The Glitz Pit (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"Would you look at that! There is no stopping you guys." Grubba said as they were back in the Major Leagues.
"Here's your belt." He said as he gave it Sora as they all smiled as Grubba turned to see Shellshock and the others. "What are you guys doing near the bed?"
"Uh, we're really tired!" Shellshock exclaimed. "Ah, say no more. I understand." Grubba said as he looked at Jolene. "Jolene, be a peach and show these guys their new room." "Yes sir." Jolene said as they all walked out.
"Okay, who did this to you?" Lightning asked once the coast was clear. Bandy Andy weakly looked at her and motioned her to get closer. She leaned in as Bandy Andy weakly whispered in her ear as her eyes widened.
"God DAMNIT..." Lightning said as she punched the wall in frustration. "Whoa, what did he say?" Spiky Joe asked. "We're no longer safe in the Glitz Pit, I need to tell the champions." She said as she walked away, as the others gave her a confused look.
"Here is your room and once again, congratulations." Jolene said as she walked out.
"Oh boy! This room is amazing and looks so awesome!" Donald exclaimed as Goofy nodded in agreement. "I am going to get USED to this!" Yoshi exclaimed happily.
"You know...it's a little quiet." Mario said when suddenly the door knocked. "It's open." Sora said as Lightning walked in. "Whoa, I never seen this room before." She said.
"Lightning? What are you doing in here?" Goombella asked. "Well, you see-" "Hold on a minute, does anyone hear that?" Yoshi asked as they heard a faint voice.
Suddenly, Sora's SP Mailbox went off which scared all of them. "HOLY CRAP, DUDE! DID YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT HIGH ON FULL VOLUME?!" Yoshi yelled. "That scared ME silly, and I'm a ghost for crying out loud." Flurrie said.
"Find the ghost in the Champ's room. From X." Sora read. "I thought we were done with this X fella." Koops said.
"Wait, I think it's coming from the vents." Mario said as he climbed up and put his ear to the vent. "Yep, it's coming from here." He said as he pulled out his hammer and swung it, breaking it down. "Come on, let's go check it out." He said as everyone nodded, climbed up and crawled through the vents.
"Okay, your five minutes are up, Miss Lightning." The guard said as he looked in, noticing no one is in there. "I'm just going to pretend they were all ghosts." He said as he closed the door.
"So you were saying, Lightning?" Sora asked. "Oh right, Andy told me something after you left. The thing is..." She said. "Shhh, I hear something." Mario said as everyone got close to the other vent.
"Oh boy, I never thought Rawk Hawk would lose to Keyblade Mastermind and his friends. They're tough. REAL tough." Grubba said as he was in his office.
"You know, come to think of it. Jolene's been acting weird, Lightning Girl has been very suspicious lately and the team is just too damn strong. You know, I think I should make 'em disappear like Bandy Andy and KP Pete. Maybe I'll make everyone disappear and start fresh. Yeah, maybe I'll do that." Grubba said as he walked out while laughing.
"He's the reason KP Pete and Bandy Andy were like that?!" Goombella exclaimed. "That's what I was trying to tell you." Lightning said as Mario hammered the vent, knocking the door down in the office as they all jumped out.
"Come to think of it, I saw something after we beat those Armored Harrier fellers." Goofy said. "What'd you see?" Lightning asked. "Some paper, he put it away really quickly." Goofy said.
"Well that's just great, where are we going to find that piece of paper?" Yoshi asked as they started looking around.
Goofy went over to the desk and opened up the drawer. "Hey fellers! I found it!" He said as they went over to him as Goofy put the paper down.
"What the hell is this?" Mario asked. "It seems to be some sort of machine that drains the life out of everyone." Lightning said as the door opened.
"Hmm, I thought they were in the champs roo-WHAT THE HELL?!" Grubba yelled as everyone glared at him.
"You have a lot of explaining to do, Grubba." Lightning said, reaching for her gun blade. "CRUD! I'M OUT OF HERE!" He yelled. "AFTER HIM!" Sora yelled as they ran after him.
"Where did he go?" Lightning asked as they kept running. "I remember Bandy Andy telling us that we shouldn't go in the arena when it's empty." Sora replied. "He gave you guys a clue; I guess we need to head to the arena." Lightning said as they opened the arena doors.
"Welcome Mario, Sora, Lightning and the other freaks." "HEY!" Donald yelled. "I still have tons of fight in me after that battle with Rawk Hawk! I CAN TAKE YOU!" Yoshi yelled.
"But first, let me introduce you...TO THIS." Grubba said as he snapped his fingers as the arena suddenly opened up. "Whoa!" Sora exclaimed.
A machine slowly rose from the arena while Grubba was laughing evilly. "THIS...is the POWER-DRAINING MACHINE!" He yelled. "I use this bad boy to drain EVERYONE'S power from them! I even used it on Prince Mush, KP Pete and Bandy Andy!" He exclaimed.
"Hey! Look!" Donald exclaimed as he pointed to the top of the machine. The Crystal Star! "I also use the Crystal Star to help drain their life!" Grubba said.
"Grubba, we're taking you down." Lightning said, as she took out her Gunblade. "Oh so you think it's that simple?" He said as he pressed a button and went in the machine. "IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS YOU THINK!" He yelled as he changes from blue to orange and turned gigantic. "Now...WE BATTLE! Come and face me, champions and Lightning." He ordered as everyone jumped on the arena.
Macho Grubba (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"MAAAAAAAAAAAACHO!" Grubba yelled. "I will pulverize you without breaking a sweat!" He said. "Don't get cocky." Lightning said.
Mario ran over and hammered Macho Grubba on the foot while Lightning jumped up and used Firaga in Macho Grubba's face.
"Hmph, lucky hit." He said as he started swinging his arm and then ran over and punched Sora really hard. "OOOF!" He yelled, but he quickly Aerial Recovered while Lightning used Curaga on him. "Thanks." He said.
"THUNDER!" Donald yelled as Macho Grubba laughed. "I may be taking damage, but THIS...is nothing!" He said as he started to glow, and then smirked. "My defense has been raised! Let's see how you like that!" He said.
Sora quickly used Zantetsuken while Flurrie jumped up and slammed right into Macho Grubba. "Ha! You call those moves when my defense is up?" He asked as Koops spun in his shell and slammed into him.
Macho Grubba quickly jumped up and landed in front of Mario, as he then picked him up and threw him into the air, but Mario threw his hammer right on Macho Grubba's head. "YOOOOW!" He yelled as he rubbed his head in pain.
"Seems as if the defense went back to normal." Lightning said as she used Blizzaga on him while Yoshi jumped up and ground pounded on his foot.
"Alright, I see how you are. It's time...TO GO TO THE EXTREME NOW!" He yelled as he started to glow and got bigger. "OH YEAH! THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!" He yelled as suddenly, a dark aura surrounded him as a Heartless symbol appeared on Macho Grubba's chest.
"What the hell?!" Lightning asked. "I see now...his lust for making people disappear while getting stronger turned him into a Heartless." Sora said. "Gawrsh! He had tons of darkness in his heart!" Goofy exclaimed.
"Heartless or not, he still will be destroyed once we're done with him." Lightning said. "YOU FOOLS WILL KNOW THE REAL MEANING OF DISAPPEARANCE!" He yelled.
The Encounter (Kingdom Hearts II)
Macho Grubba ran over to Goombella and kicked her, but Sora quickly used Magnega to pull her away from the kick as Mario jumped up and hammered him as Lightning used Thundaga on him.
"THE DARKNESS WILL MAKE YOU DISAPPEAR!" He yelled as he raised his foot and slammed into the ground, making a huge shockwave that not only knocked them down, but destroying the entire arena!
"GIVE ME STRENGTH!" Sora yelled as he jumped up and used Ragnarock while Lightning casted Firaga. "THUNDER!" Donald yelled as he used Thundaga as Goofy used Goofy Tornado.
Macho Grubba punched the ground as he then picked up a large chunk of the arena and threw it at Sora, but he quickly slashed it back, knocking it over to Grubba. "OOOF!" He yelled.
Sora and Lightning looked at each other and nodded as they smirked while looking at Macho Grubba. "THIS WILL FINISH IT!" They both yelled as they used Zantetsuken at the same time.
"No...NO! HOW COULD MACHO GRUBBA LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE?!" He yelled as he fell to the ground, defeated as he changed back to normal.
The Glitz Pit
"How could we lose...I...was supposed to make you vanish." He weakly said.
"Yeah well, look where that got you." Lightning said.
"Congratulations all of you." Said a voice as they turned to see Jolene walking towards them. "Jolene?" Donald asked.
Jolene (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
"Secretly, I knew you guys would find the real Crystal star and it was right under your nose this whole time." Jolene said as she walked to them.
"Wait, so...you're X?" Mario asked as Jolene nodded. "That's right, ever since I saw you defeat the Armored Harriers, I knew you would stop Grubba so I had to come up with a name to guide you to the Crystal Star." She said. "I'll be honest though, I never thought Lightning would be involved in this too." She said. "Um...sorry." Lightning said. "No no, it's fine." Jolene smiled as she glared at Grubba.
"Alright boss...no...Grubba, where's Mush?" She asked. "P-Prince Mush? He...got too nosey after he discovered this machine...so I got rid of him."
Jolene's eyes widened as tears fell from her eyes. "You bastard...y-you..." She tried to say, fighting her tears. "That's correct..." Grubba said.
"Jolene...i'm so sorry." Koops said as Lightning clenched her fists and grabbed Grubba by the chest. "Alright, spill it, bastard. How do we get Mush back?" She asked. "I-I don't know." He said as he started fading away. "What the?!" Lightning exclaimed.
"The darkness was too much for him to handle, he's fading into the darkness." Sora said. "He got too careless."
Suddenly, the Crystal Star shone brightly as some certain Toad popped out. "Whoa...that was...freaky." He said.
"Brother...is that you?" Jolene asked as Mush turned around to see Jolene and the others. "Jolene?" He asked as he looked around the arena. "Did I miss something?" He asked.
"Mush, I was so worried about you. After you didn't come home, I had to do some spy work so I had to work for Grubba, I never imagined you..." Jolene couldn't finish as her tears started to fall again.
"Hey hey! Don't need to cry, I'm here now. I never imagined Grubba would do something like that...and now he's fading away for some random reason but whatever." He said as the siblings embraced.
"I always cry at happy reunions..." Koops said as the machine started to power down as the Crystal Star happened to land right behind Mush.
The siblings parted as they looked around. "Yeeeeah, I don't think we're going to be using this arena for quite a while." Mush said as he picked up the Crystal Star and gave it to Sora. "Here you go, dude." He said as Sora nodded as he took it as he held it up high while the others looked at the Crystal Star.
End of Chapter! (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)
Sora and the gang got their third crystal star from the power hungry Grubba who got too careless in the darkness, turning himself into a Heartless!
But it seems The Glitz Pit will be under construction for a long time, what will the fighters do by then? Will Lightning stay or will she leave?
The Crystal Stars sure have interesting powers, don't they?
Lightning battling with Sora and the gang? Grubba turning into a Heartless? What other twists will I come up with?!