Chapter 23: Attack on Bowser's Castle (Part 2)

Bowser's Castle: Outside the throne room

With Team 1:

Sonic, Mario, Luigi, and Tails finally reached the throne room.

"Well, here goes!" Sonic said, opening the door. "What's this?"

"The room is empty!" Tails exclaimed, looking around him as the heroes walked in. It was true; there was no sign of anybody in the throne room.

"Where is everyone?" Luigi asked, a little nervous. Just then a deep laugh made him freeze in terror.

"We're right here you fools!" Bowser's voice boomed from the shadows.

"Bowser!" Mario exclaimed, looking swiftly around him for the king of Koopas.

"Yes, it is I." Bowser said, walking out of the shadows. "And now Mario, I will destroy you and rule over the Mushroom Kingdom!"

With Team 2:

The Chaotix were almost at their destination. They were trying to be quiet, but that was nearly impossible as Charmy was too excited.

"We're going to blow up a castle, a castle, a castle! We're going to blow a castle until there's nothing left!" The bee sang.

"Charmy!" Vector shouted at the bee. "Quit singing, will ya!?"

"We're here." Espio calmly said, opening the door to the lab. "Now let's hurry and destroy those machines."

"I am afraid that is not possible!" A metallic voice said from the corner. A metal blue hedgehog began to walk towards them.

"You!?" Vector said in disbelief.

"Hello. I must confess I am surprised to see you here, but now your journey ends!"

With Team 3:

Silver, Blaze, and Yoshi had just reached the balcony.

"Here it is!" Yoshi exclaimed as he jumped up and down on the balcony.

"Well, it looks like no one's here." Silver observed. "We should head to the vault and check there."

"OK." Blaze nodded.

"Yeah about that, you won't be getting there." Bowser Jr's voice said from behind them. "I have to thank you guys for coming here. It was getting really boring!"

"You!" Silver exclaimed. "You're Bowser's son!"

Bowser Jr. nodded. "Yep. And you're not as stupid as you look."

"What'd you say!?" Silver almost shouted he was so insulted.

"And now," Bowser Jr. took out his magic paintbrush. "I will destroy you!"

With Team 4:

Team Dark had finally reached their destination.

"Here it is." Shadow said, approaching it. "The storage room."

Just then a voice spoke. "That's far enough Shadow." There was a slight distortion in front of them and Dimentio appeared.

"Dimentio!" Shadow glared at him, clenching his fists. Dimentio however, did not seem in the mood for a fight.

"I must say," the magician said smiling. "You turning on Eggman like that was very unexpected. But I'd say you did a good job at it."

"What do you mean by that?"

"I'm just saying it's interesting how you handled it." Dimentio answered. He then looked to Shadow's comrades. "So, who are the new guys?"

"I'm Rouge the Bat." The treasure hunter introduced herself.

"I AM OMEGA. THE ULTIMATE E-SERIES ROBOT."

Dimentio bowed slightly. "It is a pleasure to meet you all."

"Get out of my way Dimentio!" Shadow ordered sternly. "I'm taking that Chaos Emerald!"

"I'm sorry old friend, but I can't let you do that." Dimentio told him.

Shadow nodded. "Then," he clenched his fists and got into a fighting position. "I will have to destroy you!"

Dimentio nodded in agreement. "Very well then."

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To be continued...