Koopa Kid scoffs.

Pfft. What kinda amateur do you think I am? Do you think I'd just leave myself defenseless all the time? Newsflash, baldie! It'll take more than turning my own troops on me to win!

Before any of the Koopas at point-blank range can fire, Koopa Kid immediately knocks everything nearby him back with a swing of a punching glove-shaped wrecking ball from his Clown Mobile!

Whatever trump cards you may be trying to pull, I'm not going to stand there and let you!

A laser comes from the eyes of the Clown Mobile, zapping at the pod.

Back at Koopenstein's old castle, an even larger amount of roboticized troops approach them, destroying the Metallix clone army.

The ring leader reveals themselves from behind, appearing the two in a Clown Car Egg-Mobile hybrid.

*mumbling* stupid old man, forcing me to do his dirty work while he relocates....* Ahem. These shards you're looking for aren't here anymore. Oh, no. The one called Dr. Koopenstein has already gone with his most elite troops. Instead..
...You face Koopa Kid, child prodigy of the Koopenstein heritage!
And if you're looking to stop him, then you're too late! But since you went through so much effort coming here...

Koopa Kid and the roboticized Koopas all shoot rapid-fire bullets at the pair, along with extra missiles from the Clown Mobile!

Out steps a barrage of Roboticized Koopas, each of them charging directly at Metallix and Dub Eggman!

Wario, barely conscious, looks around cluelessly.

Duhz... Doez anywhun havuh peeca garlick I cuhn spair?

Wario laughs, riding on his motorbike.

(Wahahaha! It's a good thing I hid the real shards I had, now that moron is going to waste their time while I become rich!) WAHAHAHA--

Suddenly, a silhouette appears in front of Wario while he's riding! Before he can react, the blur knocks him out cold with a single hit electicized blow, as well as confiscating the real shards knocked out from Wario!

...
Perfect timing, my wonderful creation! Now we have more than enough of these shards to turn this Chaos Emerald of ours into a Super Emerald! Now quickly, return!

The mysterious metallic mirror flies away to an untraceable location.

A. Rock looks back in confusion as his own shard was already given away. He hands Knuckles the Emerald Rader instead, proceeding to leave like everyone else, but not before saying one last thing to Knuckles.

Oh, yeah. And a word of advice. If you're too busy worrying about other people's problems, how do you expect to prevent your own? Hopefully you understand where I'm going with this.

---

Dun dun da dun dun, da du dun du dun dun, da dun da dun dun, dun, dun, dun.

Dr. Koopenstein is finishing up preparations in his castle when he finds a note left for him, along with four more Master Emerald shards, with a Chaos Emerald in the center! He picks up the note first.

"Dear Dr. Koopenstein...


...We happen to find these shards, along with a Chaos Emerald. We thought that they would work better for you instead, as if we wanted to, we would just stolen either of these from a separate dimension entirely. We hope that you find them convenient.
Signed,



Quint. P.S. you left the back door open, and nobody was home, so we went in"-- Doh! Every bowling night!
Well, then, what a pleasant surprise! All the better to seize this world and destroy my no-good arch-nemesis in grand fashion!

He turns to Sometal.

Sometal, look what I have! Now, I know I said I was finished repairing you, but--
--UH, UH, UH! YOU DIDN'T SAY THE MAGIC WORD!
I THOUGHT I FINISHED PATCHING THAT!

After A. Rock's healing...

There. Now you have no more friends you need "avenging".

Lightwave then turns to Moronicle.

As for you.

An instant later the six shards from Moronicle and A. Rock are in Lightwave's hands, after taking them forcibly in stopped time via Flash Stopper. He then drops the emeralds into Classic Sonic & Tails' hands.

You. Take these. Now then. You two and your idiot red friend there have no reason to continue fighting. Now you two can have your stupid Pokemon battle, and you three can go look for an emerald that doesn't even belong to your time or dimension.
Dude, you should probably chill out--
Really? And let this meaningless squabble go on? I don't think so. I've got better things to do than watch my brain deteriorate from the sheer idiocy I have witnessed transpire.

Lightwave teleports out, leaving everyone silent

...Every party needs a party pooper, that's why they invited you. Party pooper.... Party pooper.

Anthem contrary to Knuckles' ambush doesn't move from his original spot at all due to the (lack thereof) force necessary to do so. The shards fall anyway for whatever reason.

A. Rock looks at the rampant Knuckles in confusion, then turns back to Classic Sonic & Tails. He then also glances at Duo, then finally looking back at himself.

Okay, this is getting stupid. I'm beginning to regret involving ourselves with this.

He walks over to the motionless mobians and Energy Boosts them back to 100%.

Outside of Duo...

Still think we should wait things out?
We don't know what might happen next.
Well, we can't leave him unguarded! Not after how he helped us.
...Alright then. Let's get this over with..

Suddenly, a sextuplet of familiar faces jump down. One of them being A. Rock, tries to tend to Duo, attempting to Energy Boost whatever has caused him to faint away.
Oh, boy, this ain't good.
We need to get going before it's too late!
Can't. that other... thing has a few of those pieces.

Mech-tenant turns to Moronicle, who is fighting Shadow Mewtwo.

What are you--
Hey, uh, we aren't really here to fight. Just to gather these emerald pieces and take our friend... and his friends... out of here. You don't really seem to have any use for them, so can you just let us have them?

Lightwave groans in annoyance.

We don't even know this person! Do you seriously expect them to just hand the shards over to us?

And I have-a-finally reached my-a-breaking point.

Somari, a little ticked off, spin dashes for a little while, before eventually kicking SA2 Eggman and his vehicle so far away that he can only be seen in the shape of a star. He then snaps back to normal.

I-a-didn't a mean to barge in like-a-that, but he just reminds-a-me of another... stubborn doctor... that I used to know. Although I don't-a-think this one breathes-a-fire...

Spider-Man seems a little dazed by the sudden attack.

...Wow, this rice tastes delicious, Uncle Ben!

Wario (still with the shards) grabs Sark back, scoffing.

As far as Wario's concerned, I found these here crystals fair and square! After all, they weren't on Pizzaria property when I found them, nor were they inside this "dimension" of yours, were they? Now, if you'll excuse me...

He then jumps in the air flipping Sark upside down right before, Piledriving him off!

Have a rotten day!

He then hops back on his motorbike and rides away at top speed in seconds, leaving Sabata and Sark in a heap of dust.

---

Wario Grab(Impact)- Wario Exclusive. The user grabs their foe, able to then follow up with other options depending on what they choose.
-Piledriver(Impact/Attack)- A move in which the user spins in the air and pounds the enemy headfirst into the ground.

Wario, momentarily caught off guard, is sent spiraling off the motorbike (though the shards do not slip from him.) He gets up promptly, and turns to Sark, slightly angered.

So that's the way it's gonna be, eh? Just know that you picked a fight with the wrong Wario!

Wario immediately strikes back, heading at him with a spontaneous Shoulder Bash!

Wario looks at Sark, and, in return, scoffs.

Alright then! Game on! Let's see how you handle my top speed!

Wario presses a button on his motorbike, pushing him to accelerate fast enough to go past Mach Speed and dozens of times faster without endangering the environment.

Back at Wario, he is still subtly chasing behind Spider-Man.

....Oh, to hell with this! I've had enough!
WRRRRRAGH! Let's see how this so-called webhead deals with Wario-Man!

---

Meanwhile, Spider-Man who is still on his way to Knuckles, hums a familiar tune. Unfortunately for him...

(Livin' on the edge, fighting crime, spinning webs. Swinging from the highest ledge, he can leap above our h--)OOF!

Faster than anyone can see (or any Danger-Sense can warn), Wario-Man drives his fists into Spider-Man's back sending him spiraling into a skyscraper. However, as he does he accidentally releases the shards, which are safely caught by Wario-Man, who then quickly takes this chance to vanish back onto the road with his bike as his regular self.

Wahahaha! Spectacular, my ! What a piece of cake, this is!

He then kicks his bike into high gear, going twice as fast on the road.

Back with the others.. Oh, screw you, I am at LEAST an Anti-Hero! Ugh... A. Rock and his gang seem to have successfully forged a radar for tracking the Master Emerald Shards (and an eventually 100% fully pieced one).

Alright, now all we have to do is follow one of the locations. The closest one nearby is on the road. Wait...
The speed of this guy... who do we know that has a vehicle like that?

*FLASHBACK*

*END FLASHBACK*

*sigh*.... It's that fat again.
(Oh, nonononono.) You guys work under the same boss, right? Why can't we talk to him?
See, that's the problem. If he's one thing aside from fat and smelly, it's greedy. He'd put money before anything. It's how Lord Hades convinced him to join him in the first place.
(Isn't he the guy who disabled all four of us at the same time in negative seconds?)
Don't worry you, five...

...I think I have a plan.

---

....
Gahahahaha! At long last, my empire has finally been rebuilt! But most greatfully of all, I have found Seven of these Shards and have installed them as a power source for this metallic doppelganger of my most maliciously vexing nemesis of mine! That damned do-gooder and his friends have still yet to meet the wrath of Super Sometal! Isn't that right, son?
...Son? Bah. All that potential and he chooses to waste it on video games. No matter! Somari! Mark my words when I say you have yet to hear the last of Dr. Koopenstein!

I've got an Idea!
What?
How about we go to the Dark Fortress to have some sort of Emerald Radar made? That way we could find any other faster!
...Did you just come up with a good idea?
's what I do.
Perfect. We'll join you.

Out steps the Anthem Brigade, who may or may not have been spying on the two this entire time.

Honestly we have nothing else important to do so...
And if your base really is capable of producing radars for these shards, then it could prove of use to us.
....
Heh! All right, then! Let's get a move on!

So, where do we start?
How about we contact Du-
Naaaaaah. He's probably busy. We'll look for the others ourselves.

---

Spider-Man nods in assent!

No problem! Consider these crystals delivered, Mr. Beta Shadow! Catch ya later!

Spider-Man thwips out of Little Papa Beta's, looking for any sign of Knuckles.

It's pi-- Oh, well, I guess now it's gem time..

Wario, who is still riding on his motorbike, happens to catch sight of Spider-Man swinging by shortly after, sneering at his method of transportation.

Pfft, I bet that loser wishes he had a real ride like mine!
(Then again... He came from the Restaurant, which I was nearby when I found those glowing stones. Perhaps getting the jump on this spandexed loser will help make me even more rich!)

Wario subtly rides behind Spider-Man..

(Spider-Sense is acting up again... someone must be after me. I'd better keep an eye out for any trouble...)

Spider-Man thwips onwards.