Chapter 5: Two Lost Toys

It is now nightfall as Alan and his mom pull into a gas station.

"Can I help pump the gas?" Alan asked.

"Sure! I'll even let you drive," his mom answered.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah, when you're 16."

Yuk, yuk, yuk. Funny, Mom," his voice fades away as Sonic blinks and sighs.

"Oh, great. How am I gonna convince those guys it was an accident?" he wondered as he looked overhead and saw Mario appearing. "Mario!" Mario jumps down onto the seat. "Mario! Hah! You're alive!" Mario didn't seem thrilled to see him. "This is great! Oh, I'm saved! I'm saved! Alan will find you here. He'll take us back to the room, and then you can tell everyone... that this was all just a big mistake. Huh? Right? Buddy?" Sonic asked.

"I just want you to know that even though you tried to kill me, revenge is not an idea we promote on my world," Mario answered calmly.

"Oh. Oh, that's good," Sonic said.

"But we're not on my world," Mario said and grabbed Sonic's throat. "Are we?"

"No," Sonic squeaked.

Mario screams as he jumps on Sonic and they fall off the van and they fight under the van. Mario kicks Sonic to a wheel as Sonic recovers.

"Okay. Come on! You want a piece of me?" Sonic asked as Mario punched him.

He made Sonic's head spin around. But Sonic grabbed his head and he pounced on Mario. He pound on Mario's head as he fired his fireball projectile on Sonic's head.

"Ow!" Sonic yelled as he pounded Mario's overalls.

"Here-- Here-- Here we go!!" went Mario's voice box.

Mario grabbed Sonic from behind and was beginnignto rip his arms off.

"Ah-ow!" Sonic screamed.

"Next stop-- - Pizza Planet," they hear Alan's mom.

"Yeah!" Alan cheered.

Sonic heard him just as the van drove off.

"Alan!" Sonic gasped. The van drove out of sight. "Wh-- Doesn't he realize that I'm not there? I'm lost! Oh, I'm a lost toy!" Sonic whined and whimpered.

"Super Mario mission log," Mario spoke. "The local hedgehog and I seem to be at a huge refueling station of some sort."

Sonic heard him and began to get angry.

"You!" he growled.

Before he could anything, a truck full of gas pulled up to where they are. Mario ran off to avoid it as Sonic fainted to a toy. The truck pulled up and stopped before its two wheels could crush Sonic's face. Sonic gasped at this as he got up and backed away from the wheels.

"According to my calculations, we-," Mario guessed as Sonic bumped into him.

"Shut up!" Sonic snapped. "Just shut up, you idiot!"

"Hedgehog, this is no time to panic," Mario said.

"This is the perfect time to panic! I'm lost! Alan is gone! They're gonna move from their house in two days, and it's all your fault!" Sonic argued.

"My-- My fault? If you hadn't pushed me out of the window in the first place-," Mario said.

"Oh, yeah? Well, if you hadn't shown up in your stupid little cardboard race kart... and taken away everything that was important to me-," Sonic continued to argue.

"Don't talk to me about importance," Mario said. "Because of you, the security of this entire universe is in jeopardy!"

"What? What are you talking about?" Sonic asked.

"Right now, poised at the edge of the galaxy, King Koopa has been secretly building... a weapon with the destructive capacity to annihilate an entire planet!" Mario walked away and began showing Sonic as he walked over to him. "I alone have information that reveals this weapon's only weakness. And you, my friend, are responsible for delaying my rendezvous with Super Mario Bros!!"

Sonic is speechless after what Mario said and shows a dumbfound look.

"YOU ARE A TOY!!" Sonic screamed. "You aren't the real Super Mario! You're a-- Uh, you're an action figure. You are a child's plaything!

Mario stares at him for a second.

"You are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity. Farewell," Mario waves at him and walks away.

"Oh, yeah? Well, good riddance, ya loony," Sonic shouted. "'Rendezvous with Super Mario Bros'," he grumbles as he saw a truck pulling up.

"Hey, gas dude!" the driver called out.

"You talking to me?"

"Yeah, man."

"Super Mario Land?" Sonic read the sign on the truck.

"Can you help me? Do you know where Cutting Boulevard is?" the driver asked.

"Alan!" Sonic cheered.

"Just a moment."

"Oh, no! I can't show my face in that room without Mario," Sonic realized. He looks back to see Mario. "Mario! Mario, come back!"

"Go away," Mario called back.

"No, Mario, you gotta come back! I-- I found a transport!!" Sonic lied. Mario stopped and looked at Sonic. "It's a transport, Mario."

"Come on, man, hurry up! Um, like, the pizzas are getting cold here," the driver warned the owner of the gas station.

"Oh, yeah, Cutting Boulevard."

"Yeah, yeah. Which way?" the driver asked.

"Now, you're sure this transport will return... to its port of origin once it jettisons its food supply?" Mario asked.

"Uh-huh. And when we get there, we'll be able to find a way to transport you home," Sonic smiled.

"Well, then, let's climb aboard," Mario runs over to the car.

"No, no, no, wait! Mario! Mario!" Sonic runs after him. "Let's get in the back. No one will see us there."

"Negative. There are no restraining belts in the cargo area," Mario reminded him. "We'll be much safer in the cockpit," Mario said as he climbed up the car.

"Yeah, but-- - Mario! Mario!" Sonic hissed.

"That's two lefts and a right, huh?" the driver asked.

"Yeah."

"Uh, thanks for the directions, okay?" the driver thanked him.

"Yeah, remember, kid..."

"Mario!" Sonic said as he heard the car starting up. He runs over to the back of the truck and opens the window of the topper and climbs in. But the window slams into his butt. "OW!!" He peeks through the window and saw Mario buckling up. "'It's safer in the cockpit than the cargo bay.' What an idiot," Sonic growled.

All of the sudden, the driver starts the car and drives off so fast, it send Sonic to the other side of the truck. Through many turns, Sonic was being tossed around. The driver drove up a hill as a tool box was heading right towards Sonic.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" Sonic screamed as the box slammed into him.

The car makes it to Super Mario Land. Mario looks around and sees a transport getting to take off. It was acutally a roller coaster.

"Next take-off scheduled for T-minus 30 minutes and counting," an announcer spoke.

Mario smiled and unbuckled. He looks around and sees two big Koopas at the entrance.

"Welcome to Super Mario Land and avoid the mushrooms at all costs," the koopas spoke.

"The white zone is for eating pizza-," a computer voice said.

"Hedgehog!" Mario looks for Sonic. "Hedgehog?" Sonic appears from behind the tool box with a goofy grin on his face. "There you are. Now, the entrance is heavily guarded. We need a way to get inside," Mario reminded him as Sonic came out with a drink cup on him. "Great idea, Sonic. I like your thinkin'."

Sonic is looking around like "What?"