithy looked baffled he glared at James winced." What the, that was not there before!"

James smirked before he slyly stated," True, but in the mist of the battle I saw that the wreckage of the ships could be useful, and while you were trying to blow me up I used some of my magnetic magic to mold some of the wreckage in to a trap. Not sure just what I was going to do with it but its always handy to have a ace up your sleeve in a battle. Thankfully I had two. Now then, your havoc ends here! Steele Schider!"

He fired the sword like arrow, and as it headed into the immobile Smithy, he hit him right in the head. The evil robot then cried out,"No, wait! This can't be real! GRUOAHHH! "

The energy arrow caused a chain reaction that overloaded Smithy, and soon, after some sparking his head trembles and exploded, with his body soon doing the same.

Seeing Smithy destroyed, Luigi jumped up and pumped his fist in the air."Alright! Take that, you lame, out of date robot! Who is looking like an idiot now? AH! It's still alive!"

What Luigi was referring to is that he sees the remains of one of Smithy's hands and jumped behind Yoshi, only to see it lifelessly fall on Rainbow road. He then calmed down and says," Err, maybe Mario is right and I should take those fear suppression classes. Ah, I guess in the end he was not that, OW!"

Luigi suddenly had the sensation of Smithy's busted right foot fall right on his head. As Luigi saw double for a few moments Yoshi licked Luigi before the thin plumbers groaned." Should have seen that coming. Well, in any case, way to go, kid! That was a one in a million shot! "

James just sighed as his bow returns to normal and he wiped some sweat off his forehead before he says,"

Thanks, I admit that got a little out of hand. But now we can make a path to Bower's castle, then the real fun can start. Whew, looks like using the power of the Ginrei Kojkyaku is more taxing than I thought. It will just take a moment. "

Yoshi ran over to him and smiled." Don't worry. Yoshi will give you a ride, while you recover."

"Thanks. Well, hopefully Ben has gotten to the castle doors. Let's hurry, so we don't get left behind. "

James then got on Yoshi, then ran off, while Luigi and the others follow him down the Rainbow Road. Meanwhile, speaking of Ben, it seemed he; Hiryuumon, Cloud, Mario, Wario, Master Chief and Blumiere had been dealing with the harassment of many Koopa and Necrocalcous foes.

At the moment, they had in fact, made it to the home stretch of the path Rainbow Road had made for them and they could see the large front doors of Bower's castle before them. Not only that, but in the distance they could see the large black monolith Nightmare's forces have been constructing they could see it's just about fully activated.

Cloud then saw that the demonic symbols on the construct were glowing red before he winced." I have never seen them create such a device before. Whatever it is, I doubt it's anything but bad news. "

Mario responded with," Bowser, how could you have a gotten so crazy? You always have been a big pain. But, to go this far? What are you up to now?"

Ben took out his Star Sword and shrugged." I am not sure, but whatever this thing is for, and whenever this plan enfolds, it's being put to a stop right now! However, I hope the others are alright. "

Hiryuumon added," That's nothing to be worried about, boss! They are all tough stuff, and I bet they will be here in no time! But what do you say we clear the front gates for them? I'll go first, Huh? Hold on. I am smelling someone is waiting for us! It's not nice to sneak up on people. Show yourself!"

They heard a creepy laugh and a figure came down to greet them with a screeching " Eeeyah ha ha ha ha! You fools see death itself laughing at you, idiots of stupidity!"

Everyone then saw who was mocking them. It's a short green skinned thing with a red cape and creeping glasses. It's using odd head gear to fly and it's none other than the more than just a little out there, Fawful.

Ben was dumbfounded at the new foe before them and he stated," Is this the best defense Bowser has? Its kind of weird. "

Mario sighed before he took out his hammer."Be careful, this guy is more powerful than he might appear to be."

Fawful retorted with,"Ah, yes, at last, the reunion of the idiot with the mustache! For long, the chance to cause you much pain have I waited for. And that time is now! Hah! Now taste the finale, when carelessness opens the door to a comeback not expected by you! Your lives that I spit on are now but a caricature drawn by a kid who is stupid! You shall all fall and vanish with your precious Lylat Kingdom as I laugh heartily at you!"

Everyone just looked dumbfounded before Mario blurted out,"Hey! Didn't you a not say that whole speech a last time? "

"Yes, but it is a good speech to pronounce your doom, fink-rats! "

Hearing this, Wario got bored and got on his motorcycle before saying," Bah, whatever. Get out of the way, you lame freak. I have treasure to take!"

Wario proceeded to run straight for Fawful. But right before he smashed into him, a large mechanical hand came out of Fawful's head gear to grab Wario and lift him into the air.

Fawful glared at Wario before declaring," I HAVE FURY! I waited too long for my grand comeback, for its dramatics to be foiled by an ugly barbarian! Make hast and proceed on your trip to pain ! "

Another large hammer club came out of Fawful 's head gear and then hammered Wario. Right before he was set flying he blurted out," No wait! You got to be kidding me! WHA!"

Wario was sent flying so fast, that he looked like a shooting star in the sky.

As Fawful laughs at this Ben braced himself." Okay, so you're not a joke. Still, even if you're stronger than I thought, there is no way we will let you win! "

Fawful then had his headgear take out a giant sword and a larger cannon and he ascends above the heroes before he gleefully says," We will see about the truth of that statement! I was informed about you Enji Knights. But even you will not get in the way of the ultimate plan of pain Bowser and his cohorts has in store! Enough, chew on the taste of my revenge!"

Cloud rolled his eyes before muttering," Ugh, just one freak show after another. This might take longer than I thought it would."

He took out his sword and charged alongside Ben to begin the group's battle with Fawful.

As the fight against the sanity lacking foe begins, little do they know that watching them on top of the castle were Nightmare and Bowser, in his odd means of transport, the Koopa Clown car. In addition, Princess Peach was also watching while trapped in the triangle prison Bowser had stored her in.

Seeing Mario she cried out," Mario! I knew it would not take him long to come to my rescue once more. And Ben and the others are still with him. I hope you are ready to be bested once more Bowser, because you have no chance. "

"Sorry but it's not going to be so predictable this time, Peachy dear! This time, nothing your fat hero can do will stop me plans! That wackjob Fawful will most likely fall. But the more amigos I send to wear Mario and pals down, the more worn down he will be for our final battle! Hahaha! "

Nightmare clutched his fist and muttered," This situation is proving even better than I thought. Ben Auro, the chosen warrior. Xehamaru failed to destroy him when his powers were underdeveloped. Now his powers and skills have grown so far, I could see why Xehamaru made his final mistake underestimating him.

But, I will atone to that mistake right now! No one will stand in the way of my master's new era! Still, hopefully before I wipe out his soul, he will give me a decent fight! Huh? "

At the moment, Nightmare saw a flash of light in the sky that heads to the ground, but it's so quick and distant that even he cannot make much of it.

Bowser saw he was distracted and growled out," Yo, what's wrong? More Enji trying to crash the party? "

Nightmare was motionless as he answered with a uneasy," I am not sure, I felt a strong power, but just as fast as it appeared, it vanished. No matter, the warriors of light can throw everything they like. I will massacre them all the same!"

Nightmare and Bowser then return their attention to the fight. However, we now go to just what Nightmare saw. Several miles away, a figure lands on the ground. He was covered with a cloaking device, but we can see that his outline was that of a futuristic Ninja. He was armed with weapons all over and his face was covered with a mask that looked like a cross between Boba Fett or Jango Fett and Grey Fox from Metal Gear Solid.

He sets his sights on Bowser's castle and the large reactor that the Zannacross Empire had created. He was none other than Janus, the mysterious powerful bounty hunter from the warrior race of the Zandalorin's that had mysterious motives when Ben and Samus fought the Space Pirates, and the three dark Enji; Axl, Lexaeus and Ravxen.

He scanned the monolith and coolly stated,"Ah, there is the target. Just have to blow this up and I'll get the full payment. Man, these Mushroom guys sure are thorough when it comes to jobs. Oh well, just will be another easy fight, at the least. Hey T3-X5, got the readout and weak spots laid out yet?"

His robotic assistant on board his space fighter/ transformable Tri-Edge Gundam responded with,"It will be transmitted to your headset in ten seconds. But, Sir Janus, I believe you might want to take note of this.

The ships scanners are telling me that it is more than likely that in half an hour an aerial fleet of Titan's warships and their mobile suits are heading to this location. They are under the command of Commandant Kira's best fleet commander, commander Paptimus Scirocco. I do believe that while they engage the imperial forces they will take out the Zannacross device, and therefore make it difficult to get your full pay."

"Tsc, what a drag. The Titans just have to mess things up for me again, and that bull dog Scirocco leading the reins, no less. Huh? Oh this has to be a joke. That energy, he is here again as well? Just prefect, now I can't afford to be casual about this one. Alright, in that case, time to move fast!"

The masked bounty hunter bursts off with a swift flash step to reach his target. Meanwhile, the fleet Janus is talking about is indeed making its way to Bowser's Castle, with the Dogosse Gier being the flag ship. At the bridge of that ship, as Scirocco saw the Imperial Nova Crushers and Bowser 's airships, he said to his fleet," All mobile suits prepare to take off. Cloud and the others have had too much time to play. Time to wrap this up and take matters into my own hands. I will blast them all off this planet with one brutal Blitz attack!"

To his fellow soldiers, the blond and loud ace pilot Yazan Gable snarled out," Sir, what about Squad 7 and Master Chief? Won't engaging a full out assault risk harming them? "

"It's a risk, but they are all skilled soldiers. They will survive. We must take swift powerful strikes to overcome the opposition. Only those that attack the fastest and the hardiest win in the end. Besides, it's like Commandant Kira said. If that Ben Auro has the potential he is suppose to have, then he will survive. It's time to see if he is indeed being worthy of being Commander Kira 's choice. "

Well, looks like things are about to get intense once more! It's not hard enough to believe Ben and pals can get past the goofball Fawful, but can they handle Bowser, the rest of the baddies under his command, and the powerful dark warrior Nightmare? Even more, what about the arrival of Janus and the Titan's Fleet? To find out, tune in next time! Next time, Ben and co battle a not so intense fight with Fawful.

After this, Doug, James and the others meet up with Ben and a plan is set. And just in time too, as Nightmare at last activates his newly created Zannacross Monolith to absorb the energy of Mario's entire world! Cloud, Master Chief and the Salvation soldiers head to the Zannacross monolith to prevent it from destroying the world, while Ben Mario and the others go into Bowser's castle for another round of princess rescuing.

Once inside, it's Déjà vu for the plumbers, as Bowser and the others, like King K rool throw everything up to the kitchen sink to stop the heroes. Meanwhile, Cloud and Master Chief break into the Zannacross Monolith to shut it down and have an encounter with Janus! While the Bounty hunter is not there to fight them, a misunderstanding of the Salvation commandos, following Master Chief Cloud, soon finds himself in battle with one of the most skilled fighters he has encountered!

Even so, Squad 7 should not be needing him too much, after all, it's just Bowser, right? However, the runthrough of the castle turns out to be a nostalgic reminder of the Koopa kings rather large amount of failures. But, will this time be the time Bowser makes the final win? Hilarity ensues next time in chapter 68: Those That Just Don't Stay Down. Till next time!