Chapter 8: Bowser's Big Lava Power Party
Tails and Sly were sitting around the table with the Toad Brigade and a few Luma's playing Go-Fish.
Tails- Got any 3's?
Luma- Go fish.
Then they all saw Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Kirby, Sonic, and Ty return with another Power Star.
Lubba- You six keep coming back with Power Stars more quickly than I imagined you would.
Tails- I see you're back from the Wind Glide Galaxy so soon.
Sonic rubbed his index figure against his nose.
Sonic- We entered a race where the first prize was the Power Star. And with speed like mine, how could we lose.
Tails- That's good, because we've recently detected something you might be interested in.
Ty- You and Sly fixed me Sub Bunyip?
Tails- Yes we have, but that's not what I wanted to tell you. We found another one of Bowser's Galaxy Fortress' and we believe another Grand Power Star is there like in the last one.
Kirby- That does sound like something worth looking into.
Sly- One more thing, Ty. The Galaxy Fortress is practically covered with lava pits. Might I suggest the Thermo Extreme Bunyip?
(At the Galaxy Fortress)
Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, UFO Kirby, Sonic, and Ty in his Thremo Extreme Bunyip landed. Like Tails and Sly warned, most of the area was surrounded by lava.
Luigi- Hey Kirby, where did that outfit come from?
UFO Kirby- I asked Tails if he had something I could inhale for my copy ability before we left and he gave me an old machine part.
Sonic- And Ty, won't it be hard maneuvering in that big bulky machine you're in?
Ty- This bulky machine is just what I need for this environment. The Thermo Extreme Bunyip can actually swim in lava.
Sonic- Be serious, Ty. I know you're a genius, but there is no way any…
Then Ty moved his Thermo Extreme Bunyip into the lava, had it doggy paddle a bit, then the back stroke, and then the Thermo Extreme Bunyip began jumping like a dolphin in the lava. Then Ty drove his Thermo Extreme Bunyip out of the lava and walked up to Sonic.
Ty- Believe me now, mate.
Sonic- Ok, so it can withstand lava after all.
Ty- It can, but there is a limit to how long it can stay in the lava.
Then they saw some stone platforms moving in the lava for them to jump on to get across the lava. Then a foe from Kirby games called Bonkers appeared on one of the stone platforms and threw a few of its mini bombs at them. Luckily, UFO Kirby fired a laser that destroyed the bombs before they hit the ground. The Bonkers swung its mallet at them, but Ty's Thermo Extreme Bunyip caught it. Then the Thermo Extreme Bunyip punched the Bonkers and knocked it out. After doing a few more of hopping from one platform to another, they surprisingly found the Toad Brigade standing on a small platform in a sea of Lava.
Mario- The Toad Brigade again.
Captain Toad- Mario, good to see you again! Say…can you give us a hand here?
UFO Kirby- I got this.
Then UFO Kirby flew over towards the Toad Brigade and sort of pulled them up with a tractor beam from his UFO body and carried them all across the lava and onto the same platform Mario and the others were standing on.
Mario- Mind telling me what's you're doing here?
Captain Toad- We were only trying to help until we realized Bowser was in charge of this base.
Sonic- Bowser's here? I figured we'd face him last.
Mail Toad- By the way, we met someone who told us to give this to you if we saw you, Mario.
Then Mail Toad pulls out a red star power-up from his mailbag.
Mario- A red star?! Who gave you this?!
Blue Toad- We don't know. He had a face that was similar to Tabuu's, but most of his body was cloaked in shadows. Oddly enough, he claimed to have known your ancestor for some reason.
Bank Toad- But he assured us he was a friend.
Luigi- Has to be if he's willingly giving us the item that gives us out most powerful transformation.
Mario- Luigi, Yoshi, it's too dangerous here for the Toad Brigade here. Try and get them back to the Luma Starship while we get the Grand Power Star back from Bowser.
Luigi- And how are we supposed to do that?
Ty- Sly, send Luigi the Gunyip.
Then a large jet plane was teleported in front of Luigi and Yoshi.
Ty- And please try not to crash it!
UFO Kirby- Touchy with your machines, are we?
Ty- Actually, I let Donkey Kong pilot the Gunyip and he crashed it…three ****ing times!
Tails through the communicator- Don't worry. I'll guide Luigi and Yoshi on the controls.
After Luigi and Yoshi left with the Toad Brigade, Mario, UFO Kirby, Sonic, and Ty arrived at this sea of lava and a large door on the other side of it.
Sonic- I don't see any platforms we can use to get across.
Then Ty opened the cockpit to his Thermo Extreme Bunyip.
Ty- I got room for maybe one of you in me Bunyip machine to ride over the lava. But what about those that can't ride?
Mario looked at UFO Kirby again.
Mario- Kirby, think you can that tractor beam across a lava pit this wide?
(Over at the large cosmic door)
Ty's Thermo Extreme Bunyip jumped out of the lava and opened the cockpit so Sonic could get out.
Sonic- How can such huge machines have such tiny cockpits? Even for one person in there.
Ty- Sorry if it's cramped, mate. I rarely have a situation where I have someone else riding one of me Bunyips.
Then Sonic and Ty saw UFO Kirby carrying Mario over the lava with the same tractor beam. Once UFO Kirby dropped Mario off on the platform, he collapsed to the ground and changed back to regular Kirby.
Kirby- Damn it, Mario! You're much heavier than you look!
Mario- I already heard Pit complain about that when he had to carry me once.
Ty- What kind of door is this?
Mario- Looks similar to the big red doors that lead to the final room in Bowser's castles, except this one is much larger.
Before they knew it, the door opened up, revealing a black vortex of some kind before sucking them all in. The next thing Mario, Kirby, Sonic, and Ty knew, they were standing on another platform and see Bowser in his new giant for sitting on a castle as a throne.
Bowser- Bwahahaha! You finally showed up, Mario! And I see you brought the pink blob, the orange fuzzball, and the filthy blue rat with you!
Sonic- You mother****ing dumbass! I told you I'm a hedgehog!
Bowser- Look at you, running around like little fleas on puny planetoids. Know what isn't puny? My massive new power…The power that's going to ****ing flatten you into space pancakes! I'm sure that glutton, DeDeDe would like to try those.
Then Bowser roars before Mario, Kirby, Sonic, and Ty were suddenly pulled onto this asteroid.
Sonic- What just happened?
Ty- And where did Bowser go?
Kirby looked up and got a very worried look on his face.
Kirby- Uh, guys…
Then a large meteor almost hit them. They barely had enough time to get out of the way before it could land on them. To make matters even worse, more meteors began falling from the sky and onto the small asteroid they seemed to be stuck on. Ty has the most difficulty since he was still driving that Thermo Extreme Bunyip. After all the meteors stopped falling, Mario saw Bowser's fist about ram into him. Mario was able to get out of the way get out of the way.
Bowser- Shit! I missed!
Then Bowser tried to move his arm, but his fist became stuck in the asteroid.
Mario- Now's my chance to act!
After Bowser punched into the asteroid, he also knocked those meteors that landed which were still in tack back into the air.
Before one flew away, Mario hopped on the asteroid, performed a ground pound, and knocked it right back at Bowser, hitting him in the jaw. Bowser became unstuck and moved his jaw back into place.
Bowser- Cheap shot there, Mario. (ROAR)
Suddenly, more meteors fell from the sky. However, Ty got an idea after seeing Mario hit Bowser with a meteor like that.
Ty- This Bunyip can stand through lava, it can take the heat of those meteors too.
Then Ty show the Thermo Extreme Bunyip's left arm like a grappling hook (the Thermo Extreme Bunyip's left hook option from Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan) and knocked one of the meteors back at Bowser.
Bowser- As much as I want to destroy Mario more than the rest of these ****heads, that tin can the orange fuzzball is driving is the biggest threat at the moment.
Then Bowser quickly flies out of sight.
Kirby- Where'd he go?
Sonic- I've got a bad feeling about this!
Then Bowser appeared behind Ty and grabbed him while he was still in the Thremo Extreme Bunyip.
Bowser- Gotcha!
Ty began to struggle, but the Thermo Extreme Bunyip was getting crushed in Bowser's grip and there was little he could do.
Bowser- Your oversized machines might pose a threat to me if I was normal sized. But now they're nothing more than an action figure to me! And I can take them apart as easily as one too! GWAHAHAHA!
Sonic tried to charge for Bowser with a spin dash to rescue Ty, but Bowser flew away but still in view.
Bowser- What's wrong? Can't reach me from up here? Guess now you can watch as I crush the orange fuzzball like a soda can.
Mario- This is bad! We have to help Ty somehow!
Sonic- Mario, you still have that red star the Toad Brigade game you? Now might be a good time to use it.
Mario- The red star?! I almost forgot I had it!
Then Mario pulls out the red star, eats it, and transforms into Ultra Mario.
Ultra Mario- Hold on, Ty. I'm coming, mate!
Then Ultra Mario flies up and catches Bowser completely off guard with a punch to the gut. Then Bowser not only let go of what was left of Ty's Thermo Extreme Bunyip, but he also coughed up two colorful stones (one red and one purple), a gold talisman with a picture of a dingo on it, and a Grand Power Star. Then Bowser shrunk a bit and fell to the ground.
Bowser- What the ****?! I shrunk!
Then Bowser saw that Sonic had already grabbed the two Chaos Emerald, Ty grabbed the Mystic Talisman, and Ultra Mario grabbed the Grand Power Star.
Bowser- Where did you get a red star?! There weren't any around!
Ultra Mario- It doesn't really matter, Bowser. You've lost.
Bowser- This round maybe, but it's too late to stop my plans. You'll need more than the pink blob, the rat, and the orange fuzzball to stop me this time.
Sonic- I'm not a rat! And I'll rip off your ***** if you don't stop calling me that when I get the chance!
Then Bowser used what dark power he had left to teleport away.
(At Bowser's base in the center of the universe)
Bowser was attempting to absorb energy from the stars again to become giant again. However, Boss Cass was standing behind him, laughing.
Boss Cass- CAWHAHAHA! And you were complaining about me screwing up! If anything, you screwed up more because you lost two Chaos Emeralds while I only lost one! CAWHAHAHA…
Before Boss Cass could finish laughing, Bowser grabbed Boss Cass by the neck and began choking him.
Bowser- I wouldn't laugh so hard if I were you, Boss Cass. I might not be giant right now, but I will be again soon. Even still, I'm still in charge of this operation and I can still crush you like a roach with eases! Besides, somehow Mario had a red star that turns him into his most powerful form with him. The same power-up he fought Tabuu with in Grand Metropolis when Tabuu attacked.
Then Bowser let go of Boss Cass. While Boss Cass was trying to catch his breath, King DeDeDe, Orbot, and Cubot entered the room.
King DeDeDe- You seen Eggman anywhere? I found his two dumb bots lost in space and…Bowser? Was that giant boost only temporary or something?
Bowser- Mario landed a cheap shot on me and now I need time to regain that power. I need someone else to deal with them until then.
King DeDeDe- Leave that to me! Eggman and I were working on my new toy earlier. I think it's time put it through a test drive.
Bowser- Fine. Whatever. Just try not to lose the Grand Power Star, Mystic Talisman, or Chaos Emerald I gave you.
(At the Luma Starship)
Mario and the others returned to the starship with the Grand Power Star as it opened another vortex to another part of the galaxy.
Ty- Can't believe another of me Bunyip's is totaled!
Kirby- At least I didn't wreck it.
Ty- This is still gonna take some time to fix, mate. I might have to skip the next galaxy to repair the Thermo Extreme Bunyip since it's the only machine I have that can travel in lava. Sly, we need to get to work on the repairs soon.
Lubba- Well, asides from Ty's wrecked machine, I trust things went well.
Sonic- We fought Bowser in his giant form and we managed to get another Grand Power Star, Mystic Talisman, and two Chaos Emeralds!
Tails- Alright Sonic! This means we have three out of the seven Emeralds back!
Sly- Not to mention two out of the five talismans.
Lubba- More importantly, we can now move forward across the universe and get even closer to where that Bowser monster took your special one.
Mario- But who was that man who gave the red star to the Toad Brigade.
Luigi- I don't think it's worth worrying about, Mario.
Mario- I guess you're right. Alright everyone, we're off to the next world!
Then the Luma Starship took off. Little did they noticed, there was a mysterious figure watching them while standing on an asteroid they passed while driving into the vortex.
