Chapter Five:

Panic and Frustration at YouTube HQ

In the shadows of an undisclosed location related to The Showgrounds, a mysterious figure rubbed his hands together as they watched the panicking SMG4 grab Mario, SMG3 and Meggy before heading into the RV. A gloved hand flipped the switch, and the image of SMG3's Sussy Notebook appeared, accompanied by the image of Marty.

"I say..." The figure said in a British accent, "We're about to have quite the show here. Appetizers and ad breaks before the next big performance are a delight, even if they aren't the main treat."

He began laughing with delight, and his laughter carried through the darkness, unheard by anyone... except for someone named Depresso, who was busy interacting with the rats. Depresso looked up, startled by the laugh, then he went back to playing with his friends as the laughter settled.

The dark figure flipped the switch again, showing YouTube HQ in Mushroom City...

Walter White held his phone calmly as he stood in front of the building, the camera was on and the tape was rolling. Walter had greatly enjoyed making his new cooking class video, which the kind people of YouTube had allowed him to make at their headquarters, and it was a real honor for the former cancer-diagnosed substance-dealer.

"Thank you, YouTube, for letting me host my cooking class at their headquarters." Walter said with a smile, "Please remember to like and sub... WHOA!"

A van came barreling in his direction, and Walter dove out of the way just as the vehicle park. The door burst open, and SMG4 jumped out, wide-eyed and panicking to the extreme. The YouTuber ran towards the headquarters' entrance with a scream, just as SMG3 stepped out with an annoyed facial expression.

"GUYS! WE GOTTA HURRY!" SMG4 wailed, "OR MY CHANNEL WILL DIE!"

"Dude, you're overreacting." SMG3 said in an exasperated tone.

"NO. I'M NOT OVERREACTING, I'M SERIOUS!" SMG4 exclaimed.

Mario jumped out, holding magnifying glasses, and sporting a detective hat on his head. He began to look around the area near YouTube HQ's entrance, just as Meggy stepped out, and she tapped him on the shoulder, somewhat bringing the fat Italian back into reality.

"Mario, for the last time, there's no magic spinning chips at YouTube's headquarters." Meggy said to him, Mario had been talking about magic spinning chips on the way here, and she was irked by his antics. They only came here to deal with SMG4's crisis, and that was it, they were not going to deal with the nonsense Mario was on about.

SMG4 pushed open the door, and ran into the YouTube lobby, nearly slipping on a wet floor as someone was in the middle of mopping. A guard called him out for running, but SMG4 ran up to the main desk where the clerk greeted him.

"Hullo, sir. How are you today?" The man asked.

"Ooooh, I'm doing fine." SMG4 replied sarcastically, "But in reality, I'm not okay. You wanna know why?" He pulled out his phone to show the clerk his demonetized video, "YOUTUBE DEMONETIZED MY LATEST MASTERPIECE... even though it technically isn't. TEN MINUTES OF HARD WORK! RUINED! GONE! What if my channel gets deleted?"

He fell to the ground, sobbing his eyes out, and the clerk watched with uncertainty in his eyes. SMG4 feared the worst. If he didn't get his video free of the demonetization crisis, then he was pretty much toast. His whole channel could have been on the cusp of being flagged and taken down, again!

"I don't know him, we're not related!" SMG3 said as he walked past the fallen SMG4.

"Sorry, sir!" The clerk said, "There's nothing I can do about it."

Just like that, SMG4 was laying on the ground in a state of depression as a million different thoughts flooded his mind. He really wanted to undo that demonetization and save his channel from potential deletion. SMG3 glared at the meme man, face-palmed, and muttered, "Damn it."

Close by, Mario was snooping around the lobby, pretending to be Detective Mario despite Meggy's attempts to make him calm down. Even with his best friend's efforts, the spaghetti-loving plumber was determined to track down those spinning fries. He wanted them so much, just as he wanted all the spaghetti in the world.

"Hey, have you seen the spinning fries?" Mario asked a Goomba.

"Nope." The Goomba replied.

The plumber peaked around a corner, looking into another room, and that was when he found what he'd been trying to find; A bag of spinning fries, floating over a table, and they looked delicious. Mario's face lit up, and he made a move to collect the fries, only for a certain burly Russian guy to grab them before Mario could.

"They look moist and delicious." Heavy rumbled, "HEAVY WILL EAT!"

Mario flipped a lid, and he threw himself at Heavy in an attempt to take the fries from the merc. Heavy yelped with surprise when he saw the rabid Mario eying the spinning fries, and he made a break for it with the fat Italian in hot pursuit!"

"NO, MARIO! COME BACK HERE!" Meggy protested.

Back in the lobby, SMG3 was getting fed up with the situation, and he turned to walk away. However, SMG4 grabbed his legs, keeping his former nemesis from leaving. "LET GO OF ME, YOU BITCH!" SMG3 shouted angrily, he got more frustrated when he heard SMG4 sobbing, "Alright, we'll go talk to the YouTube asses ourselves."

SMG4 stood up as his sorrow was replaced with happiness. He and SMG3 headed for the elevator, ready to take care of the matter for good. However, just before they made it to the nearby elevator, the clerk called out, "HEY, YOU CAN'T GO UP THERE..."

The two meme guardians ignored him, all focused on taking care of one important matter...