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Super Mario Sunshine Adventure
Episode 2: Mirror Madness! Tilt, Slam, Bam!
Upon getting back to Gelato Beach, the group of five very interesting characters noticed that something was really weird and stuff. The brown Pianta from before immediately turned around to glare at them, a concerned expression dancing along his facial features. "Alert! Alert! Just look at the top of the tower!" he pointed at the towering tower from afar. Everyone instantly followed with their eyes and saw a giant sleeping Wiggler at the top of the tower. Plus, there were mirrors around and the mirrors had giant Cataquacks walking around on them for some reason.
"Whoa…" Sonic observed.
"Some weird thing has curled up on the tower to take a nap!" screeched the Pianta. "This could endanger the legendary Sand Bird egg!"
Silver noticed how urgent and serious this was. "Uh oh! We better do something about it then!"
"But we can we do?" asked Pauline.
"Well, we can start by getting rid of those Cataquacks first," Mario responded with a nod of his head. "I have a plan, guys, on how to get rid of the Wiggler up there."
Blaze frowned. "So that's what that thing is called?"
"Yep," responded Mario.
Blaze frowned.
"Well, what are we waiting for? That egg is need of our assistance!" Silver declared loudly and rushed forward, grabbing some coins as he did. Everyone else followed and they approached the Sand Cabana.
Pauline noticed a sign in front of the Sand Cabana and read it out loud for everyone, "Sand Cabana. If no one's here, be prepared to wait for a loooong time."
"Dang," Sonic spoke. "Does that mean we have to wait for someone to come?"
"Doubt it," Blaze shot back surely.
"Why don't we try getting on top of the trees to get on the mirrors?" Silver suggested. "I don't know if the trees can hold our weight though…"
Mario shook his head. "They can. Trust me."
"Yeah, those giant leaves are real sturdy!" Sonic added with a nod of his head.
"We can stand on them?" Pauline demanded to know, a puzzled look jumping on to her features. "That's just illogical and everything!"
"Tell me about it!"
So, anyway, the quintet managed to get up onto the trees' large and sturdy leaves that were decorating Gelato Beach. Silver helped everyone get up on there with his psychokinesis, but Mario didn't need the assistance since he had FLUDD and everything.
This time their current task required a bit more determination to conquer this predicament than their previous task. There were three mirrors with giant red Cataquacks walking upon them. One mirror had one Cataquack, another had two, and the third one had three. The gang all decided to split up to get the deed done quicker. Mario teamed up with Sonic, Blaze and Silver decided to work together, and Pauline was left alone. Since Pauline was left alone, she took the mirror with the one Cataquack on it. The others took the other mirrors, Sonic and Mario having the one with three Cataquacks and Blaze and Silver having the one with two Cataquacks.
They got to work.
Jumping off of the tree she was standing on, Pauline waved goodbye to her comrades and promised to see them soon. Her feet made contact with the mirror and she faced the large red Cataquack walking around. When it saw her, it started stomping towards her with its plunger-like feet. The ravishing woman lifted both hands and faced them outwards towards the oncoming Cataquack. Conjuring her powers, she manipulated the wind around her and blasted it at the creature bounding towards her.
Squealing, the Cataquack stumbled backwards, but was still stuck on the mirror because of its plunger-like feet. Pauline tried several times to push it off of the mirror with her wind abilities, but it didn't work at all! Coming up with something else, Pauline moved to one side of the mirror where it was tilting up. She jumped up and then Ground Pounded the mirror, causing the Cataquack on the other side to fly up into the air and crash down into the ground below. Immediately, the mirror corrected itself and beamed upon the Wiggler on top of the tower. If the Wiggler wasn't in the way, the sun's light would have reflected from the mirror and would have shined upon the Sand Bird egg.
"That wasn't too hard!" Pauline stated, congratulating herself with a smile. She brought her gaze over to the others to see how they were fairing.
[Silver and Blaze]
"Feel the power of the flame…" Blaze bellowed in a threatening voice, conjuring up her powers and allowing them to consume her as she moved into one of her ferocious techniques; the Spinning Claw. The purple feline rapidly approached one of the Cataquacks and made a great and fiery impact with it.
Squealing and quacking like a duck, the Cataquack crouched down and stayed where it was, its plunger-like feet making it stick to the mirror like glue. When Blaze backed off, the Cataquack rushed at her and grabbed her with its beak, surprising her. Holding back a gasp, Blaze was thrown up into the air and was about to fall down onto the ground, but Silver caught her with his psychokinesis, bringing her back safely to the mirror.
"Yeah, uh, I don't think that's going to work, Blaze," Silver commented, shrugging.
A little frustrated, but keeping calm, Blaze the Cat dashed forward and performed her Fire Claw move on that same Cataquack, catching it dead on. However, the Cataquack remained where it was and quacked at her, attempting to peck her with its largely abnormal beak. Blaze stepped back, evading the assault.
Turning away from the mini battle, Silver portrayed his Teleport Dash move on the other Cataquack. When he got right in front of it, he held out a hand and grabbed a hold on it with his psychic abilities. He tried flinging the thing off with his powers, but it did nothing and the Cataquack remained on the mirror, plunger feet stuck on it.
"What in the world?" Silver began to wonder how he and Blaze would be able to get rid of these things if they weren't even affected by their attacks! The hedgehog decided to use his Psycho Shock move and jumped up and then placed his palm onto the ground, releasing a psychokinetic shock-wave at the Cataquacks, causing Blaze to back off temporarily, not wanting to get hit by Silver's move.
Immediately, the Cataquacks were paralyzed in one spot, blue energy cackling around their bodies. Silver stood up straight with a smile spreading across his face. "Just like that!"
"Step aside!" remarked Blaze as she trekked over to Silver. Obeying, Silver stepped aside and watched as Blaze attempted to knock the Cataquacks off with her Axel Tornado move. However, it did absolutely nothing except bring the Cataquacks immense pain. They didn't move from their spot, however…
"Geez, what is with these things?" questioned Silver as he flung a Psychic Knife attack at the enemies. It brought them pain, but it still didn't knock them off.
Suddenly, Pauline joined them on the mirror and she looked at the two of them. "Are you guys having trouble getting rid of these things?" she asked in a knowing manner. "Using your powers isn't going to help. You have to use some Ground Pounding!"
"Ground Pounding?" Blaze appeared bewildered.
"Yup!" Pauline nodded her head. "Like this!" she moved to the other side of the mirror and motioned for them to follow, which they did without complaint. Pauline then displayed the Ground Pound move, causing the other side of the mirror to flip upwards at an alarming rate. One of the Cataquacks released a loud squawk before flying off of the mirror and into the sky, never to be seen again.
"So, that's it!" Blaze stated.
Silver hopped up into the air and then came down with a Ground Pound. "Hah!"
As expected, the immobilized Cataquack was flung into the air like the other one and was never to be seen again, unfortunately. Silver whipped around and then shared a happy high five with Pauline who giggled beatifically. Blaze just folded her arms and allowed a smile to grace her features.
[Sonic and Mario]
Sonic the Hedgehog and Mario were now battling against the three Cataquacks that they were paired up with. The Cataquacks kept attacking them with their massive beaks and constantly moved around the mirror with their plunger feet. The blue hedgehog performed a Spin Dash on one of them, but it simply had no effect whatsoever.
"This is so uncool!" Sonic chattered as he uncurled himself, landing on his feet beside Mario. "They won't even flinch from any of our attacks!"
"Tell me about it!" Mario squawked, squirting the three Cataquacks with FLUDD. The water kept the Cataquacks back and it seemed that they detested it, much like Sonic!
Sonic used his Sonic Wind technique on one of the three Cataquacks, but it did nothing and they stayed where they were. Mario and Sonic were both beginning to become confused by all of this nonsense. That was when, their friends arrived on the scene.
"Did you guys get rid of the Cataquacks on the other mirror?" Mario questioned them while scratching the side of his head in a confused manner. "Because we can't seem to get rid of ours right now."
"Oh! That's easy!" Silver yipped, placing his palm onto the mirror below his feet and using his Psycho Shock move on the three Cataquacks to immobilize them. "Pauline showed us how to get rid of them!"
"Just watch," Blaze commanded them as she walked on the other side of the mirror, gesturing for them to follow. They all did and Blaze jumped up, using the Ground Pound move that Pauline showed them. The other side of the mirror flung upwards and caused the Cataquacks to go flying into the air.
"Just like that!" Silver cheered.
"Splendid!" Pauline put her hands on her hips, smiling with great joy.
"Whoa, so that's how it's done?" Sonic snapped his fingers, frowning.
"How come I didn't think of that?" Mario wondered out loud, blinking.
"They'll never be a match for me!" Blaze complimented herself, arms folded over her chest. She was grinning widely at her accomplishment.
Anyway, all three mirrors were now causing the sun's light to shine upon the Wiggler that was on top of the tower. Not liking this, the Wiggler removed itself from the tower and left, allowing the sun to shine upon the Sand Bird egg once more. The group of five heroes received a Shine Sprite afterwards, but their troubles were far from over…