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BGM: Underground (Super Mario 3D World)

"Great, it's a huge cave. Just what we need." Grif groaned.

"M-Mario, can we just go around?" Luigi asked.

"I don't think there's another way around. We just have to go forward."

"I was afraid of that…"

"ECHO!" Nora yelled, startling Luigi, Jaune and Grif as they could hear 'echo' throughout the Vanilla Dome. "Man, I've always wanted to do that!" She giggled.

"Good for you…" Luigi sighed.

"Let's just hope it's not too ba-" A Swooper landed on Grif's visor. "AAAAAAAAAAH! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF! GET IT OOOOFF!" He yelled and began running around.

"Grif, hold still! I'll take it off!" Simmons said. "STOP RUNNING!"

"GET IT OFF, GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!"

"…We're gonna be here for a while, aren't we?" Weiss asked.

"Yep…" Ruby nodded, as Yoshi ate the Swooper that was bothering Grif.

"Dammit, I was gonna shoot that thing off of him!" Sarge grumbled.

"Phew… thanks." Grif said.

"Yo yo!"

World 3-1: Big ol' Cave

"Mama mia… why does it have to be such a big cave?" Luigi asked.

"Could be worse, there could be a Ghost House in this cave." Mario said as Luigi paled up. "Kidding, I'm only kidding!"

"I hope so…" Luigi sighed as they walked forward, being mindful of the Spike Tops and Swoopers, while Simmons was pushing a frozen Grif when he saw the Swoopers. They noticed a few Paratroopas flying around, one of them holding a map as they wondered where to go.

"You know, this place isn't actually too bad… it could be a whole lot worse." Sun said.

"Yeah, as long as there's no water, we're good." Neptune said, which made the Reds and Blues raise a few eyebrows, but they kept going, and they heard growling.

"There's a Grimm nearby." Nyx said.

"I was hoping that'd be Caboose's stomach." Church said.

"Nah, just ate." Caboose said as they a few Buzzy Beetles took off running as an Ursa was chasing them, roaring at them.

"…Better them than us." Luigi said… until Sarge threw a rock at the Ursa. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

"Getting that bear's attention so we can kill it instead of those things it was chasing!" Sarge said as the Ursa turned around and roared, charging at them but JNPR got ready and proceeded to wail on the Grimm as it fell to the ground in defeat, mostly done by Pyrrha burning the thing alive.

"Too easy." Jaune grinned as they went forward some more… and then a lot of Swoopers flew off in the same direction they were headed, along with a few Spike Tops and Buzzy Beetles, then noticing some Piranha Plants hiding in the pipes as they were climbing along, and then Koopas ran off.

"I'm having a bad feeling about this." Church said.

"Nyx?" Mario looked at her.

"Something big is approaching us." Nyx whispered.

"Hey! Why are you running?!" Weiss asked a Koopa.

"B-B-B-BIG SCORPIONS!" The Koopa yelled. "WITH YELLOW STINGERS!"

Ruby paled. "Guys…"

"Yep… I think I know what that is." Yang said as they turned around to see two Deathstalker approaching them, as Zwei and Poochy growled at them.

"Oh great…" Blake groaned. "One's bad enough but two…"

End BGM

"Yeah, I say we run." Jaune said.

BGM: Rowdy Rumble (Kingdom Hearts II)

"Right behind you!" Sun exclaimed as they all took off running with Luigi screaming and Yoshi picking up Zwei and Poochy and they ran off, as a few Charging Chucks stood their ground and kicked their footballs at the two, but they only were met with a stinger through their bodies as they chased after their prey.

World 3-2: Escape the Deathstalkers!

"Oh no no no! Please tell that I am NOT seeing water ahead!" Neptune said as they turned around and tried to shoot at the Deathstalkers, but their armor was so strong that they had to avoid the stingers as they hopped down into the water below. They quickly swam to the surface while Sun pulled a petrified Neptune with his tail.

"Did we lose them?" Weiss asked.

"It could be worse, it could be two Nevermores and two Deathstalkers." Yang said.

"Oh geez…" Jaune sighed as they walked forward… only to hear splashing as they turned to see the Deathstalkers emerging out of the water.

"OH COME ON!" Weiss yelled.

"They jumped?!" Luigi exclaimed.

"Quick, split up!" Sarge ordered as they went both directions as they separated into the same groups as last time. Mario's group went into the water, and pulling in an unwilling Neptune as they quickly found ? blocks containing Penguin Suits as they turned around and saw the Deathstalker approaching them… very very slowly in the water as a few Cheep Cheeps hightailed it out of there.

"I didn't know they could breathe underwater!" Ruby said.

"I highly doubt they can but we need to give it all we got!" Weiss said.

"Yeah! Let's do this!" Neptune exclaimed. "HIYAAAAAAAAAH!" He yelled, swimming the best he could… but he wasn't getting anywhere at all. "Uh, little help?"

"Just try not to die!" Sun said, throwing a few ice balls at it as Ruby summoned her Rose Palm and fired Ice Balls from it. Everyone kept throwing ice balls as they backed up to safety as the Deathstalker approached them while more Cheep Cheeps got out of there. The Deathstalker tried to swing at them, but they dodged the claws and the tail as Mario brought out his hammer.

"Sun! Give me a boost!" Mario said.

"Got it!" Sun nodded as he grabbed Mario by the tail and launched him to the Deathstalker as he hammered the Deathstalker into the soft ground, knocking it over as he swam back to safety. Nyx fired an icicle from her crossbow and shot a few more until it was nothing more than a pincushion at this point as it tried to fight back… but it wasn't getting anywhere as Yang launched Blake towards the Deathstalker and she slashed through it to finish the job.

End BGM

"Yes! We did it!" Neptune grinned.

"You did nothing! You just floated there!" Sun said.

"Excuse me, I was firing from my gun!" Neptune said, which in reality, he was still frozen in place considering his fear of water.

"That's a load of bull and you know it!"

"I wonder how Luigi's doing?" Mario wondered.

With Luigi's group…

BGM: Dance to the Death (Kingdom Hearts II)

"Hiyah! Yah!" Sarge threw football after football at the Deathstalker and he looked at the Charging Chuck. "Give me more ammo!"

"THIS ISN'T FOOTBALL PRACTICE!" Church yelled, shooting the Deathstalker, but thanks to his bad aim, he wasn't getting anywhere. "OH COME ON, CAN I AT LEAST HIT SOMETHING?!"

Luigi ran around, hitting every single ? block he could find, finding Cape Feathers, Fire Flowers… anything but an Invincibility Star. "WHAT'S A GUY GOTTA DO TO GET AN INVINCIBILITY STAR?!"

"HIYAAAAAAAAAAH!" Nora yelled, hammering the Deathstalker and then jumping back to avoid the stinger and then it got burned from Pyrrha's streams of fire, but the terrifying thing was… it wasn't even fazed by the fire. It was now a flaming Deathstalker, much to Pyrrha's shock. It swung its claw to knock her away, knocking the Fire Flower power up out of her, and she slammed into a couple of blocks.

"Agh!"

"Pyrrha!" Jaune exclaimed, and within that moment of turning to look at her, he turned back and he nearly had a stinger in his face but Ren tackled him to the ground while everyone else was shooting him while Zwei and Poochy were barking at him.

"Agh! This guy's armor is too thick!" Simmons said.

"I say we just give up!" Grif said.

"Hey! Big guy!" Sister said as the Deathstalker looked at her. "Penetrate this armor, why don't ya? I wanna get stung badly!"

"Wait, what?!" Jaune asked.

The Deathstalker stared at her… before turning around to going back to clobbering everyone. "Hey! Don't ignore me!"

"Hey! Big giant scorpion thing!" Caboose waved at it. "Over here!"

"Caboose, what the hell are you doing?!" Church asked, as the Deathstalker looked at him, and unlike Sister, it seemed intrigued by Caboose and walked over to him, ready to sting him as he had his arms opened up.

"Caboose! Use your weapon!" Ren exclaimed, but Caboose said nothing as the Deathstalker got close enough to Caboose… and then proceeded to sting him with its stinger... until Caboose took a step back as the stinger impaled the ground… aaaand then Caboose hugged the tail.

"Aww, you just wanted a big hug, didn't you?" Caboose asked, hugging it tightly as everyone anime fell from this as the Deathstalker looked at its prey as if it lost its mind as it tried to pull away but Caboose was hugging it tightly… and then he let go and went to the body itself as the Deathstalker tried to pinch him but it missed and then Caboose hugged the head. "Who's a good Scorpion? You are!"

"…I cannot believe what I'm seeing…" Jaune said, and then Caboose hugged it a liiiitle too tightly as the hug actually caused the Deathstalker to explode into pieces.

"Aww, he didn't hug back." Caboose pouted.

End BGM

"…That… was the stupidest way to kill a scorpion… of all time." Grif said.

"Esperaba que el idiota hubiera muerto." (I was hoping the idiot would've been killed.) Lopez said.

"Welp! Let's go!" Sarge said as they walked forward while dragging a shocked Luigi of what he just saw and they regrouped.

"So, how'd your end go?" Yang asked as they got out of their Penguin suits thanks to a couple of Cheep Cheeps.

"Caboose hugged the Deathstalker and destroyed it." Pyrrha said.

"...Come again?" Blake asked.

"It ignored me… I wanted it to penetrate me." Sister grumbled.

"Wait, what?" Nyx tilted her head in confusion.

"It didn't even hug back… which is a shame because it looked kind of cute." Caboose said.

"I can't believe what I'm hearing." Weiss said. "Next thing you tell me is that a King Taijitu wants a kiss!" She walked off.

"What's a King Taijitu?" Grif asked.

"A giant Grimm snake." Ruby said as Simmons immediately froze up before shaking it off.

"I'm just gonna pretend I didn't hear that!" He said and they walked a little more… until they saw something in front of them.

"Bro…" Luigi paled.

Mario scratched his head. "Huh… I was joking." He said as they saw a Ghost House in front of them.

"Welp. Time to head back." Grif asked as he turned around, but Sarge grabbed him.

"Nonsense! You'll probably run into one of those Death Scorpion things again." Sarge said.

"I'd rather get hugged by one than go into this thing!" Grif said.

"Aw yay, someone who wants to hug it too!" Caboose smiled.

"THAT WAS A JOKE, YOU MORON!" Grif yelled, and they all went in.

World 3-Ghost House: Big Giant Bubbles?

BGM: Waltz of the Boos (Super Mario Galaxy)

"Well, this isn't too bad." Luigi said. "It could be a whole lot-" He saw a few Eeries go by, causing him to pale up. "Worse…"

"What the hell are those?!" Grif asked.

"Eeries." Mario said.

"Well, that's an appropriate name for them." Ruby said as they walked forward. "Oh, Pyrrha, your Fire Flower power up!" She said, now noticing that it was long gone.

"The Death Stalker caught me by surprise." Pyrrha said. "I tried to light it on fire but it wasn't fazed by it, in fact it turned into a Deathstalker on fire."

Neptune paled a little. "Why do I suddenly feel that's way worse than water?"

"Because it is!" Sun exclaimed. "A walking scorpion on fire?! No thank you!"

"Hey, what's that?" Yang asked as they saw a few Big Bubbles going through a couple of Boos.

"That… is a Big Bubble." Mario said. "They actually do hurt you."

"So, it's a haunted big bubble?" Weiss asked.

"Yes."

"Oh, that's just great! This world is off the walls insane if a bubble hurts you!" Church exclaimed as they walked around to avoid them, and when one of them got close to them, one of them proceeded to pop them and move forward, and when they went through a door, they wound up near Circling Boo Buddies.

"Wait, weren't we just here?" Ruby asked.

"Welp, we're here forever." Grif groaned.

"Nonsense. There's a trick to this place." Mario said as they walked forward and then he found a blue ? Switch and hit it, as a new door appeared as they went in and they found themselves outside of the Ghost House.

End BGM

"Oh yay! We're out!" Luigi smiled.

"Now let's-a go!" Mario exclaimed as they took off.

"Hold on!" Nyx said, catching their attention. "Something's coming really fast."

"Where?!" Ruby asked as they had their weapons ready.

"Can't you use your traps?" Yang asked.

"That won't be necessary." A voice said as they saw Kamek in front of them.

BGM: Kamek (Paper Mario: Sticker Star/Color Splash)

"Oh no…" Luigi paled.

"What do you want now?" Mario asked, pulling out his hammer.

"Slowing you down, ehehehehe!" He laughed, quickly teleporting away and then was right above them as they were looking around for him.

"Above us!" Nyx exclaimed.

"Too late!" Kamek fired his magic at all of them, as they were enveloped by some kind of aura before there was a white light… and they were gone. "Ehehehe!" He laughed and brought out a walkie talkie. "Lemmy, you have plenty of time now!"

"Oh goody! Where'd you send them?"

"Let's just say… they're going to be the main course for Reznor." He said and cackled evilly before teleporting away.

What's scarier than a Deathstalker? How about a Deathstalker on fire?

Although probably not as frightening as a Nuckelevee...