Hello there, Big Red coming up with an announcement. Since we are coming to our 100th chapter soon, I plan to make it extra special by revealing many long awaited secrets and perhaps reveal more fan favorite characters who are missing in action. Even have some more scenes of the villains to explain the whereabouts of a certain infinite lifeform. But for now, we will see more of the heroes overcoming their nightmares and facing Nightmare's only god face to face. You are in for a real treat if you are a big NiGHTS fan. Fanservice galore. But enough of that, let's begin.

Mario knew that he not only has to deal with the many Level Three and Two Nightmarens surrounding him but also their powerful leader and the Smash traitor Nightmare in the same dimension. Luckily for him, Nightmare has little interest in fighting him as he'd rather save it for the future plans of dream conquest. Wizeman is also having his same mindset, rather seeing how his own minions fare against him first before getting involved in any way. Unlike the real world, all Nightmarens are far stronger within the dream worlds than the real world. For example, Level Two Nightmarens are capable of creating their own realms on a whim to create suitable battlefields. The same realms would collapse when said Nightmarens were to die or get severely weakened. Wizeman made sure all six of his hands would keep watch of the plumber's moves as well as seeing the progress of the Nightmarens following orders. The same brave plumber would be in no mood to take any of these frightening nightmare beings lightly when the dreams of his own allies are at stake.

"Let's a go, here comes a Super Mario!" he shouts.

"Nightmarens, crush this fool! Leave no trace of him behind after his intrusion here!" Wizeman bellows.

The Level Three Nightmarens would be the first to attack due to their superior numbers and eagerness to steal his dreams. Shleeps inflated their technicolor wool, Goodles charged atop their graceful purple birds with devious grins, Mamus swarmed together in schools, Gaos bared their ferocious fangs, Verols voraciously flicked their long tongues, Kircles clamped their larger orange claws, Hollows hoot ominously in unison, Cuttles aggressively twiddle their tentacles, the Crewles determinedly ride their loyal Poles, Parties fluttered telework pretty fins with percussion, Snips' dived with their bodies getting colder, Baloogas inflated themselves in self defense, Beezes gathered together as a mega swarm, Deworms get ready to leave their trail of portals, Eelons gathered sparks in their tails, Mewwys cawed together in anticipation, Mothpils scattered colorful dust from their wings, Murtles observed the plumber to try copying his appearance, Scaropions reared back their stringers on attack mode, and Seapos begin blowing bubbles within their mouths. Mario flew in the direction of the incoming nightmare beings with all the desire to defeat these obstacles. First he would Star Spin into the Shleeps to bounce them in different directions, causing them to swallow their fellow brethren with their thick inflated wool. Some like the aggressive Kircles and Gaos throw themselves free of their fluffy prison to pursue their flying cap wearing target. Mario tossed some fireballs at the Snips to instantly kill them as he knew they hate the warmth. Then he punched the few Mamus and Parties that swam his way.

"Come on, is that the best you a can do?" he said in confidence.

A Kircle nipped at him multiple times, which he dodged each and every attempt to bisect him. He retaliated with a three hit combo that eventually shattered the shell of the nightmare crustacean. A Gao narrowly chomped the plumber, which he thankfully dodged with an aerial backflip. He grabs the lion-like Nightmaren by his tail, catching the beast off guard.

"Let me teach you some manners about a trying to eat me like some meatball," he replied with a smile.

He swings the creatures around to knock out any Nightmaren that came his way, from the puffy Beloogas to the pesky Mewwys. Cuttles would fire their electrical triangles at Mario while the Seapos fired their bubbles at shotgun speeds. Mario would throw the Gao briefly then use a Star Spin to swing the creature around with his how gravitational pull. This acted as a living shield to block all incoming projectiles from harming the plumber at all. The Cuttles then began charging at Mario from above if it meant reaching him. Cappy's eyes formed on the red cap to see the sight above him.

"Waaah, Mario! You have some bad guys coming at twelve o clock!" the Bonneter being shouts.

Mario's next move would be then flinging the Gao into the air at the incoming cephalopod menace.

"Thanks for a watching my back, Cappy," he thankfully replied.

"No problem Mario, we are a team," the being in his cap replies.

The two notices the Seapos before them getting ready to breathe their bubbles once more. Mario had a new trick up his sleeve under the name of F.L.U.D.D., a special intelligent water pack he had been saving until this time. The yellow nozzle looks around just to see the predicament they are in.

"Mario, is there any way I can assist you?" The water device asks.

"Sure, make a sure you have enough water to douse these nightmares away," the plumber replies.

The colorful seahorses fired their stream of bubbles at the red hero to fully douse them. Little did they know a stronger jet of water fired that broke through the bubbles knocked all out all Seapos at full force. Several Beloogas rose below them with their large mouths ready to bite them. F.L.U.D.D. shifts into the Hover Nozzle form to spray away at the large nightmare fish below. It was then when Mario realized that his Flying Form finally ran out with the perfect timing of the Hover Nozzle's assistance.

"Now shift into the Rocket Nozzle, dear friend," Mario said.

Instantly the double headed form of F.L.U.D.D. shifts into a single head with a larger nozzle for a single powerful water burst. Mario could see more Nightmarens heading his way before starting the charge of the propulsions.

"I hope you know what you're doing, water cannon," Cappy said.

"Never fear, we have enough water to spare. We are currently at eighty percent full. Mario, make sure to use my water sparingly as this realm is devoid of any water resources," the E. Gadd invention replied.

"You got it," the red capped hero replied.

He finally rockets into the air with the full charge of the tank, evading all the Nightmarens that charged at him. Left over water mist briefly disoriented their sight from finding where their target went.

"Fools, you will have to try harder than that. Never lose sight of your enemy!" the disgruntled Wizeman threatened.

Just hearing his loud disappointed voice alone startled the remaining Nightmares fodder into thinking of better ways of dealing with the runaway plumber. Crewles decided that they should all fire their shrinking energy balls at the plumber if it meant making him smaller and weaker to defeat. Mario had a bad feeling about these incoming projectiles and shifts gears to the Rocket Nozzle.

"Let's a go outspend that magic!" he said.

F.L.U.D.D. uses the large nozzle to fire a big jet of water that speeds him forward at high speed. As this is more for running than flying, Mario is sharply dropping toward the ground below as he is outspending his enemies. Scaropions fired their energy webs below him if it mean stopping his landing. Mario then quickly shifts to the Hover Nozzle to douse these webs and slow down his fall. F.L.U.D.D. soon realize that the tank is beginning to run low on water and knew what to do.

"This is it, my time for assistance is up. Good luck Mario," the intelligent water tank warned.

"Thanks, I will a find a water source another time if I can find it," the plumber thankfully replied.

Then a few Hollows appeared just to fire a few beams at the plumber if it meant stopping him.

"Mario, spin me around to stop them," Cappy said.

"Alright," he replies before doing what he promised.

The red cap then spins around freely when throw now that Cappy is in control. One Hollow grew impatient and flies at the cap to try stealing it.

"Uh Mario, I don't want another bird to steal me again like the last time!" he cried.

He knew too well how scary it was when Klepto kidnapped him on the Lost Kingdom before.

"Right!" Mario replies before throwing a fireball at him.

The attack is successful as Cappy finally returns to Mario's head in time. Then Mario would pull out a special mushroom to help fend off these threats. This would be a Super Mushroom, which allows Mario to grow twice his size for more strength and defense. Of course when dealt with enough bad hits, he can drink back to his original size. Chowing down on the red fungus eventually caused him to grow to a size that would even make a normal sized Bowser blush. Seeing the larger plumber would frighten the Hollows and Cuttles that were nearby. But the Crewles were least afraid as they knew their assistance is needed in shrinking him back to a weaker size. Each punch or kick Mario did destroyed a Nightmare into nothing but cloudy nightmare energy. Cappy also acted as his eyes and ears to look around for any sneak attacks that may hit them.

"Behind you, more of those blue frogs are attacking with that strange magic," he warned.

The larger Mario then decided to twist his body midair to dodge most of the green energy balls in time. More Nightmarens begin to surround him all at once to try dog piling their bigger target. Mario then tossed Cappy before spinning him around once more to destroy most of the enemy forces. Puffy gasps at how fast her enemy is defeating them while Donbalon did an unabashed complaint about this tactic. Clawz is no longer smiling anymore after what he seen as Gulpo clamps his jaws in anger. Bomamba widens her yellow eyes at the sight while Gillwing lets out a shrill scream of anger. Wizeman slowly squints his six eyes as he is beginning to lose patience in the intruder doing too well against his numerous forces.

Insufferable. He is not of this realm and singlehandedly defeat my Nightmarens. I am afraid that soon my second levels will have to prove themselves by making him pay.

Mario then uses another famous Power Up, the Tanooki Leaf to magically transform his clothing into that of a brown ring-tailed furry costume. The Tanooki Form allows him to not only fly the skies with the flap of his tail, but also have the ability to transform into a statue akin to a bakedanuki statue. The larger Mario swung his tail around to knock away as many Nightmares as possible swiftly. Many of them would all fall victim to the massive tail and even dissipate into nightmare energy. Even the large Beloogas were not enough to tank the hits of these tail strikes. Cappy's eyes appeared on the hood of the Tanooki Suit to keep a watchful eye for his friend as usual.

"Good job Mario, we should defeat all of these guys in no time," the happy cap spirit said.

The remaining Nightmarens were already losing their will to fight, clearly appearing afraid when most of their brethren fell to Mario's powerful attacks. When one expects a fierce Gao to feel so much fear, you would know that they found someone just as frightening to deal with as NiGHTS. A Crewle's Pole when then hesitate to pursue Mario any longer and begin slowly turning away to run. Soon after many Nightmarens followed suit as they knew this was a battle too impossible for them to win anymore. Their numbers were already reduced by the war with the Nightopians previously and for them to lose more due to one powerful foe wasn't worth the risk for them anymore. Many of the nightmare beings would be flocking together while flying away from the large furry plumber that defeated their forces. This left the Level Twos all disappointed in their clear cowardice as well as Wizeman looking angrier than before through his six eyes.

"Fools, do not cower. Defeat him. Show them that you all are better than this fool!" he bellowed.

Nightmare would only do nothing but watch as he is completely unsure if he is allowed to interfere or help in some way.

This isn't good. I could send some of my NME creations to assist them in battle. But that would take a while as they are awaiting back in my own realm, which is quite far away in Popstar. But perhaps there is no harm in stopping by there.

He instantly teleports out of the realm, leaving Wizeman wondering where he went.

"Where do you think you are going? Don't tell me you're just as spineless as my sad excuses of Level One Nightmaren," the angry being shouts.

Mario would already to flying after the remaining nightmare mooks as fast as he could if it means finishing things here.

"There they are Mario. You know what to do?" Cappy asks.

"Yes I do. They are a going to feel the pressure of that light to their darkness," the flying plumber replied.

Wizeman then looks at his impatient Level Twos that were waiting on his order to attack with his upper left hand. He did a gesture with hiss finger to grant them that permission to attack whenever they are ready. Clawz, Donbalon, Chamelon, Bomomba, Queen Bella, Gulpo, Gillwing, Puffy, and Girania all charged together as an angry mob if it means avenging the their fallen lower ranks. Tanooki Mario looks below to see the frightened fodder with his plan coming in motion for the Tanooki Statue Drop technique tube set in motion.

"Now, let's show these guys what we are made of!" Cappy called.

Before he could do it, a large object tails him from behind to knock him away easily. This turns out to be Puffy being the first Nightmaren to attack at full force. The hearty rabbit girl laughs in a jolly opera voice after she successfully hit him. Mario is too dazed to see what just hit him only for a swarm of fish to start attacking him from all directions.

"Uwaaaaah, what is happening to us?" Cappy yells.

This is the work of Gulpo calling his fish minions to attack him from all directions. Gillwing would be the next to attack him, striking at him several times in lightspeed speeds he could not react to. The Level Three Nightmarens managed to escape with their lives with their biggest threat under attack by their superiors. Gillwing then stops and smacks Mario away with his mighty wings toward the ground. Clawz already set a few of his mice fireworks ready to fire at will, shooting as colorful projectiles to fly at the falling plumber. The collision results in a series of colorful explosions that severely damaged Mario. His Tanooki Suit eventually disappears completely to leave him back in his normal but large form. But that wouldn't last long as Donbalon spins into Mario as a flying projectile to bounce him toward the ground. Girania then pops out of the ground below thanks to his digging to deal a nasty bite to Mario's body. This caused him to scream in pain while Cappy is left panicking without anything to do. Bomamba would be waiting above him with her cat minions ready to attack before Girania tossed him aside with his jaws. She orders her cat minions to attack Mario all at once and then begin charging a ball of green energy in her hands. The feline attackers latched onto and bit the large plumber all over his body. Mario's body is already beginning to shrink as he taken way too many hits for comfort.

"Save yourself Cappy. I don't think I can make it out of here," Mario said.

"I will not leave you. We will go down together," the cap ghost said.

The cat Nightmarens then split up for their master's magic blast to finally nock Mario downwards to leave Chamelon ready with his deck of magic cards. He is unseen due to his invisibility, making it hard for Mario to react to flying paper thin projectiles that rapidly cut his body. Lastly, Queen Bella would then spit a series of silk balls at Mario as his body already shrinks. This would finally wrap the plumber in a tight prison of silk with his unconscious face uncovered. The Mushroom Kingdom hero is officially defeated, which his wrapped body plummets towards the ground.

"Nooooooooo!" Eliot shouts.

"Mario, you can't lose to these nightmares. You are our only hope!" Claris called.

"First NiGHTS is evil again and now this. I just can't take it anymore," Will cried.

"Please, I hope for a miracle to save us all," a teary eyed Helen wished.

Mario is left defeated in his silky cocoon wrap, leaving Cappy to fly outside his cap and try helping him. The Bonneton being tugs at the right silk with his might, but couldn't budge it at all. The other Second Level Nightmarens would begin surrounding them slowly, sinister big shadows casting on the two.

"Wake up Mario, I know you can do it. If you don't then you'll never wake up from this nightmare again," he cried.

Puffy's hearty laugh would be heard as she appears closer to the two. Gillwing, Girania, and Gulpo all growled in anticipation of tearing their smaller prey limb from limb. Queen Bella smacks her arachnid mandibles in joy as Bomamba cackles widely in excitement. Donbalon giggles alongside Clawz as Chanelon licks his own green eye. Cappy is left wonder what will become of him and Mario if he doesn't free the latter from his entrapped position. He closes both eyes in fear of the first attack, until he heard a familiar voice.

"Why don't you pick on someone your own size?" it shouts.

The Nightmarens are startled by this voice that interrupts their playtime. Wizeman also looks around with his other five eyes to see the source.

"Show yourself!" he demands.

"Well don't mind if I do!" that voice replied.

A light speed blur grabs Mario while he isn't looking in a flash. Cappy while shocked at where he went used this opportunity to follow wherever his ally went. A familiar yellow individual eventually lands atop the face of Clawz with his rear end aimed directly at the nightmare cat's nose.

"Have a rotten day!" he exclaims.

That individual clouds him with a massive explosive fart that spreads a clip is of garlic scented gas all over. Puffy wonders what happened to her fellow Nightmaren only to be sucked from behind by a powerful suction. This could only be the work of a familiar plumber with his special vacuum invention from the same creator of F.L.U.D.D..

"You aren't going to get away with a defeating my twin bro," the green wearing man said.

Puffy is left stuck on the other end of this powerful vacuum's nozzle. Queen Bella lets out a massive hiss at what is happening to her siblings but then wonders why is she hearing something falling in her direction. It would be everyone's favorite king of swing charging a Giant Punch before he would fall for her head.

"Mess with Donkey's friends, you get the punch!" the ape yells.

His punch finally lands atop the head of the spider between her crowd, causing her eyes to bug out and legs to lose their balance. Chamelon panics and thinks of a way to escape until a familiar long tongue grabs his sharply dressed back.

"Yeah, heeeeeeyeeeaaaah!" the green dinosaur calls as he lifts the large chameleon into the air.

Chamelon would only look forward to see the ground get closer and closer to his point of view after his high point. Eventually he's slammed hand into the ground hard enough to get the attention of Gillwing. The tadpole-like dragon desires to devour the heroic dinosaur until he gotten punched from the side. This is the work of Sonic's buddy who's back to kick butt and play Janken.

"That's the last time I will ever think of losing a match," the boy said.

Girania is confused on where to dig next when their targets are unseen. It is then when a colorful grenade is launched in its mouth and explodes within his insides. This temporarily knocked out the giant war piranha for the attacker to begin marking all over his head with graffiti.

"Anyone here to get kicked in their ass?" the skating teen said.

Gulpo hisses that a fellow fish Nightmaren is down, waddling around to see just who to bite this time. It isn't until a familiar ball hits him in his jaw and then bounced on his back multiple times. This is the work of everyone's favorite banana loving monkey.

"Eeek eeek poo reee yeah!" the excited primate said.

Bomamba screams that her precious cat minions were shot down one by one thanks to blasts fired from a special space gun. The witch would soon see her attacker to be hit in her face by a bigger blast.

"Chu! Anyone miss hearing my reporter voice?" the pink haired girl said.

Lastly, the balloon clown Donbalon looks around nervously to see who may appear next to hit him. You would rarely see a terrifying Level Two feel this much fear. A familiar blue wearing hero lowers behind him with a bow and Bomb Arrow ready to blast him.

"Heeeeeyaaaaaah!" he shouts before firing his explosive ammo.

The clown succumbs to these explosions as he yelp in pain from each hit. The hero then turns around and hurls a sword beam from his Master Sword at the hand holding the Visitor children. A rare grunt in pain is heard from Wizeman as he slowly drops the four children from his hands. All four of them scream as they fell towards the surreal ground below.

"Everyone, grab the kidnapped before they hurt themselves!" the hero ordered.

A familiar bear and bird swooped to grab Eliot, a pink star warrior grabs Claris, a green dwarf grabs Will, and female Palma warrior grabs Helen. Lastly, two other heroes would be helping free Mario from the webbings as Cappy watched them. They would be a familiar world warrior and Japanese American ninja warrior respectively.

"We've managed to conquer our worst nightmares in order to get here. You're in good hands, Mario-sama," Joe said.

"We will not dare show up at Smash HQ without our favorite mascot. Just leave the rest to us," Ryu said.

Cappy sighs in relief knowing his pal is not losing a life today. Luigi then fired Puffy directly at the other Nightmarens as a living bowling ball to disorient them. Only the flying ones like Gillwing and Bomamba managed to narrowly dodge their own rolling sibling in time unlike the unlucky few that were already hit. Link, Beat, Ulala, AiAi, Alex Kidd, Joe Musashi, Ryu, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, Luigi, Wario, and a recovering Mario stood front and center before Wizeman as the few who are fully free from their terrifying nightmares. The Visitors are are standing safely behind them with a few other guests here to serve as their protection. Kirby, Gilius, Banjo Kazooie, and Alis agreed to protect these four children from Wizeman or any of his minions from taking them back.

"Leave it to us. You all can give that big bad boss a walloping," the bear said.

"I'm pretty sure this big scary guy is tough. But let's see what this chapter unfolds," the Breegull replied.

"If the going gets tough, I can use the Golden Axe's powerful magic to attack if necessary," the dwarf said.

"Good luck everyone. I can sense a lot of power from those minions. But from that Wizeman being, he's almost strong as the Dark One. Best to be careful when dealing with him," the female warrior suggests.

"Poyo poyo!" Kirby babbled joyfully.

"But wait, if he's a that strong? Then how come a Link hurt him?" Luigi asked nervously.

"The Master Sword is the sword of evil's bane. It can hurt any evil being no matter what level they are on. But that doesn't mean that it can't lose its power after being used too much. When that happens, there has to be a ten minute cooldown if it ever reaches that point," the blue Hylian hero replies.

Wizeman's echoing laugh is heard through the entire nightmarish realm to alert the heroes. Mario already came to his senses once he felt Cappy inhabiting his cap jumping on his head. Link readies the Master Sword once more as it flows brightly enough at full power. Donkey Kong beats his chest aggressively as Yoshi shadow boxes to mentally prepare himself. Joe gets into a serious ninja battle pose as Ryu begins his famous fighting stance. Wario flexed both of his muscular arms aggressively as a formerly serious Ulala is unamused by his strong garlic smell.

"I have two words of advice, hygiene and courtesy," she replies.

"That's three words, girlie!" Wario gloats before doing a weak fart on purpose to annoy her.

Luigi already twirls his Poltergust G-00's nozzle around and begins cleaning dust next to an unwilling AiAi. The orange wearing monkey is left rolling in the direction of the dust if it mean making his ball completely clean. Alex Kid practices his Janken to focus his technique next to the carefree dancing Beat.

"Let's get this over with. Because our dreams are not yours to mess with, Tall Dark and Scary," the rudie said without fear.

"What foolish words to hear out of beings that realize nightmares are just as important as dreams. One isn't complete without the other, but now is a time for nightmares to take over completely for my Nightmaren children to prosper instead of these foolish Nightopian pests. This plan would not be possible if it were not for the kind allies at the Legion for making it likelier for no one to have good dreams anymore. I still owe all of you the worst of nightmares for humiliating my Level One masterpiece Reala. But you also should be thanked for giving me the inspiration to put my other Level One NiGHTS back in line where he belongs," Wizeman said ominously.

"NiGHTS is our friend and deserves to think for himself instead of being forced to do evil by a terrible creator like you. Isn't Reala good enough for you?" Alex Kidd shouts.

This statement would cause two of Wizeman's hands to draw closer to the brave heroes that dared stand up to a powerful being of nightmares. The other Level Two Nightmarens slowly gotten back to their senses, some glaring at Puffy for letting herself be used as a living tool by the heroes against their own. Not that the ball bunny girl being isn't angry herself at the one responsible for doing that to her.

"Silence my children. I will let you all fight again when I allow you to. Just allow me to reason with these lower beings," Wizeman warns.

"The only lower being I a see here is you. Just look at you. Those floating one eyed hands. That featureless face with the ridiculous hair. Your voice alone puts me to a sleep. Even your outfit that hides your body looks like a something not even that no good Waluigi would wear. I laugh in the face of a loser that thinks he is above the Great Wario. Waaaaahahahaha!" the yellow wearing man gloats.

Ulala shakes her head with her hand on her face from hearing him gloat. Yoshi is unsure if what he said was the bravest thing ever or the most foolish thing ever. Even the recovered Mario could tell that it is none other than Wario always making situations about him than being focused.

Sonic even shakes his head as he gave off too much Eggman vibes than usual with his overconfidence.

"You are all talk. But will regret it if you all were to not escape here alive. I will give all of you dreamers a hint. Anyone that dies within either of the dream realms, including my domain, will never wake up again. Experiencing a true deep sleep that they will never awaken from. Only a truly powerful force can oppose me. Your "Master Sword" only felt like a pinch in comparison to the strength of two NiGHTS Dualized with Visitors using a powerful Ideya like the Red of Courage. Anyone hoping they can force me to stop my plans have no choice but to give up. You all are winning a losing battle now that NiGHTS is back on my side again," the being bellowed.

"It will take a lot to destroy us. You are talking about the same people that kicked your best man's butt. That was a pretty genius plan, leading him to us and ambush him knowing he was fixated on making the ex-Legion members rejoin him by force. Eventually your little organization will all topple over like an unstable pile of blocks. Stopping your plans will be no different from stopping Eggman's plans a hundred times," the blue hedgehog called.

"And for you to team up with a traitor like Nightmare is very low. We tried to lead villains like him to a good path of helping others, but perhaps his dark nature can't be helped. Just like the other villainous Smash members that dared to oppose our organization behind our backs," Ryu said.

"Pitiful. Forcing someone against their true nature is like expecting a Nightmaren to not give nightmares to all that sleep. This is why NiGHTS's rebellious behavior sickened me deep inside for a while. For every time I'm destroyed, my thoughts on how disappointed I am with him remains even after being reincarnated by the evil in man's hearts. You will never truly get rid of evil, it is human nature. I was once a human upon discovering this realm in the Night Dimension, but only realized that too much good dreams will only inspire insipid hope and expectations. Giving into that darkness made me what I am as well as given me the power to control all nightmares wherever I see fit. It will always happen even if you don't want them to. Ideya is not even needed, only weaklings need Ideya to become strong," Wizeman replies.

One thing the heroes notice is that their enemy's voice is loud enough to echo throughout this realm of madness and gloom as if he is truly in control of what happens here. Or more in control of the nightmares of anyone worldwide, potentially in the universe as well.

"You used to be human? I can't buy this at all. I can't believe that NiGHTS hid this information from us for so long," Ulala shouts.

"Good. At least traces of his loyalty were still there under that disgusting free will that prevents him from following his true nature," the sinister being said.

"How does one become a god or become trapped in this endless state of sleep for that matter? Without being, you know, dead?" Beat wondered.

Wizeman reacts by clenching one of his nearby hands since someone dared to ask just how be became what he is. Mario and Sonic gulps just in case he is planning to attack them all at once. Even the many Nightmaren behind him grew curious as to just what happened to their master before their creation as a whole.

"I once came to this world on accident when falling asleep one day. It all felt like a whole new experience to me, being in my own personal word away from the problems I had in the waking world. Then I would realize there would be negative effects to losing all of my Ideya. Those Nightopians did little to care about what happened to my body and how it no longer became recognizable. Those fools feared the monster I was becoming, banishing me to an unknown world away from Nightopia. Alone and angry from my first horrid experience in this world. Being trapped in this world with no means of waking up again. It drove me into complete darkness, further warping the world around me. I was no longer a man but a God, one that this new world I created needed. That hatred and grudge I have on the citizens of Nightopia is what lead me to dub this world Nightmare and begin contracting some truly powerful beings to do my bidding. You all know who NiGHTS and Reala are, the first two Level Ones that are the strongest as well as the hardest beings to create. Then come all the Level Two Nightmares as my commanders for the army, Jackle and Cerberus being above the rest as being between an average Level Two and Level One in strength. And my beloved henchmen that red wearing fool mostly killed are the Level Threes who are tasked with spreading nightmares to all Dreamers and stealing their Ideya to fulfill my true goal. Making a portal to the Waking World you all are from and ruling it. Nightmare is a perfect world, but my children demand more to rule. This is why Nightopia isn't just the only world worth ruling but everything else. It doesn't matter how badly you feel about me, everything deserves nothing but darkness and I am the right God to make it possible. Not some misunderstood fool that thought the NIghtopians would accept me in their world. That is the past. The future will soon be me ruling all dreams and the real world with NiGHTS and Reala by my side. You all are nothing but fools if you think you can prevent the inevitable," Wizeman explains to everyone within the dark dimension.

Everyone would be complete speechless from hearing the dark secret of Nightopia from their own enemy's words, left unable to think they've created their own worst enemy and constant threat. Even the four Visitors could not believe that this is the result of someone losing their Ideya for too long or giving in to that very darkness that fuels his resurrection. Elliot is thankful that he would be smart enough to Dualize with NiGHTS in time despite being overpowered by the Level Three Nightmarens countless times. Claris is left in awe that Wizeman actually would had been a good person had the Nightopians never banished him to an empty realm instead of helping him. Helen is left wondering if there is way he could be helped that doesn't revolve around him ruling the dream world and real world as an act of revenge. Will did not know whether he should see Owl or the other good Nightopians the same way again if they never told them the truth behind Wizeman's origins or why he always wanted to attack Nightopia long before him.

He is a bad guy and someone that always wanted NiGHTS captured to serve him, but none of these things would happen if the Nightopians weren't such selfish jerks and tossed him in a world to be trapped from reawakening. I still don't feel sorry for him, but at the same time I have a lot of questions for Owl when we speak again.

"Whooo, that sure is a lot to take in. But I can still say that you will not be allowed to ever leave this world and take over our own. We have enough trouble with Eggman and the rest of his Legion pals. Stopping you right here and freeing our friends from their nightmares is what I want to do than listen to your stories," Sonic replied.

"That's a correct. Your circumstances are very terrible, but we will not a let you use them as a reason to justify ruining the dreams of many or wanting to bring your nightmare friends into reality. Prepare to be stopped," Mario said, back in a good condition to fight once more.

"Donkey had enough of your big words, just fight already," Donkey Kong said.

"Two wrongs don't make a right. You're already starting to sound like Rokkaku Gouji and his need for a perfect world. That isn't a good start," Beat remarks.

"The more time we waste here, the more we will fail our mission. Let's take him on while he is here," Joe said.

Wizeman would only laugh once more from hearing the overconfidence of his enemies. The Second Level Nightmarens are still impatient to await their master's order to get revenge for their last attack. Mario and Sonic once more stand tall in hopes of squaring off against the nightmare being. Meanwhile, it appears Varla Guns is groggily trying to stay awake as she continues guarding the women's dorm. She really did not want to move from her post and also didn't want to fully fall asleep either. The Chaos Zombie stripper is at a test of endurance with trying to fight staying up without any sleep at all, worst of all being at four in the morning.

"I will not fall…no no no I'm staying up for my fellow women….but it seems they are completely sleeping peacefully….no no I can't sleep right now! I'd smack myself but the strength would knock me out cold than staying up. This is too damn frustrating," she rambled in a sleep deprived state.

The door being completely found proof didn't help matters as it is impossible for her to read how restless most of the women were except Ulala.

I wonder how Sega-Chan and Omochao are doing keeping things in order with the important crew during our sleep. Hopefully there will be no need for this extra security anymore. But get a new system or something. Should cost too much with all the towns you all raid.

She continues standing the best way she can, starting to hum if it keeps her from succumbing to her own sleep. Vectorman however would be more cautious as things were growing too quiet with little happening. What the robot would usually do is to open the door and check on everyone's sleep patterns in case of any irregularities. The green Orbot slowly opens the very door he guards to see just what he wouldn't expect. All of the male crew mates were having restless sleep that resulted in bodily convulsions and all sorts of unnatural sleep behaviors. Alex Kidd kicking Billy in his face, Tembo rolled in a fetus position, Ash uncontrollably sobbing in his sleep, Akira constantly struggling as if he were strapped, Schezo twitching his hand as if he is getting ready to grab someone, Knuckles mumbling to himself, "Go away," over and over, Lord Max sweating a lot as if something is really frightening him, and Chinto constantly twitching his mask gills frantically. The first thing he would do is activate his special scanners to see if there's any abnormal behavior registered within their minds. Some of what he see would be some rather scary nightmares that he would least expect anyone to be having. But that's not all as he sensed high nightmare energy readings as of them if they came from within dream worlds like Nightopia or Nightmare. Unfortunately he could tell these originated from none other than a Nightmaren that's causing this many nightmares at once to slow down the heroes. He then remembered that NiGHTS made a promise to investigate what's happening in Nightopia to make up for his mistakes. One possible hypothesis that came to the robot would had been either NiGHTS had been guilty of this crime or another Nightmaren is doing this after they stopped NiGHTS from what he's promised.

New Objective: Report Incident to the Others.

He slowly closed the door again before flying off to the crew's pilot room to report this unexplainable behavior. Even Opa-Opa and AGES have to watch as the mighty monster tossed around in his own sleep with roars of agony. What's surprising to these two is how this happened out of nowhere and they have no idea what they could do to calm him down.

"Easy boy, Opa-Opa's going to lull you to sleep if you need it," the Menonian ship begged.

"May day, may day! We have an restless monster trying to sleep while thrashing near everyone's priceless vehicles. We need back up now!" the talking Hornet said.

There was little they can do as the monster swung his tail around to knock aside a few vehicles like the Tornado and Alis's tank. Even the ice cream truck's giant cone struggles to stay supported on the back of the black vehicle.

"What can we do about this? It's not like we can go inside of his dreams. Only one ally can do that. You know where NiGHTS went, AGES?" Opa Opa asked.

Then both of them barely dodged the massive tail of the red monster that swung at them during his painful nightmare. The talking VMU barely fell out of the window of the vehicle until OpaOpa barely pushed him back inside the vehicle in time.

"Thanks. But there's something linked to all of this. I have the feeling that he just may be behind this. As much as I hate to say it, those children failed at taking all of the evil out of him. But the question is where is that mischievous purple backstabber hiding," AGES replied.

"You may be correct. It has been taking NiGHTS too long to do his investigation. Unless maybe it was a lie to silently give the New Blue Rogues nightmares behind their backs?" OpaOpa replied.

"I get the feeling more than just the core crews is affected. It could even be the Marines and Smash Brothers having dreams just as bad," AGES suggests.

Their suspicions were correct as even the Marines were all struggling to sleep at all in their dorms, as well as the remaining Smash Brothers aboard the ship. The awaken members like R.O.B., Galacta, Duke Oda, and Scooter scan at the nervous system to see the abnormalities fir themselves. What they could see are extreme restlessness and distress in the brain for the majority of their allies.

"This isn't good. Whatever is attacking them in their dreams must be eliminated. But as machines, we don't have the tech capable of helping them with their own mental manifestations," the cyborg cop said.

"There has to be way. I'm sure Marine tech here has to include something that could take us inside of their dreams. All of our members need the rest possible if it means taking on the Legion," Scooter said.

R.O.B. would be the first to point out that someone is missing aboard the ship amongst everyone. The Robotic Operating Buddy would only squint closer to realize that among his fellow Smash allies that a certain bounty hunter was never sleep to begin with and actually missing in action. The first thing he would do is slowly roll his way toward the exit to search for her, to the attention of his other fellow robotic allies.

"Where are you going? We have to protect our own unless the guilty party is among us," Galacta said.

"It has to be the case. Or else our Smash ally wouldn't react without a reason. Hurry, we must follow him. As much as it feels wrong to abandon our allies' nightmares, they will have to face them on their own without us," the hopeful robot said.

The three would be correct as it seems all the Marines would have to conquer their own fears if it means having full control of their sleep again. Sam is reliving the very moment Burns turns against him with all Marines surrounding him point blank with pistols pointed. The different here is that they were all allied with Zaistev his own nemesis to make the situation twice as dire as it was in his living experience. Speaking of whom, the bald leader of the Order of the Russian Star stars at him with his sinister eyes and the most sinister smile ever. Sam sweats beneath his helmet as he has no allies to count on and even his own worst enemy is a part of this coup.

"So tell me, Mr. Gideon, how does it feel to be cornered like scared rat? You have choice between joining us like our friend Burns or die a horrible death in the name of new world order. Which will it be, comrade?" the sadistic Russian principle asks.

Sam knew that he had one shot at this and only one way out of a nightmare that will only hold back his goal of leading the Marines to victory, the true Marines that serve him. The ready Marine soldiers still aimed their guns at Sam under Burns' order for the moment he thinks about running away. The treacherous colonel keeps his eye on Sam just to see what move he plans on doing next. The prototype ARMS bearer took a deep sigh as he finally came to a decision.

"Let me be the one to say that my decision is…."

Zaistev and Burns both grin as they are hoping to hear a good answer out of their enemy. The Marine soldiers still held their fire until it was time to finally gun down their target. Sam disappears from everyone's sights in a flash, catching everyone off guard. Burns frantically looks around to find where his former soldier went. But soon, many soldiers fell one by one unconscious as if an unseen force knocked them all out. The Order of the Russian Stars Principle looks just to see what could had happened. The fallen soldiers all bleed large pools of blood as proof that something or someone must had shot them all so quickly. This would leave Burns feeling the deepest rage for letting him get away, throwing his gun on the ground.

"Damn it! Now where in God's name did he go?" he shouts.

Sam is seen running through the high security base as fast as he could despite all cameras watching his every move. He had a good feeling that actively facing his fears would lead to a proper escape into the source of these strange nightmares. Despite knowing his device is useless inside of his own consciousness, he had a feeling his true allies would pull through eventually.

Alright gentlemen, I will be counting on you to be brave like I did.

Bug is later seen trapped in a strong web created by the spider minions sent by Queen Cadavra to hold him still for his public execution. Several of his friends like Maggot Dog, Super Fly, and his bombshell of a girlfriend would be all wrapped in web cocoons to be forced to watch. The dog grub is already gnawing at the strong webbings in a futile attempt to break himself free. The spider queen is already reloading her famous guns to prepare for her greatest moment ever.

"I have been waiting years for this. Once this is over, I will never have to see your disgusting grinning green face anymore. Any last words before more than just your thorax is splat into mush?" The diabolical Cadavra asks.

Her arachnid arms maneuvered the gun towards the trapped bug actor if it means putting an end to his career. Super Fly twitched faster than usual as he did not want to see his co-star and homie die too soon. Bug's girlfriend would be too heartbroken to say a thing, only choosing to silently cry as there is nothing she could do in this situation.

"Before you get rid of me, I got one final thing to say," the green bug begged.

"And what would that be, insect?" the devious spider queen said.

Bug erects his stinger just to begin cutting at the webbing in the tight spots. The threads instantly separated due to the sharp point of his trusty defense mechanism.

"Say hello to my little friend!" the grinning bug shouts.

He managed to fall off the web before she had the chance to gun him down completely. Her spider minions heard her growing anger loud and clear as they begin charging at their green escapee. He instead bounced on their heads with his stinger, comically poking their soft heads in the process to make his great get away. He blows a bit raspberry at his spider nemesis as a final way of pissing her off as he sees a special dream door appear above him.

"You will not get away with this, you little insignificant spec of bug juice!" the queen yells before getting her guns ready.

"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn," he smugly replies.

One final bounce gets him inside of the door before the machine gun bullets would reach him, his three friends cheering for their good old friend's great escape. Yusaku is already in a pinch being beaten and dogpiled in an alley by many gang members as their leader Red Eye watched. Most of his own Neo-Soul gang were already crushed by the superior numbers of the G-Troop with their own leader being alone. The crazed red eyed gang leader looked down on the sorry state of his rival being weaker than expected for their first encounter in a while.

"Pathetic, I get sick just looking at your sorry ass. I expected a challenge. You all are just the Neo-Shit without the soul. Men, beat him until his last breath is gone," Red Eye ordered.

Yusaku would soon take every single fist and kick that damaged his body for another agonizing time with low morale. All is not lost as he begins to show a rare smile after a good minute. This sight irritates Red Eye as he only grows in irritation from his smugness.

"What the hell is funny? You lost and are only inches from hell. Answer me!" he demands.

His only response would be gripping his sansetsukon. Some thugs grew cautious at the sight while the vast majority continued their relentless assault on the orange haired boy.

"This is all a dream right? Perhaps it is time I take charge and show that I am in full control of it. Starting by breaking the bones of your lackeys that you love so much," the hotblooded Neo-Soul leader shouts.

He knocks several thugs off of his back and resorts to a full on rotational attack to attack the other nearby members with grace. Red Eye is left speechless and highly pissed that his plan is starting to fall apart.

"Damn you, this is supposed to be my time to rise to the top. God damn it!" he screams.

More of his G-Troop members were defeated one by one thanks to Yusaku's powerful strikes and sheer willpower to overcome his own nightmare. They all feel onto the concrete ground to signify their defeat at the hands of this lone leader. Eventually, a white door appears behind the gang leader now that his true fear is finally conquered. His last response to his evil rival would be taking a bow before heading inside of the door. The last thing he would hear is the deafening scream of the angry gang member succumbing to his loss. Kelly O'Lenmy is already overcoming the hordes of insect allies during her dangerous encounter on the planet Tir na Nog despite her earlier victory. She already shifted gears into her fasted form and wielded the best gun for the job getting past all the rocky terrain run her way.

"There has to be a way to escape this hell. I have a true mission and that is to get back to my sleep. The sleep that shouldn't be as nightmarish as it is. Even if it means killing hundreds of these alien pests," the British blonde fighter shouts.

A few of the higher level aliens jumped ahead of her, which she used Mercury Crash to plow through them with all of her might. Some even tried to attack her from behind as it's the least armored part of her body. But enough quick shots behind her subdued these ravenous green beasts in seconds. The last thing standing between her and freedom would be more swarms of these alien bugs preparing to attack her all at once. Their red eyes and drooling mandibles would be set on feasting on their human intruder. Kelly instead cocks her weapon as she's ready to show them how a true warrior fights.

"Bring it on, house pests," she said with a serious glare.

Hoigle and Moigle are buried alive one an underground maze set below their own backyard. Malodorous's cat mercenaries already gathered around each tunnel weapons ready after hearing from their fallen members of the brothers making their way upstairs.

"Mee…oww.. those fools are going to escape our trap. The baron will be displeased if we fail him now. Get your cat tails ready to claw their pink hides already," a defeated cat said through his speaker.

Moigle is already digging his way upwards due to Hoigle's quick thinking of the perfect motivation tool to help him escape: the promise of ice cream if they both escape.

"Don't worry brother, we will make it out here. Nothing is impossible if you think with your gut. Keep it up if you want that delicious caramel rocky road ice cream with roasted peanuts. Can you taste it? Because you will when we all get out of here," the smaller older brother teased while perched on his younger brother.

"Ice Creeeaaaaaam! I will beat these pussies if they think they can get between me and my yummy treat. Let's get out of here, big brother Hoigle," the large younger brother said with strong hands scraping through the solid earth.

The cat assassins that plotted to ambush them would only be knocked away by his large body as he dug past their tunnels, even worse with the tunnels collapsing to make the feline foes fall to their doom. More would be soon scrambling to different spots as they heard the heavy rubbling from below them. Moigle drools as his eyes could feel that he is getting closer to the surface within each tunnel passed, Hoigle rubbing his hands together now that their foe's plans will fail once more. They soon find themselves digging into a bright light that awaits them, unfortunately for them it seems to be an exit from their nightmare and not their beloved junkyard that they want to protect. Kid Chamelon is already taking a shortcut through Heady Metal's frightening cyber maze the latter created as a way to internally trap him. The cool kid is already transformed into one of his faster forms, Skycutter, to traverse the air on his special anti-gravity skateboard wearing his silver helmet.

"You fool, you think you can escape my labyrinth of oblivion? Let me be the one to give you that well deserved Game Over before it happens," the final boss taunts.

Many green cyberspace spikes would extent from many directions at an alarming rate. Skycutter made sure to dodge each of them while performing the cool tricks to show off like a pro.

"Is that the best you've got? This game is hardly a nightmare and more of a challenge for me to reach the next level. You sure are becoming too easy for this gamer," the anti-gravity hero gloats.

Heady Metal eventually reappears before him in a more digital but larger form, now with red eyes than his usual eerier green ones.

"Then let me make this a swift lose for your single life, player," he shouts with his distorted voice.

One gape and he would would fire many balls of energy big enough to knock the hero out if he isn't careful enough. He instantly flips gravity to turn his body upside down and rise sharply for the skies as a way to escape. This did not stop Heady Metal from following him as defeating his enemy is his main objective. But little did he know that Skycutter was aware of the white door that was above him as an eye way of escaping.

"Hasta la vista, Heady. I've got better levels to explore than being stuck in this boring one forever," he said with a wave as his upside-down board rose for the escape.

Other Marines would follow suit in their quick escapes into Nightmare as expected of their leader. Mr. Bones is seen torturing his vampiric creator with a new song abut how he will never be loyal to him again. The other skeleton minions would soon stop their malice and dance to the skeleton's addicting guitar music to DaGoulian's dismay.

"I will party all want for the hearts of those who thrive. Not only once but for more than five. DaGoulian ain't no master of mines if his soul lasts groove. Just shake your body and makes those hand move. This is Mr. Bones' Wild Ride that never ends beware. Because I am telling you this is not even a good scare. Bone to be wild and molded to be free. Because this is now the song of my victory," the rocking skeleton sang victoriously.

Skarkin conquers all of Hel's demons in Ragnarok with all his might now that he believes he is humanity's strongest hero. The demonic goddess of fire and death Ould only watch as her evil children were slaughtered by his brute strength and sheer willower to escape his own Hell.

"Children, tear that horrid Viking until his guts stain the flooring. I do not want that man to escape," the goddess ordered.

He would instead overpower them all with thunder shocks thanks to his mighty axe before running across the lava landscape t make his great escape. Hel uses this time to transform into her final form, changing her legs into a large mass of magma-like flesh that eventually grows two pair of legs that wouldn't be out of place on a monster. Skarkin slices away at each monster that stood in his way as he searched for the door that could help him escape. Little did he know that the towering Hel is gaining on him using her abominable new form's four centaur-like legs.

"You will not get away from me, mortal pest! I will burn you hotter than my realm if you think this is what you can get away with," she beamed in her hellish voice.

Tempo is challenging King Dirge to a dance off like old times to see who will win the Major Minor Show's grand prize. The former is winning thanks to Katy's motivation and his desire to stop losing to his long time nemesis for a better future in the galaxy. He did a series of hiphop spins and shuffles to keep his cool while fully captivating the cameras that broadcast this dance off throughout the world. Dirge did his own boogie and chacha using his massive arms and nimble legs, knowing well he doesn't need his tractor form to defeat his smaller enemy.

"There we go folks, this dance battle is going smoother than the surface of an asteroid. But our superstar fly Tempo is the true winner of this battle. Watch as he gracefully show us how a real dance should go," Major Minor announced through his mic.

The grand prize would slowly lower itself between the two competitors, a glowing dream door to escape the nightmare. The king soon cries and lost motivation to dance anymore knowing that his rule is good as over. Tempo again, bows to the crowd knowing that he rightfully won this contest. Hang is seen traversing a high speed expressway with many slow trucks and high speed cars to dodge. She is already at her limit, but hoping she can escape the most dangerous situation for her and her trusty motorbike.

"An exit should be coming soon. For now, I need to make sure I have the gas to last much longer. Being here for seemingly a few hours isn't good enough for my prized girl," the female biker said.

Back in the Nightmare Realm, things grew twice as chaotic now that Second Level Nightmares have new allies in Nightmare's monsters to back them up moving forward. These monsters were foes Kirby fought before but were made even stronger due to the nightmares he absorbed along the way. These included the gigantic Bonkers with his red eyes, the demonic Fire Lion with his infernal bright mane, the deadly Bugzzy with his sword and club weapons ready, the masked Phan Phan with his clown tamer Whippy riding him, the towering Popon with his green acidic segments, Kracko with his larger appearance from the last time Kirby fought him, the powerhouse Blocky donning his Yokozuna form with limbs, the bitter cold Ice Dragon with a chilling breath to match his larger size, Paint Roller with his art happy tendencies back in full force, the enormous Octocon with his flaming tentacles, a flock of Floaty the Drifters lead by their leader Jumpershoot, Gabon twirling multiple bones in his hand, another mutated version of Lovely with bladed petals and a hunger for absorption, Max Flexer back with more fierce workout plans, a newly recreated Masher 3.0 with deadlier weapons than before, and Grand Wheelie with newly upgraded gears. Many of the rookie monsters like Jukid, Mr. Frosty, Poppy Bros Sr with several Jr's, Captain Stitch, Master Green, Haboki, Hornhead, Gigant Edge, Vividra, Dubior, GaoGao, Big Metalun, Tedhaun, Buboo, King Doo, Telepathos, Miasmoros, Waiu, Boxy, Bombar, Water Galbouros, Mr. Tick Tock, Iron Mam, and packs of Scarfies surrounding the ground nightmare floor. The devious Nightmare grins beside Wizeman now that he is happy to prove his worth in this nightmare alliance for the future.

"All it took was one trip. I never abandoned you and had to fly to the other end of the galaxy just to gather a fraction of my forces. I will save the others for the future, but these monsters are no laughing matter as you will soon see," the nightmare wizard declared in glee.

"Perhaps you may speak true. But actions speak louder than words. These monsters while they are giving the heroes more trouble than my second strongest Nightmaren, we shouldn't get too ahead of ourselves," Wizeman cautiously warned.

Ulala is already entrapped by one of Octagon's tentacles when her blaster only did little against his spawn of octopi children. She struggles within the creature's tight grip as the temperature begins to rise in an attempt to cook her.

"Not again! This is why I hate giant tentacle monsters. But with this one, I could be the new calamari if I can't get out of here," she cried.

Waiu is proven to be too fast and strong for Joe Musashi to handle, as if his quick cutting blades weren't too much for the ninja warrior. His flaming shirukens would also counter any fire jutsu Joe had for him. He sweats in frustration from dealing with this troublesome being. Ryu is tossed aside by Jukid with ease, breaking the noble warrior's back after his ki blasts were proven to be superior than his own Hadouken. Yoshi Flutter Jumps away from the many sparks sent at him from Kracko's high voltage attacks. The dinosaur is already pressured at the though his eggs were strong enough to phase the cloud creature's high voltage cloud body. Eventually, Kracko shocks him at full force with a quick bolt of lightning from his eye.

"Owowowowowo!" Yoshi cried.

Link sword fights with there aggressive stag beetle monster that choose to aggressively attack him first. Within each strike, the Master Sword is already beggining to lose its power to reach its "broken" state to keep fighting. Link had an option of either running away or dodging to at least use one of his best Runes to stop the overgrown purple bug.

This opponent is too strong and I'm already losing power. What would be the best way to escape him? Think, think of a strategy.

The first thing Link realize is that this beetle is more of a straight forward attacker and can't really attack from the side. Then would take the risk to dodge roll before the massive club closely crushed him. All would come to a bitter end when the beetle quickly turns his head to grip Link's midsection with his blue pinchers.

"Gack! How did he grab me…..aaaaaooooouggggh!" Link screams in pain as the beetle crushes his bones with a stronger grip if it means keeping his prey from running away.

The next thing he would do is a wrestling backbreaker, using the weight of his hard jump to further crush Link's back with vigor.

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" he screams in pain.

Alex Kidd is\ struggling to outrun the Ice Dragon's tundra level breath that froze everything his head follows. The Sukupako Bike is now slowly starting to lose control with the coldness affecting the rubber wheels of the speeding vehicle.

"Hold on, I am not going out with a whimper," the Radaxian boy said.

He jumps off of the bike to aim directly for the blue dragon's head with punch. Little did he know that Ice Dragon figured out his plan by breathing directly at him instead. The breath soon completely frozen him inside a block of ice in seconds before he could get away. DK is left trying to get Bonkers' massive hammer from crushing him with all the strength he had. The armored ape's size and ferocity alone make this a tougher fight for the Kongo Jungle ape than the Cactus King.

"Donkey…will not…let hammer wielding…ape get the best… of him," he said as he continues pushing the hammer higher.

The hammer loving gorilla had a trick up his sleeve, which he gives up his hammer attack. This instead turns out to be feint, which he used Hammer Upper to strike DK into the air with the force of a flaming strike underhand strike. Beat is struggling to escape any of Paint Roller's deadly drawings that came to life. Vividria assisting him didn't help matters when she's equally as deadly with her art.

"Damn it, these painters just keep coming up with crazy creations, my skates are also running thin thanks to kicking them too. The paint is messing up my rolling," the rudie complains.

Then he would see himself almost collide with the painted Sawyers that would had sliced him apart, which he turns around to be knocked into the air by painted cars. This all leads up with a large fist sculpture which Vividria promptly swats Beat with immediately. Luigi runs away with the large Tedhaun that's proven too much to handle. He would had sucked up his Casers easily if it weren't for the possibility of either of them possessing him easily to make the green plumber an easy target.

"Can some…someone please get this party ghost away from meeeeee!" Luigi screams as he ran from the one eyed persistent ghost.

AiAi is tossed around into the air by Phan Phan's trunk as Whippy lashed his whip at the Monkey Ball. Each lash would knock the monkey back against the walls of his own plastic ball repeatedly. Sonic struggles to take on the infernal feline that is Fire Lion. His Burning Attack overpowers every attempt at his Spin Dash or even the Homing Attack. This left the hedgehog needing to do other techniques like his Sonic Shockwave, which would be overpowered by flaming lion's fire breath.

"Is it me or is this king of the jungle too hot for me to handle?" the hedgehog wondered.

He would barely dodge the flaming cat's hot claws from cutting his blue furry face. With some of the rookie monsters surrounding the children's protectors, they would be forced to fight if it means keeping them safe. Kirby knew some of these does too well and would be the first to instantly abandon his protection duty.

"Knock em dead, Kirby, only you know their predictable patterns than we do," Kazooie called.

"Shouldn't we help them? It wouldn't be right to watch him fight alone," Banjo said in worry.

"These kids would be open to the Nightmarens. We can only do much with these smaller numbers," Gilius warned.

"At the same time, most of our allies are struggling against these monsters. Unlike the Nightmarens, they aren't anything like we've fought before. We would be lucky to wake up alive again," Alis said.

Kirby barely dodged Jumpershoot's spinning flight attack and spin dodged Bombar's incoming missiles. GaoGao does a spinning tornado claw to attempt slicing the pink puff, which he promptly jumps over gracefully. This left Big Metalun to tuck his arms in and roll towards him at high speeds as this large steel ball. Kirby also dodged that as the two monsters collided into each other hard. Mr. Frosty tackles Kirby barely, leaving his large blue buttocks wide open for an attack. He inhaled a Floaty completely to spit the parasol monster as a star at Frosty's butt, causing the ice walrus to comically scream in pain. Gigant Edge begins charging a deadly sword beam at Kirby, leaving Mr. Tick Tock to surprise him from behind with a ringing attack. Kirby already turned into Stone to fully protect himself. This is because Kirby finally settled on the Smash Ability, an ability he usually depends on as a handicap for Smash tournaments and one he can have from copying the Master Hand from the Mirror Realm. Gigantic Edge struggles to hold back any longer and fires the sword beam. It fails to pierce Stone Kirby's defense and even Mr. Tick Tock's ringing thankfully for both sides. Buboo drew closer to the three heroes guarding the children as it had other plans than chasing an old nemesis.

"Speaking of which, here comes one of them," Alis said.

A string of large bubbles are fired from the crab monster at the three guardians. Banjo used Kazooie's break to pop each bubble easily. Alis and Gilius had to do the same thing with their respective weapons carefully knowing the creature wants to capture the Visitors. Claris and Eliot stood bravely where they were as they didn't want to be back in Wizeman's hand. Will and Helen still struggle with their own tears at the risk of not losing hope in their protectors. Buboo then used its remaining bubbles to swoop directly at Banjo, forcing the bear to use Wonderwings just once to ram against the crab creature. This is an ability that not only makes them duo impervious to any harm, but works well as a powerful battering ram attack. All bubbles are fully popped, causing the small crab to be flung away against a Grand Wheelie. The large one-wheeled motorbike angrily jumps from the hit with his glaring eyes on the one who hurt him.

"Uh oh, we got more trouble," the bear said with his hand over his mouth.

"You think?" Kazooie replies in a snarky manner.

The gigantic one-wheeler charges at the three heroes at high speeds if it meant road killing them.

"Flaeli!" Alis shouts as she fires a powerful fire spell at the motor fueled menace.

Grand Wheelie did a Quick Spin to counter the flames and protect the vulnerable nose it has.

"Thunder Wave!" Gilius shouts upon using his Magic Pot.

He then rose his axe in the axe for lightning to strike it, which a shockwave of lightning traveled the ground in the direction of Grand Wheelie. The lightning managed to shock the monster severely, which caused it to fire a few Wheelies out of itself as self defense. Banjo then cocks Kazooie as this bird-like gun, beginning to fire blue eggs out of her mouth rapidly. The eggs subdued the smaller 2 with ease, even causing some of them to explode from too much damage.

"Guh huh, nothing can stop this duo from Spiral Mountain. Let's keep it up," the bear cheerfully said.

"Thanks everyone. If we had our Ideya, we would had helped. But Wizeman stole them from us as if he's already planning to create a portal to escape into the waking world," Eliot said.

"You are right, the dark and gloomy being already explained his plans too us when talking about his origins. That's why we need to stop him while we can before he steals more Ideya from other sleeping residents of Earth, or even the universe," Alis replied.

Everyone would eventually notice a large nightmare door appearing high above them with everyone struggling in their battle against Holy Nightmare Enterprises and the Nightmarens. Wizeman raised one of his hands to get a better look with his own eye. Nightmare even dread the thought more people conquered the nightmares NiGHTS gave them. Mario looks as he still dodged Popon's acidic segments.

"What could a be this time?" he asked.

"Perhaps the calvary has arrived?" Cappy replied.

"Hopefully someone good because we are getting our butts kicked here," Sonic said as he pushes the flaming Fire Lion's jaws from biting him.

Many figures would be falling through this door at high speeds to reach everyone below. They would soon be revealed as the Marines along with a few more Smash and Sega Superstars members coming just in time. The angry Wizeman clutches a few of his other hands angrily at his plan falling apart.

"What is he doing? He was supposed to plague them with nightmares they can't conquer," he boomed with his voice getting louder than before.

"This isn't so good," Nightmare said nervously.

These people would include Bug, Sam Gideon, Hang, Tempo, Mr. Bones, Skarkin, Kelly O'Lenmey, Yusaku Kudo, Hoigle Floigan, Moigle Floigan, Kid Chameleon, Sketch Turner, Dan Marshall, Liu Bei, Spiral Knight, Raikou Minamoto, Prince Erik, Football Manager, King Wein, Micheal Ford, Rent A Hero, Simon Belmont, Samus Aran, Cloud Strife, Wii Fit Trainer, Villager, Ness, Captain Falcon, Pikachu, Little Mac, Spring Man, Takamaru, Shovel Knight, Yuri Kozukata, Isaac, Saki Amamiya, Waluigi, Inkling, Pit, Marth, Joker, Steve, Zobio, Zobiko, Billy Hatcher, Akira Yuki, Vyse, Wreck It Ralph, Arle Nadja, Axel Stone, BD Joe, Tails, Knuckles, Amy Rose, Big, Segata Sanshiro, Ryo Hazuki, Kazuma Kiryu, Mobo, Robo, Amigo, Gear, and ChuChus with their complete ChuChu army. The Nightmares all panicked when the numbers are beginning to grow, even the Second Levels were growing nervous.

"This is your captain speaking! We are here to not only get you all into this mess but defeat the one responsible for our nightmares," the Blue Rogues captain called.

"Marines, we are here to free our allies. Don't fail our mission!" Sam called.

"Smash Brothers, let's defeat the enemy once and for all before daylight," Samus ordered as she cocks her arm cannon.

The heroes below would be very glad more help arrived to take on all monsters and Nightmarens within the area. Puffy gasps again knowing there are more pests to deal with, but Gillwing fears nothing and would be the first to fly for their falling targets.

"Gillwing, don't risk it!" Wizeman called.

The tadpole-esque dragon lets out a bloodcurdling roar at the very targets he wanted to devour. Little he knew that he would be in for a rude awakening. Football Manager would be the first to kick a massive soccer ball at the face of the beast, followed by Pikachu striking him with Thunder, Saki firing a volley of shots from his Dolphin, Takamaru's storm of throwing knives, Kelly's volley of energy blasts, Tempo's musical notes, Hoigle's bombs, Bug's bug juice, Sam's ARS blasts, Dan Marshal's Shock Burst, Micheal Ford's Radiation Grenades, Captain Falcon's blaster fire, Samus's Power Beam shots, Villager's slingshot pellets, Billy's Egg Dunk, Simon's Holy Water bottles, Ralph's rapid fire bricks, Wein's sword beams, Spring Man's ranged Toaster punches, Arle's Fire spells, Waluigi's Bob-Omb's, Tails's Electron Cannon shots, the Bonanza Bros' stun gun fire, Amigo's maraca throwing, Ness's PK Fire shots, Pit's Palutena Bow arrows, Steve's blocky arrows, Joker's guns, Isaac's Venus Psyenergy, Juggernaut's skull tank shots, Cloud's Sword Beam, and ChuChu tackling. The end result would be the fully tail-less and damaged Nightmaren succumbing to his wounds, dying in a massive explosion afterwards. The sight begin to horrify his fellow Level Twos and the Level Threes already began to scatter in fear knowing they were next to die. The displeased Wizeman would only growl as he clutched one of his hands tightly.

"Forget it, leave these fools alone and destroy their little calvary," Nightmare ordered.

The monsters would soon leave their former prey alone to focus on their new coming targets falling towards them. Bugzzy tossed Link aside next to the frozen Alex Kidd and Octocon drops the semi burned Ulala that he held for so long. This left the reporter traumatized and wishing this encounter never happened at all. The rookies would be the first to jump in to attack these new intruders, starting with Jukid and Iron Mam. Captain Falcon charged a powerful Falcon Punch to clash fists with the latter as the former decides to deal with Akira. Hang decides to clash wheels with Grand Wheel, revving her own bike at enough speeds to grind against his wheel. Villager attempts to drop a bowling ball on Buboo, which the crab luckily blew enough bubbles to slow down its fall. The mayor had another trick up his sleeve, which he aims a Lloid Rocket at him before riding it his way. The crab tries to blow more bubbles at him, which he futile broke through each one and collides with the crab at full force. Pit strikes Octocon in his face with the Upperdash Arm, then used his Guardian Orbiars to block the cephalopod's deadly flames. Wii Fit Trainer nimbly dodged each attempt by Bugzzy to grab her, which she then used time to Deep Breath if it meant buffing her attack. The beetle then uses this opportunity to get his club and sword reach to dissect her. Her timing is correct as she responds with a rising arm lift to smack his face hard. Spring Man uses a Rush Attack to attack Kracko in his eye multiple times at blinding speeds before Tails assists using a few Chu Bombs on his cloudy body. Zobio already grown to a large size with his potion would brawl with the new Masher using all he had.

"How about you pick on someone your own size?" the zombie husband bellowed.

Ness casts PK Flash to not only blind Blocky, but knock the stone sumo onto his rectangular back from any more harm. Shovel Knight finished the job with the Dust Knuckles to split him into three unconscious smaller pieces.

"For shovelry!" The blue knight said.

Little Mac used a well timed KO Punch on Phan Phan to knock the elephant monster into the air and send Whippy flying beyond the dark horizon.

"Whiiiiiiippyyyyyyyyyyyy!" the clown cried during his flight.

Juggernaut launched as many skull blasts as possible to beat the towering Ice Dragon senseless, dazing the blue behemoth in the process.

"Score one for the underworld tanker!" the undead hero said.

Fire Lion would already be lashed multiple times by Simon's Vampire Killer as if he were taming the beast from attacking Sonic any longer. It won't be long until he retaliates with a powerful fire breath. Simon fearlessly tosses a large cross to purify the flames with ease and knock the feline fury on his head.

"Good job, Belmont. Keep it up and this kitty will be tame in no time," Sonic cheered.

Popon would be knocked apart one by one thanks to Kiryu's precise strikes. He already knew that letting him toss his heads on the ground would bring corrosive results.

"Popoooooon!" the green creature roared before diving at Kiryu.

He grabs the head in time, using all his strength to perform his sacred technique, the Dynamic throw. He finally slams the creature into the air for Takamaru to slice apart easily with his katana. His blade was heated enough by flames to make sure his acid do not splash on anyone below. Sketch Tuner dodged Gabon's many bone boomerangs as fast as he could when this bonehead is too tough to go down. Then the comic book artist had a secret weapon, in the form of his beloved pet rat Roadkill.

"Alright boy, go into that skull's eyes and chew him up. I'll think of something hard enough to crack him while you're at it," he said to the rodent dangling in his fingers.

The loyal pet then scurries across the ground for the bone loving monster ahead of him, being stealthy enough that only his hollow eye holes were aimed for the rat's owner only. Soon, he managed to reach the foot of the monster and crawled inside the skull from below. Countless bites would account all over Gabon's face as a result to fully distract him. Sketch then used this opportunity to leap at him for a skull cracking punch to the dome. Roadkill managed to escape the skull before the monster was hit unharmed as Sketch continues attacking the dazed skull head. Captain Falcon manages to knock Iron Mam in the face with a Raptor Boost and follows with a knee to the same spot for major damage.

"Yes! No one can defeat the Blue Falcon's master," the bounty hunting racer shouts.

Jukid also appears to struggle keeping up with Akira's speed and more varied martial arts in battle. Neither of the monster's floating hands would reach him or get that chance for a grab.

"Byakko Shododa!" he shouts after doing a powerful double handed palm thrust to Jukid's face.

Bug bounces on the head of Mr. Frosty multiple times with his stringer, then bounces higher to aim for his exposed buttocks this time.

"This next sting won't be so silent, but deadly," the grinning insect warns.

He finally lands onto the large blue cheeks, causing the frosty walrus to yell in pain. The Floigan Bros would be in a bomb war with the Poppy Bros Gang that opposes them. Sr. being the hardest to deal with do to his larger size and faster jumping speed. His sons didn't help much being agile and more aggressive with the bomb throwing.

"Big Bro Hoigle, what do you suggest we do?" Moigle asks.

"What else do you think, you big lummox? Tackle them!" his shorter brother shouts in his ear.

The usually sensitive big younger brother eventually grew angrier at his insult, choosing to put that frustration toward the enemies that oppose him.

"I am not a lummox! Aaaaaarrrrrrrrggggh!" Moigle shouts before charging at the bomb happy monsters at full speed.

Hoigle holds on his brother's shoulders tight enough to not fly from the speed he's going. All Poppy Bros Jr's popped their eyes out in fear as the father already had a large bomb in hand to throw. All of them would be knocked into the air by the hulking fat man and succumbs to the explosion of Poppy Bros. Sr's oversized bomb from above. Cloud fends off the Gigant Edge that challenged him to a battle of the blade, being pressured from each strike of the Buster Sword. The member of SOLDIER knew his foe is growing weaker and weaker from each hit, knowing it is time to finish him off quickly.

"Limit Break: Cross Slash!" Cloud shouts.

After powering up from raising his power, he dealt a series of powerful heavy slashes in a cross manner to cut through Gigant Edge's defenses. The knight falls to his knees as this boost of power wasn't enough to defend against. Steve's building is proven too much to handle for Big Metalun as the steel creature couldn't tell which direction to roll in. There were multiple tall walls that he's built to disorient the heavy creature's vision and attack pattern. The crafter is currently hiding behind the further left wall checking his inventory for something good crafting for beating stone. Within seconds, he uses the Crafting Table to its full potential for crafting the best gear possible for dealing with him. Big Metalun soon grew impatient and started to roll blindly if it meant destroying all walls and finding Steve. He eventually found Steve and failed to realize that he donned his Diamond Armor for the right defense. Also, the blocky hero managed to craft the infamous Diamond Sword just to pierce anything hard as steel. He vigorously cut the rolling being enough times to slow down its rolling. Finally, Big Metalun collapses from enough damage thanks to Steve's survival skills. Haboki is swarmed by countless ChuChu before he could get the chance to sweep the space mice away. Being made of straw, many of them started nibbling away at the large broom monster, causing it to slowly panic. It didn't help that the red ChuChus' flame bits were catching various parts of him to catch fire and the green ChuChu poison bites to corrode each straw piece. The ChuChu captains would be proud of the work their entire team is putting in facing a larger enemy. BD Joe is chasing Paint Roller at full speed with his beloved crazy taxi. The paint monster's abilities were no match for his quick speed and spare cash diluting each painting's form. Not even Vividria could help with Raikoh mercilessly cut down all of her sculptures and drawings as if they were a piece of paper. The female artist monster is left under a lot of pressure and unable to think of a new drawing that could match his ferocity.

"It doesn't matter what dangerous obstacles you create. This blade will fell any demonic magic you conjure, witch," the legendary warrior said.

BD Joe eventually cranks the speed to the highest his taxi can run and finally caught up with the skating monster. Eventually, Paint Roller is sent flying from the collision course with what's left of his paint spilling everywhere. Gao Gao gets surprise slashed in the back by an invisible Takamaru. The samurai taking his cloak off to reveal himself after his opponent fell.

"A simple beast is one doomed to fall before my blade," he said poetically.

Dubior is overpowered by Saki's partially transformed state with ease. The blonde young warrior can only feel heavier due to the size of his massive deformed limb and breathes heavily as if he's suppressing his bloodlust. Pikachu clashes with Hornhead using one of his stronger moves Volt Tackle. The electric mouse Pokémon is having the upper hand as the electricity is too much for this large fighting bug to handle. The less strength he use behind his horn, the stronger Pikachu's utilization attack becomes.

"Pika pika pika pika pika pika pikaaaaaaaa!" Pikachu screeched.

He succeeds in the struggle, sending the shocked and defeated Hornhead flying away. Billy Hatcher is rolling away from Telepathos and his powerful ESP blasts from his head.

"You seem to be a tough one. My egg attacks won't work if all you do is try and steal it from me with those strange powers," he said while rolling away from the monster.

It was then when he had an idea since his purple egg may contain a special Egg Animal for the occasion. He promptly stops as the monster once again uses his telekinesis to pull it away from him. Billy made the right move to let out a powerful Rooster Call at the large egg before it could fully get away from him. A purple gazelle/jaguar hybrid would leap outside of the egg and disappears before Telepathos's eyes. The psychic being looks around to see where exactly his prey went. Billy had a feeling his new purple friend is about to put an end to his magic show. Soon the creature is under attack by multiple ninja fast slashes from Oritta as expected, Billy cheering at his victory. Ford is face to face with quick ninja Waiu in a battle of witt. He may be no ninja, but his experience with deadly aliens using the craziest tech gave him the advantage of predicting the cutter ninja's every move.

"Let's see if you can get a taste of the Warp Pistol, pajama boy," the alien hunter said before he fired his shots.

These beams were fast and homes in on any target at least multiple times before dissipating. They were proven too fast for the ninja to keep up with as they instantly rattled his purple body in the air. Ford reloads his Drudge weapon upon the sight of the ninja hitting the ground. Joker is already fighting with his Persona Arsene to take on Jumpershoot and his many Drifter minions. Within each gun shot from Joker and physical strikes from his Persona, the one eyed parasols would fly backwards with X'd eyes. The Karakasa-like monster then felt he needed to take matters into his own hands by kicking his large geta sandal at the Phantom Thief.

"Look alive, Arsene. Let's take for the skies!" he ordered.

"Understood, Joker," his mysterious ally replied.

Arsene then jumps into the air with his black wings spread as Joker follows him with the same height. Jumpershoot, then spun his barefoot leg and opened his umbrella body to begin chasing after them into the air. This is part of his plan which Joker latched onto the umbrella monster's tip and reeled himself in for a powerful kick to his eye. This effectively knocked Jumpershoot out for good as he flew back toward the ground. Water Galbouros fired massive jets of water at Tempo, the bug gracefully dodging each water shot. He had a special trick for the water dinosaur soon as his right eye shines. He took out his Bubble Gun to shoot a larger than average bubble just fit his target. Water Galbouros charged as fast as he could at the flying target's inflating bubble. Little did he know that he would be fully trapped in the bubble. Step two of Tempo's plan would involve singing to create a larger than average musical note that slowly moves at his trapped prey. Soon the bubble is popped by an explosion of loud noise and notes that sends the defeated dino dropping towards the ground. Tedhaun is already being exorcised by Yuri's Camera Obscura, effectively killing the Casters with the first shot as they are low level ghosts. The ghost cried in pain within each shot as parts of his spirit ejected from each flash. Before he could get the chance to get away, the last shot destroyed most of his spiritual body to leave a lone will o wisp left. The young exorcist knew what's left to do, finishing the job with a Fatal Touch to send him to the afterlife.

"May you pass on peacefully without any deep regrets," she said calmly.

Master Green would soon be subdued easily by Samus's fully charged Ice Beam, which she follows up with a Super Missile to shatter and wound the jellyfish monster.

"Say good night, fiend," she said.

Captain Stitch is already defeated by Liu Bei's blade. He knew that the creature was best attacked when all of his spikes were gone.

"Another one defeated by a true warrior. We can win this," he declared.

Mr. Tick Tock falls on his back after taking enough hits to the face by Axe Stone. The cop is only slightly bruised and still recovering from tone deafness from listening to the clock's ringing during his fight. He turned to see Arle putting down Mislasmoros with enough magic spells. Seeing the creature melt into a puddle of junk and pollution made her finally drop to her knees to relax.

"This is getting too tiresome. We have to hurry. I get the feeling we are almost out of time to get out of this nightmare," the mage said while breathing heavily.

"The sooner we can defeat Wizeman, the faster we can leave. It seems we are almost out as we speak with everyone almost defeated," he replied.

Bombar crash landed in defeat after failing to fend off Marth's powerful Falchion swings.

"Dragon or not, there! nothing I can not defeat," the blue haired prince said.

Boxy wilts in defeat after taking enough damage from Isaac's Psyenergy and weapons. The Venus Adept puts his sword away and victoriously walks away.

"A plant that is full of malice has no place in this earth," he said silently.

King Doo also collapses from dancing too much thanks to Mr. Bones and his hypnotic music. The skeleton jams with a final jig to celebrate his victory.

"One down, only few more left to go," he said with a bony smile.

Wario is soon out of commission after the workout forced on him by Max Flexer.

"Get up you, fat blob. We have a work out to do. The more you lay around, the less garlic you get," he said.

"Please…no more…I can't…take this torture…any more…," the yellow man cried.

The workout monster then prepares another death trap with a spikeball of it means correcting his client. What he wouldn't expect is Waluigi following him from behind at high speeds.

"Get away from my Player 2, sucker!" he shouts.

The impact is strong enough to crack the fitness instructor's glasses. Wario turns just to see his favorite purple partner here to save the day. Waluigi then stomps his way towards the fallen instructor with intent to humiliate him the way he did his partner. Max Flaxer turns just to see the angry thin man standing above him with glowing sinister eyes. Wauiigi is known to do this when he's excited or even angry, which is a rare and frightening experience for anyone to see.

"Hey hey hey, can't we just…sit down and talk about this? I was only giving your brother a work out…please…"

Waluigi stomps on his chest aggressively after that, with each stomp burying the tanned muscular trainer into the ground.

"Wario is a perfect the way he is. Forcing him to do something you think is a good is even worse than that chump Luigi. How would you a like me to force you to dance until you drop to the ground. Never do that to my Player 2 again!" Waluigi shouts as he continue his stomping barrage.

Wario couldn't tell whether he would be proud of him or afraid of him after seeing what he's capable of when really angry. Max Flexer is already lifeless after enough stomps with fully broke glasses and sore muscles despite his continued assault. Everyone else would handle the remaining Scarfies, Poppy Bros. Jr's, and Level One Nightmarens within the area before they could run away. Those with ranged attacks knew that shooting is the best option given the explosive nature of the orange cat-like creatures. Others learned the hard way that hitting them would cause a Scarfy to chase them on their terrifying one eyed forms. Mario managed to capture a wounded Puffy thanks to the help of his allies and Cappy for latching onto her head. The blue human eyes and mustache is a giveaway of Mario having full control of her body.

"Mama Mia, it's harder to control this body when you are a so heavy and need to bounce to move around. Not to mention my view being obstructed by these beach balls," Mario complained.

Just the sight of Puffy's new appearance and a Level Two Nightmaren talking unnerved his enemies and allies alike. The first thing he would do is start bouncing on Queen Bella to squash her like the large bug she is. The spider has little chance to escape when she doesn't want to her hurt her own ally, even if someone else is taking control of her body.

"Hurry Mario, I don't think I can hold this body much longer," Cappy said as he breathes a lot.

Link's Master Sword is fully charged again as he is the first to strike Girania. The piranha roars in pain from the attack before he chomps at Link. Link dodged in a nanosecond and uses this time to attack rapidly fast enough before the beast could fully react. This is his flurry attack that he can often do in times of desperation. Back in real time, the piranha let's our one mournful roar before he finally dies.

"Everyone, defeat the remaining Nightmarens while you can!" he shouts.

Donbalon is struggling to listen well due to Donkey Kong's clapping being too much for his ears. Then Yoshi would flutter his way above the ball clown before dealing a powerful Yoshi Bomb to the head. He's sent flying towards the ground and crushed from the dinosaur's impact. Chamelon is shocked by Gilius's Level 3 spell along with the other Nightmarens in the room, even Puffy after Mario finally left her body. The chameleon magician is then put down by several Chu Blasts from Ulala. Alex Kidd in his Peticopter guns down Gulpo before he had tree chance to swim away from everyone. Clawz is tossed at his own mice fireworks by Wario's strength before he tried flying away.

"Get out of here, flea bag!" he shouts.

And lastly, Bomamba would be trapped by Alis' Bindwa before she dealt the final blow with her sword.

"Go back to the end of nightmares which you came!" she shouts.

The witch is fully sliced in half along with the magic binds, disappearing into nightmare energy afterwards. Bonkers already collapsed from a hammer battle with Amy and Masher explodes after Knuckles and Big helped destroy the powerful monster for the zombie couple.

"That should be all of them, all that's left is taking care of Tall, Dark, and Scary back here and his bootlicker," Knuckles said.

Wizeman is speechless that all of his forces and even Nightmare's monsters were no match for everyone within the room. His eyes were no longer neutral and more darker for pure rage. Eliot and Claris knew this react too well as they faced him before in the past. Even Nightmare is just as angry, with his usual grin is transformed into a frightening scowl. Sonic felt zero fear and knew what he is here for just like Mario.

"What's the matter, angry because we taken out the trash? At least the place is more clean, so you can thank us all later. But first we need to kick your butt for messing with our dreams," the blue hedgehog said.

"It's a over, Nightmare. Defeating you should send a message to Bowser and the other Smash villains. We are a coming for them and taking this world back in its natural order," Mario said.

"It's too late. Our new accomplice Wart proven to me that he could take one of my strongest Nightmarens and already set off to start his conquest of Subcon. He should return with his Dream Machine as promised just like Reala borrowed enough dream teach from the Legion of Subspace to set our plans in motion. But you insolent insects, crushing you all before either of them come back would be easy," the god of Nightmare said.

"Oh yeah? But say that again after we make you cry!" Waluigi shouts.

"Yes, we defeated all of your forces. There's no way that your plan should continue with no men to do your bidden. Give it up, Wizeman the Wicked," Sam said as he points his gun.

The large being only responds with a demonic laugh that echoes throughout the entire realm. Some heroes grew very cautious as there's a reason he's acting so confident despite his rage. Kirby is too busy poking the shrunken defeated body of Bugzzy despite everyone being focused on their enemy. Captain Falcon is wondering what plan the puff had that involved messing with their defeated enemy.

"I forgot to say this, the rest of my Nightmaren men are still widespread in many dreams as we speak. Those terrorized by the Shadow Fiends' hosts are easy targets to feed on for their Ideya. We are only getting closer to our goal of reaching the waking world. And as long as I'm alive, I can always revive my Level Twos on a whim. Not to mention NiGHTS will be here soon with the Chaos Emeralds in due time while you all are still suffering from nightmares. I only took the blame if it meant tricking all of you to fall for my trap. With no Ideya here, you all will be easy to crush before either Wart, Reala, or NiGHTS return," the being said.

"Precisely. My monsters can always be revived or recreated when I want. I will not come back to those foolish Smash Brothers and instead crush them through their dreams. There's no Star Rod here either, enjoy your final day of good dreams while it lasts," Nightmare sneered.

Everyone grew shocked once they realized all this time they were tricked and distracted from the real goal of their enemy's plan, Vyse being the most angry since he would have to awaken if it meant a stopping NiGHTS. Sam had no idea whether to be angry or disappointed when the Marines already given the Nightmaren another chance after the first time his evil was cured. The four Visitors are once again shocked to hear that their friend is once again back on his evil behavior once more. Will and Held. Could only cry harder knowing they did their best to stop his evil only for it to happen once again.

"NiGHTS, why? I thought you were better than this," the young girl said.

"We failed and it's all our fault. Now no one will listen us again," the young boy cried.

"Damn you Wizeman. I had just about enough of your manipulation and torture of NiGHTS. Just get down here and fight us already, you coward!" Eliot screamed.

"Eliot, we are powerless. To risk our lives when we have to live to save this world isn't worth it!" Claris yelled.

"Cry all you'd like, you all dug your own graves by thinking you had a chance at defeating us now. Best to let us continue our plot to rule all dreams. We will even let you all live if you can get out of here quietly and wake up. It's your choice," Wizeman said once more.

"There's nothing wrong with admitting defeat. To face both of us now while you can will only be the end of your sleep and your lives permanently. Save that for our allies at the Legion, if you will be brave enough to face them at full strength again," Nightmare said with his same evil grin.

Some heroes didn't falter regardless of their words, choosing to still confront he two large nightmare beings. Sam would be the first to realize that there are bigger things to worry about.

"Are you telling the truth? Because I can lead everyone out of your realm and leave you to your business. But promise to tell NiGHTS wake everyone else from their nightmares. Sounds like a deal?" he said.

"Are you crazy, you realize that we can't afford to let him get away with this!" Knuckles beamed.

"Yes. We will leave here if you free all of our allies from their nightmares. Then we will face you properly in the waking world when the time comes. We will not back from our word as long as you don't back from yours," Vyse announced.

Sonic and others wondered what's with everyone suddenly giving up all of a sudden instead of fighting on. Cloud couldn't be disappointed less in their sudden act of cowardice despite having the upper hand earlier. Nightmare places his finger need his chin to think about the proposal the two leaders made for the two of them. Wizeman's eyes still looked down on everyone else as he thinks about that to do.

"I also have a proposal. Give NiGHTS back to us too. And promise not to force him to be evil again," Eliot shouts.

Everyone looked at him and the other three Visitors as they didn't want to just let their friend go easily. Sonic had a feeling those kids wouldn't want to let NiGHTS to stay with Wizeman forever.

"No. NiGHTS was always my creation. He shall stay here and serve me for as long as I live. You children are fools if you think he should go back to the days of being a misled rebellious speck that gets in the way of my plans…."

"Shut up! I don't give a damn if you made him or not. NiGHTS is much happier spreading good dreams and protecting the Nightopians than kissing your sorry ass for the rest of his life. You don't speak for him!" the blue haired boy barked at Wizeman.

"Kid, I would stop it if I were you. He's letting us escape with our lives and you are only making it worse," Mobo beamed.

"Sometimes it's best to let some friends go. We are in a tough situation and we can't do a thing about it," Sonic said.

Even while he's trying to save face, he really didn't want to personally let NiGHTS go either after everything they've done together.

"Some friends you are, cowering in front of evil just because they are stronger. I fight for what I believe in and that's getting my friend back," Eliot said after tightening his fist.

"You will never get my creation. My child. My minion who's made for nightmares. You Visitors think you are so strong but are only weak without your Ideya. You realize that by defying me you are also putting your own friends in danger. I would wipe all of you out on a whim and the Legion can rest easy knowing the universe would be all theirs. A small weak mouse like you shouldn't be baring your fangs like a lion. A god like myself will only smite you all permanently if I wanted to. This is your last warning. Leave this once and never think about taking my own creation away from me!" Wizeman shouts.

This time is voice is loud enough to not only distort the entire realm but shake the ground everyone is standing on. Some heroes tried to stand their ground but others fell from the disruption of their stance. Kirby rolled all over his back before he had a chance to observe the other fallen monsters. Elliot still stood his ground feeling the least afraid of Wizeman's threat. Claris made sure to hold on to him to avoid hitting her own head. Will, who previously cried, started to show less fear knowing he wants NiGHTS back to the way he was. Helen did the same as there's nothing frightening about facing Wizeman for the second time. Cappy held on tighter to Mario after his spirit left his cap briefly. Tails hovered above the ground the best he could with his spinning twin tails.

"Sonic, I think we should get out of here while we can. Facing a being of this magnitude without any Ideya is suicide," he called.

"Ya heard what the fox said. We got to skeddadle or we will without a doubt die!" Robo called.

"Forget the brats, our lives are more a important. If they want to make an impossible deal like getting our a brainwashed ally back, then they are best marooned," Wario said.

"No. We came here for a reason and it was to save them. Wherever we go, they go," Mario shouts.

"Conquering our nightmares was hard enough, now how can we conquer this one?" Ulala said in panic.

"We will just have to wake up. There's no going through this. There has to be a way to do so when our bodies are too far away to enter," Vyse said.

Captain Falcon had an idea, but it may be a very risky one. He dug into his pockets to pull out what appears to be a Smash Ball, mystical orbs that grant any fighter the stamina to perform their strongest move in a match. Sonic had a feeling that there's something he could do with it.

"Hey Cap, you can pass that Smash Ball to me. I'm not sure if it will work, but maybe I can become Super Sonic without the emeralds. That should make me strong enough to face this guy," the hedgehog suggests.

"Cute idea, but aren't you forgetting that Chaos Emeralds wouldn't be in the dream world?" Amy said.

"It doesn't hurt to try. Maybe we can free our friend if we defeat that big bad guy," Big said.

"Anything's possible. You even managed to beat Perfect Chaos with the positive energy of seven drained emeralds one time. That Smash Ball is our only hope of defeating Wizeman," Tails chimed in.

"I think it is the only way. We are about to a get destroyed in our own dreams if we do not think of something," Mario said.

Before things would get rougher, a nightmare portal appears directly above everyone, this one being purple like ones only Nightmarens are capable of making. Wizeman would begin calming down upon the sight of this as if it could be NiGHTS completing his end of the deal. The heroes cautiously watched the portal in hopes this is not another enemy to face. Soon, Jackle and NiGHTS would fly into the realm fighting over a steel canister that they carried with them. It appears to be the exact some one that SCR-HD tried to steal earlier with the four Chaos Emeralds inside.

"I said let go, Wizeman sent me to get these gems and not you. Know your place, Level Two!" the purple jester shouts.

Jackle growled back at his stronger sibling as he wanted to to do it if it meant being promoted a rank.

"What is the meaning of this, you fools need to stop this childish fighting!" Wizeman shouts.

Mario had an idea and jumped into the air wills no one noticed.

"Where are you going? It's too dangerous, bro," said the concerned Luigi.

"Godspeed, he's going to get them back to us," Gilius said.

The plumber tosses his cap directly at the metal canister with Cappy having his eyes on the prize. The two Nightmaren were too busy fighting to care about what's happening at all.

"Got it, here I come Mario!" the cap shouts.

Not before long one of Wizeman's hands followed the cap with the intent to crush him.

"You imbeciles, you are letting the emeralds get away!" he shouts.

Link fires another beam from this Master Sword to stop the hand from from pursuing Cappy.

"Good job. Mario, grab the gems and get out of here!" Sonic called.

It wouldn't be long until everything started to grow darker and darker within the Nightmare Realm. Mario knew this is the work of Nightmare trying to disorient everyone's sight to help his allies.

"You all must be too foolish if you think you can make it. Luckily for you, I will be taking those emeralds back in complete darkness," the nightmare wizard chuckled.

"Good thinking, I can see in the darkness just fine. Unlike these insects that think they've won their prize," Wizeman replied.

"Master Wizeman, let me get it back for you. I am useful unlike this card carrying weakling who tried stealing my thunder," NiGHTS complained.

Kirby would the one to solve this situation using an ability he never thought he would have to use again. Within his stomach dimension would be a selection of various objects inside of bubbles. He usually digs inside of this realm to choose a copy ability without any need of swallowing. This was how he managed to use a Miracle Fruit during the Mothership war.

"Aaaaaaaaahiyaaaaaaaah!" he yelled.

The end result is a small ball of light flying from his hand that illuminates into a shine powerful enough to overpower the darkness in the area. This being Light Kirby, a very rare copy ability obtained from an equally rare enemy like Cool Spark.

"Aaaaaaaah, what is this dreaded light. How is this happening?" Wizeman groaned with his eyes squinting.

"It's that infernal Kirby's Light ability. He's always finding ways to counter my tactics," Nightmare said while shielding his eyes.

"Where are you cowards? I will fight you if you think you can run with our Chaos Emeralds," NiGHTS shouts.

Mario is holding all the emeralds in his hands before regrouping with everyone else. Sonic is glad the plumber pulled through on helping everyone out.

"That is cool and all. But how to we get out of here?" Sonic said.

Sam would soon notice a door that was never there before behind him and the other Marines. This once is different being one in the style of the Awakers who wake up Visitors that don't Dualize fast enough, gray and translucent like their bodies.

"Ask that strange door that never appeared until now," he said.

"Nice find, I've forgotten that Light Kirby can also reveal hidden doors and objects. He's a literal lifesaver," Ness said with a smile.

"This isn't the time to be amazed. We all need to evacuate while our enemy is still blinded," Kiryu shouts.

"Correct, let's all start heading out while we can!" Sam ordered.

Everyone would soon start running for their only chance of escaping while the bright light persists. Kirby however would be off doing more body investigating while no one's looking. Most of the Marines, Smash Brothers, and New Blue Rogues made their way within the awakening door. Sonic would notice Will, Helen, Eliot, and Claris still standing where for a strange reason.

"Come on, follow us if you want to wake up!" he ordered.

"No, we will stay. To abandon NiGHTS after everything we've been through isn't seem right," Eliot called.

"Eliot is right, this could be our chance to save him while he's here and before we can all go home together," Claris replied.

"But Wizeman will hurt you all. Without Ideya, you are in danger to die," Knuckles called.

"I would rather die than abandon a friend. We saved NiGHTS many times and to leave him here would be wrong," Will barked.

"Just leave without us. We know the ins and outs of the Night Dimension more than the rest of you," Helen replied.

The remaining heroes would have mixed views or even feel frustrated at the four Visitors' refusal to come with them. Jackle would be the first to notice Mario standing with the steel emeralds case in his hand before tossing cards at him.

Cappy was the first to notice and shouts, "Mario, look out!"

It would be late at the cards managed to cleave though the steel case and all four emeralds fly in different directions. Sam would notice these flying gems as he directs everyone to escape.

"What are you all doing? Grab those emeralds or our enemy will get away with them!" he shouts.

Spring Man before he left would grab one of them in a distance with his elongated blue arm.

"Got one, get all the others!" he called.

Yoshi grabbed another with his tongue running off. The Bonanza Bros managed to steal another of them like old times. And Sonic would run to reach for the last one that almost falls onto the ground. That was until NiGHTS rams him with a Drill Dash to stop him.

"No one is getting away with these emeralds. I will take all the others if it means destroying you all," the angry Nightmaren said.

Eliot would be the first to jump NiGHTS if it means fully distracting him.

"We are not leaving without all of the emeralds. Someone take the last one from that traitor," Vyse called.

Alis casts Bindwa around NiGHTS' legs if it means fully restricting him from flying away. Luigi then sucks as hard as he could with the Poltergust G-00 if it means getting it back.

"Listen to me, NiGHTS. You are not Wizeman's puppet. Come back to us, as the real you!" Eliot called to his friend.

NiGHTS the headbutts Eliot to know him out cold, shocking Claris and the other two Visitors at the sight.

"Eliooooooooot!" The teen girl called.

Sonic is even appalled that NiGHTS would harm young boys if it means achieving his goals.

"Hurry everyone, the door is starting to disappear. We can only hold on much longer!" Sam calls.

Yoshi, Spring Man, and the Bonanza Bros managed to leave in time with the clock ticking on escaping. Jackle already charged his way at the door to follow before Mario knocks him away with his punch.

"Not on my watch, buster!" he said with aggressively.

Suddenly, a loud grip can be heard above everyone. Turns out Kirby was discovered and crushed by his own nemesis that seemed to stop him. His sinister star cape casing over everyone is a sign of things to come.

"Good night, pink pest," he said.

Here is alot ot break down. Mario fails to taake on the Level Two Nightmarens alone, which more help arrived to make it all easier. Then things get tougher with Nightmare sending his strongest monsters from Popstar to stop the heroes. The Marines and more Smash members arrived in Nightmare in this all out war against Nightmare and Wizeman's forces. Unfortunately for them, the nightmare gods were steps ahead of them with their plans and even admit everything was just a trap to distract them from them and NiGHTS stealing the emeralds. There's another conflict with NiGHTS and Jackle unknowingly bringing the emeralds to the Nightmare Realm, making this an all out war for the gems. More will be revealed next time,. Get ready, because Chapter 100 will be VERY special in terms of the story. See you all soon.