Okay, let's get on with this quest!

The Two Teams Finally Meet! KND and Sonics, the Unbeatable Team!

Mt. Gnaa

"…Oh!" Harvey McKenzie shot his eyes awake, startled, sitting up from a bed and rubbing his eyes. "Man, what happened last night?"

He heard the door creak open and shot his head toward Lehcar EiznekCm, who smirked as she walked in. "Good morning, Harvey. How was your rest?"

"Lehcar?…" He looked around and saw he was in a strange, dark green bedroom, with a couple of green torches lighting it up. "Where am I?"

"You're in Mt. Gnaa. Home of the great Dark Master, whom you've had the marvelous honor being his vessel."

"Huh? Vessel?"

"Your newfound powers! The Dark Master now inhabits your very form, and his power is now yours!" she said perkily.

"Oh yeah… that was awesome!" Harvey exclaimed. "But where are my friends? And my sister?"

"Hmph. What friends?" Lehcar began with a smirk, slowing approaching the boy's bed. "None of them ever cared about you, including your sister. Always mocking and talking behind your back…" The devious girl then sat down beside the boy.

"Well… yeah, they were always kinda mean. But I'm not sure, I mean… they were my friends."

"They were your friends. But you deserve so much better than measly KND. You deserve ALL the power in the universe! And with Lord Gnaa's power, everything you want can come to reality! And all those FOOLS who dared mock you before will know your wrath!"

"Hmm… it sounds cool. But I don't know… I…" As he tried to speak, a shadowy cloud slithered into the room, emerging to be Phantom Gnaa. The being waved his right arm past Harvey's face, the black smog touching his skin. "…Actually… it does sound pretty good!" he smirked.

"Those are my precise thoughts." Lehcar smiled innocently, patting his shoulder. "Now, come on. Let's see how the fools are doing down in that wretched Positive city." With that, the two evil children walked out, followed by the strange phantom.

Pirate Fleet; middle of the sea

"Okay, guys, let's head up to Nightmare Land ASAP." Mandy ordered to her crewmembers as the sun started to rise over the sea.

"Uh… and just how do you plan we get there, Cap'n?" Creeper asked. "It's in the vastness of space. It's not like this rust-bucket can fly."

"Hmm… so the question is, how to get to a monster-populated realm in the depths of space. Wait! I seem to recall, from Truth or Dare, that Nigel kid having a sister."

"Aye! That Katie girl!" Creeper spoke. "She was made by the Nightmare King! She's a Nightmare!"

"Then it's settled. We're going to Virginia to find that Nightmare girl."

"Oi, Cap'n." a pirate with a telescope spoke. "Thar seem to be quite a handful of ships out there. Word on the seas is some Dark Master's returned and 'e's recruited the Kremling Krew to wreak mayhem for 'im, eh?"

"A Dark Master? Now I'm intrigued. We'll look more into this later. But right now, let's blow this fleet and get to Virginia. Load the cannons! Go!" (Play the "Rattle Battle" Theme from Donkey Kong Country 2!)

Stage 13: Pirate Party

Mission: Clear the Kremling-infested sea!

The Boogey Bay sailed toward the large fleet of Kremlings, the front ship having a drunk Klinger swinging on a rope with other pirates cheering away. Mandy took aim with her cannon and fired, perfectly hitting the drunken pirate, sending him flying into the sea. The other pirates yelled in anger, immediately dropping their sails and charging to the demon ship.

The Boogey Bay blasted the first ship as they passed, while it fired back. The cannon fire hit the demon ship a little, making the Boogey Pirates run around screaming in circles. "Ugh, fools. I'll do it myself." Mandy said, proceeding to blast the cannons on her own, successfully taking out the first ship. They passed between two more ships, but Mandy ran back and forth between sides, shooting and taking out the enemies' cannons, then hitting the masts. She noticed a group of speedboats coming on both sides, driven by Klumps, but Mandy shot the cannons and blew them off.

"That's how you do it." She told her crewmembers. "Now man the guns and guard the ship. I'll take care of things here." With that, she lit a cannon's fuse and hopped in, the cannon shooting her far off, ramming another ship's mast as she landed on the deck, while the mast toppled over.

She drew out her sword and began clashing with the Klomps onboard, easily taking them out. Afterwards, she hopped in a cannon, aiming to the front of the ship, and fired herself over to another one. A couple Krunchas grabbed her arms, but she stomped the right one's foot and flipped behind the second one, pulling his fist and making him punch himself out. She jumped around when a couple Kutlass tried to slice her, but she knocked their swords away and knocked them out.

She then grabbed a rope, hanging from the mast, and swung to a close-by ship, landing in the center of a circle of barrels. Klobbers emerged from those barrels and tried ramming into her, but she leapt and made them bump their selves. They chased her, but Mandy jumped on the railing, flipping back over them and tricking them into running over the edge. She got into another cannon and fired atop the sails of another ship, where two Krooks stood on both ends. Mandy ducked as they threw their hooks, making them knock the other off, then slid down the sail to a group of Klampons. The blue, big-mouthed crocs chomped at her, but Mandy bounced and KOed them all.

She then cannoned over to the sails of another ship, ducking as two Kannons shot cannonballs at her, only for them to shoot each other. She jumped to the deck where a gang of Tikis were waiting, spitting fireballs that she only dodged. She sliced all the Tiki Drums and saw some flying Tikis lined up to another close ship. She jumped the winged Tikis and landed on a ship where two Kaboings stood on the topsail. The springy Kremlings leapt down and tried to jump Mandy, but the evil McKenzie sliced their peg legs and made them slip.

A red Kremling in a TNT barrel, called a Kaboom, then ran after her, but Mandy quickly crawled into another cannon. When the suicidal Kremling ran into the cannon and exploded, the cannon shot Mandy to another distant ship. The ship was too far for her to make it, but a few winged Tikis were flying beside it, so Mandy used them to bounce up and land at the back of another ship.

A Kannon stood atop the crow's nest and started to shoot cannonballs straight at the deck, rocking the ship, making the cannonballs roll around. Mandy kept her balance aboard the rickety ship, barely dodging the rolling cannonballs. She made several scratches on the mast with her sword, causing it to lose balance and topple over the side, the Kannon falling in the sea. Mandy jumped in a cannon and shot out to another ship, dodging as some vultures, called Neckys, swooped down. She saw her ship up ahead and was about to jump in another cannon, but was stopped when a Black Klobber shoved her to the railing. Before it could push her to the sea, Mandy sliced at the front of his barrel before kicking him over, grabbing and throwing him overboard. Afterwards, she got in the cannon and fired back to her ship as her pirates cheered, sailing away from the Kremling fleet.

To their dismay, however, a large crow with a captain hat, whose name was Krow, woke up from the crow's nest of that last ship and flew over to the Boogey Bay. The big bird tried to jab its beak at the McKenzie girl, but Mandy sliced its chest with her sword. It flew around her and tried to peck again, but she cut it back.

The huge crow then flew out and rammed the side of the ship, rocking it to make Mandy lose balance, but Mandy easily sliced the bird when it jabbed again. For one final strike, Krow flew out miles away, and the pirates watched as it was charging to knock the ship over. But Mandy, thinking fast, dropped a ball in a cannon, lit the fuse, and aimed straight at the bird, hitting it clear in the head. The massive crow's head rolled in dizziness before falling in the sea.

"YAAARRR!" cheered the pirates for their captain, who spun her sword in victory before sheathing it.

"Let's celebrate with nachos! Yes." Fred Fredburger said.

It was then that Creeper thought of something. "You know, if you hadn't knocked that one guy off at the start, they probably woulda let us pass."

"Yeah. I know." Mandy replied casually. The Creeper just shrugged at this as they sailed on. (Stop the music.)

Chicago; Morgan's House

"O great descendant of the Legendary Hero of Old. I awaken the call that will summon me back."

"Huh?" Rachel gasped, waking up in her sleeping bag on the living room floor.

"Errr… what's wrong, Rachel?" Nigel asked, waking up, eyes still worn with tiredness.

"I… thought I heard something. It… must've been a dream, I guess."

"Yaaaawn." Nigel smacked his lips, putting on his glasses. "Oh, what a great sleep. I'm going to get something to drink." He said, walking to the kitchen.

Rachel picked up her Yield Staff beside her, holding and staring at it with wonder. She yawned and decided to drop back to sleep.

Downtown Chicago

At long last, the teams of Mario and Sonic had arrived at the city of Chicago, and were currently walking downtown, seeing tons of people passing by. "Well-p, seems we finally made it." Knuckles said.

"Wow, Chicago's a really big place." Peach said with wonder, staring up at all the tall buildings.

"Eh, I've seen bigger." Sonic replied coolly.

"Who are we looking for again?" Luigi asked.

"Oh, you'll know them when you see them." Misty said.

"That is, if Jagar did his part of the job." Olive followed. "For once."

"Let's just be on the lookout for now." Luigi said. "Bowser and those Koopas could be-" He stopped and looked shocked at a little girl, who was playing with a turtle. "Th-There's one now! HIYAH!"

"No, Luigi!" Peach yelled as the younger plumber charged to the turtle.

"HEY!" the girl screamed as the man in green began jumping on the turtle's back, damaging it greatly. "You hurt my pet turtle!" The girl pushed him off and held up her turtle.

"Nnnnn, I need a bigger shell." The dizzy turtle groaned.

Tears formed in the little girl's eyes. "WAAAAHHH!" She ran away crying.

"O…kay…" Luigi scratched the back of his head, confused.

"That's gonna bite us later on." Tails said as the others looked disbelieved.

"We-a need some Coins." Mario said, going over to a small, brick window balcony. "Ohh—MMPH!" When Mario jumped, he bumped his head on the hard brick, falling down, his head bruised.

"Mario!" Peach rushed to his aid.

"Mmama Miaaa…" the plumber moaned, dizzily.

"Boy, this place is a lot different from the Mushroom Kingdom." Toad said.

"That's it! A mushroom would make Mario better!" Luigi beamed.

"But where will we find mushrooms in a place like this?" Peach asked.

"Why don't we look over there?" Tails asked, pointing to a restaurant across the street, that was named 'Shroomy Dooper'.

The gang walked into the shop, seeing a man and his teenage daughter at the counter. "Hello! Welcome to Shroomy Dooper! Would you like to try one of our delicious mushrooms?" the daughter asked happily.

"That's funny." Tails said. "I recall reading that this place was a sushi shop. Or was it ice cream. Cookies?"

"Uh, we would like you to never mention that again." The dad said.

"We're mushroom people!" they both exclaimed.

"Uh, well… do you have any mushrooms that can, I dunno, help with Mario's bump?" Tails asked.

"Well, you could try one of our Scab Shrooms." The girl suggested.

"Scab Shrooms?"

"Made from real scabs!" the dad grinned.

"Uh… I don't think it's what we're looking for."

"Well, how 'bout one of our Rainbow Shrooms?" she asked, holding up a colorful mushroom.

"That looks tasty." Peach said. "But how did you get it in that color?"

"We painted it!"

"Painted it?"

The dad held up a large can of paint, still smiling brightly. "With REAL house paint! MMMMM!"

Amy looked unsure. "Uh… I don't think that's healthy."

"Please, we just want something that can give Mario some strength." Peach pleaded.

"Ooh, I know!" The girl reached below the shelf and held up a… rather wilted-looking mushroom. "We got this mushroom from a nice guy hiding behind the library!"

"He looked like a wizard. MMMMM!" the dad smiled.

"A wizard?" Peach said, sounding impressed. "Well, try it, Mario!"

"Yeah!" With that, the red plumber took the mushroom and swallowed it in one bite. "Oooohhhh…" The Italian's eyes and head started spinning dizzily.

"Uh, I think that might've been a poison shroom." Tails said.

"Oh ho, yeeeeeaaaaaa…" the short plumber drew out, walking dizzily outside with the others.

"Well, at any rate, we should probably check around for anything weird." Tails figured.

"Tails is right." Blaze agreed. "Our foes may be arriving here any-"

"HEELLP!" screamed the crazy man in the green jacket, running around the two teams, then stopping. "A fat scientist and a turtle demon are headed to the outskirts with a bunch of robot clones!"

"It sounds like they're already here." Sonic concluded.

"That's right, but… why are you telling us?" Tails asked.

"Aren't you guys police animals?"

"Well, Rouge and I are government ages." Shadow mentioned.

"Oh, okay! So yeah, there's-"

"Trouble in the outskirts, got it."

"Okay, good. HEELP!" He ran off.

"Well, time to see what those two are up to." Amy said.

"Let's-a GOOO!" With that, Mario grabbed his brother's arm and hopped over to a convertible, landing in the driver's seat with Luigi in the passenger's.

"Mario, wait!" Sonic yelled as the drugged plumber drove off.

"Uh, M-M-Mario-o-o, is this safe?" Luigi stuttered.

"Oh ho ho ho! Of course! Look-a Luigi, there are some Coins!" Mario pointed ahead at several citizens. But in his dizzy, drug-induced eyes, they looked like Coins.

"Mario! NOOOO!" But despite his brother's cry, Mario proceeded to run the citizens over. Right away, a squad of cop cars drove out and started chasing the Italians. The rest of their gang chased after them.

The people from the mushroom shop watched as they drove off, creating chaos in their wake. "Looks like we done it again, Daddy!"

"We sure did, Pumpkin!"

"WE'RE MUSHROOM PEOPLE!" They smiled brightly and widely at each other.

Morgan's House

Meanwhile, the operatives and The Quads were awake and playing out in the front yard, while Nigel walked and talked with Morgan. "Ganondorf said that you and Harvey were important keys to Lord Gnaa's freedom. He's already possessed Harvey, but we still don't know what it has to do with you."

"You mean Negatar Gnaa? I heard of him."

"You…You have?"

"In a book I read once. It just appeared in my room one day. I think the author was… the Taler… or somethin'. The Storyteller?"

"Hmm. Never heard of him."

"Anyway, the book talked about how Gnaa never had any friends, so that led him to become a Dark Master. And after reading it, I felt kind of sorry for him. If he just had one friend, maybe he wouldn't have become what he is."

"Maybe, but what's done is done. He's a Dark Master now, so we have to-"

"WATCH OUUUT!" Hoagie screamed, shoving them out of the way from some gunfire. Everyone turned to see a bunch of Voldemort, Sentinel, and Palpatine Clones.

"Sigh… not these guys again." Abby groaned.

"Alright, team, spread out and-" Nigel was about to say, but-

"OH MY GOD, IT'S VOLDEMORT!" Morgan screamed. "I square-square-square-square-square Voldemort!" She then felt all eyes on her. "What? I'm a big Harry Potter fan."

"Yeah. You have an unhealthy obsession with it." Buddy said.

"Shut up, Ruburd!"

"Ahem." They looked above at a floating pod, which they knew was that of Dr. Eggman's.

"Dr. Eggman? What are you doing here? !" Hoagie snapped.

"Heh… heh heh."

"Huh?"

"Excuse my laughter. But you… you kids are so cruel." The scientist spoke, no emotion in his voice.

"What?"

"You taunt me by not using my full title."

"Man, what are you goin' on about now, Eggman?" Abby asked.

"See? There you go again. But in the end, you will be defeated by…" He tilted his pod downward, giving them a good view of his form. The man who was NOT Eggman was just as fat, but he had a white mustache, wore a black jacket, red jumpsuit with a white stripe going down, and had black-and-yellow-striped shoes. "Dr. Eggman Nega!"

They gasped. "OHH HO HO HO HO!" Just then, the real Eggman flew down. "I'd like you kids to meet my Negaverse counterpart, Ovi Kintobor, better known as Dr. Eggman Nega! He may not have the spirit, but his brains are equally brilliant and evil!"

"One does not need the spirit with great intelligence, Dr. Eggman." Nega replied, still no emotion.

"Yes, yes, save it for the interns. Anyway, after a recent failure, I have located my dear opposite counterpart and brought him to assist in our nefarious goals."

"This Dark Master sounded most intriguing. I decided to comply and accompany my dear Positive counterpart."

"And guess who ELSE is staked on this deal, gwah ha hee hah!" At this, they looked up at the Koopa King in his Koopa Clown Car.

"Bowser!" Fanny shouted, still angry at Bowser for almost hurting her brothers.

"Hey, hey, Fanny! I hope you enjoyed stomping me before, because it WON'T happen again! Ahem. Clones: ATTACK!"

"Kids Next Door: BATTLE STATIONS!" At Nigel's cry, the kids charged for the clones. (Play the "Menu" music from Smash Bros. Brawl!) The Quads drew out their lightsabers (which they got from Truth or Dare) and went for the Palpatine Clones, clashing against their sabers. Buddy and Morgan flipped behind two of them and sliced their heads off while Athena and Sophie used psychic to smash them into each other.

The Voldemort Clones threw spells at Nigel and Eva as they fought back with their water and firebending. Eva sliced some heads off with Water Slice while Nigel took their fake wands, blowing stun spells back at them, then breaking the wands. Several more clones cried as they ran for the kids, but they were smashed by the ground clapping them, Angie Granite smiling victoriously.

Hoagie ran around as some Sentinel Clones shot at him, firing a S.C.A.M.P.P. at their faces. Wally climbed on one and punched its face with a S.L.U.G.G.U.H. until it fell over, and Abby tricked them into shooting each other. Rachel then hopped across some clones' heads, stylishly chopping them off with her Yield Staff.

There was one last squadron of Voldemorts and Palpatines, plus one Sentinel. Sonya used her powers to hack into the Sentinel's mind, brainwashing it into blowing the other clones away. Sonya finished the Sentinel off by making it shoot his head off, the body falling to the ground. (Stop the music.)

"Mm mm mm mm." Eggman just shook his head. "Heh." He and the other villains snapped their fingers, summoning legions of Koopas and robots.

"Aw, man. What is with bad guys and their minions?" Abby asked.

"Ha ha HA! The clones were just to wear you out. Now our minions will FINISH you!" Eggman laughed.

"Grar har har! No one can help you now!" Bowser declared.

A distant, Italian voice yelled, "Herrrrre WE GO!"

"Grar?" At that instant, a purple convertible zoomed out from the bushes, running over a line of Koopas before spiraling and crashing. The car exploded as Mario and Luigi leapt out, ready for battle. "MARIO!" Bowser screamed.

Suddenly, a blue spinning ball zoomed in and bounced off several robots before coming to a complete stop next to Nigel, the blue hedgehog giving a thumbs up and a smirk. "S-S-SONIC!" Eggman shouted.

"HUYUH!" A spinning fire tornado shot in, piercing through large Hammerhead robots, the purple cat stopping by Violet.

"B-Blaze!" Eggman Nega stuttered.

Soon, the rest of Teams Sonic and Mario arrived as well, all ready to battle the enemies. "So, I'm takin' it you're against them, too?" Sonic asked Nigel.

"It's a safe bet we're on the same side." The bald Brit replied.

Jagar was ready to battle when he heard someone behind him, turning to find his two friends. "Misty! Olive!"

"Well, whaddya know. He made it!" Misty beamed, impressed.

"Here. Take this." Hoagie tossed Tails a S.C.A.M.P.P..

"Thank you." The fox smiled.

"Kids Next Door:" Nigel began.

"Team Sonic:" Sonic began.

"MMMA-RIO!" Mario cheered.

"GOO! !" (Play the Battlefield Theme (Ver. 1) from Smash Bros. Brawl!)

The blue hedgehog Spin Dashed and bounced off more robots, landing, and just when more were about to charge at him, Nigel threw fire blasts and took them out. Hoagie and Tails ran through the squad of Eggrobos, shooting them off with Hoagie's S.C.A.M.P.P.s. A blue one launched a missile at them, but Tails grabbed and flew Hoagie up, spinning and throwing the husky boy into the robot.

Kuki happily twirled and dodged the robots while Amy bashed them all with her hammer, the two girls smiling to each other. Some Goombas came, but Peach only bashed them with her golf club and other objects. "RAAAH!" Wally and Knuckles roared, charging to beat away a few Hammer and Boomerang Bros. A helmeted Hammerhead came to them, but Toad ran up, pounced, and blinded his vision, making the robot pound himself. Rouge carried and flew Abby upwards as she spun around, sending the African-French girl spinning and kicking into some Hammerheads.

Three Fire Bros spat fire at Fanny, who countered with her green fire. When a swarm of Boos flew her way, Luigi jumped in, drew his Poltergeist 3000, and the Boos turned away, but failed to escape as the green plumber sucked them in. He and Fanny smirked and gave the other a thumbs up before fighting side-by-side with their green fire.

Nigel exchanged a nod with Mario beside him as the two shot fire at a gang of running Piranha Plants. "BARK BARK!" A couple of Chain Chomps charged at them, but the two leapt over, grabbed them by the chains, and swung them into each other.

Blaze and Violet stood back-to-back as Koopatrols surrounded them, Blaze throwing her flames and Violet tossing her shurikens. Meanwhile, a referee Koopa blew a whistle as 5 Chargin' Chucks all lined up their footballs, which were held to the ground by other Koopas. From right to left, the Chucks kicked their footballs, 1, 2, 3, 4, but the 5th football was pinned down by Lucy from Charlie Brown, who moved the football, causing the Chuck to trip. The little girl giggled, but the Chuck only kicked her in the face, taking the ball and kicking it over.

The footballs were about to come down at The Quads, but they grabbed them with their psychic, throwing them back. Just then, a squad of Koopa Strikers grabbed their soccer shells and kicked them over, but the siblings ran and kicked them back, KOing the Koopas.

Shadow the Hedgehog warped around the area, kicking any robot he appeared beside. He landed next to Rachel, and the two charged, with Rachel batting the robots over with her staff while Shadow Chaos Speared them. Sonic grabbed Nigel's arm and spun the bald Brit as he produced fire from the other hand, spreading the fire around and burning Goombas.

Three E-2000s surrounded the timebenders, but Misty and Olive froze them and used Rewind to make them into old junk parts. Jagar was about to do the same, but his distorted powers only made the robot twitch crazily, so Misty proceeded to do it for him.

The gangs watched as an E-3000 descended onto the area. Sonic and Nigel only smirked to each other. "You ready?" the hedgehog asked.

"You bet!"

"Sonic, catch!" Tails called, tossing him a Ring.

Sonic grabbed it in his left hand, taking Nigel in his right. "Let's go!" With that, Sonic and Nigel spun in a pinball, lit on fire due to Nigel's flames. With a powerful charge, the spinning fireball shot into the large robot's red eye, erupting in a blinding explosion.

"OHH!" The three villains gaped at their power.

Sonic and Nigel took land on their feet, laughing victoriously as they high-fived. (Stop the music.)

"Had enough, Eggmen and Bowser?" Sonic asked snarkily.

"Grrr. This isn't over yet." Eggman growled. "ROBOTS!"

"Koopas!" Bowser called.

Instantly, another squadron of minions appeared. "Awww. Can't you give us a break?" Abby groaned.

The henchmen stopped when they heard a roaring sound coming from the sewer. "WOOHOOO!" Marine the Raccoon cheered, breaking through the sewer lid in her waterbike, running over some minions and stopping beside the teams. "BLAZE! !"

"AHH!" Blaze screamed when the raccoon girl tackled her.

"OI, BLAZE! Where've ya been, mate? ! It's been YONKS, eh?"

"Ergh! Good… to see you… too… Marine!" Blaze choked.

"Ahem." Bowser spoke up. "As I was saying… ATTACK!"

The minions were about to attack when… they suddenly stopped.

"GWUH? ?" the villains gaped. Everyone turned their attention at Clockwork, raising his glowing staff.

"Oh no. Not you!" Eggman said.

"Bah. This really bites." Bowser whined.

"It's time we make a retreat." Eggman Nega suggested. "I won't forget this." He flew away.

"You'll regret this!" Eggman vowed, flying after him.

"I'll get you next time, Mario!" Bowser left, too.

As the kids watched them leave, a familiar voice was heard behind them. "Nice to see you kids all right!" They turned around, smiling brightly at the voodoo witch-doctor.

"Uncle Facilier!" Abby embraced her uncle in a hug.

"Hm. Sounds like I arrived in the nick of… time." Clockwork joked. "Ha ha ha ha ha ha!…"

ARRRR-GEH! So, the teams finally meet. Next time, they'll introduce each other! Later!