Sonic shrugged as Mario ran at him, the plumber brought his fist down. Sonic quickly jumped out of the way. Mario was shocked at the Hedgehog’s speed. Mario turned around as Sonic through out his foot at him, he ducked out of way and threw a punch the hedgehog’s way. Sonic dodged and with his hands flung the heavy plumber over his shoulder.

“AAAAHHHHH!” screamed Mario as he flew through the air. Sonic came running at him, Mario smiled as he used his legs to send the hedgehog flying, but Sonic was quick to recover himself in the air. He landed on his feet and as Mario jumped into the air to squash the hedgehog, Sonic did a back flip, which kicked Mario in the chin.

“You’re pretty good.” Said Mario. Sonic simply smiled. Luigi watched with a bit of an entertained look, but he had to break up the fight sooner or later.

Meanwhile Batman led the former two Maverick Hunters further into the wasteland. “So,” asked X. “Do you know where they might be keeping Ciel?”

“The last time I was here, they had Batgirl and a whole bunch of other girls inside that castle, so that’s where we’re heading.”

“Hmm, I hope she’s doing fine.” Said Zero, half to himself, half to his companions. The legendary reploid had never been in a situation like this before. And he wondered who was the mastermind behind the kidnapping of Ciel.

Meanwhile Ciel and the other girls were getting a bit of the royal treatment. Water sprayed down and washed them giving them a shower. “What’s with the royal treatment all a sudden?” asked Amy as the pink hedgehog was having water come down all over her.

Dana smiled, “Whatever do you mean?”

The girls showered and brushed their teeth. “OK, OK. Enough with all this, we know what you want.” Said Barbara. “Just tie us up again and get it over with.”

Dana smiled. She tossed each girl her underwear, which put it back on. “Suit yourself.” She turned to the female staff. “OK tie them up.”

“Wait!” shouted Serenity. “Aren’t you at least gonna…”

“No.” said Dana. The female staff then walked up to the girls carrying the rope. The girls’ hands were put behind them and rope was tied tightly around their wrists, Zelda 1 and Zelda 3 moaned a little. Rope was wrapped their waists, completely immobilizing their arms. Starfire frowned as she watched herself and the others girls’ thighs and ankles be tied together.

“You better let us go right now or-MMMPPPHHHH!” said Zelda 2, just as the green cloth was tied over her mouth.

“Yugi and Joey will come, they will-MMMMPPPPHHHHHH!” said Serenity, as the blue cloth was tied over her mouth.

“Batman will stop you, and he’ll kick every single one of your- MMMMMPPPHHH!” said Barbara, as the yellow cloth was tied over her mouth.

“MMMPPPHHH!” screamed every girl, as the tying and gagging was done. Rage was in their eyes.

“Take them to the main control room” said Dana, grinning at the helpless girls and admiring the handiwork.

Meanwhile, Link 1 walked through the barren wasteland, reflecting back on his previous time here, he took out his bow and arrows and looked around looking for any sign of trouble. “No Moblins.” He said to himself, as he sighed, suddenly he turned his head to the sound of rustling in the nearby rocks. He dismissed it, but then he heard a battle cry. He turned his head over to see a young boy that looked a lot like him preparing to bring a sword down on his head.

Meanwhile back at the site of Sonic and Mario’s battle. Sonic and Mario continued to trade blows until Luigi finally began to approach the battle. Sonic gave Mario a punch to the face, before Luigi stepped in. “Hey come on! Mario, you need to knock it off.”

Mario stopped “Luigi”? he asked, puzzled.

“You always did tend to rush into things. I think he can help us.” He then turned to Sonic. “Did you kidnap the princess?”

“No.” said Sonic. “I didn’t even know that a princess was here.”

“Well there you have it.” Said Luigi, extending his hand. “My name is Luigi. We came from the Mushroom Kingdom.” Sonic took his hand.

“My name’s Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog.”

Meanwhile…

“MMMMPPPPPHHHHH!” screamed the girls. As they were placed onto chairs, the guards wrapped more rope around them securing them to the chairs. Derek smiled as he watched the heroes on camera. What he was currently watching was Sonic shaking hands with Mario with Luigi watching and smiling. Amy and Peach’s gagged faces beamed up at the site of their heroes. Derek watching over and petted Zelda 3 on the head, she reacted most disgustedly.

“Mmmpppphhh.” She let out. Derek smiled at the disgust on her face.

“Batman has aligned himself with X and Zero. And Sonic has done the same with Mario and Luigi. We shall see how this pays off.” He turned to the monitor and watched as Batman’s team prepared to face off against a hoard of Mavericks and gangsters. “We shall see indeed.” He grinned.

TO BE CONTINUED