//------------------------------// // Banana Slamma! // Story: Video Game Journeys: Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle // by CrashGuy41 //------------------------------// Back at Peach's Castle, Bowser Jr. and the Dazzlings were observing the area from afar. "What's that up ahead?" Sonata asked. "That's Princess Peach's Castle," Bowser Jr. replied as he gazed through his binoculars. He then noticed some blue liquid on the Castle grounds. He followed its trail with his binoculars and soon came across Rabbid Kong. Apparently, he survived the fall that Rabbid Peach forced him to take earlier. "Well, what do you know? The big brute managed to survive," Aria said smugly. "What's he doing?" Sonata asked. "Looks like those Rabbids are trying to convince him to do something with that giant washing machine," Adagio replied. Sure enough, that's exactly what two Rabbids, who were wearing tartan hats were doing. Rabbid Kong was a little bit hesitant to go near the Time Washing Machine, since he really didn't know how it worked. And yet, the two Rabbids behind him pressured him into going near it. Of course, as one would expect from someone so simple-minded like Rabbid Kong, as soon as he touched the controls, he immediately got shocked as if he were in an old cartoon short. Sonata cringed at the sight of him getting shocked, as it looked like it would really sting. Frustrated, Rabbid Kong leapt on top of the Time Washing Machine and hit it with his fists, generating a burst of energy. The impact from his fists opened the machine and created a portal that led to another world. The portal then began to suck things inside of it that were in close range like a tornado. This included various random objects and some of the nearby Rabbids, even Rabbid Kong himself. What Bowser Jr. and the Dazzlings didn't expect, however, was that Sonata had started to lean out of the Clown Car to get a better look at what was going on. As she did, she found herself being sucked towards the portal, as well. She hung on to the Junior Clown Car for her dear life with one hand, as the other one had slipped off. "Grab my hand, sis!" Adagio said, offering her hand to Sonata. Just before Sonata could grab it, however, her one hand slipped from the Junior Clown Car and she found herself being sucked into the Time Washing Machine's portal. Frightened at what he saw, Spawny began to glitch out. Thankfully, Bowser Jr. held on to him tightly as he released a blast of energy from the SupaMerge headset into the portal. After that was over, the door closed, but the portal was still active, somehow. Just then, the group of villains heard some familiar voices nearby. It was Mario and the others. They had recently sploinged back to Peach's Castle after facing off against Rabbid Kong in the Ancient Gardens. Not wanting to be seen by the heroes, the trio quickly flew away in order to avoid any suspicion. As they did, Aria was feeling a sense of remorse for the way she treated Sonata so harshly. After seeing what had happened to her sister, she couldn't help but be deeply worried for her safety. Mario and the others stopped just only a few feet in front of the Time Washing Machine as they observed what was going on with it. All except Rabbid Peach, that is. She was more concerned with charging her phone at the moment and walked up to the device. "I can't believe this. I have to charge this stupid phone already after using it for only a couple of hours," she groaned as she struggled to plug the charger into the outlet. She was so focused on that one task that she failed to notice the energy emitting from the machine. "Rabbid Peach, stop! You'll cause a short-circuit!" Twilight shouted. The group ran towards her to stop her, but they were too late. As soon as she plugged in her charger, the Time Washing Machine transported herself, BEEP-0 and Sunset Shimmer to a different dimension. Speaking of the dimension they got transported to, the trio soon found themselves hanging on to the washing machine as they fell from the sky rapidly. Suddenly, they heard a clang from the washing machine. The wire that Rabbid Peach was hanging on to suddenly broke away from the machine, sending them flying away with it. Sometime later, BEEP-0 emerged from the sand and noticed that the rest of the Time Washing Machine was gone, as the rest of the pieces had been scattered. Since without it, there was no way for the group to return to the Mushroom Kingdom in order to save Spawny and re-unite Sunset Shimmer with the rest of her friends to fix an anomaly that was causing the game to not end correctly. Just then, Sunset popped her head from the sand and spat out a bunch of it from her mouth. "Gross! I can't believe I got sand in my mouth from the impact!" she grimaced. After brushing some sand off of her clothes, Sunset heard a familiar voice nearby. Glancing behind her shoulder, she saw none other than Sonata, whose head was stuck in the sand. Sunset let out a heavy sigh and decided to help her, even though the former Siren tried to stop her earlier. "I hope I don't regret this." Sunset walked over the where Sonata was and pulled with all of her might. She eventually got Sonata free from the sand. Surprised and confused, Sonata didn't understand why Sunset had just freed her, considering that they were working against each other back in the Mushroom Kingdom. "Why did you just free me all of a sudden?" Sonata asked. "I couldn't just leave you there like that. Knowing how clumsy you are, you'd probably be stuck like that for a week." The words Sunset gave her left Sonata speechless. After about a minute or two, she decided to speak up. "Thanks, I guess." As the two girls were having their conversation, Rabbid Peach joined them. She paid very little attention to them, however, as she was more concerned about the condition of her phone more than anything else. BEEP-0 suddenly noticed some folks that he hoped they could speak with in order to get help. "AHEM! Pardon me -- we are in need of your quaint assistance," BEEP-0 said. Unfortunately for them, however, the locals weren't too friendly. They were corrupt Tropical Ziggys and they had literal coconut-style blasters. "Rabbid Peach! Your blaster!" "Fine. I'll get it out," Rabbid Peach groaned. She tried getting it out, but then remembered that she had somehow left it back in the Mushroom Kingdom. "Uh, that's bad, isn't it?" Sonata whimpered. "Yep," Sunset nodded. "I don't think my own weapon will be enough." Just before the corrupt Rabbids could ambush them, they all heard a voice that Sunset immediately recognized. Looking up, it was exactly who Sunset imagined it would be: Donkey Kong himself. A brown-haired gorilla wearing a red necktie with the letters D.K. sewn on to the tie in a bright, yellow color. The very sight of the big guy was enough to scare off most of the Ziggys. The remaining one just looked up in fear before being tossed away by D.K. himself. "Holy bananas! It's actually him! Donkey Kong!" Sunset squealed. "Who's Donkey Kong?" Sonata asked. "He's the reason why we have Mario in the first place! If wasn't for him, Mario wouldn't be as famous as he is today!" "Alright, alright. I'm just asking." As they were speaking, an elderly Rabbid that resembled Cranky Kong slowly walked up to the group with his cane. After finally joining the group, he showed off his weapon. A Boombow called the Wood Shop Walloper. After that, he reached into his beard to find something. First, he pulled out a false set of teeth, which wasn't what he needed. He then pulled out a shoe, which he also tossed aside. On the third try, he pulled out a pair of menacing-looking pistols that had what appeared to be teeth under the barrel. They weapons also looked like they had spiky hair with cool-looking designs on the magazines. One was blue and one was a purplish-pink. It was a weapon for Sonata called the Siren's Bite. Not only that, but he also pulled out a new blaster weapon for Rabbid Peach. One that looked like a prehistoric shark that even shared its name. The Megalodon. At the start of the battle, Donkey Kong picked up a fire super effect cover block and threw it to the other side, getting some of the Ziggys burned. After that, he tossed a banana that he was using as a weapon. A Bwananarang called the Potassium Pulverizer. Next, it was Sonata's turn. She ducked behind some cover and fired two shots from her weapon. One shot per pistol. Each fired at a separate enemy. Next, Rabbid Peach sent out a sentry that had unlocked upon arriving. The Panoramic Pillager. Sunset's turn came up next and she fired the Sun's Wrath at one of the enemies, defeating it. Finally, it was Rabbid Cranky's turn. He went through the log pipe and used his Boombow to finish off the last enemy. After that was over, the battle was one and everyone struck a pose. Donkey Kong gave his iconic thumbs-up pose while Rabbid Cranky posed dynamically with his Boombow. Rabbid Peach posed as if she were some kind of superhero. Sunset and Sonata hi-fived each other and put their backs against each other. Sonata even had one of pistols out as if she were in the old west. After that, Sunset's phone went off with a notification that they cleared the battle with a gold rank. It even showed a gold trophy with D.K.'s banana hoard and a barrel cannon on top of a pedestal in front of some jungle-looking leaves. As a reward, instead of Coins, they received bananas instead. "Bananas? Why bananas?" Sunset mused. "Uh... Monkeys like bananas?" Sonata said nervously. "He's an ape, Sonata." "You know what I meant." Well, that was strange, wasn't it? Sunset actually helped out Sonata and she fended off a few corrupt Rabbids with her new friends. Will Sunset, Sonata and Rabbid Peach make their way back to the Mushroom Kingdom? Is Sonata really turning over a new leaf? Or is it just a ruse? And will Sunset find more of her missing friends on these chains of islands? I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Only time will tell.