CHAPTER 14
-The Great Unwelcoming-
As the Hurricane traveled across the water, Chopper spread his arms out and enjoyed the ride. The others, unfortunately, could not do as much. Though they could not move their legs, the only thing moveable for them were their head and arms.
"Boy, we sure got copped out in this ride..." Scrub pouted. "I wanna be able to move my whole body!"
"Well... Sometimes it's best to take a break for once." Sonic remarked, crossing his arms. "Though, being able to move freely would be a nice idea..."
"I'm also wondering how I'm able to move when I'm usually connected to the floor..." Vivian mentioned. "Though, I guess it's probably better not to come up with a conclusion."
"I, too, would like to know about that," Flyer agreed, keeping his eyes on what was ahead as he flew. "There must be some sort of logical scenario behind you ghostly beings... How is it possible for one to detach themselves off the floor?"
"Ummmmm... Maybe we shouldn't be discussing that." Chopper suggested. "I mean, this story already has enough weird stuff in it..."
"Very well then..." Flyer looked up ahead and caught a glimpse of the floating island. "Oh my... I believe we're nearing our destination already."
"Really? Cool! I'm going to see what's up ahead!" With a whistle, Chopper summoned his Warp Star and took off for the island ahead.
"Flyer... Can you let me out of here?" Vivian asked.
"Pardon? What for?" Flyer gawked.
"I'm going to follow Chopper..."
"Hmmmmm... Well, very well." Flyer pressed a button and released Vivian from the beam. She had landed on a rock below and sunk into the shadows.
"Too bad I can't do something like that..." Bombette sighed.
Clearno Island-
Chopper freely explored the island upon reaching it. The first thing he found was many trees and vines surrounding him. Obviously this place was some sort of jungle, though there were coconuts on a few trees for some odd reason... Unfortunately, he didn't have much time to explore when a figure jumped out of the ground and knocked him onto the ground, which sent his Warp Star flying off the island.
"Ouch! What the heck was that?" Chopper groaned, quickly getting up. He saw a brown furry creature in the shape of a tulip having pointy fur on the top of his head. He also had blue shoes with a red lightning bolt stripe, while the cuffs above were rectangular and forest green, and he also wore white gloves resembling boxing gloves, along with white, rectangular cuffs on his wrists.
Chopper was about to make a comment on him, but he noticed his Crystal Stars were scattered all around him. "Oh, no! This is not good! Why did you have to do this? In fact, who the heck are you?"
"The name's Tamber! I'm the one who guards this super-awesome island that belongs to me, and I don't like people invading it! That includes gumballs like you."
"You don't like people invading it? What for? ...And did you just call me a 'gumball'?"
"Yeah! That's right! You know what I think of gumballs?" Tamber cracked his knuckles. "They really annoy the heck outta me! They can't even do squat either. I think that fits you nicely!"
"Well... Ummmm... You look like a tulip."
"HEY! I'm not a tulip? I'm super awesome and ripped!"
He obviously did not look ripped.
"Look, can I just ask you a-"
"Shut up, Gumball."
"Hey! Stop calling me that!"
"No way! You ARE a gumball anyway, so I'm entitled to call you that, you dumb gumball!"
Chopper decided to ignore him and asked, "Look, can I ask you a question? I'm looking for a brown star located on this island. Do you think you have any idea where it-"
"Like I even care, Gumball," Tamber retorted.
Chopper groaned and approached his Crystal Stars. Tamber, however, got in the way and picked them up before he could get his hands on at least one of them.
"Hey! Give those back!" Chopper demanded.
"These gems are mine! Mine, I tell you! Finders keepers, losers weepers!"
"But... I'm already here. Just give them back, OK? I don't wanna use force..." Chopper took out his Diamond Hammer, but unfortunately, Tamber didn't seem too fazed by it. What did catch him off guard was a shadow being coming out of the shadows.
"I'm here, Chopper," Vivian informed. She noticed Tamber facing them with a confused look. "Who is that?"
"Crud! There's more of you people here?!" Tamber gaped. He stepped back slightly, but he shook off his shocked look and put on a cool guy face. "Well, it doesn't matter! I don't need to throw you off just yet! Maybe this'll be pretty fun, especially with a gumball!"
With that, he was off, leaving Chopper frustrated.
"Great... He got away with the Crystal Stars!"
"He took the Crystal Stars?"
"Yeah. I crashed into him, and they scattered everywhere, so he decided to be a jerk and take them from me." Chopper pouted, crossing his arms. "By the way... Where are the others?"
"I'm not so sure..." Vivian answered, inching a little close to Chopper, her face slightly red. "D-Do you think I can tell you something?"
"Tell me something? What is it?"
"Well... It's just that I..." she paused when she noticed some shadows. She stepped out of the way as the rest of their friends landed, with Flyer storing his Hurricane in his device.
"So, this is Clearno Island? Interesting..." Shadower remarked.
"It kinda reminds me of Angel Island," Sonic recalled, looking around the area. He noticed Chopper looking a bit unhappy though. "Hey, Chop. What's the matter? You should be excited!"
"I would be, but some jerk came in and stole the Crystal Stars," Chopper sighed.
Mario: They were stolen? By who?
"He called himself Tamber. He kinda reminds me of a tulip."
"A tulip? Well, if he was a jerk, we should say that back at him." Bombette suggested.
Chopper decided to move on ahead and discovered an area with a small lake and a couple of vines hanging from the trees. The place reminded them of a tropical forest.
"This should be fun," Sonic smirked, grabbing the vine and swinging. Unfortunately, his hand slipped off the vine, and he found himself plummeting into the lake. "Ack! No!"
Mario took action by diving into the lake, getting Sonic out before he could drown. The blue hedgehog shivered from the cold water, and even Mario did as well.
Mario: It's-a cold down there!
"I guess we should avoid that..." Chopper suggested, defeating a Tropical Shy Guy that was prepared to attack them. The others started to take the vine across the lake and over to the other side. Vivian, however, didn't go yet.
"Ummmm... Chopper?"
"What is it, Vivian?" Chopper asked.
"Well, I didn't want to go just yet. There's something important that I think I should tell you..."
"You need to tell me something? What is it?"
"It's just that... I tried telling you guys this before, but I don't feel very confident in saying it in front of everyone. Maybe it's probably best that we keep this between you and I..."
"Is it really that big for you to tell? Maybe I could tell them for-"
"I'd rather not let them hear just yet. I don't feel too comfortable having them hear this. Chopper, promise me you won't tell everyone else, right?"
"OK... I guess so..." Chopper trailed, feeling uncertain.
"Thanks, Chopper," Vivian smiled, giving him a hug, which made Chopper feel very uncomfortable. It made things worse when a certain someone was watching.
"PBBBBBBBTTHHHH! BAH HA HA HA! That's so lame!" Tamber laughed, jumping down from a tree.
"Huh? Hey! What're you doing here?!" Chopper gasped, getting out of Vivian's hug.
"Laughing at you, obviously!" Tamber answered, quickly making his escape before Chopper could get annoyed.
"Argh... That annoying tulip!" Chopper groaned. He let out a sigh and turned to the vine. "I guess we should just go."
After crossing over the lake with the vine, Chopper ran on ahead to catch up with the others. Vivian sighed and followed by going through the shadows. The others had not gotten too far. In fact, they had just reached a waterfall. Down below was another lake, but there appeared to be a few blocks down there. Chopper obviously went down there to hit the blocks, but he only found coins in them. There was a Star Piece in one corner, however.
"OK... So I guess we need to go up, right?" Sonic asked, looking up at the rocky ledge above. "Man... If only Tails was here, this would be so much easier for me."
"Well, we've always got Flyer he-" Chopper paused when he noticed Flyer on his drawing tablet, drawing a picture. "Hey! What are you drawing, Flyer?"
"Uhhhh... Nothing!" Flyer replied, quickly putting the tablet away, his face flushed red. "I was just...working on a little something!"
"Yeah, for his girlfriend," Scrub laughed, grabbing the tablet from Flyer's inventory and showing a picture of Fumu.
"Give me that!" the Wingel snatched the tablet from Scrub and put it away. "For your information, I'm trying to think of a design for the device needed to remove the collar on Fumu! This takes a lot of time, you see."
"Or... You were just looking at her picture. Don't you think so, Contadre?"
"I just needed Flyer's help to get to that ledge..." Chopper trailed.
"Oh. Right. Allow me to assist." Flyer flapped his wings and grabbed Chopper's arm. He was able to fly up to the ledge for Chopper to land on. Beside him was a small, lavender rock that he smashed with his hammer. Afterward, Flyer proceeded to help the others get up as well. Well, those who couldn't fly.
"Well, this may not be that difficult with Flyer's ability to fly," Sonic grinned.
Mario: Hey, what's that?
The plumber pointed to the pathway up ahead and caught glimpse of what appeared to be a small temple. It was a sandy yellow, with two torches and a staircase in between them. However, one of the torches had something sparkly and clear. It reminded them of a...
"Hey! That's one of the Crystal Stars!" Berry exclaimed.
"Wait, really?" Chopper rushed past a Tropical Shy Guy and took a look at the Diamond Star in the flames. He conjured up an ice ball and hurled it at the torch, getting rid of its flames and cooling the Diamond Star. He then snatched it and put it away. "OK, that's one down! Only...twelve more to go..."
Everyone else let out a groan. Well, except for Kirby, who seemed more than delighted.
"Poyo! (I'm pretty excited to see what's up ahead!)" Kirby exclaimed, running into the temple ahead.
"Well... At least we still have a shot at getting them back." Shadower mentioned. "Maybe this won't be bad after all..."
The rest seemed to be a little more excited, though not as much. Regardless, they followed Kirby through the temple's entrance.
Elsewhere on Clearno Island-
Further in the tropical forest area of Clearno Island, the two Shadow Sirens and Doopliss were hopelessly searching around the area, trying to find the Crystal Star. Unfortunately, they hadn't had much luck in finding it.
"So… The Crystal Star is somewhere on this island, I presume…" Beldam trailed, searching behind a couple of bushes. "Bah! There's nothing but bushes and trees! How are we supposed to find the star here?"
"I liked my old home a lot better than this place," Doopliss remarked, some bushes getting caught in his sheet. When he managed to get them off, he sighed. "This place ain't good for my sheet!"
"Shut it, freak-in-a-sheet!" the hag snapped. "Your remarks aren't helping us get anywhere!
Doopliss mumbled as he looked away from Beldam.
"Now, since the Crystal Star is located here, it's safe to assume that Chopper will be here too. We must formulate a plan if we are to ambush him and that traitor Vivian!"
While she began to explain, Marilyn noticed something appearing under the three of them. It appeared to be some sort of net. It didn't take long for her to figure out what it was doing there, so she got her sister's attention and grunted, "Guh! Guuuuh!"
"What is it now, Marilyn? What? There's a net right here below us?" Beldam looked down at the net, and the three ended up getting caught in it. "How did this net appear under us?! Why didn't you tell me before, freak-sheet?!"
"Huh? Hey! I didn't see it!"
"Well, well, well… Looks like I've caught some thieves today!" Landing in front of the three was Tamber, who crossed his arms and gave a grin. "So I overheard you wanting to come take the Star Diamond, right? Well... Too bad! That thing's mine!"
"Guh?" Marilyn gawked.
"What? You wanna know what the Star Diamond is? Well... It's...er..." Tamber pondered, trying to remember what it could do. "Well, I keep it 'cause I like it, and you can't have it! The Star Diamond's mine, and so is this island, so maybe you oughta beat it."
"This is YOUR island? Mmmmwee hee hee hee hee! Oh, you foolish little creature! I don't see your name anywhere on it! You honestly think that you can keep us trapped in here? We can simply sink into the shadows!" Beldam cackled.
"Well, maybe, but what if I brought in my pet? C'mere, John!"
A shadow beast on fours with huge fangs came to him. It had evil red eyes, sharp claws, and a long tail. One thing important to note about John was that his meal consisted of shadows.
"See this? This is my new pet I found a moment ago! I don't know where the heck he came from, but now he's with me!" Tamber grinned. "Don't try escaping, because he can get people in the shadows!"
"Whoa… Now THAT'S cool!" Doopliss commented.
"You're not helping, freak-in-a-sheet," Beldam growled.
"Now, if you'll excuse me... I have a gumball to take care of." Tamber said, turning away and running off.
"Guhhhhh..." Marilyn grunted.
John decided to glare at the three beings, awaiting any attempts of escaping.
Inside the temple-
"Geez... It's so hard to see in here." Bombette said, trying to find her way through the dark hallway. "Does anyone have a light?"
"Well, I can see clearly. Of course, I suppose having some light is not a bad idea." Shadower suggested, and in response, Vivian lit up a small flame, and Chopper conjured up a fireball.
"OK, this is a little better, but it's still not enough! We need more!" Scrub complained.
"Here, let me help," Flyer changed one of his devices into an electric torch and lit it up, providing more light. "That should be more helpful. We should take a look around here. Perhaps another Crystal Star may be located here?"
Everyone agreed and started to explore the temple now that it was much lighter. There appeared to be many pieces of brick that had fallen off the wall, creating some square-shaped holes. The only thing that caught them off guard were some strange, gooey bat creatures with yellow eyes called a Batooey. They were not that strong, so getting rid of them was fairly simple.
Upon passing through a doorway, they all noticed some writing on the wall written in Old English. Since Flyer was the smartest in the group, he decided to give it a read.
"Such strange writing..." Flyer remarked.
Mario: What does it say?
"It says, 'If thou hast the flames of two, thou shalt open thy way to the artifact that sits on its…buttocks'? Strange... An artifact on a buttocks?"
"That sounds a bit weird," Berry agreed. She took a closer look ahead and caught a glimpse of two unlit torches. "Hey, maybe we need to light them both up at the same time! Surely you can do that, Choppy!"
"I think so," Chopper approached one of the unlit torches and lit it up. He then lit the other, but nothing happened. "Maybe they need to light up at the same time? I guess you should come help, Vivian."
"All right, it might be a good idea" Vivian floated over to the left torch and lit it up at the same time as Chopper, causing the door to open. This led up to a room with light shining from the ceiling and a statue of what appeared to be a buttocks.
"I hope that thing's fake," Bombette remarked. They took a couple of steps up the staircase and noticed something standing on top of the buttock statue. "Hey, isn't that one of the Crystal Stars?"
"That's the Crystal Star we got after giving that Grubba beating!" Scrub recalled. Chopper decided to go up to the top of the stairs and take the Gold Star from its place.
"Got it!" he put it away, causing the room to suddenly shake. A boulder had appeared in front him, and it was rolling his way. Chopper gasped and began to run down the opposite staircase, easily outrunning the boulder. He saw a glimmering light at the end of the staircase at a doorway, and that luckily led him back outside. The boulder couldn't fit, thus making it stuck. "Wait... Aren't my friends in there?"
The doorway had exploded, and rock chunks came flying out. Chopper ducked to avoid a few of them, and Bombette came running outside first.
"Yeesh! You need to learn to be careful once in a while!" Bombette suggested. "You could've gotten flattened by that boulder!"
"Really? I think I outran that thing..." Chopper trailed.
"Well, it doesn't matter right now," Flyer dismissed. "We're all safe, and that's what's important."
"Oh, not for long!"
Looking up, the heroes noticed some green Phis with orange eyes floating above a few trees. On their jetpacks were a few bombs. These Demolition Phis took out a single bomb and grinned down at their enemies.
"Phis? Oh, crud... That means Gemerl might be here!" Chopper gaped.
"Gemerl? Who is he?" Flyer asked.
"The one leading the Phi army."
"Taste bombs, heroes!" the Demoltion Phis exclaimed, throwing the bombs onto the ground. A large explosion emitted, scorching most of the trees down to ash. While the heroes got blown back, they were thankfully not seriously injured from the bombs. The Phis left, and all that remained was a barren wasteland in this particular area, along with a fiery red sky.
"Talk about impressive..." Sonic gaped. "They burned down all the trees! That's just crazy!"
The only thing they could do was stare at all of the burnt down trees, bushes, and even some of the grass as they continued on ahead. Chopper clenched a fist, mumbling, "Those Phis are going to pay for this..."
Tamber had gotten a glimpse of the explosion as well. His eyes were widened in shock from the results. Sure, he had seen a lot of spectacles, but this was to the extreme. "Oh, I see now! Those people are here to blow up my island! That sneaky little gumball! Well, let's see how he likes it when I finally start pounding him! I'll be like 'HYAH'!"
Unintentionally, he had punched a wall in a temple leading underground. Tamber paused and moved his hand out of the way. Before he could go on another fit, he heard another voice.
"Mimimimimimi! So THIS is where that meanie-head Chopper went to! That penguin thought he could make cute little me do his bidding, but I don't think so! I do whatever I want!"
"So there's another jerk on my island?" Tamber began to rub his hands evilly. "Then it's time I had a little fun with them too! Heh heh heh!"
"Yo! Contadre! I found a star!" Scrub announced, spotting the Emerald Star over by a bridge and waterfall in the background and tossed it to Chopper. He easily caught it and put it away.
"All right! We've got three stars so far." Chopper smiled. "Hopefully we find more!"
They spotted a few Demolition Phis getting ready to throw some bombs, but using the Emerald Star's Clock Out, they remained frozen in time, allowing he heroes to bash on them and also defeat them. Afterward, they crossed the bridge to a small, grassy plain and waterfall.
"Despite this place being burned down, at least this waterfall still looks nice," Shadower commented. He noticed a red star up ahead and gasped. "Guys! It's the Ruby Star!"
"Not so fast! You won't be getting this so easily!"
Hovering near a bridge dead ahead was a dark blue Phi with light blue eyes. It had a pointy, green hue, and its shoulders were spiky. In the Phi's hand was what appeared to be some sort of assault rifle.
Aiming its assault rifle, the Phi said, "I've finally got you, Chopper! At long last I finally lay my eyes on you!"
"Who are you?" Flyer asked.
"I am Phimin, one of the higher-class Phis in Master Gemerl's army," Phimin introduced. "I was given orders by Gemerl to look for a Crystal Star located on this island. He assumed you, too, would be showing up as well. I desired to see who you are, and now I finally get the chance to destroy you!"
"How long have you been with that robot?" Berry asked, getting her hammer out.
"Not too long. After you invaded the old Phi base, I was given a job as a high-commander. He saw some potential in me with my weapon. Now it's time for me to prove to him that I'm much more than those other Phis and destroy you!"
"So you've just got one measly weapon! So what?" Scrub laughed. "This is probably going to be too easy!"
"I thought you'd say that... Let's take it up a notch!" Phimin drew another black assault rifle, causing some to gape. "Heh heh! Let's see how you handle me now!"
"Well we're not stepping down so easily, so prepare to be beaten down!" Chopper declared.
Tattle: That's Phimin, one of Gemerl's tougher minions. It looks like a real trooper. Max HP is 150, Attack is 11, and Defense is 1. It'll attack by using its weapons and also by, well, it's just going to shoot you with those guns. Is that ALL it even does? Man… If this is all that it does, then it's pretty pathetic for a mini-boss, if you ask me! REALLY pathetic…
"So, she thinks he's pathetic? Well, we'll see how that goes!" Chopper made the first move, taking out his hammer and dealing 7 damage to Phimin. Mario noticed that its HP and Defense were the exact same as the Shadow Queen, but, based on fighting Chillbi, he had no issues. He charged at Phimin and hit him with a Super Jump.
Phimin aimed its two guns at Chopper and shot twice at him. One could do 5 and the other 6. He was lucky enough to guard both shots, taking only 9 damage instead.
"Hmmmm... I guess I might have a better shot next time." Phimin said, a little disappointed with its hits.
"Time for a Wall Jump!" Chopper declared, hitting Phimin with a Wall Jump, dealing 16 damage, and with Flyer's Flying Attack, it did 25 altogether. Phimin took action by charging up a shot from its gun and shooting it at Flyer, dealing 13 damage.
"Yeesh... I think we may have underestimated him..." Flyer winced. "He's got a lot more stronger attacks than I thought."
"And that's one of the few reasons why I'm a high commander," Phimin smirked, satisfied with his attack.
"Well, then we'll just have to show him what we're capable of," Shadower brought his arm back and Phimin got struck by a shadowy fist, bringing his defense down to 0.
"Thanks, Shadower!" Chopper smiled, charging at Phimin and hitting him with a jump, bringing him to 94 HP.
"Phimin! Don't tell me you're losing already! Fight back with all you've got!" Gemerl exclaimed, his voice coming out of Phimin's communicator. "You found that Ruby Star, so if you beat them, you can get whatever he has and bring it back here! That includes a promotion!"
"A promotion? Now that sounds very nice, sir... Don't worry, I've got plenty of tricks up my sleeves!" Phimin pulled out a grenade and he threw it at the whole group. It blew up, resulting in the group taking 11 damage.
"Now THAT'S what I'm talking about. Continue that and you'll take them down in no time!"
"Well, we can continue what we're doing and take you down with ease," Chopper jumped off the stage wall again and took 18 HP away from Phimin with his Wall Jump. Kirby took 10 out of the robot with his Stone attack.
"Grrr! Take this!" Phimin fired two blasts at Chopper, dealing a total of 11 damage. His defense had finally been restored as well, but it didn't stop Vivian from hurting Phimin with her Shade Fist, along with burning it. The robot shrugged it off and tossed another grenade, which everyone managed to guard from. "Great... I was hoping it would do full damage."
Chopper smirked, striking the Phi with his hammer, followed by Bombette exploding with her Bomb attack, bringing Phimin down to 44 HP.
"So... You people seem to have more of an advantage on the ground. Perhaps this can change that!" Phimin flew off the floor and made sure it was not high enough for a ground attack to reach. "Ha HA! See how you get through this, heroes!"
Not only that, but it fired a charged, explosive shot onto the ground that managed to deal 13 damage to everyone. They groaned in frustration. Not only were ground attacks useless, but the Phi also had much stronger attacks.
Mario: It might take a lot to bring him down.
"Then we'll just have to jump on him," Chopper shrugged, leaping in the air and hitting Phimin with a Jump. Mario had done the same thing and managed to bring Phimin onto the floor. It quickly shook itself and tossed a grenade. They all Superguarded it, followed by Chopper hitting him with his hammer and Scrub inhaling and spitting out Phimin with his Gulp.
Phimin decided to aim at Berry this time and fired two shots. She managed to guard the first one, but the second one made her take 6 damage. She responded by hitting Phimin with her Ruby Hammer. Chopper used a Spin Jump and brought the robot down to 1 HP.
"No... This isn't how it will end!" Phimin exclaimed, firing a charged shot at the group to deal full damage. However, Sonic was quick enough to react and managed to strike the Phi with a Spin Dash. "YAAAARGH!"
Once Chopper had received 35 Star Points from the battle, Phimin started to malfunction, and sparks began to emit from its body. With one bright flash, the robot had exploded. Even the Phi's communicator had gotten blown up as well.
"Whew! That was close!" Chopper approached the Ruby Star that was behind the remains of Phimin and picked it up. "All right! We got another!"
"Sweet! Four Crystal Stars collected and only…nine more to find." Sonic grinned. "If we keep this up, we'll have the stars back in no time!"
"Well, we might as well get going then," Chopper crossed the bridge and saw the sky change back to its natural blue color. They finally caught sight of trees, indicating that this area had not been struck by the explosion. What also caught their interest was a yellow temple covered in vines dead ahead.
"Wait... Another temple?" Berry gawked. "But didn't we just explore one?"
"Hold on... I think there's something written there." Flyer announced, flying straight for the temple. When they got closer, they noticed a small hole near the temple's entrance. Obviously someone had punched a hole in there. Flyer, however, paid more attention to the sign right beside the temple. "It says that this is 'The Labyrinth Temple.' Very interesting..."
"Yeah, I guess it does, only for a nerd!" the heroes turned to their left and saw Tamber smirking at them.
"Oh, no... Not him again." Chopper groaned.
"Wait, you met this guy, Contadre?" Scrub gawked.
"He's that Tamber guy."
"'That Tamber guy'? I'm much more than that." Tamber replied, taking offense. "You know that you people aren't allowed on this island, especially gumballs. They can't explore islands."
"Poyo! (I take offense to that!)" Kirby exclaimed, giving Tamber a glare.
"I think he's talking to me," Chopper whispered.
"And what gives you the right to be so disrespectful to us?" Berry asked, glaring at Tamber as well.
"Oh, what's this? A chick is trying to defend a gumball? PFFFFFFFFT! You're better off hiding behind the gumball, since chicks can't do squat!"
"You think you're tough? I WILL beat the snot out of you if you don't shut up!"
"BAH HA HA HA HA!" Tamber laughed, falling back on the floor and rolling around. "You mad? Look at those arms! They can't do-"
A fist had collided with his face, leaving him dazed. He got up and felt a bruise on his cheek, and he also noticed Berry lowering her fist.
"That's for bullying my Choppy and the others," Berry stated.
"Argh... I swear I'm going to punch you so hard in the face!" Tamber growled. "You know what? Maybe you guys are interested in taking a little swim!"
"Wait, what is this leading to?" Sonic gulped.
"Oh, nothing... Nothing... Well, unless you consider me showing you the way into the Labyrinth Temple!" Tamber laughed, kicking a switch behind a bush, causing he stairs in the entryway to turn into a slide. The heroes barely had enough time to react when they saw Tamber punch them into the doorway and into the temple.
"AGGHHHH!"
"HA HA! Enjoy drowning in the temple, losers!" Tamber grinned. "That place is next to impossible when it comes to escaping!"
Ah, yes... Tamber... Each story has some kind of jerk in it. Here, we have Tamber that takes that role! He certainly doesn't take a liking to gumballs like Chopper either. :P
The Labyrinth Temple is pretty much based off Labyrinth Zone from Sonic 1 (and we all know how much we LOVE that place). I guess you can also say Clearno Island is kinda based around Angel Island too.