Colin was finding a way out of this horrible place with his friends and family still, and they were looking for a more quiet route to take without drawing any kind of attention from the guards, robots, or anyone in George's forces.
"And we still got to find the Master Emerald, you guys." Knuckles reminded. "Who knows where Eggman had put it in here."
"We'll find it, Knuckles." Sonic remarked. "As soon as we find Johnny and Rose, we'll find that and leave."
The red echidna made a small sigh. He could not lose that Master Emerald. He was chosen as the sole protector of that sacred, gigantic emerald. If anything happened to it, he would never forgive himself.
Wherever the Master Emerald was, Knuckles had to find it and fast.
Meanwhile, George and Shadow Mavis were coming back from the prison and when they came inside the torture chamber, were surprised to see their captives gone and many guards lying on the ground, injured and bruised. A dozen pieces of scrap metal were also scattered on the floor, obviously from Eggman's robots.
"What the hell happened?!" George exclaimed at the top of his voice. He found a Kremlin still breathing, but groaning in agony. George went up to the wounded henchman and asked "What happened in here?"
"The prisoners have escaped, they were rescued by these weird creatures of some sorts." Said the soldier.
"What?" Mavis said. "Who are they?"
"A raccoon, a blue hedgehog, a red echidna, a pink hippo, a green turtle, and-"
"Alright. I don't have time for this." He pulled put a pistol and aimed at the wounded soldier. "You're useless to us now!"
"No, wait!-" but the wounded soldier was immediately shot dead by George, and laid on the floor.
"Looks like we got a real problem here, Shadow Mavis." Said George. He rushed over to the security room and saw Mario, Luigi, Sly, Knuckles, Sonic, and the other heroes rescuing Colin, his family, and the princess moments before.
"Of course." Said Shadow Mavis. "Those interlopers are ruining everything for us!" She gritted her sharp teeth.
"Now now, Mavis." George stopped her anger. "Let's just calm down. We are not out yet." He pulled put a walkie-talkie and barked: "Bowser! Get in here!"
"What for?" He said on the other line
"We have a serious situation going k. rifjr now. Now get up here, or you're fired!"
"Got it. I'm on my way now." And after three minutes later, Bowser came in the room, and he was just as surprised as his superiors were. "Whoa. Looks like a tornado hit this place, hard." He stated.
"There you are." George said. "Mario and Luigi just rescued Colin and his precious little family, and they are about to escape!"
"What?" Bowser exclaimed. "They wouldn't come this far."
"Yeah, well, they did." Said Mavis.
"Gst as many troops in your battalion S you can, go down there, and bring Colin back here. Goy can do what you like to the others for all I care, but Colin must be captured alive!" George said.
"Got it, boss." Said Bowser.
"And, you better not Fail me!" George added in a more menacing tone of voice. "Unless you want to end up like there useless losers. Now go! Go! Go!"
The king of the koopas gulped in absolute fear. "Yes sir." He said in a timid voice. Then he rushed and looked for any koopas and goombas that were ok n guard duty. "You all!" He said to them. "With me! Now! We got prisoners escaping!"
All the troops nodded their heads at him and followed their king to look for the escaping heroes.
"And leave Colin alive." Bowser added while running. "He's an essential part in our boss' plan."
"Got it, boss." Said one of the goomba troops. As they continued rushing, the heroes down below were looking for Johnny and Rose in this place.
"Grr. The Master Emerald could be anywhere." Said Knuckles in mild frustration in a small growl.
"Let's just keep looking." Said Sly.
"I hope Johnny and Rose are okay." Colin remarked. He felt Fluttershy hug him close to her again.
"I'm sure they'll be fine." Said the yellow pegasus, trying to give him as much motherly love and comfort as she can.
"And we need to watch out for any more baddies in this place." Said Sonic
"Oh. You mean like me?" Said Bowser's voice. He rammed through a wall, breaking it with his massive body and his henchmen followed behind him. "Not so fast!"
"Bowser!" Mario and Luigi said in unison, ready to take him and his followers down. "Where are Johnny and Rose?" Asked Mario
"They are going through dimensions and trying back here so they can take down George."
"Good. I hope he whoops your asses silly!" Applejack shouted at him.
"How dare you?!" Bowser shouted in anger. "Get 'em, boys!"
Then the small army of koopas and goombas charged at the heroes and George went with Celestia and Luna for cover so he wouldn't have to be captured again.
"Don't worry, Colin." Said Luna. "We'll protect you."
Mario and Luigi had their sights on their arch-nemesis and tried punching to and fro at him. Luigi kicked Bowser in the nose, making him stumble and fall on his butt.
"Ragggh! Why won't you plumbers just leave everything alone?!" He shouted in anger, his nose throbbing in pain.
"Because you're an evil king, signore." Said Luigi. "You kidnap Peach countless times, and you never seem to give up!"
"And no matter how many a times youkidnap her, we always triumph." Mario added.
"That's what you think!" Bowser shouted before unkesshinf his fire breath like a flamethrower going faulty.
Despite how much fire the monster gave out, the Mario brothers were dodging and evading with every step they took against him.
Bowser then slashed his sharp claws at the two in frustration and punched Mario with his beefy fist, making the elder brother crash into the wall.
"Mario!" Luigi shouted in horror. In anger towards Bowser, he gave him an uppercut to the face, knocking him to the ground.
"Oww! That really hurt!"
"And your nose will match your butt when we are done kicking it!" Mario remarked, getting back on his feet.
All of a sudden, Bowser charged the brothers and intended to pierce them both with his horns. Bowser was running fast like a runaway freight train or a motorboat going at top speed. He managed to hit both the brothers while they weren't looking, and knocked them both to another wall.
"Mama Mia." Said the brothers, looking really dazed by the impact, their eyes rolling like record labels playing.
Meanwhile, the others were fighting hard against the koopas and goombas that were trying to stop them all from continuing onward.
They were kicked, zapped by magic from horns, bashed on the head, punched, and slashed all over. There was not any one of the heroes that were not fighting these goons.
Colin, Celestia, and Luna were hiding in a far end of the hallway they were in. The princesses were determined to keep the poor boy out of harms way. "I'm really glad you guys came back for me."
"Oh, what are family members for?" Said Celestia with a sad smile. "We'll be there for you. Always."
"Just stand back and we'll make sure None of these monsters get you." Luna added, blanketing him with her left wing. Colin just closed his eyes, not wanting to see his own new family get hurt some more. It was bad enough Scootaloo was tortured to nearly an inch of her own life.
As of now, Scootaloo was still out cold, resting on Celestia's back, but she has to come back to reality some time, and her wounds have to be tended to as well. Meanwhile, Mario and Luigi were still putting up a good fight with Bowser, and Bowser was really getting mad now.
"You morons are really starting to get on my nerves now!" Bowser exclaimed in anger. "You taking the beautiful Princess Peach from me is one thing," he cracked his knuckles.
He unleashed a fury of slashing from his claws and tried to turn these brothers into chopped pieces of meat.
Mario and Luigi were jumping and dodging in the air when one of the koopa king's fire valley accidentally hit Mario's right hand, making him yell. "Ow ow ow! Mama mia!" He shouted in pain. He tended his right hand to stop the burning, and he growled at Bowser.
“Oh, i’m Sorry.” The king of the Koopas taunted him cruelly. “Well don’t worry. I’ll end your life soon enough!” He prepared to blast fire at him until he was nothing but a pile of ashes.
“Come on, bro!” The elder sibling said to the younger one. “We’ll take him down together.”
Luigi nodded his head with a bold smile. “Ready when you are.” Red flames were glowing around Mario’s hands and Luigi’s were glowing a fresh flame. They rushed at Bowser one more time, and Bowser was being as fast as before. He sliced at Luigi, but he missed and he felt his face being punched all over by Mario, and his stomach being punched by Luigi countless times.
Both brothers nodded their heads at one another and landed a big, heavy punch. Bowser looked so dazed and dizzy that he collapsed on the floor with birds hovering over his head in circles.
This battle was officially won by the good guys as well, and everyone regrouped.
"Are you okay, Colin?" Asked Twilight.
"Just fine. Let's look for my brother." The boy replied
"And the Master Emerald." Knuckles added. As they looked for Johnny some more, George and Mavis came and confronted Bowser.
"I may be down," Said Bowser. "But I'm not out."
"I think you are, because you're fired." George said. "Come on Mavis, we have got to get Colin back for my big plans."
"Right behind you, sweetie." Said Shadow Mavis. Boy, things did not look good, and George will surely mean business when he gets his hands on Colin.
Bowser just laid there unconscious, and groaning in irritation.