[Mr. Game & Watch]

The two others that were captured by the white hands soon found themselves encased in a strange sort of holding cell. The walls around them looked to be made of some sort of sleek metal except for a thick Plexiglas window directly in front of them. It was a surreal area to be within considering the last location they had found themselves in, and frankly neither could remember what happened. Adell was asleep during the transaction so that didn’t help much at all.

Unfortunately, this was not the same area where Samus and the rest of the gang were held. They might be held in the area, but not in the room they were stationed at. In fact, they were the only two there. A.I.M. picked itself off of the smooth white floor and began to investigate. The room outside of their cell didn’t look too much different, it didn’t have much features to it, none notable anyway. The main difference that the machine had noticed was a door, which their room would’ve been much nicer if it included such a thing. On that note, the Sage Synthetic peered upwards and noticed a latch above their heads. It was most likely locked and no doubt that’s where they came in from. The machine began to calculate.

Suddenly, a bat-like creature swooped at their window, the crazy eyes on the insane looking being switching between the two of them very quickly. The being began to cackle like he had just heard a really good joke, or perhaps in this case he was looking at one. “HEHEHE, it looks like that Dead Hand security system was worth the price after all!” the creature shrieked as it continued to taunt them. “Let’s see! A robot and a boy trying to spy on our base!? Hhehehe, you two must be really brainless! Heheh, fear not, soon your brains will combine with the biggest of them all! Well, brain and what robots have in their heads! I’m sure it’s some fun stuff though!”

“Unit detected, Marx; hostile, insane,…”

“OOO, I have an admirer, please continue! I’d love to hear more of what you have to say about me! Do you got the part about me making the Sun and the Moon itself fight one another!? Now those were the days!

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As Adell was brought down into the strange cell he awoke with a start. Where the hell was he?! He looked around the room, flustered. At least he wasn't the only person there. He walked up to the wall and examined it. It certainly wasn't made of rock as it should have been, which meant he was there of unnatural means. But how as he there? He didn't remember anything because he was asleep. He walked up to the plexiglass and knocked on it. It was definitely meant to be a cell. He took pride in the fact it was such a poorly built one. This plexiglass was a piece of cake for him.

However, the next person who showed up was, a different story. They were insane!  And what the hell was a Dead Hand?! He ignored their depraved rants, he'd take care of them shortly. "If you call that a security system, then you need to get it looked at." He taunted the bat creature. He could break out at any moment, and he decided to do just that. "You see, we came here to rescue Mario, Samus, and Sonic. And that's just what we're gonna do! I don't let me promises go to waste. That's just my style." he was confident in his abilities as he walked up to the plexiglass and breathed in, smirking. Then, if A.I.M and the bat looked closely, it would appear as if a Shadow clone of him had appeared from no where!

(Intell Roll for the technique to work: 17. Strength Roll to destroy the plexiglass: 20.)

Adell and the clone set to work, pounding on the plexiglass, as it shuddered and creaked with every jab and kick. Until eventually it gave way, and shattered upon the floor. Adell then rushed the Bat Creature with a spinning kick as the clone vanished.

(Intell roll again for keeping the bat thing alive and conscious for questioning has to roll 15 to succeed, with a penalty of -3: 10)

He didn't think to keep the bat creature conscious either, his instinct that craved for a good fight over powering his common sense. He had been itching for a fight ever since they got there, and now he had it. His glee was clear as a slight smile stretched across his face. Demon Hunter though he was, he still had pure demon blood in him, and it craved battles. That was the best thing his demon side could do to try and make Adell evil, which had never succeeded.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Marx cackled as Adell punched the Plexiglas looking substance, his attempts at brute force bouncing off of the clear wall. That was until it ruptured much to the surprise of everyone in the room. The bat continued to cackle carelessly as the room was light with red and an alarm began to sound off. A metallic door closed behind Adell as he ran out of the cell in order to confront the bat. Unfortunately for Adell, his plan to beat the snot out of Marx was intercepted by a black hole that absorbed the tie wearing man.

Adell was thrown out of the exit of the portal, landing back within his cell, the refined Nintendium wall in place of the old see through wall. Marx finally finished his laugh feast and approached the cell, not that either of them could see.

“…Expert black hole summoner” A.I.M. stated to finally finish its analysis of the winged maniac.

“Oooo hooo hooo, I have to admit, I’m impressed! That wall was made to withstand the strength of Kirby! If you don’t know, he’s an award winning planet buster! Hehehe, you’ll make a fine addition to our army! Too bad I can’t watch as you two become infected anymore! That was always my favourite part! Ehehehe!”

“I told you I want them both raw. I can’t conduct my experiments if their innards are reduced to Shadow Bugs. Don’t touch them” a booming voice alerted the bat creature. It sounded somewhat electronic, like it was coming from a speaker or something of the sort. There could be someone else in the other room, but it wasn’t like either of them could tell, the other side was no longer visible to them.

“Oh c’mon! We could invade that bubble with the red head no problem! He was able to break our last wall, with the Starvia he’ll be so much more powerful! And you’ll be able to know anything that robot knows if you just infect it!”

“Marx, your lack of mental capacity was able to deduct that, do not pander to me. Samus would have installed safety protocols on her machine if it became infected. Do not interfere with my plans.”

“Your plans!?”

“My plans lead to success for the greater of the group, do not question them. And if you do at least get out of earshot from the prisoners.”

A.I.M.’s gaze was directed towards Adell, his irrational plan working just as well as the machine had predicted. Although, it was a bit surprised that it didn’t end up worse. With them now being out of view from their over watcher the machine popped open its storage area on its base and pulled out the wall eraser. “That was an illogical leap to take, unit Adell. We must wait for the others to save us” the monotone robot scolded for Marx to hear. It began to analyzed the surroundings, trying to process which wall would be the most logical to pick for their escape. It could only use the object once, so it was difficult for it. “Facility still has an unknown size of army behind it, brute force will lead to failure 93.2% of the time.”

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Adell was shocked as the black hole absorbed him, and he was sent flying into the wall, landing on his back, and his tie flopped comically into his face. How the hell did that happen?! Oh, expert black hole summoner. Someone should have warned him BEFORE he set to work! "Why the hell didn't you warn me he could summon black holes BEFORE hand?! If I had known that I would have had him in no time!" Adell was mad, his lack of information had lead to him looking like a fool. When in all actuality it was his fault he had lacked the necessary information in the first place. He sighed, realizing he was in the wrong, "I'm sorry, I'm just frustrated is all. I just blew it, we had one chance to escape, and I just wasted it. If I had stopped and thought before hand, we wouldn't be in this mess."

(Sorry about the ludicrously short post, this is like my fifteenth time trying to write it.)

[Mr. Game & Watch]

While the information that Marx could summon black holes would have been more useful to Adell before he attempted his little stunt, it wasn’t like A.I.M. was provided with the time to finish its analysis of the enemy. Between the interruptions of the irritating bat-like creature and Adell’s attempted escape there was no room for it to speak. Even if the robot did, the outcome would have been exactly the same regardless.

“This unit apologizes. It shall update its speech output during its next reboot session. However success ratios were relatively low regardless. Outcome was the better of multiple choices. That is correct though, that was our only means of escape. Only viable option is to wait for rescue” the drone stated as it wheeled itself towards a nearby wall with the Eraser item in its hands. If the machine was capable of creating unique tones, a nice cheeky one would’ve fit very nicely.

It had no clue what was on the other side of the right hand wall, but the machine calculated the odds and it was best to take this side. Marx was still probably on the other side of the Nintedium wall, the back wall might just lead them to dirt, the floor would be too noisy of an escape due to A.I.M. being a clunky machine, and the roof would probably lead them back to the white hands that captured them to begin with, so it was either the right or left wall that seemed viable. Through an intricate equation known as ‘a coin flip’ the machine deduced the right wall was their best choice.

The machine made a stroke across the flat surface large enough to allow them both passage through it, leading directly into a rather high tech looking room. It was strange, the section that they could see immediately was a sleek black metal design. A room with more polish than anything in the Life Sphere that was for sure. (Something like THIS minus random dude standing around). From the looks of it, the facility was empty. On top of that, it was their first step out of their prison.

The machine turned to Adell, holding its clunky fist directly underneath its optics like it was signaling the man to stay quiet. It was one of the many tricks that it had learned from studying the way normal organics interact, though since the ROB model lacked a mouth it might be lost on the man.

Before A.I.M. left their cell though, it left one little thing to keep them guessing. It pulled out a Double Cherry from its storage compartment and absorbed its power. Two of the army green machines were now staring at each other, the clone entering the cell and continuing to babble to make it seem like they never left at all. What it says isn’t very important, but it was along the lines of.

“This unit shall prepare distress signal. 1 percent complete. 2 percent complete. 3 percent complete...” which were not at very quick intervals whatsoever.

The machine kept low and began to wheel itself into the strangely sterile laboratory.

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Adell ignored the saracastic robots response, he had dealt with saracasm lots of times in Veldime from Rozalin, he didn't need it here. He leaned against the back wall and sighed, irritated with himself. Now what. How were they supposed to get out now? However, he watched the machine as it set to work, what was it doing? It seemed to be looking for a means of escape itself, but he didn't see it happening. He looked back on all those adventures he had went on in Veldime, this was how it was going down huh? He was going to die trapped in a metal box because he was brash.

But then he heard something strange come from A.I.M. and checked again, what was that thing A.I.M. had gotten out? That made even less sense than anything he had seen so far in this world. What was that, seriously? He then watched in shock as the wall seemed to vanish from existance, how the heck had he done that? Whatever, he was glad and wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth. He shook his head, holding back a laugh as he watched A.I.M. imitate a shush sign. Looks like someone didn't have a mouth to use it with, but was going to use it anyway. He entered the strange room, and became confused.

Adell watched A.I.M. pull out the Double Cherry and watched the machine clone itself, only to have the clone act as a decoy. That was strangely conveneant, almost llike an RPG. There were lots of those where he came from, and he'd seen something like that before. He just couldn't place where the Double Cherry looked so familiar from. He entered the strange labortory himself and began to look around, there wasn't much there, what strange things went on in this room? He looked at the table and figured some messed up stuff probably occured, and he walked over to the nearest desk to start shifting through papers, seeing as how they were in the base, maybe they could get a hint as to where Samus, Mario and Sonic were. May as well progress the mission in the mean time.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

A.I.M. continued to scan the room, separately from Adell. The machine knew little about the man, but the robot figured that he’d be smart enough not to do anything that would get them caught. He was brash, but not an idiot, A.I.M. could tell the difference. The machine found safety in the fact that it was not captured alone, otherwise it might’ve proved a bit more difficult to escape from their cell.

“Rebooting signal. Error access point cannot be found.”

“GAH, you stupid computer we’re miles underground! Can we just strip that thing’s circuits already!?”

“That does not follow protocol”

“That is logical”

“Bah, to the both of you. Have one of your drones stand guard, I have my own matters to attend to!”

By the sound of it, A.I.M.’s double was doing its job well. It wasn’t going to last forever though, so a quick solution to their problem may be necessary. There was a door that no doubt was an exit to this pristine laboratory, but A.I.M. had no clue whether or not there was going to be someone outside to see them. Considering that the bat being was leaving the cell next door he would probably be around to spot them, thus putting them back to square one. Perhaps there was a ventilation system, but unless that system was big enough to fit its chassis that wasn’t really an option for the ROB rip off. It wasn’t that it had concern for itself, but the data it held was too valuable to fall into the hands of the infected. If it went that route, however, A.I.M. did have a backup in the form of a self-destruction option, but there was no need to use that just yet.

The machine then pondered over to what looked to be some sort of giant metal tube. It had a few buttons on it, including one labeled release. It was in a Chozo language, which the machine found odd all things considered. Perhaps it was repurposed from materials that came from Zebes, there was plenty of Lylat technology around to attest to them scrounging for scraps as the Life Sphere had done as well.

The paper that Adell held was odd as well. The text itself was also written in some Chozo language and unless the tie wearing man had an affinity for extinct bird languages, odds were he couldn’t read it. A.I.M. picked up on Adell’s findings and chose to leave the strange metal tube alone for now. It looked curiously at the page, as curiously as a creation with no face could.

“It’s a Chozo language. This unit will attempt to translate” the machine stated in its low volume setting. As the sage synthetic’s ‘eyes’ dwelled over the page it didn’t speak. Though once it got its scanner filled with the information it wheeled back slightly, almost like a surprised reaction. “It is calculations, mentions of Shadow Bugs and alterations of the body. Could logically be the formula for the Starvia. This unit will store information into its databanks. Hold onto that-”

Just before A.I.M. could complete its sentence, the control panel next to metal tube that the robot was investigating earlier began to create a low buzz. A tiny red LED on the console began to flash erratically, which more often than not entailed something bad. The display prompter on the device spelt ‘Open’ in the same ancient bird language. A.I.M. peered down at its own hands then looked toward Adell. Its hands were far too clunky to accurately use the keypad and there was little to no time for them to look for a safe port for it to insert itself in.

A.I.M. nudged its partner in crime and swiftly scooted over to the console so that it could make a holographic overlay on the keyboard so that Adell could read it. There was a simple ‘Close’ button, but it would then be proceeded with a passcode to override the previous command. Of course though, it would probably seem like an uphill battle in figuring out a code, so Adell might come up with his own way to prevent the tube from opening. They could hide, but the hole in the wall was clear as day, so no matter what it was the better option to keep whatever was in there contained.

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Adell was surprised as he came acrossed the strange piece of paper. What was this weird language, and why did it exist? It was pretty strange, but he figure'd he'd live through it, not like he had much choice. Just as he was about to put it aside, A.I.M. came up to him and said it was a foreign language, now that was interesting. Chozo huh? Never herd of that one, and seeing as though A.I.M. said it may be a formula for Starvia, it was probably for the best if he listened to the robot and kept it on hand, who knew when something like that would come in handy.

Then the sudden sound of the tube, what was going on there? He edged closer to it, but then quickly disregarded it as he was nudged by his fellow escapee. A console? Oh sweet, a hologram! That'd help, and he quickly saw the close button and hit it, but, security override, damn, no chance there. How were they supposed to contain what was coming down? Then it came to him, why contain it, when you can beat the living crap out of it before it could do anything? That'd probably work, but then he thought of something much safer. The pokeball. He pulled it out and nodded, hoping for something good as he put it in the tube, and pushed the button to release whatever was inside, which promptly trapped a Starmie with whatever was coming down.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

The duo were successful in closing the tube after Adell tossed a Pokeball into the opening. A.I.M. retracted the holographic overlay immediately and turned to monstrously large tie wearing man knowing that their cover would no doubt be blown. It hugely depended on whether there was a living thing within the chamber and if it was infected, but the machine was able to calculate that those chances were high. “If we are to make our escape, we make it now” the machine stated coldly as it scanned their few options, those being the door or the hole they erased earlier.

The sound of the Pokeball opening echoed in the tight one man chamber along with the battle cry of Starmie “HYAH!” Though as soon as the Pokemon made a noise, the metal tube burst open like a ruptured pipe, the star shaped creature colliding to the opposite wall as though it got a mouth full of missile the moment it was summoned. A.I.M. barrel rolled out of harm’s way and locked its optics on the smoke oozing from the pierced pipe waiting for a target to come into sight.

The outline of the Varia suit that Samus was most famous for wearing began to emerge from the area, the shimmering orange armour soon stepping out of the containment unit. “Creator Samus?” the machine quizzed. Just as A.I.M. spoke, the green visor of the figure starred at the robot, a purple glow emitting from the suit once the smoke finally cleared. Like a machine, the infected pointed their hand cannon directly at the machine. While nobody was looking though, the Starmie began to rise from the ground once more and began to fire off its signature move directly at the target Adell had marked for. The force was enough to force the enemy back into the cell from whence it came, giving the two of them an easy shot while the Pokemon continued to supress it.

A.I.M. didn’t move at first, but then as though something had kicked its system into gear, it hopped atop one of the lab tables and honed its optics onto the area where the Pokemon had forced the infected into. “Activating Protocol Prometheus” its internal computer notified. A.I.M. itself actually felt fear in this moment, almost as though it lost control of itself. “Override” it called out as it attempted to avoid causing any damage to the infected.

“Unauthorized to override this function, implemented by Creator Samus” the internal computer rebutted. “Redirecting all reserved power to main artillery.”

A.I.M. couldn’t allow movement to any of its rotary systems, it was locked into place until it unleashed its laser, meaning it was required to destroy anything that was directly in front of it. There wasn’t anything it could do, it couldn’t even turn to Adell. “Mission: save units Mario, Sonic, and Samus. Unit Adell, we must find units Mario and Sonic as quickly as possible. This unit cannot override command, this unit is locked in place.” It stated as its optics began to increasingly glowing red. Considering that the Starmie was doing an amazing job at suppressing, A.I.M. had quite a bit of time to reach its full potential in terms of its laser blast.

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Adell smirked a little as he closed up the tube. No way anything was getting out of there now... But with there cover blown they had to get out of there fast. If they didn't it would spell trouble. He turned to the robot at the same time as the robot turned to him, smirking cockily. "Our cover may be blown, but they're not getting out any time soon. Let's get out of here quick, before anyone else shows up." Unfortunately, per the old Adell luck, the pipe was not per,enamels sealed, as it was suddenly blown apart, which he responded to by rolling out of the way.

He got into his battle stance, but herd A.I.M. say Samus's name, if this was Samus, then they were one step closer! "Alright! One leader saved, two to go! Come on, let's find Sonic and Mario then get out of here!" He was just about to run, but, Samus wasn't moving. Why wasn't she? Oh. No you have got to be kidding, was she seriously infected by that Starvia stuff?! He didn't fully understand it, but now he knew. Samus had been completely robbed of her self-will. Something was now controlling her, and they were busted beyond all belief. He watched in shock as Samus was held back by his new Starmie.

What was going on with A.I.M.?! Full power to artillery?! That couldn't be good.. Especially if he was trying to resist. "What, is this some kind of proto all to destroy Samus?! Yeah right! We have a formula for Starvia! Like hell we're hurting her when the cure is finally in Li's grasp! Come on! You may be locked in place, but I'm carrying you! Keep Samus suppressed you glorious Pokemon you!" With that he grabbed A.I.M. and ran out the door at maximum speed. This was not going to end well for any and all involved, and now was there only chance to escape.

"A.I.M. Do you have any idea as to where the other two may be hold up?! We find them, we find the stealth team, then we get outta here is our best bet at this point! So, any idea?! We gotta get outta here fast if we want to stand a chance at finding the other leaders!" The mission was butchered, but they could pull it out if they worked at it. He was not going down after arriving on LI so soon, especially when they have the formula in their grasp. Then he thought of something, the stealth team! If he and A.I.M. could draw attention away from where the other two leaders were, then that'd make this easier! Yeah, that had to work!

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Despite A.I.M.’s grip on the lab table, Adell was able to rip the machine off and escape the room with the infected creature. Given the man’s strength, it was not a difficult task. Adell easily barraged through the door immediately afterwards and as he did the sage synthetics optical sensors ceased their glowing, a message from its internal processor stated “target lost, disengaging” considering that the infected figure was outside of the machine’s sight by a significant distance, the computer ceased the protocol altogether.

The two now found themselves inside a hallway, sleek and shiny just the same as the lab they were earlier within. Behind them was a lengthy way, two doors facing each other on the extreme end, while in front of them was a corner, another door just at the end of where the two corridors met. A.I.M. was able to regain motion and nudged itself out of the tie wearing man easily, although with slight haste. Its auditory sensors were able to pick up on the Pokemon firing off its swift stars, but odds were that it wasn’t going to keep up forever. A.I.M. didn’t want to get locked into that mode ever again, so leaving this area as soon as possible would be favourable.

“Affirmative, it would appear that Creator Samus had installed a protocol in the case that my CPU would believe that she had become infected. This unit has deduced the reasoning being she didn’t want the Starvia to learn of the Life Sphere’s schematics from her memory.” the machine explained quickly as it rushed toward the corner of the hall to get a peek at the area in which they used to be contained.

Its auditory sensors peeked at the sound of infected creatures rushing out of the door at the far end of the hallway behind them. In the split second that the first of the horde leaked into the hallway A.I.M. pulled out its Shadow assist trophy from storage. From it the hedgehog was summoned, starring at the machine directly. “Chaos Control for units A.I.M., Adell, Captain Falcon, Dark Pit, Ivo Robotnik, Krexix, Mario, Miles Prower, Paula, Ragna, Shade, Shiek, and Sonic.”

The black hedgehog nodded and turned toward the invading enemies. “I will grant you this one wish. CHAOS CONTROL” he spoke as a radiant glow shot out from his body.

“Attention all units, abort mission. The Chaos Control will not last forever. Unit Miles Prower has permission to use Unit Mr. L’s experimental Dual Scream to find the quickest escape possible. Team Raging Ram, unit Ivo Robotnik will be within your location very shortly. Unit Captain Falcon prepare the Blue Falcon for escape. This unit and unit Adell will see to the leaders.” A.I.M. transmitted to Tails’ walkie talkie, the Blue Falcon, and the Egg Cracker.

“YES!” Captain Falcon eagerly transmitted back.

Swiftly afterwards, A.I.M. turned back to its partner in crime. “The cells we were contained in was beyond that door, the next door over must be where units Sonic and Mario are contained. Unit Shadow cannot keep his Chaos Control up for long, so we must move quickly” the machine answered as it began to rocket through the hallway and bash through the door it had suspected the duo to be behind.

“I’m telling you, it looks like time is going slower”

“Mama mia! Did they replace your brain with-a spicy meatball?!”

“What does it being spicy change anything!?”

Sure enough, good ol’ red vs blue was being contained within a cell quite similar to the one the other two were trapped within. It was unfortunate that they didn’t have as many items in their trunks as A.I.M. did. Either way, Adell had no issue breaking the plexiglass before, he should be able to do it again.

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(The song is was listening to. I felt the melody fit the mood quite well.)

Adell could tell the robot had tried to resist him, but it didn't mean much as he ripped A.I.M. off the table quite easily. He swiftly kicked the door down and sighed as A.I.M. went back to normal at the loss of seeing Samus. He listened to the sound of the Starmie firing off its stars, and was very careful not to miss anything as A.I.M. sent his orders to the other team members. So it was all up to the two of them now huh? That worked for him, the less chance of the others getting into trouble the better. He didn't want to have to put others in trouble more than possible. After all, that was just his style.

"If this Chaos Control stuff won't last long, then let's get a move on! I gotta get back anyway. See if Mom has managed to set up a Dimension Gate up yet." With that he set off after the robot and watched as he slammed down the door. These doors were weak stuff. Sure enough, the other two leaders were certainly there. And they were arguing like five year olds. Adell broke out laughing, the two of them reminded him too much of Taro and Hanako. Those two fought a lot as well, but they were his little brother and little sister! Not leaders of an entire city! This was ridiculous! As Adell calmed down, he wiped a lone tear from his eye.

"Sorry! Sorry! You two just remind me of my little brother and sister when they fight. It's too funny. Anyway. I'm Adell. I'm here to get you out of there. Stand back!" With that he approached the Plexiglass, ready to use Double Shadow once more. Yet again the shadow clone appeared, this time on the other side of the glass. Once more the two set to work. The duo slowly attacked the glass, slowly speeding up. And as he pummeled away. Once more, the plexiglass smashed. This time the glass falling in slow motion due to the effects of Chaos Control. "Let's go! We gotta hurry!"

He then took off in the other direction, assuming that Mario and Sonic would follow. They had to get out fast. He ran out into the corridor once more, and made a run for the door around the corner, assuming that to be the way out. If it wasn't they were in trouble. He turned around before going through, making sure the others were with him, unaware of Sonic's incredible speed.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

The Plexiglas shattered like it did before, and just like before the Nintendium emergency lockdown gate began to lower, fortunately for them though the slowed state of time meant that there was an easier opportunity to escape than before. The arguing duo finally ceased when this happened, looking toward their two saviours as though they didn’t see them before. “See, if you wouldn’t ha-“

“Mamma mia! Move your legs not your mouth!” the red capped plumber stated as he sprinted through the shatter window of their cell. Sonic crossed his arms and easily out sped him at a jogging pace. The two followed behind Adell, though Sonic was soon ahead of him without much haste.

“So, we got this far, where to now?” the hedgehog stated rather impatiently. Mario could be noticed rolling his eyes as the speed demon continued to be an ungrateful annoyance.

A.I.M. was the last of the four to exit the room, naturally being the slowest of the bunch. Although, it was easily the most observational of them as well. The machine quickly analyzed the hall, noticing that there weren’t any other doors until the rather large one at the other end of the hall. It looked more like an oversized elevator door, large enough to fit something like Black Shadow’s monstrous race car. It was an assumption, but the machine deducted that it might be the same elevator shaft that they had saw Black Shadow enter the base within. If so, that was easily their ticket out of this horror show.

The machine swiftly shoved its way through the group in order to get a clear shot at their escape. The machine locked itself down and rerouted all its power to its optical output. Within seconds the machine was able to spew a laser lightshow out of its face and in turn melted a hole clear through the elevator door, the metal dripping like a freshly heated ice cube. It revealed the dark shaft that A.I.M. had suspected to be hidden behind.

The tiny LED on its head still flashing, it turned to the rest of the group. “We go this way” it stated simply, steam and smoke still radiating off its optics. With that, the machine began top wheel itself toward freedom, the two leaders quickly out speeding it.

“Waita minute, what abouta Samus?” he questioned as he quit in mid sprint, Sonic did the same as soon as the third leader was mention, though was still eying their escape route.

“Creator Samus cannot be rescued at the moment.”

“Told you she didn’t escape, c’mon!” the blue blur replied as he returned to his escape. Soon though, he was met with the ledge, which he was just balancing on with his tippy toe. “WHOA!” Peering upwards, it would seem that they were on the second to last level, the way back up being an incredible length, to the point that the top was nearly impossible to see with the darkness.

The other two were rather quick to catch up, though assumingly Adell was there with them as well. Their decisions were minimal and unfortunately the elevator was not the most reliable option. On top of that, A.I.M. was the only one with the capability of flight, unless Mario or Sonic had the proper equipment, but given that they were probably stripped of anything of use better than A.I.M. was, odds were they didn’t have anything to use.

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Adell smirked as his strength prevailed over the plexiglass once again, and the two remaining leaders were freed. As he saw them fleeing before the nintendanium could slam down in front of them, he made a promise to himself that when they came to get Samus back, he'd be one of the first people in the charge, and he'd make sure that she made it out, no matter what. Seeing her like that had frustrated him, because it had meant that the mission wasn't going to be truly finished, not for some time. He followed the two leaders out of the room, it was time to make their escape.

He was stunned at Mario's sudden question, but he decided he really should have seen it coming, as he came to a halt in front of them. However, he was lucky, as AIM decided to answer the question in stead, and he ran towards the elevator shaft, not wanting to have to say what had really happened himself, not if he didn't have to. He came to an abrupt halt as he arrived at the shaft just after Sonic, however he didn't wind up imbalincing himself as he came to a complete halt, staying flat in his feet. He looked down, and quickly saw the bottom, not too short a fall all things consided. However, up was a problem. He thought about it a seccond, and decided to try something.

"A.I.M. I'll take Sonic, you take Mario. Make sure to keep from over exerting yourself." With that said, he grabbed sonic by the stomach, and jumped. This seems ridiculous at first, but in fact, he jumped HIGH, high enough that he and Sonic appeared to be rather small from the perspective of the other two. At full strength, (which he wasn't at) he could beat the Hulk at a jumping contest. As he aproached the wall, he turned around, and kicked it, in a makeshift jump, and began to work his way up, his decent now being much slower as he had to go at more of an angle, with what was probably a thrashing Sonic. He would continue this method until either he was met with an obstruction, or made it to the top.

[Mr. Game & Watch]

Adell seemed to have very little hesitation when met with the tower tall elevator shaft. In fact, he simply jumped at a strangely enhanced rate. Every turn was a new surprise for A.I.M. with this person, but the machine was lucky that it had been trapped with him over any of the other possibilities. Not that he was superior to the others abilities, but the machine calculated that the chances otherwise wouldn’t have been as great. Although, another flyer would have been nice.

The ROB rip-off’s optics followed as the man leapt off, throwing a bit of advice at the machine whilst leaving the scene. Samus still being prominently on A.I.M.’s mind, it replied quietly “affirmative.” As A.I.M. hugged Mario and prepped for launch, the room’s lights immediately shut off and the soft slowed sound of machinery ceased. It could easily be deduced that one of the other teams were tampering with something, to which the machine could only hope for the best for them and that they didn’t waste the little time they had because the Chaos Control was just about to finish up.

With Mario in the machine’s arms, it blasted off like a rocket. A bellow of flames formed from the machine’s exhaust and soon it was outpacing Adell. All while Mario was shouting his trademark “YAHOOOOO!!!” It was now more difficult than ever to determine where the exit was since the lights were out and the tunnel was incredibly dark already, but just as the four of them were advancing to the top of the spire, the sun deity known as Volcarona appeared at the absolute top, the light of which was enough to rival the sun, or so the Pokedex stated. The gigantic metal tube was revealed, but the top appeared to be completely sealed off, the exit from the elevator to the outside world not being activated.

Meanwhile, Sonic being within Adell’s arms was quickly getting testy and fidgety, mostly because he wanted to be going faster, but at the moment this was his only means for escape so he attempted to keep patient.

There were no obstructions to the top of the shaft thanks to the elevating platform being on the bottom floor and with the power seeming to be out, it wouldn’t be moving anywhere just yet. The fire moth began to batter the exit to the surface with every attack in its move pool, though it was doing nothing quickly. A.I.M. joined in with robo beams accompanied by Mario’s fireballs. It seemed to be doing dents, but they needed a bit more power.