Author's Note:

This chapter will be featuring a side-story based around the newest expansion pack for Pokemon: Sword and Shield: the Crown Tundra. I was admittedly more excited for the Crown Tundra than the Isle of Armor, partly due to the returning legendary (and pseudo-legendary) Pokemon. I didn't even acknowledge the Isle of Armor in the author's note for chapter 235...so that should say a lot. Enjoy!

Episode 253: IdentityTheft

Last week, a new evil partnership was formed in the Smash Mansion, when Uka teamed up with the Koopa King himself, Bowser. Uka, wanting an evil villain to work with, narrowed down his choices to Dark Pit and Bowser; after he was told by Dark Pit to buzz off, the floating mask opted to go with Bowser instead. And it turned out to be a fine choice, in his opinion.

All in all, Uka believed that Bowser had loads of potential, and an absolute joy to work with. The floating mask was put off by some of the childish antics Bowser displayed and believed that if he teamed up with Bowser, it would motivate the Koopa King to be the kind of villain he was meant to be. Bowser would be at the top of the game, leagues ahead of his peers, as long as he had Uka in his corner.

Bowser and Uka had already decided what their first evil plot together would it, and it involved the destruction of Mario. Uka informed Bowser that if he just eliminated Mario and remove him from his life permanently, he wouldn't have to deal with the plumber ever again. More importantly, Bowser would have Peach all for himself! And that would be a major dream come true for him.

With the plot to destroy Mario once and for all turning out to be nothing more than an assassination attempt, Bowser worked with Uka to find the best assassins he could find - mainly since he had no prior experience of assassinating anyone. The Koopa King searched high and low searching for the right assassins he needed for the job, and invited them to the mansion for "something important". Worst case scenario? Master Hand, Cloud, and Zelda spot one of the assassins show up at the mansion and assume they were up to no good.

"Hey Cloud, I just saw Reno and Rude pull up to the mansion, in their fancy government car," Bowser Jr. informed the swordsman, who had entered the foyer carrying a box of cardboard boxes. Boxes containing Halloween decorations - you know what that meant. "Think Reno's trying to steal your girl!"

"Good for him, because Aerith is in an entirely different universe now," responded Cloud as he placed the boxes on the floor, before the names "Reno and Rude" fully registered in the swordsman's mind. "Wait, did you say Reno and Rude?"

"Cloud, my man, there's government agents are in my driveway!" Master Hand alerted the swordsman, as he came flying out from his room. "They just got out of their car, and I heard them click their guns! They're gonna arrest me for talking crap about the state government, aren't they?! Told that Isabelle to scrub my comments from stupid message board..."

"Chill out, Master Hand, there's nothing to worry about..." There was a knock at the door, meaning that Reno and Rude were on the porch. And Master Hand grew anxious.

"If they ask, tell them I left Seattle and moved to South Dakota! To live among the bison!" Master Hand quickly vanished, as there was yet another knock on the door. Sighing, Cloud opened the door and saw Reno and Rude standing by.

"Cloud Strife...what's up?" Reno asked the swordsman, trying to be cool as he smiled and held his arms out wide. Rude, being the stoic wide, just acknowledged Cloud's presence with a nod. "What's new with you, man?"

"Just tell me why you're here, Reno, I'm a little busy at the moment," responded Cloud, as Reno was taken back to the swordsman's response. Reno expected a much friendlier response.

"Nice to see that you're still always in a sour mood...anyways, Rude and I need to speak with Bowser. Not that he did anything bad..."

"He cordially invited us to the mansion," stated Rude, as Cloud raised his eyebrows in surprise; Reno and Rude meeting with Bowser sounded very suspicious. "Why we're meeting with him...we can't really say. It's confidential."

Bowser: My original plan was to invite this group called the "killer7" and have them assassinate Mario. But the negotiations fell through since the hiring fee got very expensive. Also, their boss, Harman Smith, called me an ugly creature in that video call! Obviously couldn't stand for that. So I had to hire seven other assassins, and make them my very own killer7! Harman Smith, you better recognize real quick!

"Excuse me, pardon me...sorry," said a certain Asian spy, one who moved past Reno and Rude to enter the mansion. It was Ada Wong, the same lady who helped Leon Kennedy and others fend off the zombies back in episode 178. "Did I make it on time? My phone battery died on my way here..."

"Ada Wong?" uttered Bowser as she saw the spy, remembering her during her first visit at the mansion. Ada's presence could only mean one thing, and that one thing had Bowser Jr. nervous as ever. "Oh man, don't tell me there's another zombie outbreak?"

"Zombie outbreak? Is there really a zombie outbreak? I was told to meet with Bowser. Wonder how long I can stand looking at his face..."

"Hold on just a minute - we're the ones that are speaking with Bowser!" Reno said to Ada, as he pointed his thumb at himself and Reno. Reno, being the great hype man that he was, would hype up Reno by...nodding his head. "Better stay back in the line!"

"Don't mind if I butt in, but...are all three of you meeting with Bowser?" Cloud asked Reno, Rude, and Ada, having some serious questions about why Bowser invited the three over. "Because I sure would love to be at this meeting..."

"Like Rude said, what we're here for is confidential," Reno informed Cloud, flicking the swordsman's spiky hair as he and Rude entered the mansion. "Best to stay out of our way, if you know what's good for ya..."

"If a zombie outbreak does happen...don't let Leon Kennedy know," Ada told Cloud, smiling at the swordsman as she followed after Reno and Rude. "Can't have a guy like him know he missed out on all the fun!"

"He won't be hearing a single peep from me..." assured Cloud; once Reno, Reno, and Ada were out of the foyer, Cloud pulled out his cellphone and dialed someone's number. "Hey Mario, are you there?"

Bowser and Uka waited outside the meeting room, waiting for the folks they invited to show up. Bowser was rubbing his hands with much anticipation, as he couldn't wait to get Mario out of his life for good.

"So you're positive that assassinating Mario will work out just as planned," Bowser said to Uka, feeling more upbeat than he had felt about any evil stunt he had pulled off in recent memory.

"Ask yourself this: Mario has fallen into lava and fallen into bottomless pits, and yet somehow comes out of it alive," responded Uka, having full confidence that the assassins he and Bowser hired would have Mario killed by the end of the day. "But what about a bullet? Does he have immunity for that?"

"I'd like to think he does...those Bullet Bills can never kill Mario. Mario seemingly dies on command whenever he touches one...and then POOF! He's back to life only a few seconds later! Like Houdini!"

"I'm not talking about those cartoon bullets, you bozo! We're talking actual, real-life bullets - bullets that can kill others, tarnish marriages, and settle fights over the last slice of pizza. Mario has never been shot by an actual bullet before, hasn't he?"

"Come to think of it...no he hasn't! I could've used a gun to kill Mario a long time ago, but no one would ever let me carry one. Stupid soccer moms. Imagine how cooler I would be if I owned a..."

"King Bowser, Uka...I have arrived. Hopefully, I didn't keep you waiting, non?"

Bowser and Uka both looked to their left and saw one of the members of Overwatch, Widowmaker, standing in their presence. As always, Widowmaker had her rifle Widow's Kiss in her possession, locked and loaded.

"Widowmaker! So glad you could make it!" Bowser greeted the assassin as he held out his arms for a hug, as Widowmaker glared him down. Bowser took the hint immediately, as he held out his hand. "Or do you prefer a handshake?" Widowmaker would shake Bowser's hand, and it was very firm. "Wow, nice handshake you got there!"

"Limp handshakes are for weak men and socialists," Widowmaker said to Bowser, continuing to impress him with her handshake. "Quite frankly, I hate both of them equally..."

"Well done, Bowser - you made an excellent choice picking out her," Uka said to the Koopa King, implying that the decision to invite Widowmaker was squarely Bowser's idea. And what a fine choice it was.

Widowmaker: I could care less about how my day turns out - just as long as I get to kill anyone. My motto remains the same: one shot... *points Widow's Kiss at the camera* ...one kill.

"Sure got a lot more junk in your trunk than I thought you did," Bowser said to Widowmaker as he took a gander at the assassin's backside. Widowmaker gave Bowser a deathly glare that signaled for the Koopa King's imminent death. "Uh, I mean...come inside the meeting room! Help yourself with some appetizers! No touching the buffalo wings - those are mine!"

So Widowmaker stepped inside the meeting room, looking for a place to sit at. Three folks were already seated at the table - two women, and some Spanish guy wearing a mask. Ring a bell?

"Well aren't you a beautiful face..." the Spanish man said to Widowmaker before taking his off his mask, revealing himself to be none other than Vega of Street Fighter fame. "...you may call me Vega. I can already see that your beauty is...intoxicating."

"Flatter me again and those claws will go straight through your putrid skull," Widowmaker threatened Vega, enough to make the Spanish fighter sit back nervously in his seat. The two ladies liked Widowmaker's style, as evidenced by the smile on their faces.

"I suppose introductions are underway..." said one of the women as she got up, approaching Widowmaker while adorned in her red qipao. "...I am Anna Williams, and you must be...Widowmaker, is that correct?"

"The one and only," Widowmaker nodded her head, before turning her attention to the other woman in the meeting room. "And you must be..."

"Christie - I'm an assassin, more or less," the woman answered, brushing her hand through her short white hair. "In fact, it seems like we're all assassins here..."

"Which begs to question why we've all been brought to this mansion..." Widowmaker looked down, finding herself disgusted when she saw a plate of deviled eggs on the meeting room table. "Deviled eggs...I see the people here have no taste."

"Woah, are those deviled eggs?!" asked Reno as he ran inside the room, nearly knocking Widowmaker to the floor as he grabbed the plate of deviled eggs. The agent scarfed the eggs in his mouth, eating them one by one.

"Reno, stop...you're acting like this is your last meal on earth," Rude told his partner-in-crime, while being mindful of Widowmaker and the others staring at him and Reno. "We have a reputation to uphold..."

"You know, if you agreed to stop for a bite at some restaurant somewhere, I wouldn't be doing this right now. You were starving me during the whole ride!"

"Really, you guys? You're just gonna run inside the room, and not even speak to me?" Bowser frowned at Reno and Rude as he, Uka, and Ada came inside the meeting room. "Where's my respect?"

"Uh, sorry Bowser...I was just unnaturally hungry." Reno stopped eating apologetically placed the plate of deviled eggs back on the meeting room table, as he wiped his mouth. "Rude's fault; he didn't want to do a pit stop."

"Excuses, excuses...everyone sit your butts down!" commanded Uka, as the seven assassins in the room sat down. Bowser and Uka wandered around the meeting room, trying to strike fear in the assassins with their mean looks...needless to say, it didn't work.

"So you're all wondering why you're here..." said Bowser, maneuvering through the meeting room with his arms folded. "...anyone here wants to take a guess as to what this meeting's all about?"

"According to my invite, there was supposed to be some fashion gala at the mansion," answered Anna Williams, as she held up the letter that Bowser had sent her through the mail. "I'm already starting to regret my decision to come here..."

"Well regret no more! What I got planned for you is better than some stinking fashion gala. Uka and I, we invited you all...to assassinate Mario!"

"Assassinate Mario?" asked Widowmaker, easily the most intrigued out of the seven assassins as she scratched her chin. She wanted to kill Mario in episode 199, but her plan was foiled. "I'd say that Mario's death is a year overdue..."

"Alright, timeout," interjected Reno as he did the timeout signal with his hands. Something about Bowser's assassination plan sounded awfully suspect to the Turk agent. "Is this some sort of plot to make sure that Princess Peach is all yours, Bowser?"

"No, absolutely not! You and your silly assumptions...this assassination plot has very little to do with Peach, and more to do with Mario. I want to kill Mario and get him out of my life forever because...because, um..."

"Because of what, exactly?" Claire questioned Bowser, interested in seeing if the Koopa King could give a justifiable reason that had nothing to do with Peach. "Don't keep us waiting..."

"I want to kill Mario because...he just irks me! With his...existence. And his presence. Seeing his face, and his stupid mustache...it just makes my blood boil. Almost makes me want to punch a baby, and kick it straight into the sun!"

"Wow Bowser, your hatred for Mario is pretty huge!" exclaimed Vega, not aware of how much disdain Bowser held towards Mario and everything that the plumber stood for. "Are you that serious about killing him?"

"As serious as I'll ever be! I hate everything about Mario - his house, his hat, and his stupid car! Just thinking about Mario, let alone saying his name, just makes me so angry!"

"Quick question: after you kill Mario, what will you do then?" Ada asked the Koopa King, wanting to know what his next course of action was. "Do you plan on killing Luigi next?"

"Nah, Luigi was never really a threat...and he's too easy of a target. I'd let King Boo take care of him. But with Mario gone, I might be able to claim the widowed Peach, as my wife!"

"But I thought you said this plan has very little to do with Peach," stated Rude, putting Bowser in an uncompromising position as the Koopa King had no idea how to retort.

"Y-You're a stupid smart aleck, you're a know-it-all who actually knows nothing!" Bowser angrily pointed at Rude, who just sat there stoically; eventually, Bowser cooled off and eased his emotions. "You know what, let's just get Mario's death over with..."

Bowser: I refuse to end my life without a romantic partner, so Peach is the only chance I got! The only way to get her is by eliminating Mario, and so I have my fingers crossed that my very own killer7 can get it done. I want Peach present at the assassination scene, so that when she sees Mario fall to the ground dead, and she starts crying...I'll make my appearing and uplift Peach with just my presence alone. Then we'll reconnect, and rebuild our friendship...and just go from there. It'll be greater than any happy fairytale ending, I tell you what.

Bowser and Uka were outside Mario's house standing on the doorstep, with Reno and Rude. Widowmaker, Claire, Ada, and Anna Williams were positioned behind some shrubbery, while Vega was atop Mario's roof.

"Here's how this is gonna turn out," Bowser said to Reno and Rude, ready to explain his assassination plot to the Turks. "We're gonna knock on Mario's door, and Mario's gonna answer, and then we'll tell him that he won a Lifetime Achievement award for...uh...what's Mario good at, aside from plumbing?"

"Being a vanilla midget," snorted Reno as he cracked a smile and nudged Rude; Rude could only muster a smirk, which by all means was a major personal achievement for him.

"Right on! We'll tell Mario that he won a Lifetime Achievement award for being a vanilla midget and that he must come outside to accept his award. Once he's outside, Vega will leap on top of him to pin him down, and the ladies will shoot Mario until he's a bloody mess!"

"Sounds pretty gnarly...but this is your plan. Can't see any way it can go wrong. I sure hope that nobody at Shinra finds about this...otherwise Rude and I are gonna be in hot water!"

"No worries - I'll cover the tracks for you gents." Bowser looked at the roof and saw Vega, who was ready to pounce. "All ready to go, Vega?"

"Ready as I'll ever be!" replied Vega as he struck a magnificent pose - could've shouted "Arriba!" if he wanted to. Bowser turned around and looked at the four female assassins, hidden among the shrubbery with their weapons of choice.

"We're locked and loaded," Widowmaker called out to Bowser, who gave the assassin and the other ladies a thumbs up. Everyone was in position, which meant it was time to make a move.

"Alrighty then...let's get this taken care of," said Bowser, flexing his fingers before he knocked on the front door - while also ringing the doorbell, just for extra effect. The front door was opened, and as Bowser expected, it was opened by Mario.

But something seemed to be a little...off, about Mario. Despite his famous mustache still intact, the plumber was taller, had light brown skin, and even more facial hair. At least the blue eyes were present. Regardless, Mario didn't even look like Mario at all! It must be someone impersonating him.

"It's-a me, Mario!" "Mario" greeted Bowser and company. Bowser, Uka, and the Turks looked shocked, as Widowmaker peeked out from the shrubbery to get a closer look at Mario...or at least someone who was impersonating the plumber.

"You've got to be kidding me..." the assassin said, fearing that the real Mario was somewhere far away from Seattle. Bowser continued to look stunned, his mouth agape, before shaking his head and bringing himself back to reality.

"Mario, is that really you?" Bowser asked "Mario", getting a good look at him from head to toe. "You look taller, and...more handsome! You're not the real Mario, aren't you? Where's the real Mario?!"

"Don't be so ridiculous, Bowser!" chuckled "Mario"; given that he was barely speaking with an Italian accent, "Mario" was one hundred percent an imposter. Might as well call him Faux Mario. "I am the real Mario. The real deal!"

"I don't believe you, I'm not stupid." Demanding answers right away, Bowser would look past Faux Mario and inside Mario's house. "Where are you hiding the real Mario? Is Peach with him?"

"Hi Bowser!" Peach greeted the Koopa King as she came down from the stairs and headed to the front door. Maybe the princess could answer any pressing questions Bowser might have. "Oh, I see you brought the Turks with you! Why do you all look so shocked?"

"That man standing at the doorway is impersonating as your husband," Uka informed Peach, bringing the princess' attention to Faux Mario. For whatever reason, Peach didn't look that concerned.

"That's weird...I see Mario, but I don't see anyone impersonating as him." This made Bowser and company even more bewildered, with Reno pulling on his hair in near frustration. "Can you believe that Uka, Mario?"

"No, Princess Peach, I can't..." replied Faux Mario, befuddling Bowser and company even more when he and Peach shared a small kiss. A simple peck. "...that Uka is as delusional as they come!"

Reno: Answer me this - how is it that the Mario impersonator knew what the name of that floating mask was? Let me guess, he somehow knows my name too?! There's something awfully fishy going on here...

"Are you blind, Peach? Can't you see that this man is stealing your husband's identity?!" Bowser asked the princess, as he now wanted the buddy cops to arrest Faux Mario for identity theft. Millions of families suffer every year. "This guy is obviously black - Mario isn't a black man!"

"Hats off to you for not seeing race," Faux Mario commended Bowser as he tipped his hat to the Koopa King before he heard his phone ring. It was the same ringtone that Mario used, which Bowser and company found very suspect. "Excuse me for a sec, gotta answer this call..."

"Aha! That phone call will definitely prove that this guy is a fake." Bowser smiled confidently and folded his arms, as he watched Faux Mario fumble around looking for his phone. Faux Mario pulled the phone out eventually. "Is that a Galaxy S20? Mario doesn't have that phone yet!"

"Oh but I do, Bowser...got an upgrade." Now that he had his phone out, Faux Mario quickly answered the call. "What's up?"

"Hey Mario, it's me again," Cloud's voice was heard from Faux Mario's phone, as Bowser's jaw dropped down to the ground. "Do you mind stopping by the mansion? Need some help setting up the Halloween decorations in the living room. The Links are busy keeping Simon at bay..."

"That Simon Belmont...what are we gonna do with him? Aight, I'll be there in a minute. Peace!" Faux Mario ended the call, as he placed his phone back in his pocket and turned around. "Spyro, Hunter! I need you boys to come with me and hang up some decorations. Don't leave me hangin'!"

"Why do I feel like we've been bamboozled...?" asked Uka, as Bowser grabbed his jaw and pulled it back up to his mouth. Faux Mario would look at Bowser, before patting the Koopa King on his shoulder.

"It was nice speaking with you, Bowser. Hope you have a great rest of the day!" Faux Mario walked past Bowser, Reno, and Rude, as he made his way over to the mansion. Widowmaker kept a close eye on Faux Mario, wanting to pull the trigger but not having the strength to do so.

"Oh that reminds me, I have to make my pumpkin pie!" exclaimed Peach as she ran inside the kitchen to fetch her materials, while Spyro and Hunter came out from their room. "Bowser, are you interested in having some pumpkin pie?"

"I'm not hungry anymore..." replied Bowser as he walked away from the front door, with Reno, Rude, and Uka following after the Koopa King. Spyro and Hunter stopped at the doorway, seeing Bowser and company making their leave.

"Man, how can anyone turn down Peach's awesome pumpkin pie?" questioned Hunter, left wondering if Bowser's taste buds and/or his stomach were functioning properly. "It's the best pumpkin pie I've ever had...granted it's the only pie I ever ate. Bowser must not be that hungry."

"I highly doubt that he's genuinely hungry..." replied Spyro, who couldn't blame Bowser for feeling confused...for he knew where the real Mario was.

The real Mario wasn't in Seattle, or anywhere in the state of Washington...but rather in a snowy location, hiking up a mountain with his brother Luigi. The Mario Bros were at a place called the Crown Tundra, and they were led by a man who appeared to be some sort of explorer.

"Finally...we made it to the top of this mountain," the explorer, Peony, said as he took a look around the mountain's peak. He turned around and saw the Mario Bros, who were both out of breath. "That mountain trek better not have taken the fight outta ya!"

"Wh-What do you mean?" questioned Mario as he and Luigi stopped catching their breath in an instant. "This mountain was just-a too high for us, our oxygen ran-a low with the high altitude..."

"Don't give me that lousy excuse! And I thought that guys like you were cut out for this stuff..."

Daisy: We did it again...we convinced our husbands to go on a vacation together! This time, at the Crown Tundra - which isn't much of a vacation, when you think about it. But it worked as good as the first time around!
Peach: Master Hand might not be able to cope with Mario being out of town for so long, so I had Cloud come through and find someone willing enough to impersonate Mario. I can't tell you if Master Hand would see through the facade...but I would appreciate it if he did!

Cloud: The impersonator will be staying with us until Mario returns. Had to get him caught up to speed, so he wouldn't screw things up. For the record, almost everyone got the memo, from the residents to our neighbors...only Master Hand is out of the loop. There are some things he doesn't deserve to know...

"I feel like I need to remind you fellas on what the point of this Advent-Tour is," Peony said to the Mario Bros, who were quietly discussing something among themselves while smiling. "Do you have any idea why I brought you this far?"

"Peony sounds-a like such a girly name..." Luigi whispered to Mario as he snickered before he saw Peony staring at him and Mario. That mean-looking stare of Peony's sure got the Mario Bros' attention. "...I'm sorry, what-a were you asking?"

"I was askin' you why I brought you up this mountain. And you know why we climbed up here? To find a legendary Pokemon! But sadly, we're been left empty-handed."

"I hope we can-a find Calyrex..." Luigi whispered to Mario once more, and Mario looked perplexed. "ROTOM!" Rotom, who was enticed by Daisy and Peach to tag along with the Mario Bros, approached Mario with a picture of Calyrex on its screen.

"This is Calyrex, the king Pokemon," Rotom explained to Mario, who was looking at the picture of Calyrex out of intrigue. "It ruled over Galar in ancient times and is highly intelligent, zzrt. It can also see the past, present, and future!"

"It can see the future?" Mario asked Rotom, fully intrigued as he grabbed the plasma Pokemon like a madman. "Can Calyrex tell-a me who Jennifer marries, in-a the future? If for any reason she marries-a Charles, I might as well move-a down to Alabama..."

"There you go, ignoring' me again!" Peony scolded the Mario Bros, as Mario released his hold on Rotom as he calmed his mood. "We gotta keep on movin' - who knows, we might even run into a Suicine on our way down. Down the mountain, we go!"

"I'm not cut out-a for this hiking crap..." Luigi muttered to Mario as he and his twin brother followed Leony down the mountain. It was gonna be one long trip down to the bottom.

Having learned that the real Mario was not around and that Faux Mario was taking the plumber's place, Bowser was forced to regroup as he and Uka met with the "killer7" outside. Bowser was scratching his chin, still puzzled.

"Well now...this is certainly something," remarked Christie as she and Reno were taking a brief smoke break. "Wonder where the real Mario is..."

"This has to be some kind of conspiracy," assumed Bowser, having no other explanation for what he had witnessed. "Perhaps Mario knew beforehand that I wanted to kill him, and so he escaped to get himself out of dodge!"

"But how, nobody knew about our assassination plot but us!" stated Uka, fearing that someone might've eavesdropped on his and Bowser's conversations. "Also, Mario isn't that smart enough to let some guy take his place."

"All this talk is starting to bore me..." said Widowmaker, as she was looking at her Widow's Peak. "...I refuse to let my presence be for naught." The assassin had an urgent need and desire to kill somebody, and that bloodlust had to be fulfilled.

"Bruh I'm telling you, Lady Palutena's chili...it's legit," Falco said to Fox, as he held his best friend out of his house. Fox didn't look intrigued. "Best thing she cooked since forever!"

"You said that about those honey barbecue ribs she made," Fox said to Falco, as Widowmaker was staring down the pilots intently. Like she wanted both of them dead. "That stuff gave me the stomach flu. And uncontrollable gas. You have any idea how horrible it is to have uncontrollable gas?"

"Pfft, uncontrollable gas...that's not even a real symptom. You're a grown man, Fox - you can control your own flatulence!"

"Guess you gotta learn the hard way...if I get sick from eating this 'mouth-watering' chili, you owe me one."

"You all can worry about this impersonator..." Widowmaker said to Bowser and company, watching as Fox and Falco both entered the mansion.

"I have some prey to kill...you all can worry about Mario, while I handle other business." Widowmaker would leave the group, as she now reverted her attention from Mario to Fox and Falco. The assassin advanced towards the mansion, like a lion on the prowl.

Widowmaker: Those braindead pilots got in the way of me killing Mario; if it wasn't for them, Mario would've been a dead man! Mario's death is long overdue, and the same can be said for my revenge...

"Man, whoever married her must've been the luckiest man on planet earth..." Bowser remarked with a smile, under the assumption that Widowmaker's husband was killed ruthlessly by Widowmaker herself...but only out of love. Even though that necessarily wasn't the case.

"Since this thing isn't sorted out yet...I'll be spending my time doing something else," Christie said to Bowser and company as she too left the group. "I'll be inside the mansion...somewhere. Just let me know when you found the real Mario..."

"Will do!" Bowser gave Christie a thumbs up, before directing his attention to Anna Williams. "Ada already left us...no surprise there. You're gonna abandon us too, aren't ya Miss Williams?"

"I'm, uh...just going to go look for this so-called 'fashion gala'," replied Williams as she backed away from Bowser and the others...before heading towards the mansion. "I won't be away for long!"

"Welp, looks like it's just me and the boys..." Bowser turned around and saw his comrades - Uka, Reno, Rude, and Vega - standing at his side. "...just a bunch of men, doing manly things..."

"The mansion deserves to know my beauty!" proclaimed Vega as he dashed away, in the most elegant yet flamboyant way possible. He was driven by his own rampant narcissism at this point.

"...okay, if that guy starts simping out for the ladies, he's officially cut from the killer7. Simps are the worst!" Talk about a greatly ironic statement.

"So Bowser, since the real Mario is nowhere to be found...what shall we do?" Uka asked the Koopa King, who scratched his chin once again. Mario's absence clearly threw a wrench in Bowser's diabolical plan.

"You know what? Maybe Mario hasn't left Seattle. He's probably hiding somewhere in the mansion! Thought he could be slick by letting some guy impersonate him, but he can't fool me. Follow me, boys - to the mansion!"

While she was cold-hearted and sadistic, Christie also had a way with men. The British assassin always used her good looks to woo men, flirting with them while using her charm and looks to her advantage - and once she had a man in her corner, she killed him on the spot. So with Christie being the pretty lady that she was, it was a given that a male resident or two would fall head over heels for her.

"C'mon Soren, pick up the pace!" Ike shouted at the wind sage, who was running on a treadmill in the fitness center and nearly out of breath. Sonic and Crash were there with Ike, cheering on for Soren. "Where's that blazing fast speed?"

"My legs...they're about to give in..." said Soren as he huffed and puffed, while his legs were getting tired. Unable to run anymore, Soren fell unto the treadmill before rolling off unto the floor. Ike knelt at Soren's side, deeply concerned.

"Medic, we need a medic!" Ike called out, as Wii Fit Trainer quickly ran over to the swordsman and Soren. Wii Fit looked down at Soren, seeing that the wind sage was dazed and tired. "Is he going to be okay?!"

"He'll be fine, he's just out of breath," Wii Fit assured Ike, as Christie crept inside the fitness center. "I probably wouldn't recommend letting Soren on a treadmill, he's not cut out for..."

"What do you mean he's not cut out for treadmills? Soren is the fastest guy I know - faster than Usain Bolt and Jesse Owens combined! He was just having an off day, that's why he got exhausted quickly."

"That treadmill was on the second-lowest setting," stated Sonic, as Christie crept closer towards Soren with a seductive smile. "I don't think Soren was holding back his speed."

"Yeah, that must be it. Soren was just being very humble. You gotta stop being so humble all the time, Soren!

Ike: Although I hate to admit it, Soren apparently has a LOT of off days whenever he stops by the mansion. It's almost like he lives up to his legend anywhere else, but when he comes to the mansion he loses his mojo! Even when I try to lift him up, Soren still doesn't get with the program. Should I just stop talking about the legend of Soren? Actions do speak louder than words.

"Aw, is he all tuckered out?" asked Christie as she approached Soren; Wii Fit moved out of the way as Christie knelt down and stroked Soren's cheek. "He really must've exerted himself, hasn't he?"

"Um...who is this woman?" asked Sonic as he and the others couldn't help but stare at Christie. Ike seemed to know who Christie was...

"Wow, Soren! You never told me that you had a girlfriend," the swordsman said to the wind sage; instead of feeling jealous, Ike proudly stood up as he applauded his best friend. "I'm proud of you, man, I really am!"

"This woman isn't my girlfriend..." stated Soren, completely bugged out by how close Christie was to him. "I don't even know her..." Christie would silence Soren, closing his mouth by pushing his jaw.

"Now, now...that's no way to treat your love," Christie said to Soren, riding on the "Soren's girlfriend" train for as long as she needed to. "How about I help you up on your feet?"

"Ike, I seriously doubt that's Soren's girlfriend," Sonic said to the swordsman, watching as Christie helped Soren up to his feet. Ike was watching too, but with a kind of look a proud father would have.

"One thing about Soren is, he doesn't like sharing all his secrets," stated Ike, as Christie was now smiling at Soren and stroking his chest. "He could've already discovered a cure for cancer, but he would never tell anyone about it."

"The two of us have some catching up to do..." Christie told Soren as he took the wind sage's arm, locking it with hers. Poor Soren felt uncomfortable as he walked out of the fitness center with Christie, arm in arm.

"Save me..." Soren whispered to Ike and the others as Christie led him away. Ike still had that proud father look, as he felt the need to shed a tear.

"We oughta save Soren from that chick," said Sonic as Crash nodded in agreement, while Ike thought otherwise. "She looks like she could be trouble!"

"You're just jealous that Soren's girlfriend is hotter than yours," Ike said to Sonic as he folded his arms behind his head. "I'd say we just leave Soren be...let him have his fun."

Faux Mario was in the living room with Spyro and Hunter, helping Cloud set up the Halloween decorations. Meanwhile, Link and Champion Link were restraining Simon, keeping the vampire hunter confined to a chair.

"No, you can't put the pumpkin there!" Simon shouted at Cloud, grinding his teeth as he saw Cloud place a jack-o-lantern near the fireplace. "Pumpkins are meant to be eaten, not put up for indoor display!"

"It's not a pumpkin anymore...it's a jack-o-lantern now," stated Link as he used his clawshot to keep Simon's hands tied. Champion Link was on the floor, his arms wrapped out Simon's legs.

"It's still a pumpkin, you despicable heathen! Let me go, LET ME GO!" Faux Mario saw Simon trying to break free from the two Links, and he couldn't help but shake his head.

"Would it be necessary to put Simon in a straitjacket?" the impersonator asked Cloud, who was now dusting off the fireplace. Gotta make sure the entire living room was nice and tidy.

"We already used one on Pit," replied Cloud, surprised that no one had used a straitjacket on the angel sooner. "Whatever keeps the Halloween candy from disappearing..."

Viridi: Last year around Halloween, Pit ate up all the Halloween candy before anyone else could. So to prevent that from happening again, Cloud and Zelda decided to put Pit in a straitjacket. Watching Pit whine and squirm, trying to fight out of that straitjacket...it's almost kinda cute, in an endearing way. *pauses* Is that wrong to say?

Pit: *stuck in a straitjacket* This is only a teensy-weensy setback - a minor hardship. Everyone knows that hardship makes you stronger, so Cloud and Zelda are making me a stronger man! So Cloud, Zelda...the joke's on you! *falls out of chair* Dang it...

Bowser walked inside the living room with his crew - Reno, Rude, and Uka - and spotted Faux Mario, hanging up Halloween decorations with Spyro, Hunter, and Cloud. Bowser couldn't help but wonder if Cloud knew that the man in the plumber was not actually Mario.

"Cloud, do you have any idea who that man is?" Bowser asked the swordsman as he pointed at Faux Mario. Cloud stopped decorating, looking at Faux Mario.

"That...would be Mario," Cloud readily responded before resuming his task, as Bowser was left agape. Cloud was very much in the know, so he had to keep up with the charade as much as possible.

"No, it's not, that's some black guy pretending to be Mario! Since when did Mario grow to be over six feet tall?"

"Maybe he had a growth spurt last night," assumed Link, also in on the charade; he had helped Cloud bring Faux Mario to Seattle. "Better late than never."

"Okay then, how do you explain his skin color? How did he go from being white to light-skinned? Did that happen overnight, too?"

"You should really stop being focused on the man's skin color," Champion Link said to Bowser, maintaining his vice grip on Simon's legs. "Why does it matter so much to you?"

"BECAUSE MARIO WAS NEVER BLACK! I'll prove it to you." Bowser marched over to Faux Mario, before holding out his hand. "Let me see your phone!"

"Oh, you want to see my Galaxy S20?" Faux Mario asked Bowser as he took out his cellphone and unlocked it, before handing the device to Bowser. "Better be gentle with it - that thing cost me a fortune!"

"Yeah, whatever...now to find some evidence." Phone in hand, Bowser searched rigorously through the photo gallery, before finding an image that left him shocked with his mouth agape. "What in the..."

"What's with that face, Bowser?" Uka asked the Koopa King as he and the Turks came over. The three saw the photo and were left dumbfounded.

"What...is the meaning...of THIS?!" Bowser showed the photo to Faux Mario; it was a family photo of Faux Mario, Peach, and Jennifer. The only difference was, there was a mixed-race toddler in place of Jennifer.

"I don't see what the big fuss is all about," replied Faux Mario as Cloud and the two Links took a gander at the family photo. Spyro and Hunter kept to themselves, the latter slightly giggling. "You hate family pictures, Bowser? I should have known!"

"That child in the picture can't possibly be Jennifer - she's biracial! Jennifer isn't biracial! You're taking this way too far..."

"Why do you have a problem with Jennifer being biracial?" Link questioned Bowser, making the Koopa King's blood boil. "Thought you said that you weren't racist. Then again, you did give me that N-word pass last week..."

"I AM NOT A..." Bowser was about to snap, but he cooled down a moment afterward as he angrily marched away. "C'mon boys, we got some unfinished business to settle...gotta regroup first."

"Unfinished business? What do you even mean?" asked Uka as he and the Turks followed Bowser out of the living room. "Explain at once!"

"Bowser is such a hater, man..." sighed Faux Mario as he shook his head, before he heard the sound of a pumpkin being smashed. "...you guys heard that?"

"Away with you, Halloween decorations!" shouted Simon - now free from his bondage - as he aggressively tore down the decorations that Cloud and company worked hard to set up. Spyro and Hunter did their best to fend off Simon but to no avail.

"A straitjacket would really come in handy right now!" said Faux Mario as he and the others joined Spyro and Hunter's efforts in restraining Simon. Good luck keeping a vampire hunter down.

Bowser: Because Mario hasn't shown up yet, we have a new mission for the time being - to expose that Mario imposter. Apparently, nobody but us knows that "Mario" isn't really Mario, which makes us smarter. We'll just have to show them how stupid they are!

Falco was with Fox in the dining room, as Fox was trying out some of Palutena's chili. Palutena stood by, eagerly awaiting Fox's critique, as Widowmaker was perched from the dining room ceiling with her Widow's Peak.

"So, Fox, what do you think?" Falco asked his friend, who had eaten at least two spoonfuls of the chili. "Is it the best chili you ever had or what?!" Widowmaker was ready to shoot, with her eyes on the target.

"I mean...it's passable," Fox offered his two cents, as Palutena responded with a smile. Fox had never spoken so positively about the goddess of light's cooking before. "Not the best chili I had...or the worst, for that matter."

"Hey Lady Palutena, mind if I have some chili?" Chef Kawasaki asked the goddess as he came inside the dining room with a bowl. Widowmaker was about to shoot Fox, but Kawasaki ruined her focus.

"Of course, Chef Kawasaki, help yourself!" replied Palutena, as a giddy Chef Kawasaki ran back inside the kitchen. "Just don't take the whole pot like you did last time!"

Chef Kawasaki: Everyone keeps talking up a storm about how good Palutena's chili is. Is it any better than my Chef Kawasaki's World Famous Chili? Obviously not, but it wouldn't hurt to turn a few heads. I'll sample as much of Palutena's chili as I can, find out her secret, and use it to make my chili even better. We'll see who the best chef around here is...

"Woah, looks like I got a call," said Fox as he heard his phone ringing; the pilot took out his phone, seeing Samus on the caller ID. Samus, calling Fox? That was a pretty rare occurrence. "Yo, babycakes!" Fox said into the phone as he answered the call.

"Please don't call me that ever again..." Samus threatened over the phone, as Fox smirked; the pilot loved making Samus uncomfortable. "...anyways, we need you in the beauty salon. A man down there is flirting with your wife..."

"Say no more!" Immediately hanging up the phone, Fox darted out of the dining room. What were the chances the man flirting with Krystal was Vega. "Hold tight, Krystal, I'm coming!"

"Bruh, wait up for me!" Falco called out to Fox as he ran out of the dining room, expecting (and hoping) to throw some hands. Palutena would leave the dining room as well, taking Fox's bowl. Seconds later, Widowmaker leaped down from the ceiling once the coast was clear.

"So many distractions...looks like I'll be needing some assistance," the assassin said as she turned on her earpiece, about to make an important call. "Hello, Sombra? Are you there?"

"Ay caramba...what is it that you want?" asked the Mexican hacker speaking over the earpiece, Sombra. Her and Widowmaker had teamed up together on many assassination-based missions. "Can't even enjoy my day off..."

"I require your presence the Smash Mansion. We have another assassination on our hands - a double assassination if you will. Fox McCloud and Falco Lombardi, those are the targets..."

The three legendary birds of Kanto - Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos - flew through the snowy skies, as Peony and the Mario Bros made their trek through the Crown Tundra. Mario looked up at the bird trio, noticing that they looked drastically different.

"Those birds up there are the Galarian variants of the legendary Kanto bird trio," Peony explained to the Mario Bros as he trucked through the snow. The Galarian Zapdos looked like it could barely keep up with the other two birds. "Pretty neat up close, wouldn't you say?"

"All three of them look-a like they're going through a phase," quipped Luigi, before Peony came to a sudden stop. The Mario Bros could come to a stop as well, as Peony put his arm out in front of the brothers.

"Legendary titans spotted..." Peony looked ahead and saw the five legendary titans - Regirock, Registeel, Regice, Regieleki, and Regidrago - walking around in the nearby open field. "...that must mean Regigigas is up ahead!"

"Mama mia, they're...not as big as I thought-a they would be," remarked Mario, who apparently expected the Regi to be as big as Giratina or something. "How do we make it past-a them?"

"Best case scenario is, we quietly advance through the snow undetected, and make it into the clear. Worst case scenario...one of the Regi spots us, and starts making annoyin' computer sounds."

"So the Regi aren't-a titans...they're supercomputers! Just-a like Metagross!" Baffled by his twin brother's ignorance, Luigi smacked his forehand and rubbed his hand down his face.

"He's-a trying his best," Luigi told Peony, who was also baffled by Mario as evidenced by his puzzled face. Regardless, Peony couldn't let Mario's lack of Pokemon knowledge distract from the expedition at hand.

"If we keep a low profile, none of the Regi will see us," Peony whispered to the Mario Bros, leading them through the snow while being wary of the Regi. "Just don't make a sound, and we'll be able to..."

"Footprints are spotted on the snow!" Rotom came over to alert Peony and the Mario Bros, spotting small footprints, as Luigi frowned at the plasma Pokemon and shushed it. "There's a trail of small footprints! How peculiar."

"Be quiet, you'll blow our cover!" Peony hissed at Rotom, but it was too late; Rotom speaking loudly caught the attention of the Regi, who were now looking straight at Peony and the others. "...welp, we're screwed."

"ÜN ÜN ÜN ÜN ÜN!" exclaimed Regirock as it, Registeel, Regice, Regieleki, and Regidrago made their distinct cries. The dots glowing on the Regi's faces meant that they were provoked - not a good sign.

"They're attacking us with-a dubstep!" Luigi panicked in response to the Regi's cries, as the three legendary titans marched closer to Luigi and company. "My worst night-a mare has come true!"

"After me, fellas!" Peony shouted at the Mario Bros as he led the twin brothers from the Regi, before the titans could start attacking. As Peony ran, he saw the trail of the small footprints that Rotom brought attention to. "Hmm, might be a Pokemon nearby..."

Soren was in the gaming room, and he had an unwanted guest with him, in Christie. The wind sage looked annoyed sitting on the couch as Christie tried to flirt with him, while the Hearts siblings - Hisui and Kohaku - sat on a couch opposite from Soren.

"Nice girlfriend you got there, Soren," Hisui said to the wind sage, in a somewhat congratulatory way. The young man almost wanted to ask Soren how he managed to reel in a gal like Christie. "How long have you been hiding her?"

"She's not my girlfriend," denied Soren as Christie reached in for a quick smooch; Soren would shove the British assassin away, as his patience was starting to wear thin. If it wasn't already. "Never knew her a day in my life."

"Living in denial, aren't ya?" Hisui would sit back on the couch, as he stretched out his arms. "Not the route that I would take, but I can respect it..."

Christie: From the looks of it, Soren seems like a perfect victim for me to kill. He's quiet and assuming...making him ripe for the taking. Sure, he keeps rejecting my advances, but that won't matter as much in the end.

"Soren's proving to the others how much of a model boyfriend he is..." Ike remarked as he observed Soren from a distance; seeing his best friend being in love made Ike feel validated, in a way. "...what a guy."

"So much for 'leaving Soren' alone, huh?" Sonic asked Ike, as he and Crash were playing a game of pool. A pretty one-sided affair, since Crash was more focused on fitting as many cue balls as he possibly could in his mouth.

"I'm just taking pointers from Soren! Writing down a metal checklist, in my head. If I ever want to win Elinicia's heart, then I have to learn from the master..."

"A FIRE IN THE GAMING ROOM, I REPEAT, THERE'S A FIRE IN THE GAMING ROOM!" alerted Bowser, bringing everyone's attention to a fire in the far corner of the gaming room. Reno and Rude pretended they were putting out the fire, with Uka presiding over them.

"Seriously, Bowser, is this another stupid fire drill?!" Hisui frowned at the Koopa King, as he and the other residents were on edge. "Sometimes I wonder why I still live here..."

"Mama mia! Did someone say there was a fire?" asked Faux Mario as he came inside the gaming room, looking around the corner and seeing the fire. "No need to fear, folks - I'm here to save the day!"

"Hehehe...that poser's gonna expose himself soon," chuckled Bowser as Faux Mario ran out of the gaming room. His plan was coming together. "Once everyone sees that he doesn't have a F.L.U.D.D., they'll see him for the fraud he is!"

Faux Mario would return to the gaming room moments later, and he had F.L.U.D.D. with him - much to Bowser's chagrin. Faux Mario moved Reno and Rude out of the way, as he doused water from the F.L.U.D.D. on the fire.

"Fire has been dispatched!" announced F.L.U.D.D., once Faux Mario took care of the fire. Bowser gritted his teeth with rage. "Normal activity may now resume in the gaming room."

"Our hero!" cheered Kohaku as several residents were now cheering Faux Mario's name; hearing so many people chant "Mario!" over and over again for an impersonator irked Bowser greatly.

"He's no hero...he's a fraud!" Bowser pointed accusingly at Faux Mario, causing the chants to die down. Faux Mario rolled his eyes at Bowser. "Why did he have to leave the gaming room to fetch F.L.U.D.D?"

"You act like Mario has to carry around F.L.U.D.D. in his imaginary pocket at all times," said Donkey Kong, wondering why Bowser was acting like such a hater. "You're really grasping at the straws, Bowser!"

"Speaking of imaginary pocket...does this 'Mario' even have one? Show us your imaginary pocket, you fraud!"

"Fine then, I'ma show you my imaginary pocket..." responded Faux Mario as he smirked at Bowser while folding his arms and looking all confident. "...but only if you show us yours." All the pressure was now on Bowser, as everyone focused their attention on the Koopa King.

"Uh...I can't show you my imaginary pocket...because, um...because reasons." Bowser didn't even know what an imaginary pocket looked like, how could he possibly show it off? Faux Mario painted the Koopa King in a corner.

"...I rest my case." On that remark, Faux Mario left the gaming room as he gained a major deal of respect from the residents. Bowser just stood there dumbfounded, as Rude approached the Koopa King.

"Just so you know...you now owe me a new lighter," the Turk informed Bowser, patting him on the shoulder - or at least where his shoulder was - before walking away.

Even though he was confined to a straitjacket to keep him from devouring the Halloween candy, Pit was still in a pretty happy mood, as he was hanging out with his pals Kirby and Incineroar. The angel and his pals were in the library watching videos on a computer, and Viridi was invited.

"We should totally watch that video, it's one of my favorites," said Pit, bringing his pals' attention to the video at the top of the page. Viridi glanced at the video in question, looking at it rather skeptically.

"Elevator prank...in the hood...gone sexual...knife and gun pulled..." Viridi slowly read the video's title out loud, her high skepticism boiling over. "...one or two of those phrases shouldn't belong together in the title."

"Yeah, and those laughing while crying emojis aren't helping either," added Kirby, as three individuals entered the library. Gil, who was stocking books on the shelves, saw the individuals and looked like he was seeing ghosts. "YouTube pranks have never been the same..."

"Cheers love! We didn't come at a bad time, did we?"

Recognizing that cheery, British voice, Pit and company turned around and were startled to see Tracer in the library. The pilot was not alone, for she was accompanied by fellow Overwatch heroes Genji and Mercy.

"Sorry if we didn't give you all a heads up," Tracer apologized to Pit and friends, giving them a sheepish smile. "We came inside the mansion through that door on the roof. Trying to keep a low profile, you know."

"Tracer! Mercy! Cool robot ninja dude!" exclaimed Pit, sounding like an over-excited little kid. Genji was starting to feel some type of way about Pit. "Oh man, if only D. Va was here, too..."

Genji: "Cool robot ninja dude"...he really called me "cool robot ninja dude"...how I could just kill him. *pauses* Is it even possible to kill an angel?...Ask Bayonetta for advice? Sure...

"We just have a simple question to ask you all," Mercy said to Pit and company as he approached them, before kneeling down. "Have either one of you seen Widowmaker anywhere in this mansion?"

"I once saw an old lady die from a widowmaker heart attack, it was pretty messed up," answered Pit, not exactly giving the kind of response that the Overwatch trio was looking for. "Oh I'm sorry, were you talking about that assassin Widowmaker?"

"I wouldn't trust Pit if I were you, he's in a straitjacket for a reason," advised Genji, as he still had some resentment towards the angel. On a positive note, "cool robot ninja dude" had very little chance to stick around.

"Leave him alone, Genji..." Tracer scolded the ninja - who just grunted in response - before she approached Pit and company. "...we received a distress call from Winston that Widowmaker was in Seattle. We fear that she might be in the mansion."

"In the mansion for what? Does she want to kill me?!" questioned Pit, sounding scared for his life. As if Widowmaker would waste any of her precious ammo on the angel. "Why is it that all the hot women want me dead?"

"Take it easy, Pit - I'm pretty sure Widowmaker isn't coming after you. No offense, but she'd rather assassinate someone more...erm, worthy."

"What if...Widowmaker's after Mario?" asked Kirby, giving the Overwatch heroes something to think over. "Fox and Falco did say that Widowmaker wanted to kill Mario. Though I doubt they were telling the truth..."

"Was that last year?" inquired Genji, who had heard a few murmurings about Widowmaker's willingness to kill Mario. Didn't hear about it until after Widowmaker was brought to justice in episode 199. "That can't be true. Sounds like a rumor to me."

"Even if it is, we can't take any chances- especially given who we're dealing with," Mercy said to Genji, before turning her attention back to Pit and company. "Is Mario at home, or did he go out somewhere?"

"Should we tell them?" Viridi whispered to Pit and Kirby, both of whom were unsure of how to answer. Mercy raised an eyebrow, sensing that the friends were withholding info about Mario's whereabouts.

She might not have found any 'fashion gala' at the mansion, but Anna Williams still got to do something fashion-related. The assassin, who had encountered Zelda earlier, was now stuck critiquing the princess' dresses in her room.

"I was thinking about using either one of these dresses as casual wear," Zelda said to Williams while holding up two dresses - one red and one blue. Williams tried her hardest to fake how much she cared. "Which dress do you think should I go with?"

"Red - always go with red," answered Williams, showing a hint of bias in her response. "Red is a color always associated with blood, and death."

"Um...not exactly what I took into consideration, but the red dress does look better on me than the blue one. So thanks for your input."

Anna Williams: Enjoying fashion is fine, giving fashion advice on the other hand...is not. I could never be a fashion expert; that's why I enjoy killing people instead.

Meanwhile, Widowmaker waited outside Zelda's room expecting Sombra to show up at any minute. As much as the assassin would love to shoot any resident that dared to pass her by, she had to save her bullets for Fox and Falco.

"What's taking her so long..." wondered Widowmaker, who was peering down the hallway and seeing King Dedede; the fat penguin was speaking with a Waddle Dee. Better turn around, if he knew what was good for him.

"Sorry I was late...Reaper was holding me up," someone said to Widowmaker, who looked to her right and saw Sombra. Showed up a little later than what Widowmaker wanted, but better late than never. "Also, finding my way inside was such a hassle, dios mío...those dumb perros guarding the front door wouldn't even let me in!"

"Well you're here, so that's what matters." With Sombra on her side, Widowmaker's chances of assassinating Fox and Falco had now increased. "We have two targets to kill, Fox and Falco - two for the price of one. I want both of them dead by the end of the..."

"Sup good lookin'?" King Dedede greeted Widowmaker as passed by the assassin and waved to her. "Still single and ready to mingle, aren't ya?" The fat penguin would run into Sombra, and backed away out of fright when he saw the hacker pointing her gun at him.

"Made the wrong choice heading this way, chico..." Sombra said to King Dedede, who was shivering from head to toe as his life flashed before him. Wasn't much of a spectacular life, but still a life nonetheless.

"No you can't kill me, I'm too sexy to die!" pleaded King Dedede as he cowered on the floor with his hands over his head. The fat penguin was shaking from fright, as Sombra lowered her weapon.

"Sexy according to who...?" Sombra thought of King Dedede as extremely delusional - and she was right on the money. "Widowmaker, is this pájaro being serious right now?"

"I am afraid so," replied Widowmaker, as she stood over King Dedede and pointed her Widow's Peak at the fat penguin. King Dedede, who was still cowering in fear, slowly looked up at Widowmaker. "Run away from here, and I'll spare you..."

"Y-Yes ma'am!" exclaimed King Dedede as he quickly got up and ran down the hallway, running for his life. Widowmaker could've shot King Dedede in the back of his head as he ran if she wanted to.

"Sombra, I'll need you to mess around with the mansion's security system. I want this double assassination to go smoothly as planned..."

After a run-in with the Regi, Peony brought the Mario Bros to his house in the Crown Tundra, allowing the brothers to cool off. Mario and Luigi were sitting in the living room, as an Aggron offered them some hot chocolate.

"Made you boys some hot chocolate!" Peony said to Mario and Luigi, who accepted their cups of hot chocolate from Aggron. Luigi fumbled with his cup, because of how hot it was, before dropping his cup unto the floor and spilling its contents.

"Whoops..." the plumber said before he chuckled nervously, after he spilled his hot chocolate on the floor. He spilled it on a rug that had a Brozong-inspired pattern on it.

"Dang it, Luigi, I just washed that rug!" Peony picked up the stained rug and tossed it away. "Now I have to wash it in the freezing lake again...nice going!"

Peony: I originally bought that rug for my sweet girl, Nia. But when I gave her the rug, she threw it out the door a minute later! Assumed that the rug was smelly or somethin' (got it from a sweatshop), so I gave that bad boy a wash and gave it to Nia, a second time. And she threw it out the door AGAIN! Ultimately, I concluded that she wanted me to have the rug, and so I obliged. If only she could tell her old man that...she isn't that good at communicatin'.

"Once you boys are all rested up, we'll go back to our Adven-Tour," Peony said to the Mario Bros as he returned to the living room. "We'll find the whereabouts of other legendary Pokemon! Like a Sword of Justice, or one of those guardian deities!"

"What about-a finding Calyrex?" asked Mario, the most eager to find the crown Pokemon; he desperately wanted to know who Jennifer would marry once she was all grown up.

"Eh, what's the point...no one's seen that Pokemon in years, even centuries! It's probably stuck in its own time period...we should just focus on the other legendaries."

"Aw phooey..." Mario slammed his fist on the table in front of him, and on the table, Mario saw a big wooden crown. "...Peony, what's this?"

"That would be my pillow! Found it back at the inn. Gotta say, it's real comfy!" Peony slept on a piece of wood? Gotta wonder if he suffered from headaches in the morning.

"Do you mind-a if I borrow this...pillow for a moment?" Mario believed that the wooden crown belonged somewhere, primarily on a statue somewhere in the Crown Tundra.

"You wanna sleep on my pillow? Go ahead, knock yourself out! Make sure you bring it back, safe and sound...I ain't got another pillow lying around!"

X was in the computer room, checking out the mansion security footage on the specialized computer thingamajig. Had a bunch of windows on the screen, each one for a different security camera. X's partner, Samus, was seated nearby X as she was surfing the Web.

"So Halloween's coming up next week," X said to Samus, in an attempt to spark some small talk with the bounty hunter. Typically resulted in failure more often than not. "Got your Halloween costume picked out?"

"You know better than anyone that I don't care about Halloween..." responded Samus; she didn't despise Halloween as much as Master Hand and Simon did, she just didn't care about any of the holidays. Even Christmas.

"Heh heh, you're right...sorry for asking." X would go back to his task, as he saw security footage of Widowmaker. Curious, X enlarged the footage and saw Widowmaker trying to strangle Chef Kawasaki. "Is that...Widowmaker? Strangling Chef Kawasaki? Eh, he deserves it."

A purple electric beam was suddenly fired at X, causing the robot to convulse violently. X fell down to the floor, left in a paralyzed state as Sombra ran inside the computer room.

"Hey...what are you doing?!" X shouted at Sombra, seeing the hacker mess around on the computer with the corner of his eye. "Samus, stop her!"

"No thanks, not interested," Samus apathetically responded, allowing Sombra to do her thing. Sombra was shutting off the security cameras to cover Widowmaker's tracks, while only leaving one camera on. It showed footage of Fox and Falco in the beauty salon, with Vega.

"I'll just leave this one running, for the time being..." said Sombra after her job was done, before she looked over at Samus. "...promise you won't let anyone see me here?"

"Whatever you say, Sombra," replied Samus, having recognized the hacker's voice; her eyes were glued to the monitor. Sombra cackled, as sat back and rested her feet on the computer desk.

Widowmaker was in the hallway trying to strangle Chef Kawasaki, but her strangling didn't seem to work. Chef Kawasaki hardly looked like he was in any pain.

"Where even is your neck?!" Widowmaker asked Chef Kawasaki before she threw the chef unto the floor. "Do you even have a neck to begin with?"

"Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and ask that question myself," replied Chef Kawasaki, as Widowmaker sighed and pinched the crown of her nose. "Knuckle Joe never has an answer for me."

"So much energy wasted on you..." Widowmaker heard a beeping sound in her earpiece, meaning that Sombra was calling her. "...hello, Sombra. I tried to ask this peon about Fox and Falco, and he refused to answer me."

"I've found out the whereabouts of Fox and Falco," Sombra said to Widowmaker over on the earpiece, as Widowmaker's eyes widened. "They're both in the beauty salon, and they're wrangling with some...flamboyant Spanish man with a mask."

"Must be Vega. I'll be making my move - let me know if our targets leave the salon." Widowmaker would walk away, as Chef Kawasaki remained on the floor.

Chef Kawasaki: So weird, right? I was just walking through the mansion, minding my own business and talking about how Fox would enjoy my new and improved chili more than Lady Palutena's. Then Widowmaker attacked me! Maybe she wanted to sample my chili, before anyone else. Could've just asked!

The Mario Bros were out and about in the Crown Tundra, rummaging around in a village called Freezington. Mario had a wooden crown in his hand (Peony apparently thought of it as a pillow), and figured that the crown belonged on a statue somewhere.

"Hey bro, come-a here!" Luigi called out to Mario as he was standing next to a statue; the statue resembled a Pokemon, almost. "It's that statue the mayor of this-a village showed us - the King of Beautiful Harvest!"

"Yeah, what about-a the statue?" asked Mario as he came over to Luigi and the statue, before noticing that the statue was missing something. Mario looked down at the wooden crown. "Hmm, I wonder..."

"Try putting that crown-a on the statue. Some-a thing good might happen!" Heeding Luigi's suggestion, Mario placed the wooden crown on the statue, and waited a few seconds...and nothing happened.

"Luigi you liar, nothing's happening at all! Is some magic supposed-a to happen? Is some mythical Pokemon gonna come-a down from the sky, and greet me? Or did you want-a to make me look stupid?"

As Mario carried on with his rant, Luigi would look past his brother and gasped when he saw a Pokemon in the far distance. It definitely looked like a rare Pokemon, judging by the looks of it.

"Mario...you might wanna turn-a around..." Luigi told his brother, who turned around and saw the faraway Pokemon. Rotom would appear, wanting to get a good look at the Pokemon itself.

"Could it be?" the plasma Pokemon questioned as he floated a few feet closer to get a closer look. "It is! Calyrex, the king Pokemon!" Calyrex, who was staring into the distance, slowly turned his head towards the Mario Bros.

"Craaaa...Craaaawwwn," Calyrex called out to the Mario Bros, who curiously came over to the king Pokemon. Much like an actual king, Calyrex looked elegant and dignified. "Craaawwn."

"I think Calyrex wants to test both of your strength," Rotom translated for Calyrex, who wished to face off against Mario and Luigi in a Pokemon battle. "Did either one of you bring any Pokemon with you?"

"Neither one-a of us did," replied Luigi, as Rotom sighed and facepalmed at the Mario Bros. Way to be prepared, especially in a region ripe with Pokemon. "We just wanted to go-a on a vacation. Well, our wives-a wanted us to go on a vacation..."

"Ricown Crocrocrown, Crooooooown recrown," said Calyrex, taking matters into its own hands as it hovered over to Luigi. The king Pokemon would stare at Luigi, who nervously grinned and waved.

Then out of nowhere, Calyrex would possess Luigi's body, as Luigi was now hovering in the air with his eyes closed. Mario yelped and jumped back out of fright, as a blue aura emitted from Luigi.

"A fairly lanky body...but it'll do," said a voice, as Calyrex's telepathic voice came out from Luigi's mouth. Calyrex turned to face Mario, who was now beyond scared of the king Pokemon. "Do not be afraid - I'm only using your brother's body temporarily."

"I know we've-a only just met...but you better un-possess my brother, Calyrex!" Mario commanded the king Pokemon, who was astonished that Mario knew its name beforehand. It was almost like an honor.

"Ah, so you know who I am...Calyrex, the King of Beautiful Harvest. I borrowed your brother's body so I could thank you in person, for restoring my statue."

"Aw, it was nothing - I thought that wooden crown belonged-a somewhere." Mario, sensing how friendly Calyrex was, would cool himself down. "So I did what I had-a to do."

"In days long past, I ruled over Galar, and the humans offered me their loyalty and respect for my harvests. Over time, however, people forgot about my existence, and their lack of traditional offerings caused my strength to dwindle. But you fixing the statue gave me back some portion of my strength! So I must ask you...what are you doing?"

"One-a moment..." Mario was apparently taking a selfie with Calyrex and the possessed Luigi, before saving the selfie to his phone. One for the memories. "...I'm sorry, you were saying?"

Mario: Luigi's gonna freak when he sees-a that selfie I took with him. *snorts*

"I must ask you to do me a favor," Calyrex said to Mario, who was more than willing to help the king Pokemon. "I want you to go around the village, and ask the villagers if they remember the King of Beautiful Harvests. See if they remember who I am."

"Easy peasy," responded Mario as he flexed his fingers. Mario was very much a social butterfly, so asking a bunch of villagers about Calyrex would be a walk in the park for him. "Would that restore-a your full power?"

"Not quite - I will need my trusty steed in order to have my full strength back. My steed and I, we would dash through the fields together. Then my power waned, and we had to go our separate ways. Do you mind asking the villagers about my steed?"

"Of course! Your power, your steed - I'll give-a it all back to you! You can count-a on me! And my brother, Luigi."

"You are too kind, human. I'll leave you to it - I'll be watching your progress. You're my only hope!"

Calyrex would float away up in the air, as he un-possessed Luigi. Back to his senses, Luigi rubbed his head as he looked confused.

"What'd I miss?" the green plumber asked Mario as he looked around, noticing that Calyrex was nowhere to be seen. "Where did-a Calyrex go, Mario? Did you and Calyrex exchange gang-a signs while I was...away?"

"No, Calyrex just asked-a me to do some favors for him," replied Mario; Luigi much rather preferred that Mario and Calryex exchanged gang signs. "Wanna go around-a the village and ask some folk about-a Calyrex?"

"Normally I would turn-a down such a request...but if it's for Calyrex, I sadly have no choice. Social anxiety, don't fail-a me now!"

Determined to expose Faux Mario, Bowser looked for the impersonator, bringing Uka and the Turks along with him. The Koopa King marched down the steps to the foyer, as he heard Faux Mario's voice from below.

When Bowser arrived at the foyer, he gasped for he could not believe what he was seeing...Tracer, Mercy, and Genji, all speaking with Faux Mario. The way Tracer and company spoke with Faux Mario suggested that they thought of the impersonator as actual Mario.

"Then he was like, 'You can't put cobwebs there, they'll just collect dust!'" Faux Mario said to the Overwatch trio, making them laugh as he was telling stories about Simon Belmont. Bowser shook his head in great dismay.

Kirby: We gave those Overwatch folks the memo, about Mario being on vacation and someone taking his place. All three of them got with the program rather quickly. It was for the best.

"Hold me back Rude...might get a little trigger-happy," Reno said to his partner, as he wanted nothing more than to spar off against Tracer in a gunfight - no matter how unwarranted it would be. Bowser marched over to Faux Mario and company, needing to set the record straight.

"If you think this guy is actually Mario, you're poorly mistaken," the Koopa King said to Tracer and company as he pointed at Faux Mario, who rolled his eyes. "Since when was Mario ever black?"

"Why is that such a big deal to you?" Genji questioned Bowser, who expected the cyborg to show some common sense. Turns out the Koopa King was wrong. "Sounds like you'd hate on Mario for just about anything..."

"Whoever said I was hating? I'm just calling it as I see it!" Bowser saw Toon Link and Young Link walk by, the buddy cops on their patrol duty. "Yo, buddy cops! Arrest this imposter right here! He's committing identity theft!"

"Who, Mario?" asked Toon Link as he glanced at Faux Mario; Bowser smacked his forehead, seeing that the buddy cops weren't on his side. "You want us to arrest him for stealing his own identity? Is that even possible?!"

"Okay then, if this man really is Mario...then how do you explain THIS?!" Bowser would take off Faux Mario's hat - revealing cornrows on Faux Mario's head. "Mario never had cornrows before!"

"Maybe Mario is trying to hide the fact that he has hood tendencies," assumed Young Link - could you imagine actual Mario rocking cornrows? Would be a sight for sore eyes. "I'm sure he asked for permission, though."

"That's right...now if you excuse me, Bowser, I'll need my hat back," said Faux Mario as he tried to get his hat back - but Bowser refused to let go. "Uh, today would be nice, Bowser..."

"If this was really Mario, then this cap...should be Cappy!" Bowser snatched the hat away from Faux Mario, before inspecting it all over. "How come Cappy hasn't responded yet?"

"He's...he's asleep." Bowser would inspect the hat for a bit longer, pulling on it and stretching it out...before he hightailed down the hallway with the hat. Faux Mario chased after the Koopa King. "Hey, give me back my hat!"

"Stealing one's headwear is against the law!" Toon Link shouted at Bowser as he and Young Link also ran down the hallway. Rather than see what Bowser was up to, Uka and the Turks casually walked away...well, Uka couldn't walk, obviously, but the point still stands.

"Well, that was a quick series of events..." remarked Mercy as she and her allies remained in the foyer, before suddenly remembering what they came to the mansion for. "...now, what about Widowmaker?"

"Oh, of course! We've yet to find out if she's here at the mansion or not," said Tracer, as she wondered where Widowmaker might be. Just then, a loud scream was heard, down from the hallway that Bowser ran into. "Looks like we got our jackpot!"

Tracer, Mercy, and Genji ran down the hallway, to the source of the scream. The Overwatch trio thought the scream came from a woman...imagine their shock when all they saw was Vega, lying on the floor in pain as his mask was off his face.

"My face...it's been exposed!" cried Vega as he rubbed his face, while Bowser and Faux Mario were lying on the floor not that far from Vega. Either the two ran into Vega, or tripped over the Spainard. The buddy cops were seen putting the handcuffs on Bowser.

"No Widowmaker in sight..." remarked Tracer, as Widowmaker was nowhere to be found. The pilot then approached Vega, checking to see if he was okay. "...are you alright, love?"

"No I am not alright, my mask broke!" Vega held up the pieces of his mask, which was now broken in half. "I was on the floor, writhing in pain when those bozos tripped over me!" Vega pointed at Bowser and Faux Mario, who were slowly picking themselves up off the floor. "Part of my beauty is...tarnished..."

"Why were you on the floor writhing in pain to begin with?" Genji questioned Vega, who responded by softly crying his eyes out. "I have so many questions..."

Fox: Vega tried to flirt with Krystal, and when I told him to stop, he challenged me to a "deathmatch" for Krystal's affection. Things got pretty ugly in the beauty salon, but I kicked Vega's butt and kicked him out of the beauty salon...literally! You know, for a very campy dude, Vega sure has a murderous streak!

Falco: A whole bunch of stuff was thrown around in the salon while Fox and Vega duked it out, so I protected the ladies while the fight went down. Sadly, there was a price for my selfless protection...as I had to help Fox clean up the salon. I'm no maid...

"Bowser, you are under arrest for accusing Mario of committing identity theft, and stealing his hat," Young Link said to the Koopa King, handcuffing him as Toon Link gave Faux Mario his hat back. The buddy cops helped Bowser up to his feet, before taking him away. "Double offenses are not okay!"

"That guy isn't even Mario, you're all stupid!" barked Bowser as the buddy cops took him down the hallway. "Let me expose him, I'm not finished yet!"

"That Bowser...boy I tell ya," said Faux Mario as he got up, before walking over to Tracer and company. Vega crawled away whimpering, bringing his broken mask with him. "He's always trying to put me down!"

Just then, a shot was fired at Tracer, causing her and the others to jump away. Soon Widowmaker leaped down from the ceiling, with her Widow's Peak pointed straight at Tracer.

"Seems like you forgot to look up, Tracer..." Widowmaker said to the pilot, who had her twin pistols locked and loaded. Genji and Mercy were also armed with their weapons, while Faux Mario cautiously moved out of the way.

"I'm just gonna...move over the side...yeah..." said Faux Mario as he tiptoed away down the hallway, not wishing to get caught in any unnecessary crossfire. He just wanted to go back home in one piece.

"We had a feeling you would be here..." Tracer said to Widowmaker, with both of her fingers on the triggers of her pistols. "...now you're coming with us!" Soon an all-out brawl broke between the Overwatch trio and Widowmaker, as chaos ensued. Faux Mario kept his distance, backing away more for good measure.

"Really outdid ourselves cleaning up that beauty salon," Fox said to Falco as the pilots left the salon, exchanging a high five. They then saw the fight going on in the hallway, seeing Tracer and Widowmaker firing rounds at each other.

"Psst, over here!" Faux Mario quietly called out to Fox and Falco, who safely followed the impersonator down the hallway. Widowmaker's targets were getting away...yet Widowmaker did not seem to care.

"Widowmaker, Fox and Falco are getting away!" Sombra alerted the assassin over on her earpiece, as Widowmaker was now dealing with Genji and his flurry of shurikens. "Are you even listening to me?! Hello! Ni siquiera puedo..."

Christie had spent most of her day with Soren, but she wouldn't be fully satisfied until she killed the wind sage. So she brought Soren to the front door, making it seem like she was about to leave. Ike, for whatever reason, followed Soren and was standing from the staircase looking proud.

"Really enjoyed all the fun we had today," Christie said to Soren, as Ike was beaming with pride. Soren on the other hand couldn't wait for Christie to leave. "Even if I had to carry most of our conversations."

"I regret not mentioning this earlier, but I fear you might be out of my league," Soren said to Christie, who took the wind sage's hand and held it. Ike couldn't be any happier. "And now you're touching me..."

"I'm just holding your hand. Such a cold personality you have, Soren." With her other hand, Christie reached into her pocket...and pulled out a knife! That's when Ike got panicky. "Perhaps I can put you out of your misery..."

"SOREN WATCH OUT, THAT LADY'S GONNA KILL YOU!" Ike shouted to the wind sage as he came flying down the steps. Standing up for his best friend, Ike aggressively shoved Christie to the floor, knocking the knife out of her hand.

"What is your problem?" Christie frowned at Ike as she reached for her knife - only for Ike to step on it. Christie gritted her teeth, as she retracted her hand. "I wasn't being serious..."

"Something going on in here?" asked Anna Williams, showing up at the foyer with Zelda. Williams tried to break free from Zelda, though her efforts were mostly fruitless. "Christie, were you trying to kill someone?"

"You know her?" Zelda asked Williams, as Christie backed away on the floor. With no way of getting her knife back, Christie was helpless.

"Yes I know her; we've actually met today, in fact. We're both assassins, we were both hired to kill someone today and...oops."

"Oh, is that so?" Zelda looked sternly at Williams; and to think, the princess thought that she and Williams would be friends.

"Just...disregard what I said, I was merely joking." Williams looked over and saw Ike giving the same look that Zelda was giving her. "Just a joke..."

Zelda didn't find the joke that funny, as she turned Anna Williams and Christie in to the buddy cops. Williams and Christie were now inside a jail cell with Bowser, and they would have more jail mates joining them.

"This is where you want to keep Widowmaker?" Tracer asked Toon Link as she brought Widowmaker to the buddy cops' police station. Widowmaker, who was bested by Tracer and her allies, had her hands held behind her back.

"Just toss her in here," said Toon Link as he opened the jail cell door; Tracer would toss Widowmaker inside the cell before Toon Link closed the door. "Master Hand will decide what to do with these crooks."

"Starsky, I have found Vega - he was in a bathroom crying on front of a mirror," Young Link informed his partner-in-crime, on a walkie-talkie. "I need some backup, so I can arrest him."

"I'm on my way!" Toon Link would put away his walkie-talkie after delivering his message. "I must go now, Tracer - Hutch needs me."

"I'll be waiting outside the mansion - still need to turn in Widowmaker to actual authorities," Tracer said to Toon Link, with fingers crossed that the Hylian wouldn't arrest her for any shade she might've thrown. "Let me know when Master Hand makes his decision!"

"You guys all suck so much..." Bowser said to his jail mates as Tracer and Toon Link departed from the police station. "...couldn't even keep yourselves out of trouble! What do you have to say for yourselves?"

"Like you have any room to talk..." mumbled Widowmaker, bummed out that she couldn't kill Fox or Falco. Or anyone for that matter. Any day without a kill was a bad day for Widowmaker.

Ike: Soren, I'm sorry for not seeing that your girlfriend was bad news. I should've stopped her before I knew what she was all about.
Soren: That woman was not my girlfriend. Once again, I never knew her a day in my life.
Ike: Do you like bad chicks, Soren? I think you should stay away from bad chicks. Don't want my main man to die before I do!
Soren: *sighs deeply*

Zelda: Ms. Williams claimed that she and the others were brought to the mansion by Bowser to kill someone. We'll keep our miscreants around until Master Hand interrogates them, so we can know the full extent of their assassination plot. I have some belief that any other folks Bowser hired weren't entirely about killing anyone...

Ada Wong certainly wasn't in an assassinating mood, as she was chilling in the backyard patio for most of the day. She was later joined by Uka, Reno, and Rude, who kept themselves out of trouble.

"When those zombies attacked, I escaped here while Leon handled all the dirty work," said Ada, who felt awfully proud about ditching Leon and company back in episode 178. "Who knew that abandoning can make you feel so...rebellious?"

"Due to today's events, Bowser and I might be back to square one," said Uka as Reno, Rude, and Ada were busy enjoying themselves. "We'll just have to wait for...Reno, are those deviled eggs?"

"No," replied Reno, who was eating from a plate of deviled eggs. The same plate he found in the meeting room. "I'm still hungry, okay?!"

Mario and Luigi had been gone for a long time, and Peony was starting to get worried. The explorer was about to leave his house, ready to embark on a search for the Mario Bros. Fortunately for him, the search ended before it ever began.

"We're back!" Mario announced to Peony, who had just left his house through the front door. Mario and Luigi were standing by, with Calyrex - who was now riding atop some horse Pokemon.

"About time you showed up! I was gettin' worried about ya..." Peony said to the Mario Bros, before turning his head to Calyrex. Calyrex's big head left the explorer shook. "...woah, Chief! A big head you got there! And your horse...Mario, Luigi, you fellas wanna explain?"

"It's a long-a story," Luigi smiled sheepishly, wishing to spare Peony all the details. "Basically that Pokemon, Calyrex, is a Pokemon that everyone-a in Galar should know."

"And its steed, Spectrier, loves-a carrots," added Mario, as Spectrier neighed to confirm the very fact. "Took it a while to come around..."

"Ha! You two must've had a lot of fun out there," chuckled Peony, glad that the Mario Bros had a fun time in the tundra. "But no more fun than my adven-tours, I bet. So about this Calyrex and Spectier...you gonna keep 'em, or what?"

"Only on one-a condition...you got a spare Poke Ball?" Mario and Luigi didn't even bring spare Poke Balls with them?! To the Crown Tundra?! Rookie mistake.

Faux Mario was now chilling with Fox and Falco, walking with the pilots down the hallway. He saw Master Hand approaching; Master Hand had yet to meet the impersonator, believe it or not.

"Hi Mario! Back from the tundra so soon?" Master Hand said to Faux Mario, catching him by surprise. Even Fox and Falco were surprised!

"Uh, yeah - sure got chilly, but I made the most of it," replied Faux Mario, as he eyed around the hallway nervously. "Me and Luigi, we both had fun."

"Good! Good! I hope to hear stories about the tundra later. Peace!" And with that, Master Hand floated down the hallway. Once Master Hand was gone, Faux Mario shared a laugh with Fox and Falco. Did Master Hand really fall for it?

Master Hand: Mario, Peach, Cloud...you ain't fooling me. I knew all along there was an impersonator, I just never said anything. In fact, I even know the impersonator's name...Wardell. I'll have you know he goes by another name...