Chapter 9: A Spooky Reception (Part I)

Bowser's Castle: Basement

Bowser and Eggman were talking when a device that Eggman was holding started beeping.

"I believe we have just found a Chaos Emerald!" Eggman announced happily.

"Excellent!" Bowser nodded, crossing his arms. "Now where is it?"

"Don't worry about that." Eggman said. "Our latest allies will be more than happy to retrieve it. This place does seem to be their home."

"Really?" Bowser curiously asked.

"Indeed." Eggman nodded. "They will retrieve that Emerald for us! And then we'd only need six more!"

Peach's Castle: Dining Room

Everyone was eating lunch when Tails walked in with a strange look on his face.

"So," he said. "I did a scan of the area again and found something really strange."

"A Chaos Emerald?" Mario asked.

"TWO Chaos Emeralds?" Luigi asked at the same time.

Tails shook his head. "No," He said, surprising the Mario Bros. "It was a SOS."

"What!?" Sonic, Mario, and Peach asked in unison.

"Where's it coming from Tails!?" Knuckles asked. His attention was quickly apparent, something that Sonic noted.

"It's coming from an old mansion a ways away from here." Tails said. "I'm not exactly sure which room though since we're too far."

Luigi's face suddenly turned white. "A…old…mansion…?" He muttered in fear.

Tails nodded, not noticing Luigi's change of attitude. "Yeah, I think we should check it out."

"Hmph, sounds interesting." Shadow said, leaning back in his chair.

"I say we should do it!" Mario said, standing up.

"Agreed!" Sonic nodded, jumping out of his chair.

"Vector, Charmy, and I will stay with the princess." Espio said. "We'll only get in the way."

"Sounds good to me!" Sonic gave Espio his signature thumbs-up.

"Uhh…OK…" Luigi said slowly, getting up even slower. "Let's go…"

"Chaos Control!" Shadow said, teleporting the heroes to the mysterious mansion.

Luigi's Mansion: Mansion Gate

There was a flash of light and the heroes appeared. The light startled the bats, which began to fly around.

"Uh…you guys go first…" Luigi said, standing behind Mario.

Sonic shrugged. "All right." He said, as they began walking towards the front door.

Tails looked at his scanners again and gasped. "Sonic!" He exclaimed. "There's something way out of place!"

"What is it Tails?" Sonic and Knuckles asked.

"Our world has merged with Mario's!" Tails announced to everyone's shock.

"What!?" Mario, Luigi, Sonic, and Knuckles almost shouted, as Shadow simply rolled his eyes.

"'Two worlds shall become one…'" Sonic muttered, quoting something he had heard a long time before. "Do you think what Dark Oak said a year ago is coming to place now?"

Tails shook his head. "No." He said. "That was for that one adventure. And we stopped Dark Oak from doing it…" Tails suddenly sighed as he continued walking.

Sonic walked next to Tails and put his hand on his shoulder. "Hey, it's alright bud!" He cheered. "But right now we have to focus on what's happening right now."

"Sonic's right!" Knuckles agreed. "The person who sent that SOS is still in there. And I don't like the looks of it."

"Yeah!" Mario agreed. "Let's keep going!" He wondered what Tails was upset about, but decided to ask Sonic at a later time. By the time he decided to ask Sonic at a later time they had already opened the front door and walked in. The room was extremely dark and gloomy.

"Man!" Knuckles exclaimed. "It sure is dark in here!"

"Yeah…" Luigi agreed, looking nervously around him. Why did I forget to bring a flashlight!? He wondered.

Tails looked at his scanner again. "The SOS is coming from the basement!" He said. "Let's go!"

The heroes walk into the basement, where they heard a frightening voice from amongst the darkness.

"Whoooo dares to trespass upon our property?" The voice demanded, as Luigi screamed and crouched down.

"What shall we doooo to them, your Highness?" Another voice asked. "Shall we turn them into paintings?"

"Hmm…maybe." The first voice said. The lights then suddenly turned on. "Hey!" The king demanded. "Whoooo turned on the lights!?"

"I did!" Tails said, standing by the light switch. "And where are you?"

"I'm here and there." The voice said. "I am everywhere!"

"You can't scare us King Boo!" Mario said confidently. "Right Luigi?" He turned to his brother, who was crouched down in a corner shaking.

"Oh, can't I?" King Boo retorted, referencing Luigi.

"We received an SOS from someone down here." Tails said. "Where is the person who sent it?"

"I'm not telling anything." King Boo announced. "But if you find her you can keep her."

"She?" Tails asked.

Luigi slowly stood up. "King Boo…" He said shakily. "This is my mansion…and I order you to leave now! ...Please?"

King Boo merely chuckled at Luigi. "I think not." Said he.

Tails looked at his scanner again. "The signal is still coming." He said. "Could it be we're in the wrong place?"

"Aha!" Luigi exclaimed, snapping his fingers. "I think I know where it is!" He turned to walk out the door, but before he could reach it the door suddenly closed. "Wha!?"

"You're not leaving here without our permission!" Boo laughed. "You've fallen right into our trap!"

"Grrr, you're making me mad!" Knuckles growled angrily. "Come out in the open, you coward!"

"No." King Boo said shortly. "We stay hidden so we can scare others."

"We'll see about that!" Knuckles said. With that he punched the door, which collapsed. "Let's go!" He said, running out. Luigi led the heroes up to the roof, all the while being attacked by spooky voices.

"Why are we coming up here?" Tails asked when they reached the roof.

"Aha!" Mario exclaimed. "I remember! There's a secret room here!"

Luigi nodded. "Let's go!" He jumped into a chimney and landed in a dark room. The others jumped in as well…and all fell on each other.

"Ouch!" "Get off of me!" "You're standing on my tails!" "Give back my hat!" They all clamored as they tried to get off each other.

"OK," Tails said after they all got up. "We're in the room. Where's the sender of the message?"

"Right here!" A high voice piped from the corner. Luigi turned on the light and the heroes saw a young rabbit standing in the corner.

"Cream!" Tails exclaimed, running to her and hugging her. "What are you doing here!?"

"Oh Mister Tails," Cream sobbed. "I'm so glad you came! It's been really scary here!"

"How'd you even get here?" Sonic asked.

"When everything went white I passed out." Cream told him. "When I woke up I was in this creepy mansion. I started looking for Cheese when I fell in here and couldn't get out."

"But how'd you send the SOS?" Mario asked.

"She has a small device I made her." Tails explained. "Guess she thought it was the best way to use it."

Sonic nodded. "Well, you're safe with us now." He assured her.

"Or is she?" An all too familiar voice said, as Dimentio appeared in the room. "I have to admit, I didn't expect to see you guys here. You're like moths attracted to light."

"Dimentio?" Mario was surprised. "What are you doing here?"

"Well since you obviously don't know I won't tell you." Dimentio refused, making Knuckles angry.

"Why you little—" Knuckles said, taking a step forward.

"Long time no see Knucklehead." Dimentio said cheerily. "Last time I saw you you were pounding Metal Sonic to the ground."

"And I'll do the same to you!" Knuckles shouted.

Dimentio chuckled. "I would really love to see you try."

"Knuckles calm down!" Mario pleaded.

"Your plumber friend has a point." Dimentio nodded. "You cannot defeat me. But now I have to go say hello to that annoying little Chao I found. I'm assuming you want it back so I'll tell you what: If you can find where I'm keeping him you can have it. Ciao!" Dimentio smiled and then vanished.

The gang has found who sent the SOS, but have also found that Dimentio was amidst the mansion as well. What's worse is that he has Cheese captured. Can the heroes find Cheese and rescue him from Dimentio? Find out next time in Heroes Alliance!

A/N: Chapter 9 done! Told you there'll be a lot of two parters. Oh well. So for Luigi's Mansion: It's one of my favorite Mario games, and I just HAD to put it in here. And with Dark Oak: He's the main villain in Season 3 of Sonic X. I'll let you watch it for yourself to find out what made Tails upset. ;) So for Dimentio: Since as you know he wasn't sent to the mansion he didn't know the Mario's would be there; thus explaining why he was surprised. If you're enjoying this, or have any questions, please comment (review) and I'll answer. Thanks for reading!