Chapter Six:

Troubles with The Elevator

Right before entering the elevator, SMG3 turned around and called out, "We'll be right back, Meggy! SMG4 and I have business to tend to!"

"Please be quick!" Meggy pleaded, "Mario's gone cuckoo crazy for spinning fries!"

The former Inkling attempted to block the fat Italian's path as he attempted to catch Heavy with the box of fries, which proved to be daunting for Mario since the merc was quick, despite being somewhat just as fat as the guy who was chasing him. As the commotion continued, SMG3 entered the elevator with SMG4.

Inside the lift, the ex-villain studied the floor level buttons, and chose the fourth floor, which was where the main office and YouTube's heads were located. SMG3 tapped the 4 button, and the doors slid shut, leaving him with a crying SMG4.

'God, I can't believe I have to put up with my stupid former nemesis' whining over getting demonetized today.' SMG3 thought, listening to his former enemy's sobs, 'There's so much we could be doing right now, I should be in the Internet Graveyard, looking after Egg-Dog and doing a livestream right about now.'

SMG4's sobs seemed to settle a little, and the meme man reached out to talk to SMG3. However, the Internet Graveyard's number one celebrity shot him a glare, and said, "Don't bother. Let's just do this stupid thing we came to do, and then get the heck out of here."

Unbeknownst to the duo at that second, up on the rooftops, a dinosaur with a hard-to-pronounce surname was ready to strike. The dinosaur picked up a wooden box, snickered deviously, and crammed it in the middle of the gears and cogs in the pulley that connected to the elevator many feet below.

The gears wheezed and came to a stop in seconds, and the elevator shaft shuddered from the sensation of the gears being jammed. Inside the lift, SMG4 and SMG3 felt the jolt, and the former grabbed a handrail while the latter fell over with wide-eyed shock.

SMG3 stood up, his surprise fading as irritation kicked in. "No blinking way." He said, "Don't tell me..."

"What happened?!" SMG4 exclaimed.

"Let me check." SMG3 tapped the '4' button. Nothing happened, other than a buzzing sound. He tapped the button again, all buzz and no movement. SMG3 got annoyed and pressed the button repeatedly, getting very little response.

"COME ON, YOU STUPID BLASTED BUTTON!" The meme guardian yelled.

When there was no response, it was time for desperate action. SMG3 ran up to SMG4, dove his hands into the meme man's pocket, and pulled a crowbar from his inventory. The ex-villain moved towards the door, slipped the tip of the crowbar in the small gap, and pulled as hard as he could until nothing happened.

"Oh shit! WE'RE STUCK IN THE ELEVATOR!" SMG3 shouted in a panicked tone.

"Who's the panicking one now?!" SMG4 remarked in a taunting sort of voice, he pulled out his phone, "Just let me call Meggy, tell her about the situation, and we'll be out of this with her help in no time."

However, just when the meme man was about to make the call for the Splatfest champion, he noticed a particular sign on the phone's screen that read: "No Signal."

"Well?" SMG3 asked.

"No luck, can't get signal to make a call." SMG4 replied, "Looks like you can't use the phone while stuck inside an elevator. Maybe we can worry now..."

"Right when I was in the 'we mustn't panic, we mustn't panic' mindset." SMG3 groaned.

They tried to keep calm, but there wasn't a point in holding it in anymore. The two meme guardians screamed and ran around the elevator frantically. SMG4 tore open a control panel on the wall nearby, and connected two cords together, which only caused the elevator to shake violently until SMG3 told him to turn it off.

In a bid of desperation, the former villain brought out a stick of dynamite, hoping to blast open the door, but the somewhat rational-minded SMG4, fearing they wouldn't survive, begged for him to put away the dynamite.

"Why, modern day problems require modern day solutions?" SMG3 asked.

"BUT WHERE DO WE FIND COVER?!"

"Oh..." SMG3 began screaming again, he put away his stick of dynamite, and ran around while shrieking like a little girl. SMG4 joined in, screaming like a lunatic as well, until their vocal cords wore out. An idea clicked, and they brought out spoons, which ended up being useless when the two meme guardians hit the elevator wall with them.

"That sucked." SMG3 said as he threw his now-dented spoon away.

"Not so surprisingly realistic outcome." SMG4 quipped, also throwing away his dented spoon.

"Worst day of my life..." The ex-villain began ranting, "I COULD BE DOING LIVESTREAMS AND TAKING EGGDOG AND THE BABY EGGDOG FOR A WALK RIGHT NOW, BUT HERE I AM, STUCK IN AN ELEVATOR WITH SMG4, WHILE TRYING TO GET THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF YOUTUBE TO DEMONETIZE ONE SMG4 VIDEO!"

"It could have been worse." SMG4 giggled nervously, "At least we're not in an igloo..."

SMG3 glared at him, "THAT WAS THE MOST LUDICROUS AND OVER THE TOP DAY OF MY LIFE, AND I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU MADE A VIDEO ABOUT US GOING CRAZY IN A GODDAMN IGLOO! I'M TRYING TO FORGET THAT, AND WHAT HAPPENED IN THERE WAS COMPLETE CRINGE REGARDLESS OF THE FACT WE WERE SNOWED IN!"

"At least Mario got us outta there..." SMG4 chuckled.

"NOT BEFORE WE SCARED THAT STUPID PARROT WITH A ROBOTNIK HEAD!" SMG3 stomped angrily, kicked the wall and hopped while clutching his foot. The meme guardian was through-the-roof angry over the situation, "THIS IS WAY WORSE THAN BEING STUCK IN AN DAMN IGLOO, AND WE WERE ENEMIES THEN!"

"STOP YELLING! WILL YOU STOP YELLING?!" SMG4 shouted back, "YOU'RE ACTING LIKE A FIVE-YEAR OLD AND WE SHOULD BE SMARTER THAN THIS! AND MEANWHILE, MARIO'S ACTING LIKE A STUPID IDIOT WHILE MEGGY TRIES TO BABYSIT HIM!"

While the two meme guardians were dealing with the elevator, Heavy was trying to enjoy his fries while contending with Mario. The merc held the box of tasty potato food, and watched as the fat Italian, who'd become exhausted from minutes of running, made several steps closer to his position with his eyes on the fries.

"Just a second..." Mario gasped, "I'm... still... coming... YOU'LL NEVER GET AWAY FROM ME!"

And without warning, the spaghetti-loving dimwitted plumber pulled out a Propeller Mushroom, and prepared to bite down on it. However, this was when Meggy caught up to him and yelled, "GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE, MARIO!"

The former squid-turned human girl grabbed the fat Italian, and knocked the Propeller Shroom out of Mario's hands. The shroom suddenly spun it's propellers and flew through a skylight before crashing into a T-Mobile satellite dish that was on the roof, and ended up knocking it down.

"I'm sure nobody needed that." Meggy remarked.

"THE FRIES!"

Mario made a leap for Heavy, who jumped back while clutching the fry bag hard, and Meggy grabbed her impulsive overweight friend. Mario struggled against her grasp, and the former Inkling yelped, trying to keep him from escaping, while Heavy yelped with great surprise.

"CAN'T YOU BEHAVE?!" Meggy pleaded, "Those aren't your French Fries, and you're scaring Mr. Heavy over here! SMG4's in enough hot water as it is!"

"But Mario must acquire the spinning chippies!" Mario declared.

Meggy thought about what her Italian BFF's need, then she saw the cafeteria behind Heavy, then she let go of Mario, took his hand, and said, "Follow me. I have something better."

Mario nodded, and followed the rising sports coach towards the YouTube HQ cafeteria, wondering what Meggy had in store. When they got to the cafeteria, Meggy pointed Mario towards a box of fries that was on the counter. Mario's face lit up, and the fat Italian's heart skipped a beat.

Meggy brought out a boomerang, the kind that Link used to nab items during certain quests, and threw it towards the counter. The boomerang caught the bag full of fries, and it came back towards Meggy, who grabbed the bag and the boomerang. The former Inkling bit into a couple of fries, and her face lit up as she tasted the delicious cafeteria potato food.

"Ooh, let me try!" Mario exclaimed.

He brought out a boomerang of his own, and he threw it as hard as he could. The boomerang flew into the cafeteria... and smacked an employee in the head so hard, it knocked them to the ground, scaring another employee who was close by.

'Uh oh.' Meggy thought.

Mario tapped her on the shoulder. "You gonna eat that?" He asked, gesturing to the fries that Meggy had in her hands. Meggy thought about it, and then, she handed her dim-witted friend some of the fries in the bag before eating a few more...