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Chapter 6: Friend of Foe?

The party of five finally reaches the other side of the pipe. They emerge from the tube into a dark and dirty alley. They see that they are in a very remote area; it seems as if no one has been here for a while, dust and dirt and rotten trash litter the ground around them. They stare breathlessly at the new world they have entered.

Its nothing like they any of them have ever seen before. The sun is covered by the dark clouds and the polluted skies. The air they breathe in is thick and heavy. The team find themselves in a gigantic robotic city.

Daisy: "This place, it's, it's…terrible."

Peach: "What is this place?"

She turns to Mario and sees him staring into the distance, she follows his gaze. Floating in the distance is huge ship drifting beneath the clouds. The lights on the ship glow eerily in the sky, spraying spotlights through the city; searching for something. Beneath it, raised onto a tall metallic rusty building, a dirty green sign reads "Robotropolis"

Luigi: "Robotropolis? Uhh, Mario?"

Mario: "This doesn't seem safe; we should to find a place to hide."

Toad: "Did Bowser do this?"

Mario: "I don't think so little guy; this is something a lot worse than Bowser."

The team begins to make their way slowly through the city. The city seems alive. Everywhere they look lights flash and beepers buzz. They seem to be in the slum area of the city. No one is around, and nothing seems to be moving, but in the distance, everything seems to be out.

Peach: "As disturbing as this place is, It's very amazing.

Toad looks at Peach like she's crazy.

Mario: "You're right, it's like nothing I've ever seen before."

Toad: "Are you guys kiddin', this place is SCARY!"

They approach what seems to be an abandoned building. The door's latch is broken; the window's boarded up, and looks like it hasn't been used in a long time.

Mario takes the lead and goes towards the door. He slowly pushes the door open and to his surprise, it swings open smoothly, without even a creek.

Mario: "That's strange…?"

He takes a step into the building. It looks as old and decrepit on the inside as it did on the out.

Mario: "Ok guys and princess's, it looks safe."

Every steps into the building. They settle around the room.

Luigi: "Urgh, this place is nasty, isn't it Daisy?"

Daisy takes her finger and rubs it on the wall.

Daisy: "Actually, this place looks like a mess, but it's really kinda clean."

Toad is fooling around. He walks over to a broken couch. It's a recliner, and the button to recline the seat protrudes like a lever. Toad's curiosity gets the better of him, and he jumps onto the couch.

Toad: "Hey guys, this place isn't half bad. So what are we gonna be doing here?"

He reaches for the level to recline, even though he's legs are so short, they hardly even make it past the seat.

Mario meanwhile, was searching around the room.

Mario: "You know guys; look down at the floor, it kind of sounds hollow, you know when you step."

Luigi: "Maybe they have some pipes under the floor?"

The 4 of them start tapping their foot on the ground listening to the echo…Toad grabs hold of the lever, and pulls.

The chair bends vertically, and Toad begins to slide down. The floor dips down, and the party starts to plunge into the darkness!

All five of them scream as they fall.

Mario is the first one to wake up. He looks around. The Princess's are gone, and he sits in a cell with Luigi and Toad.

Mario: "Hey guys, wake up! WAKE UP!"

He pushes Luigi.

Luigi: In a daze, "What…is it time for spaghetti?"

Luigi shakes himself from his trance. Urgh, his head hurts. Mario looks relieved.

Mario: "Hey Toad, are you ok?"

Toad is still out.

Mario: "He looks like he's okay, just knocked out."

The two brothers get up and look around at their prison cell. Where are they? There are 4 walls, all barren except for one side that has the door. Their only view outside the cell is a small window with bars on it that is part of the door out. Mario takes a look.

He can hear footsteps. Metallic footsteps. Clank. Clank. Clank. He jumps back and whispers to Luigi.

Mario: "Hey Luigi, someone's coming, do you have a fire flower on you, just in case."

Luigi nods, and takes out his bag, he looks through it, but it's totally empty.

Clank. Clank. Clank. The footsteps are getting closer. He's only a few yards from their cell.

Mario and Luigi wait in anticipation, who is it? Where are they?

Then they see him! A strange robotic animal…a hedgehog? And it looks like he has a little robotic moustache.

Robotic Hedgehog: "So, you guys are finally up huh? You don't LOOK robotic, but since a few days ago, with all these new people showing up, we don't know who to trust. So who are ya?"

Mario builds up his courage, this guy doesn't seem like a bad guy.

Mario: "We're the Mario Brothers, and this little guy here is Toad, before we answer anything else, can you tell us who you are? And why were locked in this cell? And where are the two girls?"

Robotic Hedgehog: "Mario!? So it IS you. They call me 'Chuck.' We've been waitin for you guys to get here. Sorry about the conditions, we just didn't know who you were. Let me get you out of there."

Chuck hits a button on the control panel on the outside of the cage, the cell doors open. Toads eyes open as well, he seems to be waking up.

Mario: "You've been waiting for us? But how do you know who we are? And where's Peach?

Luigi: "And Daisy!"

Chuck: "Don't worry, they're safe. We're the Freedom Fighters. We fight against Robotnik and his evil robots; we wouldn't hurt any one we don't know to be on his side. I'll bring you to them."

Toad finally snapping back to reality

Toad: "Evil robot! What?! Aren't YOU a robot!? Mario, Luigi! How can we trust THIS guy?"

Luigi: "Toad's got a point there Mario."

Mario: "No it's ok, he let us out didn't he?"

Luigi: "Well, yeah, he did."

Chuck: "I understand you being afraid and all. I was robotized by Robotnik, years ago, but, thanks to my nephews help, I was able to resist his brainwashing, so I act as a spy. That's how we found out about you guys. Apparently someone was spying on you, and found out you were coming here. Robotnik has radioed all over the city that a group of strangely dressed humans would be snooping around, and that if we saw you, we should kill you on sight. We figured since they didn't like you, we might."

The three's faces stress.

Mario: "Kill…us? Who is this Robotnik? A spy? It's hard to believe."

Chuck: "We'll he was right, so they found out somehow. Anyway, we'll pick up your friends and then I'll take you to see Sonic."

Mario: "Sonic? Who is that?"

Chuck: "He's my nephew, leader of the freedom fighters, and the fastest thing alive.

Next Time in Super Smash Bros. Clash :

Sonic Vs. Mario? A battle, whos the strongest?