Spiders and Magic: Worlds Unite

All the Toads ran in a panic across the once peaceful town. Their mushroom shaped houses were on fire, pieces of the ground were flying into the air, exploding once making contact and merging with debris that hailed from another world.

Walking among the debris was a blue robot. His metal feet clanging along the dirt path. His optics scanned the residue energy within the town and sought out what he needed. He activated his back thrusters and pushed himself in front of a poor unsuspecting Toad, making him skid to a halt in fright. The robot held the mushroom person's spotted fungi head and slammed him onto the ground.

"Where is the Chaos Emerald?" he demanded, "I can detect one in this vicinity."

The Toad cried out, "I don't know what that is!"

Mecha Sonic raised his arm cannon, "Than you will pay for your imcompetence."

The Emerald Hunters walked across the green plains. "So, uh... We just stepped through a rift. That's normal, right?" asked Spider-Gwen, pointing back to where they crossed worlds. The area they were in had hills and clouds with eyes, question blocks in midair and coins randomly lying about. The White Widow blinked, "...Are those supposed to be there?" she wondered.

"It-a looks like we're-a in the Mushroom Kingdom-a now." Mario pointed out.

Logan sneered, "Mushroom Kingdom... Kinda name is that?"

Spike looked up, "So far, it looks like there's not a lot of damage here yet." he observed and saw the clouds. "...But those clouds with eyes are giving me the creeps."

"I know they say the hills have eyes, but this world takes it to a whole new level." Peter quipped.

X changed the subject and pointed to the radar in Peter's hand, "What does the radar say about the emeralds's location, Spider-Man?" he asked the wall-crawler.

"Oh, uh. It says straight ahead." Spider-Man pointed ahead. "Do any of you three know where that's at?"

Luigi nodded, "It should-a be where Toad Town is-a at."

"Yoshi Yoshi Yoshi Yoshi (We should talk to the princess while we're there and make sure she's safe)!" said Yoshi to the plumbers, who agreed.

Trixie raised a brow, "What did he say?"

"To-a visit Princess Peach, the ruler of-a the Mushroom Kingdom." Mario explained.

"Another princess?" Trixie asked, "So more diplomatic retreats. Joy." she muttered sarcastically.

Sonic laughed, "It shouldn't take too long, Trixie. We head into the castle, say hi, then leave. By then, we should have the emerald. If that is where it's being tracked. Any update, Shadow?"

The black hedgehog shook his head, "Not so much. I can sense the energy, but we're still too far away for me to pinpoint it's exact location." he explained.

"So, why do we have a radar when we have Shadow?" Gwen asked, "You just said he can track Chaos energy."

Shadow answered, "Because I can't pinpoint it's exact location. I was created with the intent to harness Chaos energy, but even I cannot sense it from afar."

"Created? Are you a robot?" Spike asked.

The blue blur chuckled, "Heh. Remember that phase, Shadow?" he asked his friend, who scowled and clenched his fist in annoyance upon the memory.

"We swore to never talk about that again." he growled.

"Oh, right. My bad." Sonic said.

Mega Man rubbed his helmet, "What was that outburst about?"

"Past mistake?" Peter whispered to the blue robot. "I think we shouldn't talk about it. Him and Logan are the most easily upset people we'll ever meet. Besides Frank Castle, and Batman. Trust me, I met them." the robot nodded.

"Hey look! The castle!" Luigi yelled, "We're-a almost there!"

Spider-Man was about to halt his steps, 'Peter. Am I alone in sensing danger?' Dream asked.

'No, Dream. I can feel my Spider-Sense going off the closer we get to Toad Town. Something's happening.' Peter replied to the Nightmare entity.

Reaching into his pocket, Peter pulled out some handhelds "Take these, guys." he said. "I got the feeling something is about to happen. My Spider-Sense is going nuts."

"What's a Spider-Sense?" Sonic asked.

"Ability to detect danger." Gwen explained, "Like a sixth sense sort of thing."

"Comes with the spider-powers, huh?" asked Sonic.

"Yeah. Doesn't make sense, I know." Gwen commented.

Peter nodded, "But it's not exactly consistent nor am I able to find a direct source. It's vague like that." he chuckled, the group of heroes grabbing a handheld, except for the Maverick Hunters and Rock, who wished to gain the frequency in order to gain contact. "So, just in case something happens, we can use this to speak to each other."

"Not bad thinkin', kid." Logan complimented, "Didn't think ya had these at all."

"Had them built when we fought the Sinister Six when I came back to Equestria last year." Peter elaborated.

The older Wolverine nodded, then sniffed the air, "Hold on..." a pause, "Fire... Something's happenin' in that Toad Town it seems." he realized, turning his head.

"Then let's go!" Sonic shouted, revving his feet so that they curled into a figure eight.

"Uh, Sonic. Not all of us have super speed." Spider-Man reminded the impatient hedgehog.

The hedgehog nodded, "Alright. I'll run at your pace. But I'm not gonna like it."

"Holy crap." muttered Peter.

Gwen looked around, "For a town full of mushroom people, I hoped it looked better than this. Who could hurt these... actually adorable looking people?" she asked, helping a Toad to stand up, a nod of gratitude being returned to the Spider-Woman.

"M-Mario, Luigi, Yoshi?" the Toad asked, "Thank the stars, you're here! There's this bad looking person and h-he tried to kill us!" he practically screamed. "He said... he wanted a-a Chaos Emerald. W-We tried to fight, but it was too strong."

Mario nodded in understanding, "You-a did your-a best, Toad. Where-a did-a he go?"

"To the castle! I tried to chase him, but he beat me up too bad! I-I can barely move." the Toad muttered and gazed at the ground in sorrow, "I'm sorry."

Luigi frowned, "It's-a, alright, Toad. We will-a handle it from here. Find-a place to hide until-a this is-a all over."

"Trust us." Peter assured. "We'll find who did this and make sure they don't lay a hand on the princess."

"O-Okay, stranger." the Toad said, "I-If you're all with Mario and Luigi... then I know you can do it."

Trixie smirked, "Wow. Made quite the name for yourselves here, huh?"

"No time to bicker. We gotta get to the castle." Zero ordered, running ahead of the others. The group all looked at one another before following suit.

"You will not lay a finger on the princess!" declared Toadsworth, the elder Toad standing in front of the princess, the two of them were backed to a corner by Mecha Sonic. The older Toad was frightened, but he chose to stand his guard.

"T-Toadsworth, please. D-Don't risk yourself for me." Peach pleaded.

Mecha Sonic took a step forward, "It is all for naught. You will both die, unless you hand me the Chaos Emerald in your possession!" declared the robot.

In Peach's hands was a yellow glowing emerald, which Mecha Sonic was looking for. The robot pointed to it, "You will give me that emerald right now. Or I will pry it from--"

Mecha Sonic did not finish his threat, because he was hit a giant metal hammer and was launched across the throne room. "You gotta learn your manners, Mecha." Sonic quipped, seeing the robot fly through a wall in the blink of an eye.

The robot got up, seemingly unfazed by the heroes' arrival, "It is surprising to see you again, my old foe. And it looks like you've brought help. But it won't do anything to stop me. I've grown more powerful than ever before."

Peter yawned, and shot a webline to Mecha Sonic's hand, pulling him forward. "Do all bad guys monologue this bad? Honestly, can't you see the numbers here? It's like... eleven against one."

"Yeah. You don't stand a chance you blue tin can." Spider-Gwen boasted aloud.

"Mario? Luigi? Yoshi?" Peach asked, seeing her protectors once again. "What's happening?"

"I dare say, that robot was quite a troublemaker." Toadsworth growled.

Mario frowned and lowered his hammer, "We will-a explain later. Are you-a okay?"

When Peach nodded, the Mario Bros smiled. Luigi gulped, "A-Are you sure we-a can take him, Mario? He-a stopped Spider-Man before." he wondered nervously.

Gwen perched herself and shot a web-ball at Mecha Sonic, who swiped it away with one arm easily, the gossamer turning to shreds. "Yeah, and I have a bone to pick with him."

X pointer his X-Buster at Mecha, "We'll concern ourselves with grudges later, Spider-Woman. For now, let's just focus on stopping Mecha before he gets the Chaos Emerald."

"Finally. Now you're speakin' my language!" Logan snarled, charging after Mecha Sonic, claws unsheathed. The older mutant, drove both of them up the robots, but they did nothing. "The hell?" he asked with a quiet mutter, his claws unable to dig into the robot's armor.

The blue robot cackled and lefted Logan's hands and threw him aside like a ragdoll. "Pathetic effort, old man." he dismissed the X-Man, "My metal is the strongest in the world. More powerful than those adamantium claws you wield."

Sonic curled into a ball and charged a Spin-Dash, hitting Mecha Sonic directly in the head, bouncing off of him. "You got some nerve thinking you could just throw someone like a doll!" he yelled, uncurling and then divekicking the robot before landing on his feet.

Mecha Sonic remained still and was charging a beam from his chest. It was then, Shadow and Zero came leaping. The former had a yellow energy spear in his palms while the latter wielded his trusty Z-Saber. While he was distracted with his hated nemesis, who was unprepared for the two weapons, which causes him to spark electricity upon feeling the collision.

"That should do it." muttered Shadow.

"What was that?" asked Spike.

The black hedgehog raised a hand, "Chaos Spear. I told you I was able to harness Chaos energy and am also able to weaponize it in certain ways. I have temporarily short-circuited his body long enough to get a good hit in. But be quick."

Yoshi nodded and ran forward and headbutted the robot through the hole Mario made earlier. "Hmm!" he grunted as he ran, hitting the stunned robot as hard as he could. The headbutt made him dizzy for only a moment, but he shook the cobwebs out and focused once more on his target.

"Yoshi (Give us the emerald)!" Yoshi demanded, stomping his shoe on the ground.

"No." Metal replied bluntly, intending to target the dinosaur. But he felt something hold onto his legs. Spider-Man and Spider-Woman merged their webbing together to create a web-rope that was strong enough to hold the blue robot back. "What are you doing?" he asked loudly, turning his head.

"Holding you back." Peter commented.

Gwen faced the other Spider, "Yeah, what does it look like? If I were you, I would stay there."

Mecha didn't talk, instead he tried to claw upon the gossamer stuck to his leg. Mega Man shot a charged shot at him, causing him to fumble for a moment. "I'd listen to them." he warned, his Mega Buster still held in front of him.

"You dare?" the robot asked.

Spike stood next to Yoshi and cracked his knuckles. "Yeah, we do." he inhaled and let out a burst of fire. Once the green flames subsided, it was revealed Mecha Sonic was still perfectly intact. He laughed, with Spike looking shocked.

"I am not like any robot you fought before, dragon." boasted the evil robot Sonic.

Logan came back, driving his fist upwards, "Yer about as annoyin' as Ultron, that's fer sure." he snarled, seeing the robot's head snap upwards for a moment.

Mecha Sonic refused to acknowledge the heroes and instead ripped apart the webbing with a single flick of his metal claws, allowing him to continue flight. He tackled Spike and pinned him on the ground. The teen dragon struggled in Mecha's grip and headbutted the robot, making him stop for a moment.

Before Mecha could do anything, he felt something dig into his back, forcing him to let go. Spike noticed a green beam protrude from the blue robot's torso. "Just. Stop." muttered Zero, retracting his Z-Saber for the moment. Spike took the time to slash the robot and backflip, kicking the robot as he moved backwards.

"Thanks, Zero." the dragon said.

Mecha Sonic walked forward and opened his palm, charging a powerful shot. Zero blocked the projectile with his saber and swiped upwards, causing them to cease. "Don't mention it." he remarked, holding his sword in front of him.

Trixie put on her mask and lit up her horn, shooting a beam directly from it towards Mecha. The robot was tossed sideways, and Sonic roundhouse kicked his counterpart. "This robot is a little too stubborn for my liking." the unicorn muttered.

Sonic landed on a knee, "Welcome to my world." he muttered, giving Trixie a smirk.

As Mecha Sonic recovered, Peter and Mario stood side to side. "Yep. Still new to the hero business eh, Trixie?" the former asked, the unicorn rolling her eyes at his comment.

"Don't bring that up!" Trixie yelled, shooting more magic at the robot, teleporting as he lunged toward her. "I'm out here, aren't I?"

Sonic muttered, "Guess so." he faced the green-clad plumber, "You ready, Luigi?" with a quiet gulp, Luigi relunctantly nodded, holding out his hammer. "Let's do this!" the hedgehog curled into a ball and revved a Spin-Dash. Once he was charged, Luigi swung his hammer upwards and tossed Sonic directly into the direction of Mecha Sonic, who was caught off guard by the hedgehog's sudden appearance and intervention.

Mecha Sonic landed on one knee, a metal clang heard as he grunted, "Imputent whelps. I will skin you alive for this."

Spider-Man webbed Mecha's fists, "Calm down, Edgy the Robo-Hedgy!" he quipped as he threw down his arms, causing him to hit the floor with his chin.

Spike jumped and kicked Mecha, "Seems a little violent." he growled.

"Mama mia. This is-a one gruesome-a robot." Mario murmured, stomping on the stunned robot's head. The blue robot got back up and yanked the gossamer off his metal fists.

Logan slashed the robot's arms. "Grah!"

Mecha Sonic's metal was too tough for Logan to cut through, "It is a futile effort, Wolverine. This metal is stronger than your claws. Juat give up!"

"Not until yer gone." the older Wolverine snarled. He leaped back, seeing Shadow throw down another Chaos Spear, "Some tricks ya got there, furball."

"Don't call me furball." Shadow threatened slowly. He glared at Logan as the two exchanged a distasteful growl.

"Uh, guys. Enough infighting, more fighting the killer robot!" Gwen ordered, jumping down, driving her feet directly towards Mecha Sonic, the robot taking the blow. "Oh my God. Hand us the emerald, please. I'm actually getting tired. You can't tell because of this mask, but it's true."

Mecha Sonic laughed, feeling something on his back. "Never." he flew around and decked Mega Man in the face, tossing him in the air slightly.

"Hey! Lay off the robot!" Spike ordered, driving his knee forward.

Mecha Sonic growled a beep and clenched his fists, "Why you little--!"

'Mecha Sonic, stand down. It appears my calvary have arrived at the scene. Continue the search for the Chaos Emeralds, they will halt these goody heroes.' Sigma ordered through his communications device.

The robot ceased his movements, confusing the other heroes, 'Fine. But I will destroy them the next chance I get.' he replied through his comms, so that the heroes wouldn't hear. He used the Chaos Emerald stored in his containment cell and began to glow, vanishing within a second.

"Hey, wait!" Sonic ordered, skidding to a halt once Mecha vanished. "Darn it!"

Gwen folded her arms, "Really? This robot gets away and all you have to say is darn it?"

"Faker's not one for coarse language." Shadow huffed

Peter raised his arms, "Enough. It seems the princess still has the emerald."

X nodded, "Sounds like Sigma forced him to retreat. If anything, he might continue to find the rest of the emeralds using the one he has currently."

"My word." Toadsworth gasped, adjusting his bifocals, "This is quite a conundrum now isn't it?"

Spider-Man looked down, "Indeed it is, old mushroom person."

Peach faced the plumbers and dinosaur, "What's happening? Why are Sonic and Shadow here?"

"It's-a kind of-a long story." Mario muttered, "But we-a need you to-a stay in the castle. Mecha Sonic has-a no reason to come-a back here anymore."

Sonic gestured to the gem, "But we need that emerald."

"Of course." Peach handed it to the blue hedgehog, "The least I can do for all of you. I know of some of you, but those six I'm a little unsure of."

Once Peter, Gwen, Logan, Trixie, Spike and Zero introduced themselves, the princess nodded, "It is a pleasure to meet you all. But I wish not to keep you. Go, the world needs you all."

"Sure thing, princess." Pete raised the Chaos Emerald over his head, "Especially since we got this!"

As the wall-crawler did this, the lights blacked out. A moment later, they came back. But Peter lowered his hand, his confident grin turning to a frown upon noticing that the Chaos Emerald was gone. 'Way to go, Peter.' Dream chided.

"Wow, Peter. That definitely worked out." Trixie muttered sarcastically.

Peter huffed, "God damn it. So much for that moment."

Mega Man, X and Zero used their optics to scan for anything strange. A room over they saw three different colored blurs running as fast as they could. "They're the thieves!" Rock announced, "After them!"

"Another chase? Oh brother." Spike growled.

"Sorry for-a this Princess! But we-a must go!" Mario waved, Luigi and Yoshi doing the same. Peached sighed, praying that they solve this new conflict.

X led the chase with Sonic, using his Dash boots to speed himself up, "Strange. I'm noticing a form of gas being spread as the thieves move. They're not running. My infrared sensors can detect that they're standing still in midair as something propulses them forward." he discovered.

Shadow growled, "Hm..."

Logan charged ahead of the slowing black hedgehog, "What's in that noggin of yers?"

"He's probably thinking the same thing we are. They're not floating." Sonic discussed.

Gwen faced the blue hedgehog, "What do you mean? Like they're riding something?"

Spike unfurled his dragon wings and hovered over the group, having Trixie take a ride on her back. "Are you saying it is not an illusion or something?"

Sonic shoke his head, "Nope. Sounds like an old band of crooks I faced sometime ago. Sounds like they're riding Extreme Gear, hoverboards basically. They're known as the Babylon Rogues, a trio of thieves that use said Extreme Gear to compete with us in a few tournaments. And to find their origins, like a few times over."

"Hoverboards? Didn't know we were in Back to the Future." Peter quipped. "But they're moving pretty fast in this case. Some future tech all right. Faster than my Spider-Glider for sure."

"And you wonder why Mayday's grown weary of your Spider-themed gadgets." Trixie muttered.

"Enough banter!" Shadow ordered, "We have to focus on catching the rogues."

"I'm with Shadow, this is a priority. Save the jokes for later." Zero suggested.

Spider-Man narrowed his eyes and spoke in a serious tone, the others silent in the chase, "Zero's right. They can't get away with that Chaos Emerald. Let's speed this up!"