Author's Note:
Avengers: Endgame is finally upon us...which means it's time for another Marvel-themed chapter. I had planned to incorporate more stuff into this chapter, but I couldn't due to the very busy week I had in college (my last full week of college...very bittersweet). Also, writing while the NFL draft is on is always never a good idea. However, I'm still fairly pleased with how this chapter turned out. Guest reviews:
"Has Miles Edgeworth shown up yet? Is Vincent from Final Fantasy VII gonna be paired up with Shalua Rui from Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII? Will an Avengers Endgame chapter happen next week? A scene of Sheena from Tales of Symphonia trying to face her fear of thunder? And finally, do you plan to do a World of Light story arc in the future as a grand finale?"
Not yet, but he will show up. Perhaps. This is the Endgame chapter. Sure, why not? And I won't be doing a World of Light story arc, but I will try and do something along the lines of that in the future. Plutodragon has got a Fire Emblem question for me:
"Where THE **** are my Broshidans? WHY HAVEN'T RYOMA, HINOKA, TAKUMI, AND SAKURA APPEARED? YOU KNOW WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE CONQUEST? ITS BECAUSE OF CAMILLA'S **** BOOBS! Sorry, I enjoy the fic, but I want my Hoshido boys and girls."
175 chapters in, and no sign of the Hoshidans at all...what is wrong with me? I should do something about that soon. Derick Lindsey has a question about the last chapter:
"I'm not sure if Little Mac saying that the energy drink he poured into the flower pot would eventually grow limbs and become sentient was a reference to one of the bosses in Cuphead or to Flowey from Undertale or maybe both unintentionally?"
That...was unintentional, I'm afraid. Next up is GreaterDoomerUKI:
"Master hand is from the Kirby series. He was that giant floating hand at the continue screen and was a boss. Look at him in Kirby's dreamland or Amazing Mirror"
I saw it for myself, you were right my friend...and last up is PinkKittyRose:
1. Since we got both of your answers, do u prefer the Subspace or the World of Light?
2. Will Phoenix eventually get his job back?
3. What are your thoughts on the Smash Bros. 3.0 update, since it came out?
4. What are your thoughts on the Nintendo Servers as soon as the 3.0 update got released? Also, did you had to wait 3 hours before the servers allowed you to update the game or did you managed to get through the servers and update your game?
1. Subspace. World of Light is cool, but it can get repetitive over time.
2. I would give him his job back, but I have to adhere to the Ace Attorney timeline, sadly.
3. Corrin got buffed, so I'm happy. Also, stage builder was a mistake (save for a few awesome stages).
4. I actually didn't do the update till later, so I didn't have to deal with the servers when it came to the 3.0 update. No waiting for me!
Episode 175: Endgame
It was another beautiful, shining morning in the city of Seattle. That was how mornings always were for Spyro and Hunter, ever since the two started living in the city.
Minus the whole Seattle Stalker conundrum, every morning for Spyro and Hunter has always been peaceful. No fighting, no bickering, no distractions - just waking up and enjoying breakfast. Or a cup of coffee, if needed. Spyro and Hunter both felt fortunate enough to be living with Mario and Peach, who offered to take care of the two even if they didn't have to.
Spyro and Hunter slept in the guest room of Mario's house - a room they've been dying to live in while Impa and Lana were around. With the two ladies gone back to Hyrule, Spyro and Hunter had the room all to themselves. They were sleeping in the room right now - with Hunter sleeping in a bed and Spyro sleeping in a dog bed - as the latter found himself awake, thanks to his dragonfly buddy, Sparx.
"Go away, you stupid Rhynoc, can't you see I'm riding a submarine here..." Spyro frowned in his sleep, as Sparx was flying in front of his face. Sparx bonked his head on Spyro, effectively waking up the dragon as his eyes quickly arose. "Huh? Oh, good morning, Sparx."
"Bzzz!" Sparx greeted Spyro in his native tongue of dragonfly-speak, always wearing a smile on his face. Spyro looked over, and saw Hunter waking up, as the cheetah yawned and stretched out his arms.
"Good morning, Spyro," Hunter greeted the dragon, as he turned to face him. The cheetah soon sat up on his bed, and saw a man in an iron suit near the bedroom door, with a Blaster pointed at him. "Good morning, Iron Man...wait, what?!"
"Oh cool, it's Iron Man!" exclaimed Spyro, leaping up from his bed as he too saw the man in iron. "It's that guy from that Avengers movie they keep showing on TV! He's actually real!"
"He's a little on the small side, don't you think?" Hunter took note of Iron Man's height, seeing that he was almost like a pint-sized Iron Man. "I highly doubt that guy's the real deal..."
"Maybe he transferred over to our world from the movie world, and it made him shorter in the process." Spyro ran up to Iron Man, more excited than Poochy on his best day. "But who cares, he's standing in our room right now!"
"Stand back, or I will-a fire..." threatened Iron Man, charging up his beam, as Spyro jumped back. That accent of Iron Man's was a dead giveaway of who the man of iron really was.
"Mario...is that you in the Iron Man suit?" asked Hunter, as Mario chuckled slightly and took off his Iron Man mask. "I knew something was off!"
"Ya gotta admit, this Iron Man suit-a looks nice on me, doesn't it?" asked Mario, as he checked himself out in his iron suit. "Sure it can be a chore-a to walk in at times, but the coolness makes-a up for it."
Master Hand: It's that time of the year again...that time where I steal clothes from everyone, and force every person to dress up as a Marvel superhero for the day. And with the newbies at the mansion, and the folks at the tower, there will be more costumes to go around!
Crazy Hand: We WANTED to wield the Infinity Gauntlet, so we could SNAP our fingers and make people FADE AWAY into dust...but we couldn't find one for our size. Stupid, STUPID NME Enterprises!
Master Hand: Don't worry about them, Crazy; I'll make sure to give the NME Salesman a piece of our minds, when I send him that complaint report. But for now, we'll just let everyone enjoy being a superhero, for the day.
"Looks like someone is really enjoying their suit more than usual today," smiled Peach, as she entered Spyro and Hunter's room; the princess was wearing her Miss Marvel outfit. Since Jennifer was around, Master Hand gave Peach an outfit that came with somewhat fitting leather pants.
"Wow Peach, you're looking like a real snack!" exclaimed Spyro, checking out the princess, as Mario stopped posturing and glared at the dragon. "...uh, I mean, a real shack! Because, uh, you're like, uh...a love shack! Like that song..."
"You can reel in all the guys, that's what he meant to say," Hunter explained for Spyro, only to put the dragon in even hotter water. "Or something along the lines of that. I'm just guessing..."
"So, I take it you guys are dressed up as superheroes because of that Avengers movie? Does that mean we get to wear costumes too?!"
"You would-a wear costumes...if Master Hand and Crazy Hand found-a costumes that were your size," replied Mario, as Spyro held his head in sadness. He was really missing out on a lot of fun.
"Hey, I'm an anthropomorphic cheetah, where's my superhero costume?" questioned Hunter, who was starting to feel salty. "Do Master Hand and Crazy Hand think I don't have what it takes to be a superhero?"
"It's just that they don't think-a of you as worthy enough." With the salt reaching a boiling point inside of him, Hunter slammed his foot on the floor in frustration.
"C'mon Spyro, let's go and let these losers have their fun..." Hunter told the Spyro, who had no choice but to follow the cheetah out of the room. Before Hunter left, however, he took one last look at Peach. "...those pants make you look hot, by the way."
"Ahem?" Mario angrily cleared his throat at Hunter, who ran out of the room out of fear with Spyro and Sparx following after him. It appeared that Mario would have to protect Peach a lot today.
As Spyro and Hunter left the house through the back door, a knock on the front door was heard. Peach answered the front door, and saw Marth and Caeda on the doorstep, dressed up as the Black Panther and Okoye respectively. Caeda was wearing a bald cap to complete her look, and said bald cap was making her feel some type of way.
"Uh...Wakanda Forever," Marth awkwardly greeted Peach by giving her the Wakanda salute, while speaking in a Wakandan accent. Peach looked over at Caeda, who was clearly done with life.
"I feel so racially insensitive right now..." the princess seethed, as she wielded a Wakandan spear in her hand.
Caeda: I can at least feel grateful that I didn't have to shave off my hair, which was something Crazy Hand apparently suggested. I'd look like a completely different person if it ever came to that.
"Good morning, Marth and Caeda!" Peach greeted the Altenean couple, more cheery than the two were combined. "You came over to chat? Have breakfast? Or you just wanted to show off your superhero costumes?"
"I want you to compliment how Caeda looks, so she can feel confident," replied Marth, as Caeda let out a sigh. "She's not exactly feeling this whole Okoye getup. Could be the bald cap."
"There's more to it than the bald cap, sweetie," stated Caeda, wishing she could just rip the bald cap off her head. If she did, she'd have to face the fury of Master Hand...and Crazy Hand. "Does anything about a girl like me cosplaying a female African warrior concern you?"
"What do you mean by that? You'd rather want Princess Peach to cosplay as Okoye instead?" Done with Marth, Caeda grunted and stormed away, as her husband chased after her. "Wait, honey! What about Bayonetta? Would she look nice as Okoye?"
"Hmm, I wonder how the Phantom Thieves are treating today..." wondered Peach, as this random thought was spurred inside her head. "...wearing costumes is kinda their thing."
Makoto and Yusuke were looking around in the mansion, dressed up as the Wasp and Vison respectively. The two were flying through the air - Makoto on her wings, and Yusuke through the power of flight.
"Joker? Joker! Where are you?" Makoto called out her boyfriend's name, as she and Yusuke searched high and low. "Yusuke, can't you use your superpowers to track Joker or something?"
"I'm sorry, Makoto, but as Vision, none of my powers can be useful for searching," replied Yusuke, keeping a close eye out for Joker. "However, I will say that this Vision costume suits me well..."
"Yeah, well, that's not important right now. Joker has been missing almost all morning - Ryuji has seen him since he woke up. And he's Joker's roommate! Speaking of which, where even is Ryuji anyways? And Ann?"
"Top of the morning, you two!" Donkey Kong greeted Makoto and Yusuke, eating from a banana. Unlike Hunter, the gorilla couldn't care less about dressing up as a superhero for the day. "Digging your costumes?"
"I...guess you can say that. We haven't really tested out our costumes fully yet. Have you seen Joker around? Or Ryuji and Ann?"
"Get out of the way guys, we're comin' through!" shouted Ryuji, as Makoto and Yusuke looked behind them and saw Ryuji, Ann, and Diddy Kong making their way down the hallway. The three were all dressed up as variants of Spider-Man - Diddy as regular Spider-Man, Ryuji as Miles Morales, and Ann as Gwen Stacy - and were maneuvering by slinging webs down the hallway.
"Watch out!" Donkey Kong alerted Makoto and Yusuke, who both flew out of the way as Diddy and company came through. The Spider-Man trio crashed into Donkey Kong, sending the gorilla to the floor.
"Aw yeah, that was absolutely wicked!" Ryuji took off his mask and wore a smile on his face, as he flashed the rock hand signal. Yusuke looked at Ryuji and company with his arms folded, shaking his head like a disappointed father.
"Haven't made it to breakfast yet, and you three are already causing mayhem..." Yusuke scolded Ryuji, Ann, and Diddy, as the three got up off of Donkey Kong. "I'm willing the bet the hallway behind me is covered in spiderwebs."
"Partially," Ann grinned mischievously, as Yusuke let out a sigh and facepalmed. "But don't worry, Mr. Game and Watch and the maids will clean it up shortly."
"You alright, Donkey Kong?" Diddy asked his uncle, helping him up to his feet. Donkey Kong moaned, as he held his back in very slight pain.
"You three should watch where you're going, I could've very well died," Donkey Kong warned Diddy, making him feel all sorts of sorry. "Well, probably not, but honestly who knows what would..."
All of a sudden, Donkey Kong started howling in pain, as the gorilla fell unto the floor and banged his fists. Concerned, Diddy and the others all got around Donkey Kong, wondering what was ailing the poor gorilla. Makoto and Ryuji went behind DK...
...and to their great shock, they saw a head poke out of Donkey Kong's anus, sending Donkey Kong through even more pain. But it wasn't just any regular head...it was Ant-Man's head! While Makoto looked on in shock, hands cupped to her mouth, Ryuji quickly identified who Ant-Man was.
"Joker! It's you!" the delinquent exclaimed, as Joker managed to squeeze his left arm out of Donkey Kong's anus; Donkey Kong immediately howled in pain. "How did you even get inside of Donkey Kong?"
"It's a very long story," Joker replied sheepishly, not wanting to get into all the necessary details. "Just get me out of here!"
"Everyone, we have to pull Joker out of Donkey Kong's butt!" Ryuji alerted the others, as everyone lined up behind him and Makoto. "Can't believe I actually said that out loud..." Grabbing Joker's hand, Ryuji pulled with all his might, with everyone behind him pulling with all their might. As they pulled, Donkey Kong screamed, like a mother going through intense labor.
After a few big tugs, Ryuji and company were able to pull Joker out of Donkey Kong's butt, as Joker landed on the floor. Joker was grateful to be out of Donkey Kong, as the young man stood up.
"Joker!" exclaimed Makoto, landing on the floor as she ran up to her boyfriend and hugged him. "I was so worried about you..."
"Sorry if I put you and the others through a scare," apologized Joker, slightly covered in blood while Donkey Kong screamed and held his butt in pain. "Thankfully I learned a big lesson today...no pun intended."
Joker: Remind me never to shrink myself when people are walking by eating food...my goodness, Donkey Kong has such a big mouth...
"Ow, it feels like my anus is bleeding!" cried Donkey Kong, unable to find the strength to lift himself off the floor. Diddy came over to check upon his uncle. "Diddy, my boy, escort me to the fitness center!"
"Sure thing...Donkey Kong..." Diddy nervously replied, before backing away a little and and turning around, calling out the following: "HELP, HELP, I NEED HELP!" Should be asking the Phantom Thieves for help, they were nearby!
"Now that we found Joker...where on earth are Futaba and Haru?" questioned Yusuke, wanting to round up the rest of the Phantom Thieves.
Poor Futaba and Haru...they were both in the ballroom, with Futaba dressed up as Nebula, and Haru dressed up as Mantis. On paper, it doesn't seem that bad, but given who they were dressed up as, they drew the attention of Lloyd, who was once again rocking the Star-Lord getup.
Having been "discovered" by Lloyd, Futaba and Haru were dragged to the ballroom, where Tsubasa (Gamora), Crash (Rocket Raccoon), and Gil (Groot) were already present. Only thing missing was someone playing as Drax the Destroyer.
"Hello? Is this where the Guardians of the Galaxy are supposed to meet?" a voice came from behind the ballroom door, as Lloyd, who was standing with the others, got all giddy inside. The swordsman ran to the ballroom door and opened it, seeing Magnus.
"Welcome to the party, Magnus!" Lloyd greeted the warrior...who was dressed as, you guessed it, Drax the Destroyer. Like Caeda, Magnus got his own bald cap to complete the look. "Looking mighty clean!"
"I mean, I took a shower twice yesterday, so I'd hope I look clean." Magnus followed Lloyd inside the ballroom, and saw the others in superhero costumes. "Well aren't you guys looking fresh today!"
"They do use perfume, except for Crash, so I'd hope they're looking fresh...ah, I'm just messing with ya." Lloyd flashed a toothy grin as he nudged Magnus, who wasn't amused in the slightest. All the while, Futaba and Haru looked at Magnus.
"Crazy Hand roped the people from the tower into dressing up as a superhero for the day too?" Futaba whispered to Haru, having some sympathy for Magnus and the other tower denizens.
"Looks like everyone is a victim today..." Haru whispered back, as she adjusted the attenae on her head. While Lloyd was cheesing it up with Magnus, a certain hedgehog entered the ballroom.
"Missing someone?" Sonic asked Lloyd, wearing an orange tank top and yellow pants, with a bazooka on his back. Lloyd took sight of Sonic, and squealed.
"Of course, how can I forget Rocket Rodent?" exclaimed Lloyd, as he ran over to greet Sonic and gave him a fist bump. "So glad you could make it, Sonic!"
"I wouldn't let my main man Crash have fun without me, you know! Bros gotta hang out with their bros, you know what I'm saying?"
"'Rocket Rodent'?" Futaba raised an eyebrow, as Sonic inspected his bazooka for ammo. "Is that even a part of Marvel canon?"
"Now that everyone's here, we can finally recreate memorable scenes from the Guardians of the Galaxy movies," said Lloyd, as he walked over to grab a boombox from the far corner of the ballroom. "Everyone, just follow my lead!"
Lloyd: Thanks to Guardians of the Galaxy, I have learned that Mary Poppins is actually a dude. That being said, Lance Armstrong looks like the most honest man in human history, compared to the likes of P.L. Travers.
Once he got situated, Lloyd pressed the play button on the boombox, as "Come and Get Your Love" by Redbone started playing. Lloyd started moving and grooving to the beat, while everyone else remained still.
"...what are we doing again?" asked Gil, as Lloyd started to move his hips a little bit. Lloyd saw everyone not dancing, and stopped in an instant.
"You guys, why are you standing around like a bunch of geeks?" frowned Lloyd, visibly disgusted by everyone's lack of participation. "We're supposed to be recreating the opening scene of Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 1."
"Pretty sure only Star-Lord was in that scene," stated Sonic, as Lloyd made a knowing nod. The swordsman felt so stupid right now.
"You're right, you're right...this whole time, I fought the other Guardians were in the back, dancing along with Star-Lord." Lloyd went back to the boombox, and pressed the skip button, to play the next song. "On to the next scene!"
"Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede started playing from the boombox, and Lloyd had no idea what to do. So the swordsman started doing the robot, while everyone else just did nothing.
"Guys I'm lost, which scene from the movie did this song play in?" Lloyd asked the others, putting his robot dance to an end.
"I thought that mainly used this song for promotional purposes," replied Sonic - and that's when Lloyd realized that the hedgehog was right. Felt stupid yet again.
"So that's why they played that song a lot in those TV commercials..." As Lloyd continued to sit in his own stupidity, he saw Tsubasa trying to sneak out of the ballroom unseen. "...Tsubasa, where are you going?"
"I'm, uh, gonna go see if there's anyone dressed up as Master Yondu," was Tsubasa's excuse, as the idol singer was only a few mere inches away from the exit. "Since Yondu is, uh, a part of the Guardians."
"Well he is technically Star-Lord's dad, so you might be correct...good luck on your search!" Tsubasa would leave the ballroom, as Tsubasa and Haru both sighed at Lloyd's gullibility.
Why did Tsubasa leave the ballroom? So she could spend some time and hang out with her boyfriend Itsuki, who was dressed up as Bruce Banner. The young man was in his Hulk phase, all green and monstrous as he carried Tsubasa on his shoulder.
Touma: Last time, I told Itsuki that Tsubasa was seeing other men, just to get him super angry and in the Hulk phase. What did I do this time, to anger him? Tell him that Jakob still had Star Records' bank account information. *snickers* It works every time! Whenever I see Itsuki eating some chili, I just tell them that Jakob thing, and he gets all upset and storms away. Leaving his chili ripe for the taking...
Yoshi: *from afar* Hey Touma, is that your toothbrush in the bathroom? The red one? Mind if I use it to clean my armpits? Thanks!
Touma: *twitches his eye and shakes his fists* I think I feel a transformation coming on...
As Itsuki and Tsubasa traversed through the hallway, they came across another couple, in Pit and Viridi - dressed up as Hawkeye and Invisible Woman, respectively. Pit looked at Itsuki and Tsubasa, staring at both of them.
"...I don't get it," the angel had this to say, unable to see any similarity between Itsuki and Tsubasa. "What exactly are we looking at?"
"We're both green..." stated Itsuki, feeling shameful that he even had to explain that to Pit. But at least the angel understood, as his eyes widened in realization.
"Oh yeah you're right, you both are green! Truth be told, that was only my second guess." Just then, a giant rock person popped up around the corner, wearing blue pants and a belt that had the Fantastic Four logo on it.
"Viridi! Boy am I glad to see you!" this giant rock person exclaimed, as he ran to the goddess of nature. It was Touma, who was the Thing. "I've been scaring people all morning..and by people, I mean those who are new to this whole superhero thing."
"And what do you want me to do about it?" asked Viridi, placing her hands on her hips. "Need me to be your chaperone? To protect the others? Or is it you who needs the protecting?"
"Really, it can go both ways. I've been getting weird looks ever since I've entered this Thing phase. Even Simon wants to beat me up! I've been doing my best to avoid him..."
"I FOUND YOU, DEMON!" shouted Simon, running up from behind Touma and jumping on him as he grabbed his neck. The vampire hunter was dressed up as Sabretooth, and was using his fangs to poke Touma's eyes. "Prepare to die, fiend!"
"For the last time Simon, I'm not a demon!" Touma tried to pry Simon off of him, but to no avail. Pit and Itsuki were about to intervene, but help was soon on the way, when Richter came after Simon, in his Sandman getup.
"Simon, leave Touma alone, he's like that because of his superhero suit!" Richter shouted at Simon, who refused to listen. Richter sighed, before flinging sand at Simon and getting sand in his eyes.
"Aaaugh!" Simon immediately got off of Touma, landing back on the floor as he got the sand out of his eyes. Touma clutched his neck. "Richter, why did you stop me? I was this close to destroying the demon!"
"Touma is NOT a demon, it's the superhero suit that made him the way that he is." Simon refused to believe a single word Richter said, as he folded his arms. "Also, even if Touma were a demon, what kind would he even be?"
"I don't know, he could've been a golem for all we know. I know for a fact that there's such a thing as evil golems."
"Can we please put this whole talk about demons and stuff to bed?" pleaded Viridi, although Simon wasn't yet ready to admit that he was wrong. "I don't want any talk about demons at the superhero brunch today."
"Wait, there's a superhero brunch?" asked Richter, as the others were quickly as intrigued as he was. "Is everyone allowed to attend?"
"Almost everyone; I heard from Isabelle that only those with a superhero costume are allowed to join. And as for everyone else...they'll just have to eat some instant oatmeal, or something."
Simon: Hate my superhero outfit already...almost as much as I hate the entire concept of superheroes. You mean to tell me that a human is capable of flying, shooting lasers, and using telekinesis? What kind of sorcery is that?! *pauses* Come to think of it, we have plenty of fighters in Smash who are beyond normal human capabilities...
The superhero brunch had just started, as everyone dressed up as a superhero for the day came to the dining room. In order to enter the dining room, one had to have their costume approved by Ayaha, who stood at the entrance with a clipboard in her hands while dressed up as Maria Hill.
"Looking real nice in all-a black, Miss Oribe!" Luigi complimented the young woman's looks, as the plumber came to the dining room with Daisy and Charles. Daisy was dressed up as Jean Grey, as usual, whereas Luigi and Charles were dressed up as Cyclops.
"Just keep on walking..." Ayaha told Luigi, who entered the dining room along with Daisy and Charles. Male Wii Fit Trainer showed up after Luigi's family, dressed up as Iceman. Meaning that his body was entirely covered in ice.
"How much coffee is at this brunch?" Male Wii Fit asked Ayaha, shivering from head to toe. He was feeling very cold. Must be because of his superhero suit.
"Enough coffee for you." Heeding Ayaha's words, Male Wii Fit entered the dining room, leaving behind an icy trail on the floor. Soon Waluigi showed up to the dining room...apparently dressed up as Batman.
"It's me...I am Batman," Waluigi introduced himself to Ayaha, speaking in the classic deep voice of Batman. "Tell me...where is that blasted Joker?"
"Someone call my name?" Joker called out from the dining room, albeit in a very low tone. His response was drowned out by the commotion of the crowd.
"He wasn't talking about you specifically, Joker," Ayaha called out to Joker, able to hear the young man, before returning her attention to Waluigi. "Waluigi, you do know that we're only dressed up as Marvel superheroes only, right?"
"Oh yeah, then explain why I saw this Batman costume lying on my bed!" said Waluigi, momentarily breaking character as he frowned at Ayaha. "What else was I supposed to wear? Wanted me to walk around in my boxers?!"
"Is there a holdup at the dining room entrance?" questioned Master Hand, magically appearing at the premises...before gasping in fright at Waluigi. He could faint if he wanted to. "Waluigi my man, what are you doing?"
"I'm trying to get in..." Waluigi soon caught himself, before the lanky man cleared his throat and assumed his Batman persona, returning to his deep voice. "...what I had meant to say was, I wish to join the others in this...superhero brunch."
"But how, you're not even a Marvel character! And don't bring up that whole Marvel vs. DC thing, that's not even canon! Or at least it isn't to me. Why don't you go join the losers in the living room?"
"I refuse to let myself be seen with those common folk." Disgusted with Waluigi and his deep Batman voice, Master Hand flicked the lanky man away, sending him flying to the living room. Peppy and Slippy walked by, as they saw Waluigi flying.
"Look Peppy, it's Batman, it's really him!" Peppy geeked out, grabbing Peppy's jacket excitedly and pointing at Waluigi. "We should get his autograph!"
"That's not even the real Batman, Slippy, he's too skinny," stated Peppy, breaking free of Peppy as he went over to Master Hand. "Am I allowed in the dining room? I just need some syrup, that's all."
"Miss Oribe, go fetch Peppy Hare some syrup!" Master Hand commanded the young woman, who nodded her head as she entered the dining room.
Crazy Hand: It was ME who made Waluigi dress up as Batman! Switched out his original suit with the Batman one, JUST so Waluigi could get YELLED AT by Master Hand! And it worked, my prank worked to PERFECTION!
Peppy and Slippy returned to the living room, where those without a superhero costume had breakfast. In addition to Waluigi, who was forbidden from the brunch, those that were attending this breakfast included Spyro, Hunter, Polar Bear, Yoshi, Lucario, and Lopunny.
"I got the syrup, everyone!" announced Peppy, as he placed the bottle of syrup on the living room table. "Now our pancakes won't feel so plain anymore."
"I don't get it, why do Fox and Falco get cool-looking superhero costumes, and we don't?" questioned Hunter, too busy being bitter and salty to eat his pancakes. "They're animals too, just like us!"
"Could be because they wear clothes all the time," suggested Yoshi, and he was right - Fox and Falco were made to cosplay as superheroes.
"But I wear clothes too! I wear a scuba diving suit underwater, when I'm swimming with my pet manta ray! Is that not enough for Master Hand?"
"Do you wear this diving suit very often, like casually?" asked Spyro, as Hunter immediately got stumped in a jiffy. "I think that kinda settles my point..."
"Whaddaya mean, Rocket Rodent isn't a Marvel character?" frowned Sonic, who was being held by the neck as Ayaha walked the hedgehog to the living room. "Lloyd confirmed that he was canon!"
"The fact that you asked Lloyd for confirmation on something concerns me on so many levels," responded Ayaha, dropping Sonic to the floor before returning to the dining room. "But anyways, nice try Sonic..."
"Hey Sonic, you tried to sneak inside the dining room with that lousy superhero costume?" Spyro asked the hedgehog, who sat on the floor with his arms folded.
"First of all, how dare you - I put a lot of heart and work into my costume. Secondly, I thought I could sway Ayaha's mind and make her think that Rocket Rodent was an actual hero...turns out she's smarter than I expected."
"I'd sure hope Ayaha is smart; she is the secretary of Star Records for a reason," stated Polar Bear, before taking a sip from his glass of orange juice. Lucario turned to face Polar Bear, with a weird look on his face.
"What's that supposed to mean?" the aura Pokemon questioned, once Polar Bear was done drinking his entire glass of orange juice. Didn't even bother saving any for his pancakes.
"I'm just saying that being a secretary must make you smart. Sometimes you gotta look the part. And Ayaha looks the part all the whole way through."
"Sounds a little sexist, in my honest opinion, but whatever floats your boat..."
Polar Bear: The real sexists we have to watch out for are the ones who bring sex and gender into things where such things don't even need to be brought up in the first place. Kinda like what Lucario did. Lopunny better be wary of him, who knows what sexist things he'll say next!
"Good morning boys, sorry if I kept y'all waiting!" shouted Bowser as he appeared in the living room, like he was the main attraction of the breakfast period. He had a familiar-looking glove thing on his left hand.
"Ooh, is that the Infinity Gauntlet on your hand?" Peppy asked Bowser, who was showing off his Infinity Gauntlet by flexing his hand. "Where'd you get it?"
"Got it off of Craigslist the other day. Wanted to get one for myself so I could be a part of the Marvel fun. Who knew that threatening someone's life online to get what you want would be so easy?"
"You threatened someone's life to get that toy Infinity Gauntlet?" questioned Peppy, noticing how shiny the Infinity Gauntlet...the toy Infinity Gauntlet, was. "That sounds...very Thanos-like."
"This isn't a 'toy', it's the real deal! To me, that is! It hurt likes heck to wear, because of how beefy my hands are, but it's totally worth it! No pain, no gain!"
"Where even are your Infinity Stones?" questioned Sonic, spotting six empty slots on the Infinity Gauntlet. "It won't feel right if you don't even have the stones!"
"I know, I know...but, just the other day, I found out something." Bowser walked closer to everyone and leaned his head in, ready to provide some juicy secret info. "So I was eavesdropping on Master Hand and Crazy Hand the other day, during their conversation about the superhero suits. Just so I could know what to expect during today's event."
"Well, what did they say that was so intriguing?" asked Peppy; Bowser looked around, to see if anyone was around eavesdropping, before leaning his head in closer to the others.
"Apparently, Master Hand and Crazy Hand have some Infinity Stones hidden around the mansion's premises. I wanna collect them, and see if they have any effect...on this Infinity Gauntlet. But I won't be doing it alone..."
"Oh no no no, I'm not helping you with your little Infinity Stone scavenger hunt. Count me out." Peppy walked away, bringing Slippy along with him. "C'mon Slippy - let's not engage in Bowser's shenanigans."
"Aw, but I wanna go hunting for Infinity Stones!" whined Slippy, breaking away from Peppy and running towards Bowser. Peppy watched as Slippy aligned himself with Bowser, with a shocked look on his face. "Count me in, King Bowser!"
"You have made a very wise choice, my froggy friend," Bowser told Slippy, as he looked up and grinned at the hapless Peppy. Little did Peppy know that the other non-superheroes would join Bowser.
"This sounds like a lot of fun, I'm down," said Polar Bear, also joining Bowser's pact. Peppy couldn't believe such a thing.
"Eh, I got nothing important to do, so why not..." shrugged Sonic, as he joined Bowser's pact too. Peppy, knowing Sonic, was less surprised by the hedgehog's commitment to Bowser's quest.
"This would be a great opportunity to get back at Master Hand for not including us on the fun!" shouted Hunter, happily joining Bowser's pact. Spyro looked on, before sighing out of his own friendly solidarity.
"It's not like I have much of a choice..." the dragon remarked, as he walked his way over to Bowser and company. That left Lucario, Lopunny, Yoshi, and Waluigi, who were doing their best to stand their ground.
"Come on you four, what do you have to lose?" asked Bowser, before looking specifically at Waluigi. "Why don't you join us, Waluigi?"
"A man like me always works alone..." replied Waluigi in his deep Batman voice, before running away from the living room...running into a wall along the way. Waluigi quickly recovered, and left the living room altogether.
"You can count me and Lopunny out," said Lucario, taking Lopunny's hand and leaving the living room. That left Yoshi all alone, as the green dinosaur looked at Bowser, then at Peppy. He was nervous, with sweat running down his face.
"Aw shucks...why do I even bother..." said Yoshi, having made up his mind - as he aligned himself with Bowser. Bowser looked around at his squad, before looking at Peppy who was glaring him down.
"Would ya look at that...got my very own lieutenants, like Thanos!" grinned Bowser, rubbing his hands together in excitement. "This is gonna be one heck of a ride! Follow me, boys - we gotta discuss our plan in full."
So Bowser and his crew left the living room, as Peppy continued to glare at Bowser. The hare would soon focus his attention on the pancakes in front of them, that were still uneaten.
"Somebody's gotta eat these pancakes, can't let them go to waste..." said Peppy, hopping over to the living room table and scarfing down the pancakes, one by one. Forgot to put some syrup on 'em.
Master Hand: Me? Hiding Infinity Stones? *laughs* Where did you get that from? Oh, you must be talking about the ones from the last time I had the residents dress up as superheroes. In case you forgot, those "Infinity Stones" were actually candy that I hid inside a Loki helmet. Didn't find any candy this time around, but I had planned to make up for it with that Infinity Gauntlet...that NME Salesman is so gonna get it in that complaint I'm sending to him.
Once the superhero brunch was over with, everyone went back to enjoying the rest of their day. Although, to be fair, not everyone was enjoying the rest of their day. Take for instance Alucard, who had to dress up as Ronan the Accuser for the day. The half-vampire checked out his Ronan attire in front of a mirror, in his room.
"This blue face-paint better wash off easily..." seethed Alucard, staring into the mirror, as his roommate Gray Fox entered the room. Alucard looked at the cyborg. "Where's your superhero costume, Gray Fox?"
"I'm already a cyborg, I don't need one," explained Gray Fox, walking over to his dresser. "Besides, it's not like I have any clothes that I wear for Crazy Hand to steal. You should've hid your wardrobe, for your own convenience."
"Like I was supposed to know how today would unfold...this is only my first rodeo with this whole superhero drivel." As Gray Fox grabbed whatever he needed from one of the drawers of his dresser, Alucard headed to the bedroom door, about to leave. "How many freaks are out there?"
"You're talking about the ones all dressed up? I'd say there's too many of them - already lost count several times. But they all have superpowers, so...just letting you know, as a heads up."
"Hmph...I'd best me on my guard then." Alucard left the room, and headed down to the lobby area...
...where he saw Jacky (Ben Reilly) and Akira (the Punisher) fighting against Takamaru (Bucky Brooks). Although all three had superpowers (well, except maybe for Takamaru), a lot of fake fighting was involved. Alucard watched this fake fighting go down, as Zero joined him.
"They've been doing this for a while now," Zero explained to Alucard, unsure what to make of the fake fighting taking place before him. "At this point, I've already lost enough sympathy for all three involved."
"I never would expect such behavior from two men around the age of fifty..." Alucard had this to say about Jacky and Akira. "...Takamaru, who knows how old he really is."
"Don't get any closer...I'll shoot!" a gun-wielding Takamaru threatened both Jacky and Akira, who got closer to him. Jacky shot a spiderweb out of his hand, and used it to snatch Takamaru's gun before handing it to Akira.
"Oh how the tides have changed!" exclaimed Akira, as he started firing away. Takamaru shrieked like a little girl as Jacky and Akira chased him down, with the latter firing rounds at the samurai.
"Why am I even still here..." wondered Alucard, walking away from the ensuing chaos as he left the tower. Upon leaving the tower...
...the sound of roaring thunder was heard, followed by a lightning strike. Alucard jumped in fear, before looking up at the sky in confusion; the forecast never called for rain today. Soon Alucard saw Coco floating down from the sky, dressed up as Storm.
"Oh dear, Master Hand forced you to dress up too..." Alucard said to Coco, having some sympathy for the blonde bandicoot. "...you must hate it as much as I do?"
"Actually, on the flipside, I kinda like my superpowers," stated Coco, leading Alucard to think that the bandicoot was out of her mind. "Pretty cool to wield lightning."
"To each their own, I suppose. But why on earth did you try to scare me like that? Are you trying to give me a heart attack?"
"No, that wasn't my intent. I'm just doing a solid for someone. By the looks of it, I don't think I did a really good job.."
"Dang it Coco, you weren't supposed to tell Alucard my plan!" frowned Sonic, appearing out of nearby shrubbery along with Crash. The hedgehog was pulling on the very hairs of his head...to the best of his ability. Alucard turned around, spotting Sonic and Crash near the tower.
"Y-You're a part of this whole superhero nonsense as well?" the half-vampire asked Sonic and Crash, analyzing their superhero suits. Sonic took Alucard looking at him and Crash as a cue.
"Quick Crash, fire away!" the hedgehog commanded, as Crash took out his rocket launcher and fired several rockets at Alucard. Alucard dodged the first three, but the fourth one struck the half-vampire, and sent him flying into a tree.
"Nice shot!" Sonic exchanged a high five with Crash, nearly making the bandicoot drop his rocket launcher. Which would've been disastrous.
Bowser: Am I gonna hunt down the Infinity Stones myself? Heck no! That's why I got my squad, to do the dirty work for me. I'll only get involved if extremely necessary.
Alucard laid against the tree, writhing in pain, as Coco landed on the ground near the half-vampire. She looked on Alucard's Ronan costume, and saw a purple stone...the Power Stone.
"Sorry about that, Alucard," Coco apologized to the half-vampire, as she picked up the Power Stone off of him. Sonic and Crash came over to the blonde bandicoot. "Look, Sonic, you were right - Alucard did have the stone!"
"Why are you making such a big deal about it..." wondered Alucard, still writhing in pain, as Coco was showing off the Power Stone to Crash.
"Sweet, hand it over!" ordered Sonic, as Coco tossed the Power Stone to the hedgehog. "See you guys on the flippity flip!" Sonic pointed both of his fingers at Crash and Coco and grinned, as he backed away.
"Where do you think you're going with the Stone? You didn't even let Crash have the chance to hold it!" Crash looked pretty sad, looking at Sonic with his puppy eyes and trembling bottom lip. It struck a chord in Sonic.
"I...have...to go test the stone out!" Not wanting to be guilt-tripped by Crash anymore, Sonic sped away, as he returned to the mansion. Aku joined Crash and Coco, floating down next to the bandicoots as he saw Sonic dash away.
"I take it Sonic is back to dressing up as a fake Jamaican?" Aku asked Crash and Coco concerning Sonic's attire; Coco nodded her head.
Despite dressing up as Beast for the day, Wolf still continued his matchmaking business, and was dealing with a client right now. That client was Link, who was dressed up as Captain America.
"So all I really wanna know is, when is the right time to marry Zelda?" Link asked this question to Wolf, which had a lot of weight to it. Wolf mused, as he stroked his chin in heavy thought.
"I would recommend marrying Zelda either in the summer, or the fall," recommended Wolf, as Link nodded his head and jotted this information down on a notepad. One that was named, "Marriage Stuff". "Either season is great for marrying."
"Then how about the fall? That would give me enough time to plan out the wedding and map everything out."
"Agreed. And I see you got yourself a notepad there...excellent choice. But don't let Zelda see it, otherwise you're done for..."
"Link, where are you?" Zelda's voice called out, from behind the matchmaking room door. "You're not fighting Mario, are you?"
"No, but wherever I am, I'm definitely not here!" Link shouted out, like it was his obligation. As if not responding would've upset Zelda. The Hylian acted quickly, running to the dark depths of the room.
"Are you in here Link?" Zelda opened the door, adorned in her Kitty Pryde costume, while holding Pikachu in her arm. Yes, the mouse Pokemon was dressed up as Thor. Because why not. "Wolf, have you seen Link anywhere? Heard his voice from this room."
"No I haven't, must've been a ghost lurking around here," Wolf quickly replied, saving Link's hiney. But Link's hiney wouldn't be safe anymore, as the Hylian would be pushed out of the darkness of the matchmaking room, by Andrew...who was strangely dressed up as Howard the Duck.
"Go away man, can't you let me brood in peace?!" Andrew frowned at Link, pushing the Hylian away from him. Link tried to fight off Andrew, but to no avail.
Andrew: Yeah, every now and then Wolf lets me hang out in his matchmaking room, so I can cope with my uncle Andross and all...oh, you think that's funny? Well how about you go find yourself your own special place to brood and be unhappy?!...Yeah, that's what I thought...
"Andrew, why are you dressed up as Howard the Duck?" Zelda asked the monkey, who along with Link stopped and looked at the princess.
"I dunno...it's because he's white, and I'm white...it makes perfect sense!" replied Andrew, before returning to his usual spot in the matchmaking room. "Now if you excuse me, I'm gonna count the hairs on my arm, by myself...in sadness..."
"...I can rest assure you, he only does this once per week," Wolf informed Link and Zelda, who were both concerned for Andrew's well-being. "You should just leave him alone, till he gets over his uncle."
"Leave him alone we shall," affirmed Zelda, as she grabbed Link's hand and walked him out of the matchmaking room. "What were you doing in there?" Zelda asked her boyfriend, once they were standing in the hallway.
"I was just curious about Wolf's matchmaking skills, that's all," replied Link, nervously scratching the back of his head, while Zelda looked on skeptically. "Wanna know how he does it!"
"Link, Zelda, can you two help me please? Need to get this mess off my face..."
Link and Zelda looked to their right, and when they saw who it was, Link quickly got on the offensive as he took out his Captain America shield. He stood in front of Zelda, guarding her with all his might.
"Don't worry, I got this..." Link assured Zelda, quickly getting into character, as he stared into the eyes of the man standing across from him...Red Skull, or someone who was dressed as Red Skull. Had the army suit and red mask and everything. "...state your business, Red Skull!"
"Link, take it easy, it's me, Guile!" the man standing across from Link said, pleading his innocence. "I had to put on this Red Skull costume, and this red mask is bothering me. Takes up my entire head!"
"So, you don't wanna fight me?" Link lowered his guard, as he held his shield down. "Man, you're no fun..." Link saw a box in Guile's hands, and pointed at it. "Say, what's in the box?"
"Beats me - found it lying at the end of my bed when I woke up." Guile looked at the box, seeing a name tag on it. "It's called a 'Tessaract'. Hmm. Doesn't really make up for me having to portray a Nazi general, but..."
Out of nowhere, a frog jumped on top of Guile, trampling the major and sending him to the floor and making him drop the Tessaract. That frog was Slippy, who landed on the ground and grabbed the Tessaract.
"I got it, I got it!" the frog cheered, before punching a hole into the Tessaract and pulling out a stone...the Space Stone. Two down, only four more to go for Bowser and the gang. "Thanks Guile!"
"...for what?" questioned Guile, as Slippy ran away with the Space Stone in hand. Not in a general mood to comprehend what just happened, Link and Zelda ran to Guile, and helped the major up to his feet.
Pit took Viridi to Travis' camper, so the angel could play some video games with his one true love...and Travis. It should be known that Viridi has never played video games with Travis, let alone meet him in person, so the goddess had every right to feel nervous.
"C'mon Viridi, why are you acting so nervous for?" Pit asked the goddess, who was nervously fiddling with her fingers. "Travis Touchdown is a great guy! Should've been a football player, but still a great guy nonetheless!"
"I don't know Pit, the way you and Kirby describe him..." said Viridi, before turning her head back. If she could make a run for it, she would. "...he kinda sounds like an otaku. The worst kind..."
"Pfft, Travis isn't an otaku! He just uses his obsession with Japanese culture to fill the void of his loneliness and singlehood! He's essentially living the best life any man could possibly live!"
Viridi: Why, it it weren't for me, Pit would probably go down the same path Travis did. Perhaps I should find Travis a girlfriend, then he won't waste his time playing stupid video games all alone!
"Viridi, you dare choose to hang out with Pit over us?" someone questioned, as Pit and Kirby turned around and saw Red the Pokemon Trainer. He came to Travis' camper along with Cloud and Touma - the latter in his Thing phase. "I thought we made plans!"
"To be fair, I wasn't aware of said plans until ten minutes ago," Cloud pointed out; dressing up as the Human Torch wasn't the same for him, without having Aerith around as the Scarlet Witch.
"I mentioned our plans at the brunch earlier...someone really doesn't know how to listen." Red turned his attention to Viridi, who was standing in front of the camper. "So you're just gonna run off with your boyfriend, huh Viridi?"
"Well Pit dragged me all the way here, so..." responded Viridi, as Pit knocked on the door to Travis' camper. Travis soon answered the door, dressed up as the Collector. Only thing missing was the white hair.
"What's up Pit!" Travis greeted the angel, before looking at Viridi as he pulled his glasses down. "What's up Viridi..." Travis greeted the goddess, in a much more mellow tone.
"How do you know my name..." questioned a fearful Viridi; she should have known from the start, Pit must've told Travis all sorts of things about her.
"Well duh, it's because of Pit! Keeps telling me stories about you. He even calls you Little Miss Cactus! Pretty nice nickname, in my opinion."
"Yeah a great nickname indeed..." Viridi glared at Pit, who smiled innocently. Travis looked past Pit and Viridi, and saw Red, Cloud, and Touma standing by.
"Oh sweet! Looks like you brought a crowd with ya today. For those of you who don't know me, I'm Travis Touchdown...don't mind the attire, Master Hand took my clothes too. But enough introductions. Everyone come on inside!
So Pit and company followed Travis inside the camper, and to their surprise, there were others inside. Those others being Yoshi, Marth, Dr. Cortex (Loki), and Captain Falcon (Daredevil).
"Uh...Wakanda Forever," Marth awkwardly greeted everyone by giving them the Wakanda salute, still speaking in a Wakandan accent.
"Hey boys, welcome to the party!" grinned Captain Falcon, waving his hand to everyone. "We got drinks on the house!"
"Yeah, I stumbled upon the Yiga Clan hideout the other day, and they handed me bottles of ale," Travis explained to Pit and the others, as he proudly looked at his collection of ale bottles. "Said it didn't taste like bananas. Those losers!"
"I've been misinformed...I thought Tiki would be here," said Cortex, who was wearing a more fitting Loki helmet than the one he wore in episode 123. "But what I got instead are these stinking men! The ale is still good though."
"Dr. Cortex, you practically followed me to this camper," stated Marth, as Cortex refused to admit that the hero-king was right. "Just because Tiki and I are close, doesn't mean we hang out all the time."
"And now I'm stuck here, drinking this delicious ale, when I could be showing how magnificent I look as Loki to my one true...favorite female." Cortex wasn't ready yet to admit his love for Tiki out loud.
"Y'know, you can always leave..." Yoshi told Cortex, before turning his attention to Travis. "Hey Travis, can I get another bottle of ale?"
"Sure man, you didn't have to ask!" Travis replied with a grin, as Yoshi got out of his chair. "Go on, help yourself!"
Marth: Only reason why I bothered paying Travis a visit was because of Caeda; she kicked me out of the house, for no reason. I know, it's hard having to live up to the standards of a fine warrior, but it's just a costume. What is this race thing Caeda keeps bringing up, I wonder...
"Hey, has anyone seen Touma?" asked Cloud, looking around the inside of the camper for the redhead-turned-Thing. "I bet he bailed out on us...honestly, I should've done the same thing."
"I'm still outside, I can't get my belt to work," Touma shouted from outside, with the front door still open. "I'm gonna be stuck like this forever!"
"Go and use your Vibranium stuff on Touma, and make him normal again," Captain Falcon said to Marth, giving the hero-king a slight nudge. "You got some Vibranium on you, right? Is it in your suit?"
"Vibranium doesn't work that way...as far as I know," replied Marth, before looking at Yoshi who was walking away with bottles of ale. "Leaving so soon, Yoshi?" Marth asked the green dinosaur, who stopped in place.
"Uh, yeah...gonna see if the others like this stuff," responded Yoshi, before scurrying out of the camper in an instant. Seemed almost suspicious...
"Oh! Pit, I wanna show you something cool that came with my outfit," Travis told the angel, as he ran to his gaming console. "It might not look much, but I found it...in the pocket...of my suit..."
"What exactly is it?" asked Pit, as a panicky Travis looked around the gaming console and the surrounding area. He moved things around, furrowing his brow as he continued his search.
"Huh, that's weird...the stone that came with my outfit is gone! It was a Reality Stone...or at least a fake, but authentic version of it."
"Maybe Marth can help you find it, with his Vibranium," suggested Captain Falcon, as Marth gave the racer a weird look. Captain Falcon should definitely check out the Black Panther, in his spare time.
But where was the Reality Stone? As Yoshi placed the bottles of ale on the ground, he dug into his imaginary pocket...and pulled out a red stone. The Reality Stone.
"Jackpot..." said Yoshi, returning to the mansion with the stone. Touma, who was still having belt troubles, saw Yoshi walk away with the stone in hand.
"Where did he get that...?" Touma questioned, as he was now trying to take the belt off of him. No such luck.
Itsuki (back to his regular self) and Tsubasa were up in the Star Records room, where Fox and Falco - dressed up as Doctor Voodoo and Falcon, respectively - were attempting to mix their superpowers together, with very likely mixed results.
"Aight, so when you fly out of that window, I'll carry you across the lake with my voodoo powers," Fox explained to Falco, who was standing near an open window. Itsuki and Tsubasa sat at the Star Records table with Kira (Psylocke), wanting to see the pilots' plan fail.
"But what if I slip and fall, what will I do then?" asked Falco, before looking down through the window as a means of caution. "It's a pretty long fall down from here..."
"Just...close your eyes and hope for the best. That's what I usually do. Works twenty percent of the time, but twenty percent is WAY better than no percent."
Kiria: Given their crazy ways, I refuse to believe that Fox and Falco have managed to live thus far without dying. They both must be living on a lot of borrowed time. A LOT of borrowed time.
Standing closer to the window, Falco took a deep breath, bracing himself. He turned around and faced Fox, who gave his best friend an assuring thumbs up.
"I got you covered, fam," Fox assured Falco, who smiled as he turned back around. At the same time, Spyro and Hunter entered the Star Records room, grabbing Itsuki and the other's attention.
"Wow, so this is what a record label looks like..." marveled Hunter as he looked around, while Spyro looked up at the heavens and shook his head. "...thought it would be grander, with records hanging on the walls. Guess I have big expectations."
"Hello you two - can we help you with something?" Itsuki asked Spyro and Hunter, not expecting the two to be in his presence. "Wanna sign with Star Records? We have enough room for you both!"
"Don't you dare entice them..." Kiria warned Itsuki, knowing that Spyro and Hunter signing with Star Records would be a recipe for disaster.
"No, we're, uh...looking for a rock-thing," explained Spyro, unsure if he was allowed to go into detail about Bowser's plan. Bowser would probably have a fit. "You know where we can find one?"
"They must be talking about Touma," Tsubasa whispered to Itsuki, who nodded his head as he kept his attention focused on Spyro and Hunter.
"How small is this 'rock-thing' you speak of?" asked Itsuki, wanting to keep himself weary of Spyro and Hunter. Had no idea what they wanted.
"It's pretty small, like this small," stated Hunter, using his fingers to show Itsuki and company how small the stone they were looking for was. "We think that one of you guys has it...like YOU!" Hunter pointed at Tsubasa, putting her on the spot.
"What, who, me?" Tsubasa looked around, while Hunter continued to point at her. Hunter made Tsubasa feel all intimidated, by sporting an angry glare. "Why me?"
"Oh wait...I don't think I'm supposed to be too open about this." Hunter quickly lowered his hand, making Tsubasa very confused. "Just give us what we want!"
"Bruh shut up, you're ruining my focus!" Falco snapped on Hunter, as the avian pilot still hadn't jumped out of the window.
"Dude what's the hold-up, why can't you just jump already?" Fox shouted at his best friend, quickly losing his patience. "I got you!"
"How can I focus when there's too many people talking?! All this back-and-forth is making my anxiety even worse!"
"Oh for goodness sake..." sighed Kiria, as she used the telekinesis powers that came with her Psylocke suit to pick up Falco. Falco screamed as Kiria sent him flying out of the window, landing outside.
"I'm okay you guys, these bushes broke my fall!" Falco shouted from outside, before moaning in pain seconds later. "And probably my leg..."
Kiria: Sent Falco flying out of the mansion, and he only "probably" broke his leg? Totally living on borrowed time.
Hunter looked at the open window, in disbelief that Kiria just sent Falco flying out just like that. The cheetah put his disbelief on hold, as he turned to face Tsubasa, unnerving the idol singer as he put on his game face.
"Give us the Soul Stone!" shouted Hunter, as he ran to Tsubasa and grabbed her. He tussled the idol singer around, trying to dig into and find her pockets.
"What are you doing, let go of me!" frowned Tsubasa, as Hunter dragged her close to the open window. Everyone just stood there and watched this go down; Fox looked for a few more seconds before looking at Spyro.
"Aren't you gonna stop your friend, or what?" the pilot asked Spyro, who sighed. The dragon got into a running start, as he charged into Hunter...
...but instead, the dragon hit Tsubasa, and hit her strong enough to send her towards the open window. Tsubasa lost her step, as she hit the window and fell backwards out of the window, screaming and falling to her doom.
"Tsubasa!" Itsuki cried out the girl's name, quickly rushing to the window. He looked down, and was relieved when he saw that Tsubasa was A-OK.
"I'm fine...Falco here broke my fall," Tsubasa called out to Itsuki, while on top of Falco - who has to be in a world of pain right now.
"Dang it, I think my leg's broken for good..." said Falco, unable to move out of the bushes. "...someone get me an ice pack!"
"Hey Spyro, look what I got..." Hunter approached Spyro, who was hardly interested...as he pulled out an orange stone. "It's the Soul Stone! Found it around Tsubasa's waist. I think it's the Soul Stone...this is the one Bowser wanted us to find, right?"
"He did say that Tsubasa might have it..." replied Spyro, as he walked out of the Star Records room. Hunter promptly followed suit. "...let's just show the stone to Bowser, and get this whole charade over with."
Fox watched as Spyro and Hunter walked away, scratching his chin in curiosity...
Being the kind-hearted individual that she was, Tsubasa took Falco to the fitness center, so he could have his leg fixed up. Falco was being treated to by Wii Fit Trainer, who was dressed up as Mystique.
"How much longer do I have to lay like this?" Donkey Kong, lying stomach-first on a bed, asked Wii Fit, who was trying to pry a splinter out of Villager's hand. Villager was dressed up as Doctor Strange.
"Leia said until dinner, once your glutes start to feel less numb," replied Wii Fit, as she successfully took the splinter out of Villager's spoon hand. "Ah, there you go, Villager - all gone!"
"Thanks Wii Fit!" thanked Villager, as Wii Fit promptly placed a band-aid on Villager's hand.
Donkey Kong: I haven't felt my butt all day, thanks to that Joker...I can't even walk, or sit up properly. I've been holding my fart in for the longest now, out of the fear that I might pass gas and hurt my buttocks even more.
"Did someone call out my name?" asked Leia, as the nurse entered the fitness center along with Little Mac. Leia was rocking a Peggy Carter outfit, while Little Mac was dressed up as Luke Cage.
"It's none of your concern, Leia - Donkey Kong was just asking a question," replied Wii Fit, after she applied the band-aid to Villager's hand. Doc Louis came in the fitness center, looking like a fat Nick Fury.
"An eye, I need an eye y'all!" the boxing trainer shouted, looking around, before he spotted an eye thingy around Villager's neck. "Villager, give me that eye that's around your neck!"
"What do you even need it for?" asked Villager, as Doc Louis approached the young mayor. He was walking to him like he was a man on the mission.
"Boy you know what I need it for, I need a new eye!" Doc Louis pointed at his eyepatch, hoping that Villager got a clue. "Can't you see that I lost one?!"
"I'm sure you still have both of your eyes..." Fed up with Villager's crap, Doc Louis reached for the eye around Villager's neck - the Eye of Agamotto - and tried to pull it off. "Hey, stop it Doc!"
"Yeah Doc, lay off of him!" shouted Little Mac, as he ran over to his boxing trainer and pulled him away. Doc Louis broke free of Villager, landing on the floor...before rising up with the Eye of Agamotto in his hand.
"Ha ha, I got what I want!" the boxing trainer cheered, as he ran away with the Eye of Agamotto. Little Mac and the others watched as Doc ran away, bewildered.
"Pretty sure that eye artifact won't even fit in his eye socket," remarked Leia. If only she knew what Doc Louis wanted that Eye for...
...as it turns out, the boxing trainer was actually giving the Eye of Agamotto away! Giving it to Polar Bear, as he met with the bear in the middle of the hallway.
"Should be a stone in this eye," explained Doc Louis, as Polar Bear dug his fingers into the Eye of Agamotto, and pulled out a green stone...the Time Stone. "There it is! Knew my five viewings of Doctor Strange didn't fail me."
"Thanks boss, really appreciate it," thanked Polar Bear, as he placed the Time Stone in his pocket. "Didn't even know where to look! Though, I never knew you were such a Doctor Strange fanatic."
"Eh, not really - it's Leia who likes Doctor Strange. I watch it with her and Little Mac, when those two cuddle up together and watch movies. Watch movies with them in secret..."
"...I'll make sure to keep that info between the two of us." Polar Bear and Doc Louis both went their separate ways, with the former holding on to the Time Stone.
Polar Bear met up with Bowser and the rest of the gang in the foyer, handing the Time Stone to Bowser. Bowser then counted up the stones his lackeys collected, one by one.
"Let's see...I got the Time Stone, Reality Stone, Soul Stone, Power Stone, and Space Stone," counted Bowser, pointing with his finger along his Infinity Gauntlet. "Only one more stone to go - the Mind Stone!"
"I saw Yusuke flying around as Vision, maybe he has the stone," stated Polar Bear, as Bowser loosened the Infinity Gauntlet on his hand. "Might be in his forehead."
"Well why didn't you hunt him down? This must be your ulterior motive, to make me do actual work..."
Bowser immediately paused, as he saw Haru and Futaba walked by. The two Phantom Thieves managed to escape from Lloyd, and were now seen with Yusuke, as the artist led the two ladies out through the front door.
"Found him..." snarled Bowser, waiting until Yusuke closed the front door. Once the door closed, the koopa king got up from his seat. "Follow me boys - lemme show ya how a stone snatching is done!"
So Bowser headed outside, with his boys following him, as he stepped on the porch. To his surprise, Yusuke was nowhere to be found; he, Haru, and Futaba couldn't have gone that far.
"Stay here on the porch, I got this..." Bowser commanded his squad, as he stepped off the porch. He continued to the front yard, on the lookout for Yusuke. "So far, so good..."
Suddenly a laser beam was fired at Bowser, followed by a lightning strike. Bowser rolled out of harm's way, as he looked up and saw Mario and Coco, hovering up in the sky.
"Mario? Coco?" Bowser frowned at the plumber and bandicoot, tightening his fists. "Can't you see that I'm a little busy?"
A rocket was soon fired at Bowser, followed by an array of bullets. Bowser rolled out of harm's way once again, before looking up at the roof and spotting Crash and Takamaru.
"Ugh, you guys too?" frowned Bowser, wondering why everyone was attacking him today. "It's because of my Infinity Gauntlet, isn't it? Get your own!"
An object was thrown at Bowser's head, with said object being a shield. Bowser angrily turned around, and saw Link, who had his Captain America shield return to him. Link caught it with excellent precision.
"Why is everyone ganging up on me today?!" questioned Bowser, looking around at everyone. "Just because I have the Infinity Gauntlet...doesn't mean...that I'm...I'm..."
Bowser slowly started to trail off, when he saw everyone dressed up as a superhero today suddenly appearing. From Snake, in his Deadpool outfit, to Rosalina, dressed us Emma Frost...everyone (dressed as a superhero) was here. Including Yusuke.
"I believe this is what you were looking for?" Yusuke asked Bowser, while pointing at the yellow stone on his head...the Mind Stone. Master Hand likely taped the stone unto his head.
"How did you even know I was coming for you?" asked Bowser, before a certain pilot leaped down from the mansion and landed on the ground, in front of Bowser. It was Fox, who turned around and pointed at Bowser.
"It's the end of the line for you, Bowser!" Fox told the koopa king, who had every right to feel scared. "Now everyone, ATTACK!"
Fox: I figured something was up, when Spyro and Hunter were looking for that Soul Stone. When they mentioned Bowser's name, things got even more mysterious. So I texted my man Touma, who claimed that he saw Yoshi walking away with an Infinity Stone! Figuring that Bowser might pursue the Mind Stone last (just like in the movie), I told Touma to send a mass text to everyone, to meet up outside, and also told him to tell Yusuke to lead Bowser outside. My plan was smooth like butter!
Marth: I basically had to text for Touma...you know I can't do cellphones.
Joining forces, the residents from the mansion and the tower all went ham on Bowser; Richter hurled sand into Bowser's eyes, blinding the koopa king as Male Wii Fit rolled by and froze Bowser's feet. Little Mac went up to Bowser and punched him to oblivion, before Cloud - his entire body doused in flames - doused fire at Bowser's feet, not only melting the ice but burning Bowser in the process.
"AAAAAAAH! HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT!" screamed Bowser, running around the front yard, as Mario, Luigi, and Futaba took turns firing blasts at the running Bowser, before Kiria lifted up Bowser with her telekinesis.
"Hey Kiria, throw Bowser down here!" shouted out touma, still in thing form, as he was holding Simon. Kiria sent Bowser flying towards Itsuki, who tossed Simon at Bowser; Simon used his Sabretooth claws to scratch up Bowser's face.
"Ow, my face!" Bowser writhed in pain, as he fell unto the ground. Simon was yet done, as he ran up to Bowser and repeatedly scratched him. Wario, dressed up as Wolverine, would join Simon in the action.
"I'm enjoying this a whole lot more than I should!" grinned Wolverine, scratching Bowser to his heart's content. Bowser would soon howl in pain, as Joker came flying out of the koopa king's anus in his Ant-Man suit, growing in size as he zipped out.
"For once, that actually worked..." remarked Joker; he had entered Bowser's body through his mouth several seconds prior. "...poor Donkey Kong."
While the beating up of Bowser persisted, Crazy Hand met with Master Hand in the latter's room, for some peace and quiet. However, said peace and quiet was tarnished by the beatdown taking place outside.
"Why is everyone so noisy today..." wondered Master Hand, vanishing along with Crazy Hand...
...before appearing with Crazy Hand outside, at the front of the mansion. The two hands saw Bowser, being constrained - the koopa king's hands were constrained by Diddy, Ryuji, Ann, and Jacky, who were using spiderwebs. His legs were constrained by Dark Pit (Barney Barton) and Roy (Gambit), holding unto the limbs for dear life. And on top of him was Haru, using her Mantis powers to subdue Bowser.
"WAKANDA FOREVER!" shouted Marth, feeling all heroic, as he leaped up in the air and delivered a wicked punch to Bowser, sending him to the ground. Haru got off in the nick of time, for her own safety.
"We'll be taking this off for you..." the female Inkling (Black Widow) told Bowser, as she and the male Inkling (Iron Fist) walked over to Bowser and pried the Infinity Gauntlet off of Bowser's hand. A hand that felt a lot more relieved now.
"Is that...is that an Infinity Gauntlet?" asked Master Hand, looking at the Infinity Gauntlet. "Didn't I make it clear that no Infinity Gauntlets were allowed?! Made it clear in that mass text I had Isabelle send out to everyone!"
"Clearly Bowser didn't receive the message," stated Snake, as the female Inkling handed the Infinity Gauntlet to Master Hand.
"I, uh, my phone wasn't on when the message was sent out," was Bowser's excuse, as he sat up on the ground. "I had got the Infinity Gauntlet off of Craigslist..."
"CRAIGSLIST?!" boomed Crazy Hand, in pure disbelief. "That's like, an ONLINE thrift store, but for POOR people! Something along the lines of that..."
"And what's this, Infinity Stones inside the Gauntlet?" questioned Master Hand as he somehow saw the stones, despite holding the Infinity Gauntlet in his hand. "I only gave them out as accessories!"
"Oh now you tell me..." said Bowser, still in pain after the beatdown he had suffered. "Wish I told that to my lackeys..."
"You had OTHERS help you gather the STONES?!" boomed Crazy Hand, a whole lot angrier than he should be. "WHERE are they?!"
Those 'others' were Spyro, Hunter, Slippy, Polar Bear, Yoshi, and Sonic...who all innocently returned to the mansion without being noticed. Except for Spyro, anyways.
"...this is what I get for having weird friends," the dragon remarked, knowing that punishment was coming his way, as he finally returned to the mansion.
Yusuke: All is well again. Bowser got his Gauntlet taken away from him, and is punished. His "lackeys" were all outed by the others, and got punished as well. But most importantly, the stone on my head has remained untouched...such a beautiful stone really completes my look, you have to admit.
Peppy met with Master Hand later that day, in the giant hand's room. The hare must've been full, from eating all those pancakes.
"I reckon Slippy and the rest of 'em only gave in to peer pressure," Peppy told Master Hand, who placed the Infinity Gauntlet in his closet for safekeeping. "You should take it lightly on them."
"Peppy, this is the Smash Mansion, not some crappy high school," stated Master Hand, as he closed the closet door. "Peer pressure has no place here."
"While that may be true, you have to remember that..." Suddenly a knock on the door. "...I'll go get that for you."
Peppy opened the front door, and saw Mario...with a slew of other residents behind him, all dressed up as superheroes. They all filed inside Master Hand's room, looking pretty ticked off.
"What is it?" Master Hand asked everyone, knowing what was about to go down. "You're all not gonna beat me up like the last two times, are you?"
"Master Hand...you had-a Isabelle send out a mass-a text earlier, right?" asked Mario, as Master Hand cautiously backed away.
"Y-Yes I did Mario...but why do you ask? Want me to send it again? I can do that for you..."
"Why then, did you have-a Isabelle send another mass-a text...CONTAINING END-A GAME SPOILERS?!" Mario took out his phone, and showed it to Master Hand...on the screen was, well, Endgame spoiler stuff.
"Yeah, I had to send a follow-up mass text just to warn everyone!" stated Pit, as everyone drew closer to Master Hand. "You're gonna pay for this, Master Hand!"
"Okay everyone, let's not beat me up over this...the last two beatings, they were justified, but this one...I'm just trying to save your time and money! I mean, who goes to movie theaters these days? Amirite?"
Peppy hurried out of the room, closing the door as he left everyone to beat up Master Hand with their superpowers and such. The moment Peppy left, he heard his stomach growling.
"Oh my, it must be getting close to dinnertime..." the hare said, as he darted to the kitchen. "...wonder if there's any pancakes left. I'll just eat, and save myself from Palutena's food."
Falco: Ah, my leg feels so much better...so, what did I miss? Didn't miss an opportunity to join others and beat up Master Hand or anyone else, did I?
