Spiders and Magic: Worlds Unite

Spider-Man, Trixie, Spike, Spider-Woman, Logan, Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Sonic, Shadow, Mega Man, Mega Man X, and Zero all looked at the strange location in front of them, all of them with a curious and yet disturbed look on their faces.

Spider-Gwen removed her hood for a moment, "Okay. Does the burning post-apocalyptic wasteland belong to anyone? Raise your hand." she demanded. No one did and glanced at each other and she groaned loudly, "Sunova. So I guess there's just this city here. How the heck did this end up here anyway?"

Shaking his head, Sonic replied, "No clue, Gwen. But something about it does look familiar. Kinda looks like the city where I fought the Ifrit, a giant fire demon that destroyed the future on my world. But there wasn't this much lava last time."

"So, you just fight demons that threaten time itself?" Peter asked.

The blue hedgehog nodded, "Yeah. Maybe the whole dimensonal merge thing is affecting time as well, just like how Mega Man and X can be here at the same time."

X put a finger on his chin, "That is a plausible theory. Now we just have to worry about finding a Chaos Emerald in this area. Who knows how we'll be able to traverse this."

A roar got the team's attention. Glancing over the small tear in space, they saw an animal looking being made of lava. Trixie yelped, "What in Celestia's name is that thing?!"

Sonic clenched his fists, "Hold up. I've seen this before. When my younger self and I travelled through time we found ourselves in a city filled with fire demons like that. We must be here in that case, funny thing is I didn't remember it the first time."

Gwen shot some webbing at the creature, but it melted before it reached the fire creature. "Crud. Fire bad." she hopped back as the monster drew out its fire breath. The White Widow backflipped then grunted, "Guess we're using fisticuffs." she drove both of her feet on it and watched it crumble down and explode in a mass of smoke, "Uh... Was that supposed to happen?"

Shadow nodded, "Sonic mentioned that these creatures are weaker than they look. Well-timed attacks and strategies are key if we are to survive in this wasteland."

Logan walked forward, "Survivin' is what I do best, as much as I hate to admit it."

Mario hopped in the air upon seeing another one jump from the woodworks. He stomped his feet on its back, watching as it crumbled to ash beneath him. "Mama mia! Shadow is-a right!"

Shadow nodded, "I agree with Faker, though. This city does feel familiar, despite us having never encountered it in our past, as far as we are aware anyway."

"Yoshi Yoshi Yo-Yoshi (Do you think we have to pass through or is there another way out)?"

Sonic hummed and pointed to the city, "Don't know, Yoshi. I guess we gotta find out for ourselves in this case."

Trixie raised a hoof, "We gotta go in there?! Where there are fire beings that look to be straight from Tartarus?! Have you all finally gone mad?!" she exclaimed.

"Trixie, I feel as though I reached the peak of insanity when I met Deadpool and Discord. Trust me, things can only get better from here." quipped Peter. Through the rift he noticed thick black clouds covering the orange skies of the city. "Woah. Looks like we're in some kind of Mad Max parody."

Zero unsheathed his Z-Saber, "Well, it looks like we have no choice. Let's head in there."

X revealed his X-Buster, "Right."

Luigi gulped, "A-Are you-a sure about this? It-a looks really dangerous in there."

Spider-Man looked back, "What choice do we have, Luigi?"

"Uh... Go-a somewhere else-a?" suggested the green-clad plumber nervously with a sheepish smile.

Spike patted the plumber's back and tried to ease the somewhat cowardly brother, "Don't worry, dude. You got all of us by your side. It shouldn't be too bad, especially since those fire demon things look seriously weak. With a swing of your hammer and they should be gone in the blink of an eye."

Mario nodded, "We-a have each other's backs, bro."

Peter glanced back to the city, "We made it this far, Luigi. There's no way I'm leaving any of you behind."

'That was rather wholesome.' Dream commented, 'Have you tried out for diplomatic speaker yet?'

'Ha ha. No, I'll leave the politics to Twilight.' said Peter in his head. He looked down at the original Blue Bomber, "You got any weapons in that arsenal of yours, Rock? It's been a while since I've seen any now that I think about it. You run out of energy?"

Mega Man nodded, "Not yet, thanks to Dr. Light and Tails before we left. I should have some spare E-Tanks though."

X put a hand on his hip, "If you run out, we got some Sub-Tanks that might do the same thing."

Sonic stretched his legs and smirked, "You guys ready to go? I have a feeling things may start to heat up."

"Your puns are as bad as Parker's." Trixie muttered.

"Yeah they-- hey!" fumed Spider-Man in annoyance, much to the blue unicorn's amusement.

Zero chuckled, "Never change, kid."

And so, the team stepped forward, finding themselves on a rocky cliff, able to get a better view of the destroyed city ahead. Sonic rubbed his head, "Since I was here last time, I had no idea what to call it, so Tails and I kinda decided on Crisis City. It just sorta had a nice, familiar ring to it."

Shadow glared forward, "This does feel familiar... Like as though we were standing on this exact location before."

"Yeah, I don't like this deja vu thing we got goin' here too. But now's not the time for that, Shadow." Sonic shrugged off, "Now we just have to find a way to get through here."

Yoshi pointed down, noticing some rectangle-shaped debris loose on the ground. "Yoshi Yo-Yoshi (Hey, look at those things)!" he called out to those who could understand him.

Gwen held one in her hands, "Huh. These kind of look like boards. What kind of sport is this supposed to be?"

"Yoshi (Exactly)." the dinosaur added.

The blue hedgehog grabbed one of his own, "Huh. I just had like another memory lapse." he faced Yoshi, "Oh, well it's about time we put our Olympic skills to the test, huh?"

"You guys were also in the Olympics?" Spider-Man groaned in a deadpan manner, "Is there anything else you have done?"

Sonic pointed to the side, "Mario and Luigi are part time doctors."

Mega Man rubbed his helmet, "Huh."

Wolverine pinched his temple, "Are we just gonna stand around and boast like idiots or are we finally gonna get somethin' done?! What does the dinosaur want to do with these things?!"

"Jeez, temper much, Logan?" muttered Sonic. "We should really do somethin' about that."

Suddenly, Wolverine revealed his claws and pointed them to the blue hedgehog, "Wanna mock me again, furball?! Enough of the constant references! No one gives a crap so just get to the point!" Peter and Gwen held his shoulders back while Shadow merely stood in between the mutant and blue hedgehog with a glare.

"We are not going to fight." Shadow said sternly, "Faker tends to annoy others, but now is not the time to do that. All of us are on the same mission, so I'd advise calming down."

Spike put an arm between the two now, "Come on, I thought we were done the fighting!" he whined.

Logan finally relented, his claws back in his hands. "Holy hell, Logan. Even the you I met wasn't this easy to annoy."

"Well, clearly he hasn't put up with the shit I have." replied the future X-Man in disgust, "Fine, ya know what? I'll put up with ya still, only because everything's at freakin' stake." he announced, "Should'a worked on my temper while wanderin'."

"I-It's fine, Logan." X assured, "All the stress is catching up. I've had moment like that too." Zero remained silent on the matter.

"...Anyway," Sonic continued, "As Yoshi was saying, we could use these as makeshift snowboards to go down the ruined roads. Hopefully, we don't run into anymore of those fire demon things on the way down." he explained.

The older Wolverine replied, "I'll find my own way down, thanks. You were pushin' it with the high-tech hoverboard crap."

Spider-Gwen chuckled, "It can't be that bad, Logan. Minus the fact they we are literally snowboarding in a fire demon filled city that is above boiling lava."

"...Is it wrong that I don't consider this as weird as the time I skateboarded with Tony Hawk?" Spider-Man wondered. "I'm still not sure why he invited me."

Sonic chuckled, "At least you have some boarding experience." he faced the broken street, able to get down from the slope made by the cliff they were standing on. "Here we go!" he, Mario, Luigi and Yoshi were the first to slide down, using their experience to their advantage.

"You sure you're not coming, Logan?" Peter asked. "It could be a fun experience."

The older hero raised a hand, "No thanks, kid. I can make it around on my own anyway."

"How about I help?" Trixie offered, "No way I'm able to do that."

"Alright then." Logan agreed.

Gwen knelt down and began to board with the others, "Holy crap! This is a new level of extreme!"

Spike laughed, "We do this in the Dragon Kingdom. Sometimes."

Mega Man, X, and Zero trailed behind the others as Shadow remained skating, "Be wary of your surroundings here. Faker mentioned that there are demons like the one we faced scattered throughout the city." he reminded the team. "When the time comes, do not hold back." he warned loudly.

Mega Man nodded, "Alright."

"Hold on, Logan. This may feel weird." Trixie warned.

Logan shook his head, "I can deal with it."

The mutant found himself in a blue bubble as Trixie slowly placed herself a levitation spell to catch up with the others in short time. "Alright. Watch your claws."

Sonic weaved next to Mario as the two crossed, leaving a small burst of dust in their wake. Spidey swerved his board around intending to reach the end of the street, but something else caught his attention, "Oh, uh, why the heck is that street a halfpipe?"

"No clue." admitted Sonic.

Suddenly, a giant fire worm burst out of the street, surprising Spider-Man, Zero, Shadow and Yoshi, prompting them to hop off their boards instantly in slight shock. "Yoshi (What the--)?!" the others ahead were blocked off as debris from a broken building collapsed and blocked the rest of the roadway.

Zero raised his Z-Buster, "Another one? A worm now?" he dashed forward and shot a clean charged shot on it, causing it to stir and roar in pain as its body wiggled. It moved back down onto the ground, "Okay. Where did it go...?"

Peter's Spider-Sense blared in his head, "Yoshi, underneath you!"

Instantly, the dinosaur hopped up and back as the worm revealed itself once more. Yoshi growled and performed a series of flurry kicks upon it, his feet moving faster than Spider-Man expected, "Hmmm!" he growled with his mouth closed.

Spider-Man flipped forward, noticing another one coming out with a flaming boulder aimed directly for him, a column of fire revealing itself as a result, "More of these things? Think we can handle them you three?" he asked.

Yoshi pumped a fist, "Yoshi Yo-Yoshi (You bet)!"

"We can." Zero declared, the Red Maverick Hunter nodding with a thin smirk.

Shadow folded his arms, "Let's just get this over with."

And so, the three jumped forward, seeing the monsters grow in numbers against them.

"Crud. The others got separated!" Sonic shouted.

Mario shouted back, "We-a have to-a go help them. Those-a monster things look tough to handle-a at once."

Mega Man was ready to turn around, but something pushed him off his board instead, metal clanging heard on the street, "Ow." he groaned, holding his helmet. "What was that?"

Out of nowhere, various light green objects flew down with a wrath. This forced the team to dodge as best they could, everything coming down towards them like meteors. "Woah!" screamed Luigi, losing his balance. Luckily, Sonic swooped in and grabbed his arm and dropped him on the ground.

"Mama mia..." muttered Luigi, now dizzy. He shook his head and got his bearings, seeing more debris in the sky.

X shot a boulder coming towards them, "What's causing all this to happen?" he wondered.

Gwen pointed upward once she webbed up a construction pipe, "Okay, I think I know."

"What?"

The team gazed to the sky, noticing a silver object floating, his hands extended outward. "No..." Sonic whispered.

The silver figure lowered himself on top of a nearby building, the green aura covering his body fading as were the objects, which dropped as a result. It was a silver hedgehog with green circles on his hands and black boots. He pointed at Sonic, "I finally found you... Iblis Trigger." he declared loudly.

"Silver?" Sonic gasped.

Spike tilted his head, "Iblis what?"

Silver lowered his arm, "You're the one behind this destruction. I'll make sure this future never comes to pass!"

Gwen stepped forward, "Hold it! Who do you think you are anyway?" she growled.

"My name is Silver the Hedgehog. My duty is to protect the future from the demon known as Iblis, and it's thanks to this hedgehog that this world's come to pass."

Mario flailed his arms, "Silver! It's-a us, your friends! Sonic would-a never do this!"

"If you're willing to defend him, then you're all my enemies!" Silver yelled loudly.

Anothe boulder was thrown by the silver hedgehog. Spike jumped forward and burned it to ash with his fire breath, "Can this guy be any more annoying?"

"He's not like this! The future he's talking about was saved when we destroyed the Ifrit!" Sonic explained.

"Lies!" snarled Silver. He hovered down and intended to tackle Sonic, but Luigi swung his hammer upwards, uppercutting the rogue hedgehog's muzzle.

Mega Man noticed Silver get his bearings and tried to restrain him as best he could. As Silver swerved down, he jumped up and used his Hard Knuckle to punch him in the back of his head, "Sorry about this, Silver. But you're in our way! We need to find the Chaos Emeralds as fast as we can!"

"Enough!" Silver declared, holding Mega Man down with his abilities, trapping him in a green aura.

"Does he have magic too?" Spike asked.

Sonic shook his head, "No. He somehow has telekinetic abilities. Not sure how that happened, honestly." he revealed, divekicking Silver as hard as he could, making him lose focus. "Easy, Silv. It's me, Sonic. You know, your friend?"

Silver growled and pushed Sonic back, pinning him to a wall, "As if I'll be friends with a monster like you!"

A line of webbing suddenly got caught on Silver's arm, and he was yanked backwards, "Okay, Silver. Enough being an asshole. What the hell are you talking about?" Gwen wondered, with X standing next to her, X-Buster primed and aimed.

Without answering, Silver pushed the two back with a burst of energy, catching them off guard. "Look around. Sonic is the one behind this destruction! See that Tornado?" he gestured to the cyclone of flames in the middle of the city. "That is Iblis, the fire demon that destroyed the world I never knew!"

"I think that tornado's carrying a car. A few actually." quipped the White Widow nonchalantly.

Silver pushed her down again, "Shut up."

A blue blur pushed Silver backwards and made him fall facefirst on the floor, "Okay then. Looks like we're doing this the hard away again, Silver. You ready for another butt-kicking?" Sonic asked, uncurling from a Homing Attack.

Mario and Luigi stepped next to Sonic, "How can-a we stop him?"

"Yeah..." groaned Spider-Gwen, "This guy can lift stuff with his mind. That's kinda beyond my payroll."

"Allow me to show you!" he zipped forward and circled Silver, but he was pushed down again, "Agh!"

Luckily, Gwen webbed his hand and freed the blue hero, "Wow. You sure showed us." she said sarcastically, "Any other way we can take him down?"

Mario and Luigi held out their hammers, "We can-a truly. We never have-a fought him before though."

The hedgehog groaned and dusted himself off, "I've done it before. But even when we were on opposing sides he was never this bloodthirsty. It's kinda weird."

Spike clenched his fists as Silver began to glow green again, "Well, we can't dwell on that now. This guy looks like he's about to attack again!"

Spider-Man drove both of his feet into the Iblis worm, flipping around and watching as Shadow hovered and proceeded to kick the worm as it grumbled and roared in pain. "Woah, Shadow. Where did you learn how to do that?" he saw the black hedgehog teleport and appear behind the Iblis Worm, throwing a Chaos Spear on its back, stunning it for a moment again.

"I was created with the intent for fighting as well." Shadow revealed in a stern tone.

While the Iblis Worm was stunned, Yoshi headbutted the creature as hard as he could, a loud yell heard from him as he did so. He landed on his stomach before picking himself back up, "Yoshi Yoshi (Where are the others at)?"

"No idea, Yoshi." Shadow answered, ducking underneath a fireball that was spat at him. He slid and watched as the Iblis Worm vanished in a burst of fire.

"You can understand him, too?" Peter asked, a brow raised under his white mask. He landed on a knee, zipping himself onto the wall of a nearby building, intending to attack the second Iblis Worm when an opening presented itself.

Shadow nodded, flipping back on his feet, "Correct. Sonic and I have learned to translate him."

Zero drew his Z-Saber downward, slicing the body of the worm in half, destroying it there. "Okay, then. Something tells me that's not the end of these things." the light sword was swung horizontally next as another burst of fire came out. "I spoke too soon. That one looks to be a giant golem now."

"Great. Just what we need." groaned Peter. His Spider-Sense tingled again and he shot a web-ball behind him, noticing a burst of smoke. Looking up, he saw a flaming bird, "Okay, I think I found Jean Grey's mascot. Or Celestia's pet gone rogue. Whichever works." he pointed out to himself.

Shadow hissed and spun, curling into a ball and attacking the Iblis bird with a Homing Attack, "There needs to be a better way to end these. We cannot afford anymore distractions."

Zero jumped and flipped, his sword still revealed, slicing apart another Iblis bird in an instant, "Shadow's right. We need to find a way to dwindle their numbers easier."

"Unfotunately, as of now, there's only four of us. Unless Logan and Trixie show up, we're on our own." Spider-Man recalled.

"Yoshi Yo-Yoshi (Look up there)!" the green dinosaur said. The others, minus Shadow, did so and spotted a being on the rooftops, still, with a staff, or scepter in hand.

"Who is that?" Zero questioned.

Something hopped down from their perch on the rooftops and drove their staff down onto the golem's head, vaporizing it instantly. They landed and Peter immedately recognized their yellow armor and blue scales, "Ember? What the heck are you doing here?"

Ember looked at the team, "Peter? This is a surprise. What are you doing here?"

"I can ask the same about you. Shouldn't you be keeping an eye on the Dragon Kingdom?" the wall-crawler asked.

"Those fire creatures attacked my kingdom when this mayhem started. I managed to track them to this city. So, is this that team you mentioned to me before?"

"No. These are some new friends of mine: Shadow, Zero, and Yoshi. Our worlds are being merged together by some robot called Sigma and we have to find these gems called Chaos Emeralds to stop him." Spider-Man explained. "Spike's here as well, but I have no idea where he and the others are at right now."

The Dragon Lord turned her head, "That would explain those creatures I saw on the way here."

"What crea--?" Spidey started to ask.

More Iblis creatures suddenly warped into existence as Ember was about to explain what she meant. There were Iblis worms, golems, and birds surrounding them on all corners, "Forget I asked..." groaned the wall-crawler to himself.

Shadow adjusted his cuffs, "Are you capable of fighting?"

"Why does everyone doubt me?" moaned Ember in disbelief.

Zero held out his sword, "Don't take it personally. We just don't want anyone getting hurt too bad."

Ember replied, "Well, I can handle myself."

"Yoshi Yoshi Yo-Yoshi (I'm sure you can)!" cheered the chipper green dinosaur.

Ember tilted her head, "What?"

"Yoshi (Nevermind)." sighed Yoshi.

The Dragon Lord spun her staff in front of her, deflecting a ball of fire aimed at her easily. She jumped up and kicked back a golem with Peter, their feet driven into the monster's torso. They watched it stumble back as Shadow threw a Chaos Spear on it, hopping off its rocky body to attack its exposed head. "Chaos Spear!" he shouted again, seeing electric sparks on the lava.

Turning around, he hit a bird with a Homing Attack, seeing it get tossed back in his ball form. He uncurled, "These demons are pathetic." he insisted.

"For a bunch of fire demons, they are pretty weak." admitted Spider-Man casually, uppercutting a lizard as it leaped towards him. Jumping off its body, Yoshi leaped and stuck out his tongue, devouring an Iblis bird, much to Peter's surprise and disgust, "Holy crap, Yoshi! Spit that out!" he practically screamed.

Yoshi ignored him, swallowed and pushed with loud grunts as he bent down, "Hrr...."

"Is he... Oh no." Peter mumbled, keeping an eye on his dinosaur. He knelt down to check on him. "Now's not the time to drop a log, Yoshi! We're in public!"

Shadow huffed and kicked back a lizard, "Let him. I know what he's doing."

Zero dashed and shot his Z-Buster forward, "These things are about as stubborn as Vile!"

Ember stabbed her scepter forward, stabbing an Iblis lizard, "Whatever these things are, we have to stop them before they reach the rest of Equestria and these other worlds." she turned her head, ready to destroy another golem.

A green dotted egg appeared behind Yoshi, relieved he threw it at an Iblis lizard, stunning it. Peter's jaw was agape once he processed what he witnessed, "Discovery Channel lied to me. Nature is weirder than I thought."

Yoshi laughed and stomped once he was high enough, smashing a lizard with his rear. "Yoshi!"

"Okay, how many of these things are there?!" groaned the Dragon Lord.

Much to their surprise, Ember spotted a waterlike shuriken in midair reach the giant's head, causing it to cease and disintergrate. "A water blast? From where?" Zero asked, "How can anyone get any liquid in this terrain?"

"It wasn't me." Ember added. "Maybe it was that creature I mentioned earlier."

In the shadows was a creature hanging upside down on a loose pipe, webbed arms folded. It flipped upwards and revealed itself standing. A pink thing covering its neck. It threw another water projectile downward and destroyed an Iblis bird. The creature hopped down and landed in the battlefield. "You again?" Ember asked. The creature didn't say anything and instead slid on water, crashing through another fire lizard with ease as it vanished.

Spider-Man dug his hands onto a bird and threw it on the ground, "This a friend of yours, Ember? He looks like a giant frog... Is that its tongue used as a scarf?"

"Reminds me of Strider Hiryu." Zero chuckled, "He looks to be a ninja as well."

Shadow raised a brow, "It does look familiar though."

"Yoshi Yoshi (I know him)!" Yoshi announced.

Peter landed, "Okay, it sounds like Yoshi knows you. Who or what are you, cause it looks like you're on our side judging by what Ember is saying."

The froglike being shot more water at the last Iblis golem, allowing to disappear. It folded its webbed hands and stood on one leg, closing its eyes as an aura appeared around it, like it was meditating. Finally, it opened its eyes as it said one word.

"Greninja!"