Chuck took the group down an array of tunnels and caverns. He would constantly warn Mario Luigi and Toad not to step on certain blocks or to step over the laser sensors on the ground, while deactivating some unavoidable traps. This place was well designed, and they didn't want ANYONE to get in or out. Though there was something on Mario's mind. Who was this Sonic guy Chuck was talking about? If he WAS the fastest thing alive, that means he's pretty famous, and pretty strong.

"I wonder if he's better than me?" Mario thought.

After about five minutes of maneuvering the tunnel, they came across a door. Chuck opened it and they were all relieved to see the two Princesses'. They were in a comfortable room which had all the decorations that you would find in your living room, with one exception.

The two Princesses's hardly noticed the four when they walked in. They were playing with a little round pink ball, and were VERY intrigued.

Mario: "Princess! You two are allright!"

Peach turns around and finally spots the four. Daisy looks over as well, and the pink ball moves a little.

Peach: "Mario! I'm glad you guys are OK."

Daisy: "Uncle Chuck told us about what happened, once we told him who we were, he went to get you guys. It was all a big misunderstanding."

Toad: "Misunderstanding … yeah, we were locked in a cage." Toad seemed a bit aggressive. For someone who wasn't used to adventures, this must have seemed a bit out of place.

Peach: "Oh, we'll I guess they had good reason to be careful, we ARE new to this place."

Uncle Chuck: "Yes…yes, I am sorry about that, but with Robotnik's new allies, we could never be too careful."

The little pink ball next to the two princesses' stirred. What on earth is that?

Mario: "Let's talk about this Robot…" Peach interrupts Mario mid-sentence.

Peach: "Mario, Luigi, Toad! Come meet our new friend! He's amazing!"

Mario: "Huh?"

Luigi: "Where is he princess? Is that pink ball his?"

Daisy: "No, That IS him! His name is Kirby!"

The pink ball slowly begins to turn around towards Mario and his friends. Then they see him, a pink ball with two big eyes and a little mouth, with two flaps for arms and two little boots.

Toad, already on the move, sizes up this new friend. Toad and Kirby are about the same height, and look like they shop at the same shoe store.

Toad: "This puffball is Kirby, right?" Toad's still a little upset about having been caged. He puts on his tough guy face and looks Kirby over. "I could take um'."

Kirby's eyes light up, insulted by this comment.

Peach and Daisy: "Uh oh, Kirby Don't!"

Kirby opens his mouth wide, it's HUGE! He starts to suck air in like a vacuum. Before Toad can even react he's sucked inside Kirby's mouth.

Toad: murmured and drowned out, "Ah Mario! Help me!!!"

Mario: "What! What is that thing! It just ATE Toad!"

Luigi looks concerned as well, both Mario and Luigi get into battle positions, ready to do anything to retrieve their friend.

Peach and Daisy remain calm, sitting still and laughing.

Peach: "Hahaha, It's Ok, Kirby wouldn't hurt us, he does that to play! Kirby showed us this earlier!"

Daisy: "Kirby, Let him out now."

Toady: "Hey GUYS!!! It's really WEIRD in here! GET ME OUTTTT!"

Kirby jumps up into the air, PUFF, PUFF, he floats twice then rockets towards the ground and squishes himself like a flat pancake! Toad pops out and lands on his mushroom head. He picks himself up and runs to face Kirby again.

Toad: "Why You, That's it, I'm gonna take you down with my poison shot!"

Toad looks at Kirby. Kirby is wearing the same mushroom hat as himself. What, where'd he get that from? The pink ball of puff begins to mimic everything Toad is doing. Toad raises his fist, and Kirby, like a mirror, follows his actions.

Toad: "Hey! Stop that!"

Although Kirby doesn't say anything, his mouth mimics the same motions as Toads. Toad stomps his foot at this, and clenches his fists. Kirby's imitates the exact motion.

Mario and Luigi look at the two, and even they can't keep themselves from laughing anymore. Toad is funny enough by himself, but two of them? Uncle Chuck is sitting at the side of the room, leaning on the wall, arms crossed, with a big robotic smile on this face. He butts in.

Uncle Chuck: "Ok, Ok guys, that's enough, let me explain."

Toad, fists clenched looking at Kirby, who stares back with his, big cute I'm innocent eyes, and a big smile, unclenches his hands and stands down. He looks at Uncle Chuck, ready for his explanation, as do Mario and Luigi. The two princesses' have already heard it; they smile at Toad.

Uncle Chuck: "This little guy came from the pipe just a day before you guys. These pipes started popping up all around our world, and different creatures started coming through. The majority of them have been mindless baddies, with the exception of a few; You guys, this little puffball, and that huge spiked turtle."

"Bowser!" They all gasped at the same time. Kirby looks a little angry at the puffball comment.

Uncle Chuck: "Oh, you know him? Yeah, that turtle found Robotnik pretty quickly, and it seems like they teamed up."

Mario: "Bowser is the most villainous thing we know in our world. He's been our enemy for years."

Uncle Chuck: "Well, Robotnik has been our's. He's destroyed this land with his robots, and is trying to replace everything that's natural with machines, and that includes us animals. As you can see," Uncle Chuck shows himself off, "He's been pretty successful."

Peach: "Well we've dealt with Bowser more than we can count, and we'll certainly help you stop him, AND Robotnik."

Chuck: "If this Bowser's as bad as you say he is, we could really use your help. I've contacted my nephew, he should be here any minute."

Mario: "You mean Sonic?" Mario is still wondering who this mysterious Person is. If he's Chuck's nephew, maybe he's robotic too? Maybe he has wheels for feet, is that how he's so fast?

Chuck: "Yep, I called him about 5 minutes ago, and he was about 20 miles away, so…maybe 1 more minute.

Mario: thinks, 20 miles in 6 minutes!!! Is that even possible??? "You're nephew sounds like a pretty special kid, I can't wait to meet him."

Luigi: "Wow yeah, that's amazing"

Toad looks dumbfounded, like he doesn't know what's going on. He continues to stare at Kirby, who stares back. Peach and Daisy look as if they're imagining what Sonic looks like as well.

Uncle Chuck: "Well, one more question for you guys. We've had reports of one other person, a new face to Robotropolis. We haven't been able to find him, but there have been a few sabotages in Robotnik's factories. Every time we investigate, the guy vanishes, like he was never there, though one of Robotnik's camera's managed to get a small glimpse of him, he was wearing a bandana and had a light in his mouth. He's a human also. Is he with you?"

Mario and the rest of the crew look at each other and shrug.

Mario: "No, everyone we came with is here." Another guy, he's pretty good too. Mario begins to itch deep down inside. He thought he was important for all these years, fighting Bowser and saving the princess. But compared to Robotnik and the things these new people have gone through, Bowser seems like a joke. Is he cut out for this new adventure? A lowly plumber from Brooklyn? This mysterious guy with the bandana; to venture around this city and not get caught, not even been seen? He must be good too.

SKIDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD'

Everyone looked over at the door. A loud skidding noise rang out, like a car just slammed on its breaks. Uncle Chuck smiles, He's here.

The door opens, and a pair of red shoes with white stripes point out like a carrot. A blue hedgehog appears, attached to the snazzy shoes. He wears white gloves and has spikes on the back of his head. It's the Sonic we all know and love.

Sonic: "Yo guys, wassup?"

Uncle Chuck: "Sonic!"

Sonic: "Uncle Chuck, long time no see!"

Sonic walks over to Uncle Chuck and gives him a hug.

Sonic: "You been ok? No Robuttnik problems eh?"

Uncle Chuck: "Yeah Sonic, I've been fine. Even better now that we found these guys."

Chuck looks over and introduces the crew with a wave of his hand. Sonic takes his own look at the group.

Sonic: "So you guys are the Mario's huh? Don't look like much."

Mario: "Us two are the Mario's, I'm Mario, he's Luigi. And that over there is Peach, Daisy, and the little guy is Toad."

Sonic: "And who's the puffball?"

Kirby puffs at the third time being called a puffball.

Sonic: "And is it Halloween already, why's everyone dressed up as a mushroom?"

Uncle Chuck: "That little guy over there is Kirby, he came from another pipe, just like these guys."

Mario: "Yeah, we came here to help out. We were looking for Bowser, to try and stop him, and it looks like he's been through here."

Sonic: "Yeah, that spiky turtle. He seems kinda like an idiot to me, I was spying on Robuttnik and saw them get together. We can handle things."

Toad: more or less whispering to himself: "Bowser? I always thought he was scary…"

Peach: "Who's we?" Realizing there was probably some other people helping them out.

Sonic: "We're part of the Freedom Fighters, a resistance to Robuttnik and his robot goons. We've been holding him off for 10 years."

Mario: "We'll we can help you!"

Sonic: "Thanks but no thanks man. We got things covered here, and we'll take care of that Bowser guy for you, you'd only be a speedbump.

The group looks a little upset. Who did this guy think he was?

Mario: "We're not leavin', Bowser is more of a problem than you think, he's evil and he'll keep going until there's nothing left in his path. We don't even know what his goal is yet, but we know how to deal with him."

Sonic: "So you've been fightin' this guy for a while huh? I guess I can see what you guys got.

Mario looks pleased at himself, he convinced him.

Sonic: "We'll have a little brawl. If you stand your ground, I'll let you join our freedom fighters. If you can't then you can just go home and let us handle it."

Mario is taken back a little from this statement. Fight? Aren't they both the good guys? Sonic starts tapping his foot on the ground, staring at Mario.

Sonic: "I'm waiting, what's your answer?"

This guy is really ticking Mario off.

Mario: "Ok you're on. If I can take you down, We'll let YOU, help us!"

Sonic smiles, maybe he does like these guys more than he thought.

Toad looks a little worried, Kirby, either mimicking Toad, or just acting worried, shows the same look. Luigi slaps his hand on his head, Here we go. Peach and Daisy look worried too, Men!

Sonic: "We'll move to Knothole and let you guys rest and get some food. We'll fight tomorrow. So get ready!"

Mario nods, time to prove that all those years fighting Bowser meant something, he WAS a hero.

Sonic: "But first, it's time for lunch, where's my chilidog!!!"

The group drops over, SIGH!!!

Next Time in Super Smash Bros. Clash:

Mario and Sonic Duke it out. Where and Why did Kirby Show up? And who is this mysterious man in the bandana?

Next Chapter : A Fight in Knothole