Spiders and Magic: Worlds Unite

Bowser, Eggman and Wily were all tied up and trapped within a cell down in Twilight's dungeon. Leaning on a wall across from the three villains were Mario, Sonic, Mega Man, X, Peter and Twilight. The wall-crawler broke the silence, "Y'know, I questioned why we even had a dungeon, but I'm glad to see it used." he blinked fast, "Well, for... uh, less kinky purposes." he felt a slap to the back of his head and he rubbed the sore spot, "Ow. Even when we're different species? How did you even reach me?" he asked his wife, who whistled innocently.

"Wasn't expecting that punchline." muttered Sonic with a light chuckle.

"Laugh it up, Spider-Man." Eggman growled.

Sonic faced his nemesis and leaned on a wall, "So, doc. Why did you decide it was a good idea to show yourselves? For a man with a 300 IQ, you kinda lack in the common sense department."

"You don't understand. We helped you," Wily hissed.

Mega Man raised a brow, "Helped us? Like I believe that. You helped Sigma do all this. The damage is on you three as much as it is on him. You should pay for what you've done."

"Oh, we hated working with him." Bowser admitted, "He practically forced us. Heck, we'll tell you everything about his plan if you open these bars." he said.

The group all huddled together after hearing his words. Mario spoke first, "I don't-a know. Bowser has-a helped me and-a Luigi before. He-a hates getting showed up-a by a bigger villain. Like-a Fawful or-a Smithy." he revealed.

Sonic sneered, "Yeah, but Eggman's a liar ninty-nine percent of the time. In the end, whatever is happening that'd he come to me, it's usually to benefit him. The times he didn't do anything was when the Space Colony ARK was crashing down and when Metal Sonic betrayed him. But even then, it was so he could make a comeback."

Mega Man agreed, "Same with Wily. He'll get on his knees and beg, but the next he'll betray you. He did it to me and Dr. Light a few times before and I'm playing it safe. We only worked together to defeat Ra Moon. That's it."

"But what if this is that one other time?" Twilight wondered.

X added, "As in they could be genuine? Hm... That's certainly a risk we'll be taking."

"Are you seriously thinking of letting them go, you two?" Mega Man asked.

Twilight glanced at the Super Fighting Robot, "What other choice do we have, Rock? It sounds like these three have a history in aiding you in extreme situations. This could be the chance to gain a tactical advantage over Sigma."

X lowered his arms, "If anything goes wrong, remember that there are more allies. The three of them appear to be defenseless anyhow and there's no way they'd fight back should they try anything."

'Are you going to say anything on the matter, Peter?' Dream asked.

'Not sure what to think or say. This isn't my forte.'

Peter faced the others, "I'm leaving it up to you guys. These are your enemies. Last thing you want is unnecessary input. But I have put my trust in former crooks, and sometimes it works. Sometimes a compromise is necessary."

Mario, Sonic and Rock scowled, turning their eyes back to the cell holding their enemies. The hedgehog gritted his teeth and let out a relunctant sigh. "Fine. But if anything goes wrong, I'm will be the first to say I told you so." he walked to the cell and pointed at Eggman, "So don't go tryin' anything funny, doc."

Eggman raised his hands, "Oh no. Not this time, Sonic. Sigma needs to be put down."

X and Twilight opened the cell and freed the villains, "Looks like we can agree on something. Come on, you're going to spill everything you know about Sigma's plan."

"So, you just let them out?" Rainbow asked.

Peter slowly nodded, watching as the three villains got a glare from all of their enemies, "Uh, sort of yeah. You know what to do if they try anything funny, right?" he whispered.

The cyan pegasus nodded, "You know it, Pete."

Shadow growled, "This better be worth the effort."

Eggman adjusted his glasses, "Oh, I'm sure it will, Shadow. We have plenty of information to give."

"Yeah. Sigma's a jerk." Bowser revealed in a disgusted tone, straight to the point.

"Anything else ya wanna share, Bowser?" Applejack asked.

Logan raised his claws, "Yeah, bubs. Start spillin', before I make ya spill somethin' else. We're runnin' outta time."

"Okay, don't go provoking them, Logan." Gwen scolded. "We need them for information and for once, not use them punching bags."

"Why thank you, Spider-Woman." Wily thanked, acknowledging the White Widow. "Yes, I do believe we should tell them. I honestly don't care dor this unity plan anymore."

"Let us begin then," Eggman declared, raising a finger, "The first you should know is Sigma's purpose in doing this. He wishes to use the energy gained from the Unity Engine when merging with the worlds to power him up like a super battery. It all has to do with those strange Genesis Portals he gained control of sometime ago. That power alone allowed him to breach time and space, which is how he orchestrated this plan in the first place."

Espio closed his eyes, "If he was this powerful, why recruit you three to do his bidding?"

Wily continued, "He was a virus without a body. He went to Eggman and had him do so. Once that was done, he used his power to summon myself and Bowser to create an army. At first we thought it was a team effort, but we noticed he was using us to fuel his plan. We were doing most of the exhausting work and there was no way out of it unless, we chose to die by his hand."

Bowser folded his large arms, "He used my army, Eggman's robots, and Wily's Robot Masters to create his own mega army, using a special armor that allows him to control the brain functions and programming of them or whatever. I don't speak science-nese."

"You mean an armor designed for him to control neural functions?" Twilight asked, "Now that's highly advanced. No wonder you three were so ill-prepared when coming here."

Gwen spoke up next, "Anyone else with you? I fought some robot called Mecha Sonic, while Logan and the Maverick Hunters were dealing with these neon-colored one-note Monstar rejects staright out of Space Jam." she wondered.

The egg-shaped scientist nodded, "Yes. Our armies were forged, whether with the armor or not. There is Mecha Sonic, Bass..." Mega Man and Proto-Man growled at the name, "...Petey Piranha, the Wario Brothers were even paid a huge sum to guard a Chaos Emerald. Who knows who else is after the emeralds..." he trailed off, "There is also the Deadly Six as well."

The blue hedgehog said, "The Deadly Six? Didn't think they were the effort. Gotta be useless without their special abilities like that moon or dragon thing."

"And a unicorn named Starlight Glimmer."

The Equestrians' eyes went wide upon hearing that name, "Starlight?" Twilight gasped.

"So that's where she ended up. I didn't think she'd work with Sigma consdiering her behavior with Discord and the Sinister Six last we saw her." Peter hummed.

"Oh, she revealed to us that she plans to backstab Sigma first chance she gets." Bowser revealed, "She's just keeping a close eye on him until you get the job done."

Sonic nodded, "Alright. Then we'll just kick her butt should she try anything that stupid. No biggie."

Trixie sighed, "Aren't you overconfident? Starlight is a magical prodigy like myself and Twilight."

"She has been using the portals like Sigma. And was even the one who sent us here once Sigma found out we planted the failsafe in the Robotcized Masters. We did that so once the Unity Engines were planted, you can reverse it." Wily elaborated for the others. "In fact, she is also the reason you were dragged into this, Spider-Woman."

Gwen raised her arms, "Of course, seems Equestria just can't leave me well alone. At least I'm not a horse."

"Is there any way you can reverse this? I'm not sure how much longer Eris can divert the merge." Twilight spoke up, looking out a window and seeing the draconequss struggle in using her magic.

Wily put his hands behind his back, "Actually there is. We can build a Master Engine, one that can control the Unity Engines and in turn the Genesis Portals on its own. We have the schematics hidden with us and we can do that."

"But..." Eggman continued.

"Of course there's a but..." groaned Peter.

"We cannot harness that much energy to do so like this. And Eris is in no condition to fuel the machine. Even if we were to build it, we wouldn't have the energy to reverse all this." Eggman added, putting his hands on his hips.

Sonic cleared his throat, "Let me guess... You need the Chaos Emeralds to get it done?" he suggested.

"Correct. We have the materials needed as well. But the emeralds are the only things that can power the machine to do as we wish. Luckily..." he dug into his pocket, holding one in his hand. "You has this when you were roboticized. Mecha Sonic has one as well. So that leaves five remaining to find in this merged world."

The blue blur whistled and complimented, "Not a bad steal, doc. So we got one in our possession, another in the hands of that blue chrome dome and five in this comic book wasteland."

"No pressure." Peter joked.

Wily smirked, "Well, I would say prepare yourselves then. The emeralds are not going to find themselves, and Mecha Sonic is no doubt still on the hunt."

Tails and Mayday heard footsteps, slight metal clanging to be exact. They saw Rock walk in, his blue armor still on. "Oh, hey, Mega Man." the fox greeted.

"Hey. Looks like you two are busy. Is this a bad time?" Rock asked.

"Nope. We're just about done the radar." Mayday explained. "Should be usable in minutes."

Rock grinned, "Cool. Peter said that we were planning something soon since the bad guys spilled the beans on everything. Took little convincing actually."

"That's good. Less work for us." Tails laughed. "You wanna stay and help finish?"

Rock shrugged, "Sure." he walked a bit and sat down next to the filly and fox. "What's left for this anyhow?"

"Calibration. Just a few minor adjustments should fix this up." Tails discussed.

Nodding, Red looked at his gauntlet, "I think I still have the Chaos Emerald data in my memory from when we last teamed up. Plus, Eggman has a Chaos Emerald."

"You can do that?" Mayday asked. She raised a hoof and looked at Mega Man's Mega Buster in awe, "What else can you do?"

Rock rubbed the back of his head nervously, unsure of how to respond. "Well, I was a helper robot, but used this new armor to fight bad robots. The Mega Buster is my primary weapon but I can also copy some other abilities from other robots, mainly Robot Masters."

Tails nodded, "Do you still have the Spin-Dash Blast I programmed when we infiltrated the Skull Egg Zone?"

"I should. That was something I stored just in case something like that happened again. Honestly, I don't feel comfortable having so many weapons in my possession so I keep them in a flashdrive or something unless I need them again, like for the Smash Tournament." Mega Man admitted.

Mayday huffed to herself, "It's kind of not fair. You know all this stuff and have cool robot defenders and stuff, meanwhile we're just now getting technology in this world. I kinda want to learn more about all this. Can you teach me how to use some of this stuff? Maybe one day, I'll get myself armor like you or my father's."

Tails chuckled as he place the screwdriver down, "Let's not get ahead of ourselves, Mayday. Your father would kill us if he saw us building you armor or something to fight crime in."

"It's just him being overprotective." Mayday assured, "Maybe I can get some practice?" she suggested. "Plus, you're both kids fighting evil worse than my father ever would. Why do I get benched?"

"Because we we've been doing this for years and have no choice. Your parents fight tooth and nail to make sure you don't have to. My world has no one besides me and Blues. Tails was raised and trained by Sonic since he was a kid." Rock said. "The last thing your parents need right now is to worry about their daughter getting hurt, especially when the stakes are this high."

"I have spider powers, and landed a good hit on Morlun." the filly admitted.

"But how well can you use your powers in times of battle?" Tails asked, when the filly responded with silence, the fox continued, "Exactly. Sonic didn't let me fight until he knew I could keep up with him. He kept me away from Little Planet for instance."

Mayday folded her hooves and pouted, "But..."

"Maybe when you're older, it's not up to us to decide." Tails eased the filly, "In the meantime... I'll teach you about the tech we use on my world, and maybe have Dr. Light teach you as well. Maybe when the time comes, you can construct something for you when your father feels more comfortable with having you in battle. Whether it be on the side or on the frontlines."

With a quiet groaned, Mayday relented, "Fine. But only because I'd rather not upset Mom or Dad right now."

Mega Man smiled, "Alright then. Maybe I'll even show you how some of my armor works for inspiration."

"Psst."

The kids saw Sonata leaning on the doorway, "I think Peter and the others want us for some super important meeting." the Siren turned pony gestured behind her.

"Coming. The radar's done anyhow." Tails said.

"So..." Peter began awkwardly, getting Logan's attention.

Logan sneered, "So, what?"

"Why do you keep looking at me? Is it the suit? I kinda like it. Reminds me of Anti-Venom before... Well, I guess I was just feeling inspired." Peter rambled.

Sniffing, Logan said, "Smell like 'em. Sound like him. There's no way it could be you."

Peter rubbed his chin, "Why do you just think I stopped existing? I stayed in Equestria. You were there when we said our goodbyes! Did old age affect your memory too? Is this another Weapon X situation?"

"That's just it, kid. I never heard of Equestria. Yer supposed to be dead like everyone else." the older Wolverine said.

Twilight overheard, rocking Ben in her arms, "What are you talking about? He's not, your world should be fine too. You saw him perfectly fine last time."

"I ain't seen you ponies before in my life. Tryin' to tell ya that for a while now. No..." Logan paused, "Parker's dead. Just like Cap, Pym, Stark, Clint... The X-Men..." he muttered the last team in an almost inaudible tone. "All gone in my world. The villains rule. I've stepped up to bring it back from the Hell-like wasteland it became."

Twilight blinked and quietly asked, "What happened?"

Logan closed his eyes, "The day they came. Red Skull led a well-coordinated attack. Magneto, Kingpin, Ultron, Goliath, Omega Red, Sabretooth, Venom... They came. None of us were ready, many fell in the ensuing battle. Including you."

"But you lived." Peter whispered, "How?"

"I've had many regrets since then. X-Men are dead... My wife and children... Banner's stupid ass ruined things." Logan muttered. "Damn Mysterio..."

Peter creased a brow, putting a hand on his friend's shoulders, "Hold on. You said Mysterio as though he was a threat. What did he do? What happened to you?"

Frowning, Wolverine faced his old friend, "He's the reason I refused to show my claws for decades, kid. Played with my damn mind, killed the only family I had before that day. For all I know, this is a damn trick in my mind."

Peter and Twilight knew exactly what he was saying and implying, 'M-Mysterio made him kill the X-Men...'

'Peter. I sense dread in you,' Dream commented, 'Are you thinking of Celestia?'

'I am...'

Dream continued, 'Don't. That was the fault of me and my counterpart. You had no control over yourself when that happened.'

'I-I know. But it's hard to get rid of. I've forgiven you for it though, you've proven better.' Peter admitted to the voice in his head.

"Logan." Twilight began, "It's really him though. This is Peter Parker. None of that happened."

Peter gave his friend an assuring grin, "Yep. I'm the real deal, Logan. I've never doubted it was you, evem though you're like fifty years older than since we last met. I'm sure we can figure this out together, with an old fashioned Spider-Man and Wolverine team-up." he extended his palm, "What do you say?"

Looking down at the younger man's hand, Logan looked Peter in the eye, the doubt leaving him. He smirked and shook his hand, "Hmph. Only you could be so annoyingly optimistic. Gotta say, surprised by how far you've come."

"Thanks. I love it here." Peter replied. "But it's your home too. The younger you thought it was alright."

Twilight smiled, not only from hearing Ben giggle, but seeing the air clear up between two old friends like this.

The sound of someone clearing their throat got the attention of the three. There they saw a blue alicorn, "Princess Twilight. Peter..." she paused, "Logan? It seems I've missed a lot. But I got your message. It seems thou made yet another large crowd." she smirked, "If it makes you feel better, Sunset, Ember and Chrysalis are keeping an eye on the rest of what's left of Equestria."

The white-clad man chuckled, "Yeah. That seems to be happening a lot lately. So, Luna, you planning to join us in the battle against that nutcase Sigma?"

"Partially. I saw Eris try to hold together what was left of our worlds. Thy wish to use my magic to aid her. For she cannot do this alone forever." Luna admitted.

Twilight looked up, "Then I'm coming too. Two alicorns could no doubt slow the process with Eris."

Luna shook her head, "No, Twilight. We need you down here. Equestria needs a leader active in battle." she unfurled her wings and flew out the window.

"B-But... I'm not cut out for ruling yet." Twilight stammered. "There's n-no way I can lead in something as crazy as this."

Peter frowned, "Twilight. Celestia chose you as her successor for times like this. You're the most organized pony I know. We're gonna need a leader on the homefront."

Twilight's eyes darted around the room, "Oh, fine. If you think so..."

"I know so." Peter corrected, kneeling down and hugging his wife, wrapping his arms around her barrel. "Now it's time to discuss how we'll handle this."

"Without me, bro?" Peter and Twilighty recognized the voice.

Standing near them was a purple dragon with green scales. He looked a little taller than last remembered, but to the couple, he was the same baby dragon. He wrapped his arms around Peter, crushing him slightly. "Hey, Pete. It's been a while! Why are you here?"

"S-Spike!" choked Peter, gasping for air, prompting the dragon to release him. He fell on his back. "Hey, dude. How's knight training with Ember going?"

Spike pointed a thumb at himself. "Pretty well. Thought to head here as soon as I saw things get out of control. So many strangers here, and is that Logan?"

"Long story. We were just about to discuss what to do next. We'll fill you in." Twilight said, a proud grin on her face.

Peter and Twilight stood in front of the group. "Okay, guys. I think we figured something out. When the Legion of Doom attacked, we were all over the place, heroes constantly popping in and out and there was little coordination in who was joining for what and what purposed they served in combat. This time we're doing this a little more organized." the man called out.

"After some thought, we thought it'd be best to divide into two teams, especially since Eggman, Bowser and Wily need to be watched in building the Unity Engine." Twilight heard Bowser correct her about being the brawn and not brains, but ignored it. "One team will stay here and watch the castle, the other will go and search for the Chaos Emeralds still in the merged world with the radar."

Amy leaned her head on her hammer, "So, who's going where?"

Peter faced the pink hedgehog, "Good question, Amy. Going for the emeralds will be myself, Mario, Luigi, Sonic, Shadow, Yoshi, Mega Man, X, Zero, Trixie, Spike, Spider-Woman and Logan. The reason why so many of you are staying behind is for patrol."

"Patrol?" Rainbow repeated.

"You got it, Skittles." Peter answered, "You'll be leading the sky patrol as I call it. You, Fluttershy, Tails, Knuckles. Anyone who can fly will keep an eye on Eris and Luna and make sure nothing harms them."

Twilight pointed a hoof to herself, "The rest of us will keep an eye on the doctors as they build the Master Engine. For all we know, Sigma is aware of where we're at and will no doubt try to attack. We have to be cautious in that regard."

Gwen raised a hand, "Good enough for me. So, should we get going? Like now? Before Mecha Sonic or whoever gets to them first?"

The Emerald Team all gathered around, radar in Peter's hand. The man smiled at Twilight and Mayday, who was holding Ben. The filly frowned, "I wish I can go with you."

"Sorry, sweetie. But listen to your Mom, alright? Plus you got Tails, Amy and Roll to keep you company. Maybe Tails and Dr. Light can even teach a thing or two I can't with their tech." the father hinted, easing his daughter.

"Just be careful, honey." Twilight warned.

Peter smirked, "Am I not?"

Trixie trotted by, "Do you want me to answer that?"

"Well I got Spike and Trixie watching me. They'll be like damage control if that'll make you feel any better."

Twilight giggled, "Alright. I know. And the others look to be powerful."

"I have Mega Man's word for Mario and Sonic. Gwen and Logan we can trust."

Sonic and Tails fistbumped as he did with Knuckles and refused a hug from Amy. Roll hugged her brother, warning him to be careful. The Elements of Harmony saw their friends off, all of them leaving the castle into the merged wasteland. Spider-Man held the radar in his hand.

"Alright, everyone. To adventure!"