Chapter 5: Boss Cass' Fiery Flotilla

(Fluffy Buff Galaxy)

Cloud Mario and Cloud Luigi were scaling this very tall mountain to get the Power Star at the top. But surprisingly, they were being followed by Cloud Sonic and Cloud Ty as they were hopping from cloud to cloud.

Cloud Sonic- I feel a bit silly looking like this.

Cloud Ty- Come on. It's not so bad, mate. I actually think it's cool we're using the same power-ups as the Mario Brothers. Ash did it during the Kalos League.

Cloud Sonic- If only I had my Chaos Emeralds, I can turn Super Sonic and fly to the top instead.

Cloud Ty- That does make me curious. What if you turned Super Sonic while using one of the Mario's power-ups? I'll bet the power-up would get super charged as well.

Cloud Sonic- Maybe I'll experiment when we do find my emeralds.

Cloud Mario- It's too bad we had to leave Kirby behind. I can't believe the cloud flower wouldn't work on him. It worked the four of us.

Cloud Sonic- Maybe it has something to do with Kirby being the only hero on the team that's not from Earth.

Cloud Ty- That's one possibility. But another could be that Kirby's powers usually come from copying the attacks of whatever he eats.

Cloud Luigi- There's the Power Star!

Cloud Mario- Great. Let's grab it so we can pick up Kirby at the bottom of this mountain.

(At the bottom of the mountain)

Kirby was sitting on a rock with a sad look on his face.

Kirby- Damn it! If only I could use those power-up items too! I need to ask Meta Knight why I can't!

Then Kirby saw Cloud Mario, Cloud Luigi, Cloud Sonic, and Cloud Ty come down with the Power Star. Kirby turned his head and pouted a bit.

Kirby- Back so soon?

Cloud Mario- Kirby, I'm sorry we left you behind like that, but we did come back for you. I'm sure you'll be a big help in retrieving the next Power Star.

Kirby- I better not have to be left behind again!

(Back at the Luma Starship)

Mario, Luigi, Kirby, Sonic, and Ty returned with their latest Power Star.

Lubba- You guys are gathering a lot of Power Stars today, but why is Kirby looking so sour?

Mario- We had to use one of my power-up items to reach the Power Star and it rejected Kirby for some reason. So we left asked him to wait for us while we got the Power Star.

Then Tails walked out of the engine room.

Tails- Sonic using one of the Mario's power-ups! I would've loved to have seen that. I'll bet you looked cool.

Sonic- Actually, I thought I looked a little silly.

Ty- Is Sly behaving at least?

Then they heard some shouting and saw Sly trying to get Mail Toad away from the Bunyip Beacon.

Sly- Don't touch that! It's not a toy! I'm already in enough trouble for pushing Yoshi off! Ty will kill me if you break that! Now stop that!

Mario- Hey! Knock it off, Mail Toad.

Mail Toad- Ok…

Then Mail Toad let go of the Bunyip Beacon and left.

Tails- By the way, the Power Star tracker Ty and I installed into the Luma Starship's engine is has picked up a Grand Power Star.

Mario- Seriously?!

Lubba- With a Grand Power Star, we'll be able travel even further across the galaxies! It would most definitely bring us one step closer to finding where that Bowser monster took your special one.

Tails- That wasn't all I picked up. I also picked up a trace of Chaos energy like from the Chaos Emeralds. And a trace of energy from the spirit world like from the Mystic Talismans.

Sonic and Ty looked at each other for a moment.

Sonic- You think it could be them?

Ty- Let's hope so, because we do need to get both back as soon as possible!

Mario- Someone go wake Yoshi up, because we might need him for this. Tails, tell me which way?

Tails- It's over in that direction, Mario.

Mario- Alright, let's-a-go!

(Boss Cass' Galaxy Fortress)

Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Kirby, Sonic, and Ty landed in front of the entrance of the strange fortress.

Mario- A Galaxy Fortress, like the ones Bowser built during my last Galaxy adventure.

Ty- But this is more of Boss Cass' tastes in design. Look, there's a statue of his head at the top up there.

They all looked up at to where Ty was pointing and there was a stone carving of Boss Cass mounted at the top.

Sonic- Guess that means Boss Cass is working with Bowser.

Ty- That would really surprise me, mate. Last time Bowser and Boss Cass worked together, Bowser ditched Boss Cass so he could escape after Mario and me cornered them. I figured Boss Cass would still be mad about that.

Kirby- Either way, we should find the Grand Power Star.

Sonic calls Tails on his communicator.

Sonic- Tails, is this the place?

Tails- The readings show the Grand Power Star is inside that Galaxy Fortress.

Sonic- Ok, let's go ring Boss Cass' bell!

As they approached the big door to the Galaxy Fortress until these Fills jumped out and attacked them. Then Kirby inhaled one of the Frills and transformed into Whip Kirby and he used that whip to knock away all the other Frills.

Whip Kirby- POYO!

Luigi- Strange how inhaling a Frill lizard turn you into Whip Kirby like that.

Mario looked up and saw a lever at the top of the wall above the door to the Galaxy Fortress.

Mario- Kirby, can you reach that with your whip?

Then Whip Kirby managed to get his whip around the lever and pull it, opening the door to the Galaxy Fortress.

Whip Kirby- I did it!

Mario- See Kirby, you were important to the team.

Whip Kirby- I guess you're right. Thanks Mario.

Inside were stone pillars surrounded by a sea of lava. As they were attempting to cross them, more of Boss Cass' Frills tried to attack them. But Sonic knocked them away with his homing shot and Yoshi with his egg bombs. At the top was a star pad which led them all to the top of the Galaxy Fortress, which was one medium sized asteroid. As soon as they landed, the ground began to shake violently.

Sonic- What the hell is going on?!

Mario- I don't know!

Then this huge mechanical worm shot out of the ground. The mechanical worm looked at Mario and the other before opening the hatch to the cockpit revealing that Boss Cass was piloting the machine.

Boss Cass- CAWHAHAHA! Well, well, well! If it isn't my good friend Ty and his miserable friends. Surprised to see me all the way here?

Ty- So this is where you went after your sudden disappearance, but I'm more surprised you're working with Bowser again after he double-crossed you last time.

Boss Cass- I'll admit, I was not thrilled to see Bowser again at first, but his peace offering more than made up for it. And guess what, I wasn't the only mastermind Bowser asked to assist him. However, I won't be needing any of their help to finish you off. My little worm is gonna eat you all for dinner!

Then the hatch closed and the mechanical worm began tunneling under the ground again.

Sonic- Where's this worm gonna pop up next?

Then the worm jumped out again and almost grabbed Whip Kirby. Luckily, Whip Kirby was able to dodge in time. As the worm was jutting out of the ground, Sonic noticed something. Because timed seemed slower to him, he was probably the only one that noticed it. As the mechanical worm was tunneling back into the ground, Sonic waited until a certain part of the mechanical worm was about to tunnel into the ground.

Sonic- Now!

Then Sonic used his spin dash attack to slam into part of the mechanical worm. Suddenly, the worm short circuit a bit and began to spark like crazy.

Boss Cass- What the **** is going on?! The controls stopped working for a moment there!

As the worm tried to bring the rest of its body underground, Sonic used his spin dash on another part of the worm and the same thing happened. Then Sonic used his spin dash on another part of the worm before it finally got its body into the ground.

Luigi- Sonic, what did you just do?

Sonic- I've fought enough of Eggman's robots to notice a defect in a machine when I see one. There are parts of the worm that have a bad frame cover which cover up its systems. Hit the last one located on its tail and it should blow up.

Ty- That's actually impressive, mate.

Sonic- I'm only capable of finding flaws. I still know nothing about how they really work or how to build one.

Boss Cass- Shit! Those two idiots, Orbot and Cubot told me they fixed that issue! Crap! This might strain the system, but I'm activating the overdrive!

Then the mechanical worm began to glow red and its speed increased dramatically. Even Sonic was having trouble dodging the worm. At one point, rocks from the worm jumping out of the ground caused some rocks to fall on top of Ty, pinning him to the ground with a rock on top of his leg.

Boss Cass- Now this is just perfect! I've been waiting a long time for this! Finally, I'll be rid of my arch nemesis, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, for good! CAWHAHAHA!

Then the mechanical worm charged for Ty while Ty tried to get his leg unstuck. Luckily, Yoshi's tongue and Wipe Kirby's whip around the mouth of the mechanical worm.

Yoshi- Hurry Mario's!

Whip Kirby- I don't know how long we can hold this!

Mario- Now's our chance, Luigi!

Then Mario and Luigi did a jump attack on the part of the tail Sonic said the last weak spot was and the mechanical worm sparked again.

Boss Cass- NOO! What have you retards done?!

Then the mechanical worm exploded, made Boss Cass crash into the ground, and released the Grand Power Star he had. While Mario grabbed the Grand Power Star, Sonic helped Ty get his leg unstuck.

Ty- Thanks, mate. Now there's just one more thing to take care of.

Boss Cass was slowly getting back up.

Boss Cass- Ow! My head!

Then Boss Cass realized he was surrounded by Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Whip Kirby, Sonic, and Ty.

Ty- Give it up, Boss Cass!

Boss Cass- Never! Never! Never!

Then a beam of light surrounded Boss Cass as he suddenly vanished. Or so they thought until they heard noises above them.

Boss Cass- Would you scooch over? You're oversized but keeps getting in my way!

Eggman- How about you just be grateful I came to get you out of this mess!

Mario and the others looked up and saw Eggman and Boss Cass riding Eggman's hover craft.

Sonic- Why am I not surprised to see you here too, Baldy McNosehair?

Eggman- Shut the **** up, Sonic! You know how much I hate being called that!

Then Boss Cass checked his pockets for something and began acting upset.

Boss Cass- Hold on a second! Where are they?!

Eggman- Don't tell me you lost…

Then Yoshi saw something shining in the wreckage of the mechanical worm and pulled out two things. A glowing green gem and a gold talisman with a picture of a platypus on it.

Sonic- Holly shit! It's one of the Chaos Emeralds!

Ty- And one of the Mystic Talismans!

Eggman- Boss Cass, you idiot! You just lost a Grand Power Star, a Mystic Talisman, and a Chaos Emerald to them!

Then Eggman slapped Boss Cass in the back of his head.

Boss Cass- Just get me out of here!

Eggman- Fine, but Bowser will not be happy when he hears this.

Then Eggman and Boss Cass escaped in Eggman's hover craft.

Sonic- Now we know who stole the emeralds and the talismans from us.

As soon as Sonic grabbed his Chaos Emerald and Ty grabbed his Mystic Talisman, as strange elderly looking Bunyip spirit appeared out of nowhere.

Nandu Gili- I see you have recovered on of the Mystic Talismans, Ty.

Luigi- Who is this guy?!

Ty- You can relax, everyone. This is the Bunyip Elder, Nandu Gili.

Then Nandu Gili took a look at Mario.

Nandu Gili- You know, there was another Tasmanian Tiger that served the Bunyip Spirits 1,000 years ago. I can't remember his name, but he knew a man who looked very similar to you, Mario. Anyway, turns out Bowser was the one who stole the Chaos Emeralds and the Mystic Talismans.

Ty- How'd you figure that out?

Nandu Gili- I did some research after you all went into outer space. Bowser used the combine power of the stars, emeralds, and talismans to super charge is body, which is why he's now so big. But he used the Chaos Emeralds and Mystic Talismans as an offering to those who are helping him with his plot. Boss Cass, Doctor Eggman, and King DeDeDe.

Whip Kirby- So DeDeDe is involved in this.

Nandu Gili- But Bowser's plot is even worse than you think. He plans to recreate the big bang and remake the universe in his own image.

Mario- Is there a way to stop Bowser?

Nandu Gili- If you can reclaim what he has taken from you, it will weaken his control over this power. I wish you the best of luck, my friends.

Then Nandu Gili vanishes.

(At Bowser's base in the center of the universe)

Boss Cass is kneeling before a pissed off giant Bowser.

Bowser- I went through such great lengths to get you those Mystic Talismans as a peace offering for what I did last time we worked together and you lose one already! Not to mention a Chaos Emerald and a Grand Power Star! You have any idea how much this could cripple our plans?!

Boss Cass- Yes! I know! But let me make it up to you!

Bowser- No! I feel like testing my new power against them. I'll go next. You stay here and keep an eye on the princess until I return.

(Back on the Luma Starship)

Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Kirby, Sonic, and Ty returned to the starship with the Grand Power Star. Once they landed, the Grand Power Star opened up a vortex to a further Galaxy.

Tails- Sonic, you're back! And I see you got the Grand Power Star.

Sonic- That's not all we found.

Then Sonic pulls out the green Chaos Emerald.

Tails- One of the Chaos Emeralds?! Where did you find it?!

Luigi- From Boss Cass after we totaled his machine.

Ty- He also had a Mystic Talisman.

Mario- It might be best if we kept them here on the starship. Tails, know where we can store these for now?

Tails- There's some space in the engine room we can keep the Chaos Emerald and the Mystic Talisman until we find the rest. That is if Lubba doesn't mind.

Lubba- It's fine by me. After all, you're the ones in charge, remember?

Mario- And that vortex that just opened up?

Lubba- That is how we can now travel to the next region of space. We're now one step closer to retrieving your special one, buddy! Through space and time to an unknown world we go! I'm jiggling just thinking about it! Ready, Captain?

Mario- Alright everyone! Let's-a-go!

Mario took hold of the steering wheel again and the Luma Starship launched into the vortex.