The next day, the Geek-Wads went back up to Earth to gain the talent needed so they could beat the Nintendo All-Stars at their little basketball game and furthermore bag their slaves. Their plan was simple: they were going to sneak into five basketball games, steal the talent from whoever was the star player in that game using a special orb crafted to resemble a basketball, and then consume it all when the game against the Nintendo characters came along.

Their first targets were Leo and Stefan Nickelardo, twin brothers/star players of the Allentown Parakeets and personal friends of Mitch Jefferson. The Geek-Wads made their entrance stacked up on top of each other and covered by a trench coat in disguise of a very tall human. When the Nickelardo brothers entered the court to the blazing cries of millions of fans, the Geek-Wads quickly set their trap. They took out their talent orb and switched it with the basketball they were going to use; the brothers barely noticed the orange aura coming from the orb. Suddenly, they were zapped by the orb and collapsed to the ground. Everyone on the team ran up to them alongside the ref to see if they were ok, Leo helped Stefan up to his feet and they gave the ref the ok to start the game. They were fine… or so it looked.

But when the game began, they started acting funny. They couldn’t run as fast as they used to, they kept tripping a lot, and when Leo attempted to perform a foul shot, he missed the basket completely and hit the popcorn guy by accident! The Geek-Wads crept in and grabbed their orb during time-out and escaped the arena with a bunch of rather angry and confused Nickelardo fans. They gazed upon their orb, whose aura was shining brighter thanks to the talent they snatched. “Fellow Geek-Wads…” the orange lead Geek-Wad told his comrades, “we’ve got talent!!” They all cheered with naughty glee as their plan was beginning to work.

They proceeded to repeat the same dastardly act at three other games, thus stealing the talent of three more players. When word got out about the five players who have lost their talent, the sports community was in a nation-wide panic. The big guns in charge of the NBA considered the conspiracy to be a contagious virus among the basketball world and had to cancel the season while they investigated the case and sent the talent-deprived athletes to a rehabilitation clinic for diagnosis.

Seeing that they possessed all the talent they needed, the Geek-Wads went back to Nintendo-Land to show Mario and crew what they were going up against.

Meanwhile, back in Nintendo-Land, Mario and the crew were waiting on a basketball court over in Onett (Ness’ hometurf). Wario was getting impatient. “When are them little alien shrimpos going to get here so I can crush them??” he growled. “Yeah!” shouted Waluigi across from him, sporting a flashy new basketball outfit. “I didn’t steal 300 coins to buy these new b-ball duds for nothing!” Everyone stared untrustingly towards Waluigi, who gulped out of embarrassment. “Did I say steal? I mean, eh, took out of my, um, bank account! Yeah, took out of my new bank account.” Wario just groaned. Even though he was one for stealing, he would normally keep it to himself.

Toad then came dashing through the crowd of characters. “Guys! Guys!” he cried, then he paused to see Waluigi in his new clothes. “Nice suit” he said, “See? At least SOMEONE likes my new duds!” Waluigi shouted to everyone paying attention to Toad. “Whatever, Waluigi. Anyway, the little aliens are here and have requested that they take the court first.” Mario smiled, seeing that the Geek-Wads were there with only a basketball sack. “Sure, let the little guys freshen up so we can have a nice, fair game.” Unbeknownst to Mario and everyone, the Geek-Wads had their special Talent Orb.

They took the Orb out f the sack, then the sky began to darken in an ominous shade. They all took hold of the Orb, then the organge aura of talent inside of it was absorbed. At that moment, the Nintendo All-Stars witnessed a horrifying transformation! The Geek-Wads began to grow in size, almost taller than the tallest Nintendo character. Their arms swelled with muscles to make even Donkey Kong flinch in nervousness. And their faces, which were as harmless-looking as a stuffed animal, have become human-like with a meanacing scowl plastered on them.

If the Nintendo All-Stars hadn’t a reason to be frightened of these guys before, now was the perfect time. The smaller characters like Kirby and Pikachu ran to the legs of their taller friends for proctection while some taller, but still defenseless, characters such as Peach just gazed at the creatures. As for Luigi, he just went into the fetal position and screamed like a baby. Link held up his shield and Master Sword in case they attacked him. The blue Geek-Wad, now a hulking demon in a black jersey, took his sword and snapped it in two. “Those little aliens have turned themselves into deadly basketball athletes!” roared Bowser. “They’re BEHEMOTHS!!” cried Luigi. “Holy Nightmare!” bellowed King Dedede, “They’re BEHEMOTHLETES!!”

The newly-formed Behemothletes circled around their future ‘slaves’ in triumph. “LET’S… PLAY… BASKETBALL!” the lead orange Behemothlete bellowed, slamming the basketball into the ground and creating a fissure to frighten and discourage the Nintendo All-Stars. Then the Behemothletes chuckled at their own brutality and walked off, destroying whatever in Onett got in their way (much to Ness’ dismay, especially). Mario just shook his head and sighed, “Mamma-Mia, we’re going to need a little help…”