Spiders and Magic: Worlds Unite

Lost Hex...

"Yes!" cackled Sigma, raising his arms, feeling the energy of all the worlds come forth to him, the Maverick leader feeling all the more powerful by the second.

Starlight smirked, "I see you're impressed, Master Sigma?"

Sigma folded his arms, "Very much so, Starlight. This is only the beginning. Once I drain these worlds dry of their energy, no world or reality will be safe."

Hiding behind an Animal Capsule, were Eggman, Wily and Bowser. The former spoke first in a whisper, "They weren't supposed to fight until they return to base!"

"No kiddin'. We just gotta hope Sigma doesn't find out." Bowser said.

Wily wiped some sweat off his brow, "Well, we should make a break for it before Sigma catches wind of what we did to the Roboticized Masters!"

"Agreed, but what about the Deadly Six and Mecha Sonic? The armor will no doubt be impenetrable and I built this new robot to be nigh indestructible." Eggman gulped.

"And my Koopa Troop. Knowin' that bald creep he'd find a way to put them under his control with the armor you built them, docs." Bowser huffed, "Not that I'm blamin' you of course."

Wily peeked over, seeing Sigma still boasting over his new power with Starlight, "Then, it's settled. We'll make a hasty retreat!"

"Okay..." Rainbow muttered, "Can somepony explain what the hay is going on?" she held her head, "Rifts, robots, none of this is making sense right now!"

"Yer tellin' me." replied a gruff voice.

Twilight turned her gaze, feeling as though she recognized that voice, "It can't be." she whispered. Standing next to the figures that just walked into their world was Logan, except he appeared to be aged, and his hair bright white. "Logan? Is that you?"

Logan raised a brow, "The hell are you?"

The alicorn shook her head, "It's me, Twilight Sparkle! Peter's wife! We worked together with the Avengers and the Justice League for a while! You were with us the entire time!"

The old man waved a hand, "Never seen somethin' as ridculous as you before in my life."

"Hey!" fumed the alicorn.

A beam neared the heroes, prompting them to duck. The sound of metal clanging could be heard nearby, the fight with the Roboticized Masters still going.

Sonata faced her friends as she raised her head, "Is he a friend of yours?"

"Yeah. He's always this moody though. He probably doesn't want to admit he knows us now because he's old." Rainbow chuckled.

Logan growled, "And I'm tellin' ya! I ain't seen ya rainbow horses before in my goddamn life."

Popping behind Logan was a woman clad in white, "Oh thank God, I thought he was a stranger or something. I didn't think you recognized him." she admitted with a sheepish chuckle, wandering her way in the grassy field.

"Gwen?"

Spider-Woman extended her hands, "The one and only. And on the battlefield, it's Spider-Woman. Looks like we got ourselves in an even bigger mess than before." she put a hand to her hips, "You know any of these guys here?"

Applejack shook her head, "Ain't too sure, ourselves. It's lookin' mighty crowded out here."

Tails ran to the ponies, "What is causing all of this to happen? We all come from different worlds! It just doesn't add up!"

The blue robot raised a hand, "If I may intervene for a minute. My name is X, that's my friend and partner Zero. We may have a clue as to who's behind this."

"Sigma." Twilight revealed.

X looked at the alicorn, "I'm sorry, you know of him?"

"Thanks to Eris. Apparantly he came to our world years ago and seeked to ally with a foe of ours: Discord, while we dealt with another threat. He's not here anymore, so I have no idea as to who brought him back to this world. Eris learned of Discord's plans and Sigma's involvement. I guess she thought that he forgot about this world."

Zero sighed, "Wonderful. Sounds like Sigma to make ridiculous deals like that. I'm surprised it wasn't a Maverick this time." he put a hand to his face in disgust over what their nemesis has done.

"But it looks like Sigma's one step ahead of us this time." X noted. He shook his head, "Anyway, it appears that all of our worlds have crossed for some unknown reason. And it has to do with those four robots and minions of Sigma."

"Should we do something?" Sonata asked.

"I dunno, guys. It looks like they're taking care of themselves just fine." Knuckles observed. The four robots were currently in a battle against each other, throwing all of their weapons at one another in hopes of victory.

Running into the battlefield behind the newly-forged group were a man clad in green and a green dinosaur, "Mama mia... Is-a this where-a Mario ended up?" he asked.

"Yoshi Yoshi Yoshi! (I think so, Luigi. I think I can see him!)" the dinosaur spotted the roboticized plumber.

Tails raised a brow, "Luigi? Yoshi?"

Luigi gave the fox a smile and asked, "Tails?"

Yoshi raised his hands, "Yoshi Yoshi! (Finally, someone who can help us!)" he cheered, getting a glance at the others, "Yoshi Yoshi Yoshi? (Who are all of you?)"

The fox cleared his throat, "He wants to know who all of you are. Don't worry, Yoshi and Luigi are old friends of ours." he assured the ponies moreso than the Maverick Hunters and humans.

"I'm wondering the same thing."

Rainbow and Knuckles slammed their hands and hooves to their faces, "Another one?" the pegasus asked, spotting the figure with the red visit and a shield strapped to his back, "And who are you supposed to be?" she wondered.

"Blues. The Proto-Man. Now, can I get an answer?"

Applejack rolled her eyes, "Aggressive much?"

Once introductions were in order, Shadow crossed his arms, "So, it appears whoever this threat is, they accidentally brought us all together. Good on them. This incompetence can only be the work of the doctor." he huffed.

Logan gruffed, "And I have no idea who the hell yer talkin' about. All'a this is new to me. I don't even know why this Sigma decided to get my world involved."

Twilight raised a hoof, "I'm wondering the same thing. Clearly, you're not the same Wolverine we know. For one thing, you've aged in such a short amount of time, unless the time differences across worlds began to apply again."

Zero crossed his arms, "Did you just say, Wolverine?" he questioned the alicorn.

"I'm not Wolverine anymore, pony girl. It's just Logan. I don't deserve that name anymore. Not after what happened." sighed the older mutant, "But why the hell is that relevant to you, blondie?"

The red Reploid spoke, "Because our world once crossed with a world known as Marvel. We united against a legion of villains after a couple fights to face off against Galactus. Sigma must have known about it and planned to take over any of your Earths with little heroes."

Spider-Gwen crossed her arms, "That probably would explain why I'm here. It's only me, Cap and S.H.I.E.L.D. there for the most part." she realized.

Luigi hummed, "But-a why-a us? Unless..."

Yoshi scowled, "Yoshi Yoshi! (Bowser!)"

"What did he say?" Sonata asked, "In fact, how could any of you understand him?"

Tails said to the Siren, "We've known him long enough, despite being from different worlds. He said that his enemy, Bowser may have had a hand in all of this too."

Shaking his head, Proto-Man added on, "If we're going by the theory that our old foes are involved somehow, then that means Wily's gotta have a hand. The design and personality of these robots do look like something he'd make."

"As well as Eggman." Amy added.

"Yeah, the Doc's known for crazy robot designs. And for some reason they all have the word Egg in them." Knuckles chimed in.

"Now it's just a question as to why Sigma bothered to come back to Equestria like Eris suggested." Twilight hummed. "There's nopony else here with the capablities of bringing him here. Discord and Tirek are gone as are Electro, Osborn, Venom and Carnage, and there's no way they would allow this."

"Hold on, Sparkle. I seem to remember somepony vanishing before the big battle against Tirek." Trixie reminded the alicorn. "That sleezeball."

"Starlight Glimmer? Of course, it makes sense now! She must've brought Sigma here." she realized.

Shadow closed his eyes, "And who might this Starlight Glimmer be?"

"A unicorn bent on equality across Equestria. She vanished a year ago." Twilight explained.

Proto-Man shook his head and grunted, "So, it sounds like our old foes came together to do us in at the same time."

"Well, that was a big mistake on their part." Gwen pointed out, "By doing this, they were dumb enough to bring us all together. I mean, once those four turn back to normal, we head right for Sigma!"

"I agree!" Rainbow said.

Tails pointed a finger upward, "Now hold on. We can't just go to wherever Sigma is. We don't even know where he's at first of all, and on top of that, we don't even know what's waiting for us. By the look of things, he could already have things prepared for our arrival if he was working with Eggman, Wily, Starlight and Bowser."

Nodding, Espio spoke, "I agree with Tails. We must plan this accordingly."

"Yoshi Yoshi Yoshi? (But what about Mario and Sonic?)" the dinosaur asked. "Yoshi Yoshi? (And whoever else is there?)"

Knuckles rubbed his head, "I dunno, Yoshi. We just gotta wait things out. Once they shut themselves down, then we can figure that part out."

Trixie tilted her head, "Okay, is there a book or something I'm missing that can translate him? All I hear is Yoshi coming from his mouth." the dinosaur gave the blue unicorn a blank stare.

"I ain't too sure, but that's the last thing I wanna worry about." Applejack commented.

Luigi sighed, "He was-a asking who-a else was there."

"Rock. You may know him as Mega Man." Proto-Man answered, "What they did to him is despicable. To become the very thing you fight against."

"You said his name was Mega Man? Who created him?" X asked.

"Doctor Light. Same as me. Why?" Blues replied.

X held up his X-Buster, "I-I was created by Doctor Light as well, my full name is Mega Man X. Apparantly, I was the last creation of his." he revealed. "So, we're displaced in time as well."

"Mega Man? That's him? Sonic told me about him after he got back from the Smash tournament." Tails said.

Logan raised a brow, "Than who's the other bucket of scraps?"

Twilight faced the old mutant, "You should know him, Logan. Peter Parker. You know, Spider-Man."

"Parker?" Logan asked, "That's a name I haven't heard in years. Thought he was dead."

"You know what happened, Logan." Trixie said, "He stayed in this world after you helped Twilight and him fight the Green Goblin."

"Now I don't remember that." grunted the old Wolverine.

Pointing her thumb at Logan, Gwen said, "I don't think this is the same Wolverine you know, girls. We'll see what happens when he sees--" she cut herself off, seeing something fly towards them. "Incoming!" she extended both of her hands and shot a line of webbing at the isolated missile, throwing into the air.

"Now I really wish this fight was over!" Sonata whined, referring to the Roboticized Masters' battle.

With the Roboticized Masters, they continued their duel, not caring about anything else but their programming. They hopped and dashed all over the forest, dodging and hitting each other's attacks. "You know, this has to end at some point." Sonic-Man quipped, skidding on his metal feet.

"Yeah, I agree." Mecha-Spider responded.

Mecha Mario looked to his adversaries, "Let's-a end this."

M'Egga Man snarled, "Then bring it on!"

All at once, the four robots charged their arm cannons and yelled the name of an attack as the projectiles collided.

"SONIC WIND!"

"FIRE MISSILE!"

"EGG-SPRING SHOT!"

"WEB TORPEDO!"

Once their weapons and attacks collided, it created a major spark that enveloped the four roboticized heroes. They remained still, their screams echoing across the forest. Within their minds, they could feel whatever was controlling them slipping away and four familiar voices calling out to them.

"Wake up, pesky heroes! You can't give up!" Bowser said.

"I can't believe we're asking for your help! But nothing else matters now!" Eggman snarled.

"It's Sigma! He made us do this to you! Stop him!" Wily shouted.

"Peter! Wake up! What happened to you?" Dream called out.

The spark of light got the attention of all the heroes. They all ran ahead into the forest, seeing Mario, Sonic, Mega Man and Spider-Man lying down on the floor, their chests heaving up and down, clearly exhausted from the ordeal they just went through. The four of them sat up and looked to one another, "Mario? That you?" Sonic asked, holding his head.

"It's-a me, Sonic." Mario wheezed.

"Mario and Sonic? It's been a while." Mega Man shook his head, "Wow. My memory servers are on the fritz."

Spider-Man looked to his left, "Mega Man? Oh man, is this another Capcom thing? Jeez, just when I thought I could retire."

'Peter? Are you all right?' asked Dream.

'Yeah, I think so.'

"Now, this is a surprise. Yo, Rock. Isn't this that Spider-Man guy you were talking about?" Sonic called out.

"Huh?" Mega Man blurted out, "Oh, yeah! At least we know each other."

Peter gave the Blue Bomber a grin, "Hey, Rock. Been a while, huh? Who are these guys?"

"Mario and Sonic. I talked about them before, Peter." Rock introduced.

The four heroes stood up and greeted one another, "Wow, really? Gotta say, it's pretty cool to meet you all. I just wish it was under better circumstances."

Sonic extended a hand, prompting Peter to return the gesture, "Same here, Spidey. I heard you're no pushover, what with saving reality from the Green Goblin."

"Heard the same about you two." Peter complimented.

"Ahem."

Mario, Sonic, Mega Man, and Spider-Man turned their heads, seeing all of their friends giving a relieved expression. "Oh, thank goodness." sighed Tails.

"Sonic!" a pink blur groped Sonic's chest and wrapped him in a hug, surprising him.

"Help." mouthed the blue hedgehog silently to his allies.

"Aw..." cooed Sonata, earning a blank stare from Sonic.

"Uh, Peter?" Twilight muttered.

"Yes, honey?" Peter replied.

Twilight tilted her head, "You're still human."

Confused, the man looked down. He was standing on two feet, he had no fur and was still wearing his new costume. "Huh. I wonder why that is."

Knuckles raised a brow, helping Sonic peel Amy off of him, "Why is that a problem? Is he supposed to be one?"

"Well, when I first showed up to this world, I became one, much to my annoyance." Gwen groaned.

Spider-Man held his head, "G-Gwen? That you?"

"Who else would dress up like this, you dork?" teased the Spider-Woman, giving Peter a quick hug, "I didn't think I'd see you again after that war we were in."

Luigi and Mario high-fived one another, "I'm-a so glad you're-a okay, big bro!"

"Thank-a you for handling-a things, Luigi. I'm-a so proud." Mario complimented.

"R-Really?"

Yoshi smiled, geting petted by the red-clad plumber, "Yoshi Yoshi Yoshi! (Princess Peach was worried! Maybe we should explain this at some point!)"

Clearing her throat, Twilight decided to explain, "Well, the magic in this world transforms any outsiders into a species native to Equestria. I'm not sure why that's not the case here."

"If I may speak!" Eris yelled, raising her hands to use her magic, "The method of these worlds merging could be nullifying the dormant magic! Our worlds are unifying, making the transformation null and void!"

The old mutant huffed, "One last headache I have to take care of."

"And who are you supposed to be?" asked Peter.

Logan didn't say anything and chose to clench his palm, revealing three metal claws from his knuckles, "No way, Logan?! Wow, has it really been that long? Now you're all old and have grey hair? And what's with the cowboy getup like you're in the wild west? How long has it been?"

"...Yep, you're definitely Parker. Only you could have a motor mouth like that." Logan gave Spider-Man a thin smile and tipped his cowboy hat down.

"Says he doesn't know us." Applejack commented.

"Well, we'll worry about that part, later." Zero decided, "For now, it looks like we share a common enemy."

Sonic folded his arms, "We got all the details. Some nutcase called Sigma did this. We gotta stop him no matter what."

Trixie sighed, "We know that much, but does anypony, er, anybody have any idea as to what to do now?" she pointed upward, seeing an empty building collide with a checkerboard platform before exploding. "Because it looks like we have that to look forward to."

"My God..." muttered Peter.

"Yeah..." muttered Rainbow, "Looks like we're runnin' out of time."

Nodding, Spider-Man stepped forward, with newfound determination, "Alright guys. I'm not one for heartfelt speeches, but I think we got something here. All of us are from different worlds, yet we fight for the greater good nontheless! This Sigma guy made a grave mistake in doing all of this because in the end, it only brought all of us together against him and whatever he wishes to throw at us!"

"It may be tough, but we have faced impossible odds before alone. Now that we stand as one, Sigma and our enemies will pay for what they did!"

"With us united, we can stop any threat to our worlds!"

"Yeah!" chanted the heroes, sans Logan, Shadow, Zero and Blues. But Logan had a thin smirk on his features.

'Did you plan all that Peter?' Dream teased.

Peter chuckled in his head, 'Kinda. It was a heat of the moment thing. Hopefully I made Cap proud with this speech.'

Sigma looked at his monitors at what was happening in the merged world, "Hm? What's this? That wasn't supposed to happen. Unless..." he scowled turning around, seeing nobody except Starlight behind him.

The Maverick leader pointed backwards, where the Deadly Six charged off, "Zeti! Find the doctors and koopa! Alive, but not necessarily intact!" the Zeti all ran into the shadows after their targets. Sigma looked down at the unicorn, "Did you have a hoof in this act of betrayal, Miss Glimmer?"

"Of course not, Master Sigma. I am ever loyal to you after all." Starlight muttered out.

Sigma smirked, "Excellent. Because you will know what happens should you go against me." he opened his palm and closed it, an energy spark showing on his hand.

Once Sigma faced the monitors again, the unicorn narrowed her eyes, 'Laugh it up, Sigma. This is actually beneficial for me. Once the heroes weaken you, that's when I will take control of things!' she mused, her plan still going as intended.