Chapter 15: The Sky Trees Are Watching

The Luma's and the Toad Brigade were playing around the Robobot as Tails and Sly continued to check the radar for more Power Stars.

Tails- It's a little nice to have more company on the Luma Starship.

Sly- Still boring as hell sitting around with almost nothing to do. Also, is it just me or does it seem to get darker the further we go?

Tails- Now that you mentioned it, these deeper parts of space do appear to be dimmer than before. Must be because of Bowser's plot.

Then Mario, Yoshi, and Ty returned with a Power Star.

Lubba- You're back. How was your trip to the Space Storm Galaxy?

Ty- I really can't believe how much junk was littered in the deepest regains of space! I feel like we've turned parts of the galaxy into a dump.

Mario- I'm sure not all of that stuff is from Earth.

Yoshi- And we got Power Star!

Mario- Have Luigi, Sonic, and Kirby returned from the Slipsand Galaxy?

Then Luigi, Kirby, and Sonic arrived with a Power Star.

Lubba- Speak of the devil. Here they are now.

Tails- Sonic, I hope the fire flowers Sly and I sent you helped.

Sonic- As a matter of fact, they did, Tails.

Ty- Fire flowers? What'd you need those for?

Kirby- Some huge monster made out of sand and rocks had the Power Star and we couldn't get close to it.

Luigi- The fire flower power-up was the only thing we could think of that could damage it so we could get the Power Star.

Ty- By the way, did you locate where the next Power Star is?

Sly- On a very unusual galaxy called the Shiverburn Galaxy.

Tails- It's a world full of ice and lava at the same time. Similar to this Freezeflame Galaxy Mario mentioned from his other Galaxy adventure.

Ty- Guess it's a good thing we fixed the Thermo Extreme Bunyip. Sly, rev the Bunyip up!

(Shiverburn Galaxy)

Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Kirby, Sonic, and Ty while driving his Thermo Extreme Bunyip landed in this area filled with lava and very little platforms to jump to.

Sonic- Well this is a fine mess. I see lots of lava, but no ice.

Luigi- And it looks like we're stuck here.

Then Mario saw something in the distance.

Mario- Over there! I've seen switches like those in other galaxies. Usually, they provide the answer to a dead end.

Ty- I got this. Me Thermo Extreme Bunyip and swim in that lava.

As soon as Ty got his Thermo Extreme Bunyip into the lava, some of Eggman's machines appeared and began launching EMP waves. Ty dodged it by having his Thermo Extreme Bunyip dive into the lava like a submarine.

Ty- EMP's?! One touch from that and my Bunyip will shut down!

Mario- Ty, it's too dangerous if that Bunyip machine shuts down in the lava with you trapped inside.

Ty- No mate! I can dive underneath the lava. Me Thermo Extreme Bunyip can take the heat. It can't stay submerged for very long, but it can let me get through this. I know I can reach that switch!

After the Thermo Extreme Bunyip dived into the lava again, Kirby looked up and saw something unusual in the sky.

Kirby- Hey guys…what is that?

Sonic- Those are northern lights. They're usually seen in the skies in areas below freezing.

Kirby- I don't mean the lights. I'm talking about that.

Kirby points at this one part of the northern lights and it almost looked like there was someone watching them.

Luigi- It's probably just the lights playing tricks on us.

Sonic- I don't see anything unusual. And look, it's gone.

Sonic pointed up at where the strange image was and it was now nowhere to be seen. Then everyone shrugged it off…except for Mario, because he knew that there really was someone following them for a long time now. But Mario didn't know if this person following them was friend or foe and he also decided to keep it to himself and still did. However, there attention changed to all the lava turning to ice once Ty hit the switch on the other side.

Mario- Great job, Ty!

Ty- Thanks, but the EMP waves are still coming! Sly, get the Thermo Extreme Bunyip out of here! It will shut down permanently if it gets hit once!

Then the Thermo Extreme Bunyip was teleported out of the Shiverburn Galaxy and back to the Luma Starship. The EMP waves were still being fired rapidly, but Mario and the others were able to jump over them as they skated to the star pad to get to the next area in the galaxy. Which looked like a small ice rink with patches of lava in certain parts of the area which was caused when meteors landed on the ice.

Yoshi- This be harder.

Sonic- At least we can move across most of the area.

Then they began skating across the ice while avoiding the meteors, lava patches, and Octoombas also on the ice. Then they reached another star pad which took them to a large icy platform. Suddenly, this large tank appeared on the ice and it was being driven by Boss Cass' scientist, Karlos.

Karlos- Ty, so good of you and your friends to come.

Ty- Karlos?! Boss Cass brought you too?

Karlos- I'll admit, I only recently arrived in this distant part of space. Boss Cass called me and asked if I could take care of a few pests for him.

Sonic- Bring it on, shithead! I've taken down bigger hunks of junk than that thing!

Karlos- We'll see about that!

Then Karlos tried to run them over with the tank. Mario and the others got out of the way, but they realized the ice was making it hard to run, even for Sonic.

Karlos- What's wrong? The ice too slippery? Good thing I've built this tank to maneuver on this slippery ice without any trouble.

Then the tank shot a few fireballs and one cannon ball from the many cannons on its body. The fireballs melted parts of the ice and turned them into lava pits before they were eventually frozen over by the icy platform. The cannonball however, Yoshi managed to wrap his tongue around it and spat it at the cockpit of the tank.

Karlos- What the?! How the hell did he do that?! Shit! I guess I should've done more research of the other members of the Mario Brothers' Team like I should've done when Ty teamed up with that giant ape from before.

Ty- Sonic, think you can help me? I've got an idea to take down Karlos' tank.

Sonic- Sure, I'm up for it.

Karlos- I don't know what you two are whispering about, but it won't do a thing to help your chances at surviving this fight!

Karlos fired a few more fireballs and Sonic and Ty dodged them. Then Ty pulled out one set of his boomerangs and began running around the circumference of the of the tank.

Karlos- Whatever you're up to, Ty, I won't let you do it. Just need to get a lock on you and…

Before Karlos even knew it, the tank suddenly sank into the ice and into a small pool of lava.

Karlos- What just happened?!

Ty- I was melting the ice around you with me Flamerangs. But that's the least of your worries, Karlos.

Then the pool of lave quickly froze over and most of Karlos' tank was now trapped in the ice and unable to move. Then Karlos saw Sonic high up just above him as Sonic smashed right through the cockpit with his spin dash. Then the tank exploded and Karlos was shot across the reaches of space and possibly into the next galaxy. He also dropped a Power Star.

Yoshi- That koala be ok?

Ty- Knowing Karlos, he probably has a communicator to have Boss Cass come and pick him up. He'll be fine.