Chapter 8: Metal Madness (Part II)
Isle Delfino: In front of the Pianta statue
Sonic, Mario, and the others had landed and were looking around.
"Why are we here!?" Sonic panicked, looking around in fear. "There's WAY too much water around here!"
"Well this IS an island." Luigi reminded him.
"No, really!?" Sonic retorted. "I thought it was a forest or something!" Luigi just rolled his eyes. "So Tails," Sonic asked his best friend. "Is there any water in the Pianta Village thingamajig?"
"Only the hot tub and the river." Mario answered Sonic.
"But don't worry," A voice said. "You won't be able to make it there."
The heroes turn toward the shops and saw Bowser Jr. walking toward them.
"What do you want Bib Britches?" Mario asked.
"What do ya think?" Bowser Jr. replied. "Do destroy you, duh."
"Heh, I'd like to see you try." Sonic challenged, as he spin-dashed at the Koopling. But before he could hit him a metal ball came out of nowhere and hit Sonic, making Sonic crash into a tree. "Ungh," Sonic groaned, standing up and looking at what hit him. What he saw shocked him. "Me…Metal Sonic!?" He gasped in alarm.
"But it can't be!" Tails exclaimed.
The ball that hit Sonic had transformed into a blue robot that looked almost exactly like Sonic. "Sonic," it said in a deep, metallic voice. "I will destroy you now, along with all your puny friends!"
"He's right!" Bowser Jr. nodded as he took out his paintbrush. "Now, witness our true power!" He swung his paintbrush several times and disappeared in a flash of light. When he reappeared he looked exactly like Mario, only silver.
"Wha!?" Luigi gasped, looking first at Mario, and then at the copy. "There are TWO Mario's!?" He continued looking frantically at the two before screaming and climbing up a tree.
"Luigi!" Mario called, trying to get his brother down, but to no avail.
"We can't let them beat us!" Tails said, determined to beat them. "We have to get the Chaos Emerald before they do!"
"Right!" Sonic agreed. "Come on team! Let's do this!"
Bowser Jr. and Metal Sonic began attacking the heroes while Dimentio watched from a roof.
"My my," he said to himself. "This is certainly an interesting fight. I'm glad I decided to watch it."
The heroes were slowly getting driven back towards the water. "I…I don't know if we can last much longer." Tails panted, trying to dodge Metal Sonic's attacks.
"We have to!" Mario tried to encourage Tails, but he himself was getting exhausted.
The heroes were right on the edge of the water when suddenly a voice boomed from behind them.
"HEY! Leave them alone!" Metal Sonic whirled around, only to get a punch in the face by a red echidna.
"Knuckles!" Tails shouted, glad to see him.
"Outta my way Knucklehead!" Shadow Mario ordered. "Who gave you permission to interfere!?"
"I did!" A deep voice said on the side. Shadow Mario quickly turned and saw a black and red hedgehog standing under a tree with his hand in the air. "Chaos Spear!" The hedgehog said, shooting an attack that looked like lightning. The attack came so fast that Bowser Jr. couldn't dodge, and was struck down.
"It's Shadow!" Tails said, relieved.
"Man," Luigi mused, climbing down the tree. "You guys have a lot of friends."
Metal Sonic stood up and glared at Sonic. "I AM the Ultimate Sonic!" He angrily shouted. "No one will stop me from proving that!" He charged at Sonic, only to be hit by Sonic's home-attack.
"Sorry pal," Sonic calmly said. "I think I am the 'Ultimate Sonic.'"
"Darn!" Bowser Jr., still in his Shadow Mario form, shouted. "You will pay for this! Now…" He looked around him. "Where is our ride!?"
"Right here." Dimentio said, jumping off the roof and landing in between the heroes and villains. "Hello again!" He said cheerfully.
"Who the heck are you!?" Knuckles demanded.
"Allow me to introduce myself." Dimentio said, bowing slightly. "I am the master of dimensions, the pleaser of crowds. My name is Dimentio!"
"Hmph," Shadow grunted, looking at Dimentio with a look of disdain.
"And now my crew and I are off." Dimentio said, smiling. "Ciao!" He snapped his fingers and he, Metal Sonic, and Bowser Jr. vanished from sight.
"Phew…" Luigi sighed. "I'm glad that's over."
"You didn't even fight!" Mario told him, at which Luigi shrugged.
"We've lost too much time!" Tails exclaimed. "We have to find that Chaos Emerald before it gets dark!"
"You mean this one?" Shadow asked quietly, as he showed Tails a Chaos Emerald.
"How…how did you get it!?" Tails asked in wonder. "That's the one we were looking for!"
"Well," Knuckles explained. "After I woke up when everything went white I found myself in some place with some kind of people, I think they were called Piantas. I landed right in the middle of them during a party apparently. I won their respect by winning every arm wrestling match. And then I saw the Chaos Emerald on top of a large tree and climbed up, only to find Shadow was already there."
"I had just reached the emerald when Knuckles reached the top." Shadow continued. "After a bit of talking we decided to put our differences aside so we can find a way back home."
"Then we saw you getting attacked by Metal Sonic, and thought we should help." Knuckles finished.
"Cool!" Tails exclaimed.
"Well that's done." Sonic said. "Let's head back to the castle, AWAY from this water!"
Mario chuckled. "All right." He nodded. "Let's go!"
"Who are they?" Knuckles asked.
"New friends and allies while we're here." Sonic explained.
"I'm Mario, and that's my brother Luigi." Mario introduced the Bros.
"Hmph," Shadow crossed his arms. "If we have to I guess I'll work with you. Just don't get in my way!"
"Uhh…OK." Luigi said, a little nervous. He then whispered to Tails. "Is he always like that?"
Tails nodded. "Most of the time. But you'll get used to it."
"So let's head back to the castle!" Mario said.
"Right." Shadow said, holding his Chaos Emerald. "Chaos Control!" There was a flash of light and the heroes vanished.
Bowser's Castle: Basement
Eggman was looking at a computer screen when Bowser walked in.
"I've discovered something rather interesting!" Eggman exclaimed, turning around. "Not only were Sonic and I sent to your world, but somehow our worlds have actually collided."
"So wait," Bowser said, trying to understand the scientist. "You're saying that my world and your world are now one world!?"
"Precisely!" Eggman nodded, rubbing his hands. "That means the Chaos Emeralds are here as well. If we can get those we will be unstoppable!"
"Then you better hurry." Dimentio said, suddenly appearing with Bowser Jr. and Metal Sonic behind Eggman and startling him. "Mario and Sonic already have two of them."
"What!? Already!?" Eggman asked in disbelief.
"Sonic has grown stronger." Metal Sonic admitted. "But I will prevail over him!"
"Have you come up with the next part of the plan Doc?" Bowser asked.
Eggman nodded. "Yes, but it will take some time to prepare. I'll need you to keep the heroes busy."
"Sure thing." Dimentio said, smiling. "We can really have some fun doing that!"
"Very well." Eggman said. "You distract the heroes while I prepare the next part of our plan!"
The heroes have defeated Bowser Jr. and Metal Sonic, and have obtained the second Chaos Emerald! But it appears that everything seems to be going to plan for Eggman, who calmly continues his work. What evil plan does he have? Will the heroes be able to find the other Chaos Emeralds? Find out next time in Heroes Alliance!
A/N: Chapter 8 completed! This was a lot of fun to write, what with introducing Shadow and Metal Sonic; two of my favorite Sonic characters. So for the transformation that Bowser Jr. did: In Super Mario Sunshine he is shown to be able to make himself appear like Mario using his paintbrush. If you have any questions, or if you're enjoying this, please comment (review) and I'll answer. Thanks for reading!