2BIT & GeneX at the Olympic Winter Games
Chapter 6 - Crooked Chaos

Notes: Sonic the Hedgehog and related characters are (c) SEGA and Sonic Team. You knew that, right?
Super Mario characters are (c) Nintendo. I'm sure you knew that, too.
GeneX, its related fancharacters, and other original characters in this story are (c) 2BIT (TheGreatGator).

The story thus far:
Upon reaching Sparkleton, Copter & co encountered the princesses of the Mushroom Kingdom, who were soon captured by Dry Bowser. After defeating Dry Bowser, Copter obtained a Power Star, and Rosalina requested that they keep an eye out for more Power Stars. They also found a Chaos Emerald in town, but it was soon stolen by 2BIT's dark side, 8BIT. As the group began searching for more powerful objects, Copter soon found Dr. Spizzy and Sable searching for another Orb. With help from Gator, and despite Guard's interference, Copter and Shadow managed to obtain the Orb of Electricity. Soon after, a fox named Hunter led the group to a place where a Ski Shooting contest was being held, with a Power Star as the prize. In the end, Yoshi was the victor, but he allowed the group to hold the star for safekeeping. Done with their adventures in Sparkleton, the group is now heading for Polastraits.
Now, on to the next chapter!


Polastraits had been unseasonably warm ever since Bowser & Dr. Eggman kidnapped the Snow Spirits. The ice that normally was suitable for skating had thinned considerably. However, this would not last much longer. It was difficult to see, since it was the same color as the sky, but the local Snow Spirit had at last returned to the skies above! Copter, Punchy, Rainbow, 2BIT, Dog, and Wings landed in Polastraits just as the snow had finally started falling again. "Looks like Sonic and Mario are picking up speed. It probably won't be long before they get all the snow back." Copter said as they started exploring. "Yep, they'll get ahead of us for sure at this rate." 2BIT realized. "What do you mean 'ahead,' this isn't a race!" Punchy pointed out. 2BIT let out an amused chuckle. "Let's just say I know where we're going to go after we're done here." he said. Suddenly, Wings stopped walking. "Hey, guys... Look out, we got trouble ahead." he said, pointing to someone a good distance ahead of them. At first glance, it looked like Mario and Luigi, but the color of their clothes indicated that it was someone else. One was very heavy, and wore a yellow cap, while the other was rather thin and wore a purple cap. It was Mario and Luigi's rivals, Wario and Waluigi. Waluigi was holding a fishing rod, pulling something out of a hole in the ice below the path. "That's it... You almost got it!" Wario said. "Heh heh heh! Piece of cake!" Waluigi chuckled. In a moment, they reeled in a net attached to their hook. Inside the net was the purple Chaos Emerald! "Wa ha ha ha! This thing must be worth a fortune! We're rich!" Wario cheered. While the duo was reveling in their success, Copter and the others approached. "That's one of the gems!" Rainbow observed. "We'd better get it away from them. But be careful about it, they're tricky ones." 2BIT cautioned. Copter crossed his arms. "Bah, what are they gonna do? I'll handle this. You two!" he called. Wario and Waluigi glanced at them. "Eh? What do you want?" Wario grumbled. "We need that Chaos Emerald. Hand it over!" Copter demanded. Wario and Waluigi glanced at the emerald and then whispered something to each other. "Hey, what's going on? Speak up, you two!" Copter said. Wario and Waluigi looked in their direction. Their eyes went wide and they pointed frantically behind the group. "Ahhh! Look out! That thing's huge!!" Waluigi shouted. Startled, Copter and the others quickly looked behind them, only to find nothing there. "Hey, what's the big idea..." Copter muttered, turning back around. It had been a trick. Wario and Waluigi were running away!

The group immediately took off to chase the dastardly duo, with Copter and Punchy leading the charge. Wario and Waluigi were surprisingly fast, and it was difficult for the slower members of the group to keep up. Making matters worse, the group soon found itself under attack. A large polar bear flew into the middle of the group and snatched Wings into the air! 2BIT, Dog, and Rainbow immediately stopped to help him, but Copter and Punchy hadn't even noticed the attack, and continued chasing Wario and Waluigi into the distance. The polar bear hovered in midair with Wings caught in his strong arms. He was wearing an unzipped black jacket and a pair of black mittens. 2BIT knew who it was. "Polar! Get down from there and give back Wings!" he shouted. "Yeah, put me down! Before gravity catches up to ya and we both fall!" Wings yelled. Polar held his hand over Wings's mouth to shut him up. "I'll do the talking, Yoshi. Listen good, all of you. I have need of the Chaos Emeralds, Power Stars, and Orbs. If you want to see this freak alive, you'll hand them over." he demanded. Dog growled at him. "No way! You give my pal back, or you're the one in trouble!" he warned. 2BIT crossed his arms. "You can't seriously expect us to get all the Emeralds, Stars, and Orbs." he said. Polar nodded. "Very well. I'll settle for all you've collected so far. Meet me at the pier, and we can make the exchange. But know this, I won't fall for any tricks. You'd better bring ALL you've collected so far!" he said. As Polar flew away with Wings, Rainbow looked worried. "We've got nothing to trade. One and Two have all our stuff!" she pointed out. Dog glanced at 2BIT. "You don't think he'd really kill Wings over this, do you?" he asked. 2BIT shook his head. "He's just trying to sound tough. He needs Wings alive in order to make any trade. Anyway, there's no telling where Copter and Punchy went, so we'll just have to go to the pier and take Wings back. Although... we're a bit outmatched. My power is limited outside of the worlds I created." he said. Dog looked confused. "We have him outnumbered. How tough could this be?" he asked. 2BIT frowned. "We'll see..."

News Brief! > Polar has several superpowers. However, they come with a price, for he made a deal with the Devil to gain them.

Wario and Waluigi ran quite a distance. They stopped to rest once they were sure they lost Copter and Punchy. "Heh! We sure gave those losers the slip!" Waluigi grinned. Wario wasn't paying attention to him, though. He stood with his mouth hanging open, gazing at something nearby with excitement. "Hey, what's up? Huh!?" Waluigi glanced where Wario was looking to find a large pile of valuable looking stones. "Look at all those Whitestones! Ours for the taking!" Wario shouted. Waluigi glanced around suspiciously. "I don't know. Something seems fishy here..." he said. Wario jumped over and started grabbing Whitestones. "Fine! More for me!" he said. Seeing that nothing was happening, Waluigi rushed over to take his share. "Ha ha! This is our lucky day!" he laughed. However, someone was watching them from behind a snowman. "Child's play..." he muttered. As Wario and Waluigi were greedily grabbing Whitestones, they soon sprung a trap! An explosion knocked them both headfirst into the snow, and caused them to drop the Chaos Emerald! As they struggled to dig themselves out of the snow, 8BIT emerged from behind the snowman and picked up the emerald. "Hold it right there!" shouted Copter, as he and Punchy arrived on the scene. 8BIT quickly hid the Chaos Emerald. "Ahh... 2BIT's stooges again. Come for more embarrassment?" he asked. Punchy scoffed at him. "What embarrassment? We beat your giant Wrongo!" he pointed out. "Perhaps, but you failed to get that Chaos Emerald." he reminded them. Copter raised his fists. "We'll get this one, though! And you won't stop us!" he yelled. 8BIT glanced at Wario and Waluigi. They were stuck in the snow pretty good. "Hmmm... Hey!" 8BIT looked at Copter and Punchy and pointed an accusing finger at them. "Put that emerald down! You have some nerve setting up a fiendish trap like that!" he shouted. Copter and Punchy looked puzzled. "What!?" they both said at once. At this point, Wario and Waluigi managed to free themselves from the snow. "Were you two listening? Those two set a trap for you and took your emerald. Are you going to let them get away with it?" 8BIT said.

Copter and Punchy stood in shock as 8BIT stepped aside and watched Wario and Waluigi approach them. "Grrr. You again! You'll pay for this!" Wario growled. "No one tricks Waluigi! No one!!" Waluigi shouted. 8BIT grinned at this turn of events. "How amusing. I do believe I'll stay and watch this..." he thought. Punchy shook his head and pointed at 8BIT. "We didn't trick you! It was that guy!" he protested. Wario shook his fist at him. "Yeah, right! C'mon, Waluigi! Let's whup these chumps!" he said. Copter scratched his head. "How did this happen? Aw, never mind! We'll go through these guys first, then teach 8BIT a lesson!" he decided. Waluigi reached into his pocket and pulled out a Bob-omb. "Heh heh heh... Let's see how you like having a BLAST!" he chuckled, lighting the fuse. He then threw the bomb, forcing Copter and Punchy to run out of the way. Wario took advantage of the distraction and charged into Punchy, knocking him over! He quickly got back up. "OK, you asked for it!" Punchy shouted. He and Wario were soon having a fistfight. Meanwhile, Waluigi continued tossing Bob-ombs at Copter, who had to fly to keep from getting blown to bits. 8BIT chuckled to himself as he watched the fight. "2BIT puts his faith in these fools? They will never stand a chance of beating me..." he thought, sidestepping out of the way as a stray bomb took out the snowman he'd hid behind earlier. Soon, Copter and Punchy backed away from Wario and Waluigi to regroup. "Geez, whoever thought these goofy plumbers would actually be tough?" Punchy muttered. "We'll have to get tough, too! Let's introduce them to our Chaos powers!" Copter suggested. Wario and Waluigi started taunting them, making childish faces and the like. Punchy grinned confidently. "I'm looking forward to burying them. Chaos Avalanche!"


Elsewhere, 2BIT, Dog, and Rainbow were searching for the pier that Polar had spoken of. Rainbow was looking through her guide book, but it wasn't helping. "That dumb bear could've told us where the pier was!" Dog grumbled. 2BIT looked thoughtful. "Hmmm... I guess there's no choice but to follow the edge of the island. If there's a pier, it'll be somewhere near water." he said. "Yeah, but how big is this island? It could take all day..." Rainbow pointed out. "Are you looking for something?" said a nearby voice. 2BIT, Dog, and Rainbow looked around, and spotted a massive purple cat holding a fishing rod. "Whoa, he's BIG!" Dog gasped. The cat looked confused. "Huh? How did you know my name? We've never met before." he asked. Rainbow looked equally confused. "That's weird. Are you a psychic doggy?" she wondered. Dog frowned. "What's going on here?" he muttered. 2BIT laughed at the confusion. "His name IS Big, Dog." he explained. Big nodded. "Right, that's me! Oh, I almost forgot. Were you looking for something? 'Cause I found something!" he said, holding up a blue Chaos Emerald. "Hey, he found one of the gems!" Rainbow said. "I found it near the water. It looked pretty, and I thought someone must've dropped it." Big explained. 2BIT nodded. "Yeah, you could say Sonic's dropped it about a hundred times..." he said. Big frowned. "Oh, then I guess it's not yours. Sorry for bothering you." he said. 2BIT realized how stupid he was for saying that and kicked up some snow. "Why do I never think before I talk?!" he muttered. Dog quickly thought of something to say to keep Big from leaving. "Err... Wait, Big! You look like a water loving cat. Do you know where the pier is?" he asked. Big looked thoughtful. "Hmmm... Pier... Oh, I know!" he said. Rainbow smiled. "Great! Which way is it, fisherkitty?" she asked. Big pointed in a fairly vague direction. "Uh... That way...?" he said. 2BIT and Dog squinted in that general direction. "Uhhh... Maybe you better lead us there..." 2BIT suggested. Big smiled and nodded. "Sure! Glad to help! Follow me, friends!" he said, walking away. Rainbow nodded. "Right! Follow me, 2BIT and Dog!" she said, following Big ahead of the others.


Copter and Punchy's Chaos Avalanche and Whirlwind attacks took Wario and Waluigi by surprise, and soon buried them under the snow. Copter and Punchy hi-fived each other, but it wasn't over yet. Wario burst out of the snow, apparently unaffected by it! Waluigi was having more trouble getting up again, but Wario didn't need him. "They asked for it. I'll take care of them!" Wario said, glaring at them as he slowly approached them. Copter and Punchy stood defensively, waiting to see what Wario's next move would be. Waluigi quickly dug himself out of the snow and took cover. "This won't be pretty..." he muttered. "What's going on...?" 8BIT thought, backing away slightly himself. Wario wore a tense expression as he got close to Copter and Punchy. "Heh heh heh... Time to unleash.... Wario Waft!!" Wario turned around and pointed his rather large bottom at Copter and Punchy. "Oh, crap, this can't be good!" Punchy gasped, shielding his eyes. It certainly wasn't good. With a tremendous KA-BOOOOOM, Wario unleashed a massive, horrifying, noxious... fart! The terrible noise could be heard throughout Polastraits, and the smell carried pretty far, too. The force of the "explosion" knocked Copter and Punchy on their backs, and they laid there twitching and cringing, chocking on the smell. 8BIT made a face of utter disgust. "I'm glad I don't know who created Wario..." he groaned. Waluigi was holding his nose, too. "Heh heh heh... Didn't see that one coming, did they?" he chuckled. Wario let out a contented sigh. "What a relief... Now, where's that big gem?" He and Waluigi quickly looked through everything Copter and Punchy were holding, but didn't find what they wanted. "Hey, this is all just junk! What's going on here?" Wario grunted, glancing back at 8BIT. "You know... I think he lied to us..." Waluigi realized. "You... GASP... think....?" Copter panted. 8BIT smiled at them. "Haha... Ha ha ha ha ha!! That was quite a show! Thank you for making this entertaining!" he said, holding out the Chaos Emerald for everyone to see as he levitated into the air. "So long, suckers!" he shouted. Wario and Waluigi glanced at each other and nodded before taking off in pursuit of 8BIT. "No one cheats Wario and Waluigi!!" they shouted. Copter and Punchy staggered to their feet and joined the chase. "I'll KILL 8BIT for putting us through that!!" Copter yelled. "Not if I kill him first!!" Punchy added.


Big led 2BIT, Dog, and Rainbow to the pier, where Polar was waiting with Wings, who was now tied up. "Thanks for leading us here, Big, but now you'd better hide or something." 2BIT warned. Big scratched his head. "Hide? Why? And why is that lizard all tied up?" he wondered aloud, keeping his distance, but not leaving. Polar glared at the trio as they approached. "Have you brought the treasure?" he asked. Dog and Rainbow stepped forward. "You can't have that stuff! You'll just use it to be bad!" Rainbow said. "But you're gonna give Wings back anyway, right now!" Dog added. Polar was not amused. "You have no idea who you're dealing with. I have power that you can scarcely imagine. Make no mistake, I will get what I'm after, even if I have to kill you all in order to get it!" he warned. Rainbow and Dog didn't back down, and Polar could see they weren't taking his threat seriously. "Hmph. So be it. Prepare to--" he was about to attack, but he was interrupted when Big ran in between him and the others. "Stop! Don't fight! That's not nice!" he pleaded. "Out of my way, you buffoon!" Polar shouted. Big held out the Chaos Emerald. "Was this what you wanted? You can have it if it will stop the fighting." he offered. "Fisherkitty, no!" Rainbow warned. It was too late, though. Polar snatched up the Chaos Emerald quickly. "Good cat. I will excuse you for interfering. Now, go. I still have business to conduct with these creatures." he said. Big frowned. "Huh? Wait a minute! You gotta stop fighting now!" he insisted. "Big, get back here!" 2BIT shouted. Big backed away reluctantly. "Will you at least let their friend go?" he asked. Polar looked rather irritated. "That depends on whether or not they will do as I say. I made them a deal, and if they will not hold up their end, I will not hold up my end!" he said plainly. 2BIT sighed frustratedly. "You don't understand. We can't give you what you want." he said. "Enough!" Polar shouted, "I will endure no more of this. If you came to fight, then your wish shall be granted!" 

Dog and Rainbow ran to fight with Polar. 2BIT watched nervously, knowing that this wasn't likely to go well. Polar levitated out of Dog and Rainbow's reach, and then pointed his arms at them. "Rrrrrraaaaaaaahhhhh!!!" Polar fired a pair of beams from his arms, and quickly swept them across the pier, knocking Rainbow and Dog over easily! "Pathetic..." he muttered, landing back on the pier. Rainbow and Dog leaned up, but couldn't seem to stand. "If I hit you again, you are likely to sustain permanent damage. Fox boy, give me the treasures, since they cannot stand." Polar ordered. 2BIT shook his head. "I tried to tell you. We can't, because we don't have it with us. Our other companions were carrying the treasures, and we lost track of them when you captured Wings." he explained. Polar's eyes went wide for a second. He then shut them and looked away. "Fool... No matter." he muttered before facing 2BIT again. "Find those friends of yours. I will hold the mutt and the echidna here as well until you return!" Polar began approaching Dog and Rainbow to take them, but before he could reach them, Big stood in his way! "Leave my friends alone!" he shouted. Polar was fed up with people getting in the way of his plan. "Get out of my way! Now!!" he shouted, firing a beam at Big. The beam hit him, but he endured it fairly easily. "That tickles." he said. Polar was shocked. "What...? How can you withstand my dark power!?" he stammered. "Are you gonna let my friends go now?" Big asked. Polar shook his head. "I won't be stopped by a dufus like you! There is no way you can stand against the power of darkness!" This time, he fired a beam from each arm at Big, and kept the beams hitting him continuously! Big was strong, but even he wouldn't last too long against such an attack. "Ooof... Gotta... help... my friends!" Big said, grasping his fishing rod tightly. He cast his line towards Polar, and smacked him in the face with his lure! Polar ceased shooting and stumbled back a little. "What the heck!? You hit me with a fishing rod!?" he shouted. 2BIT chuckled. "That's nothing. You should see Jimmy with his rod." he said. Polar was not amused.

"I've had enough! Prepare yourself!" Polar shouted, holding up the Chaos Emerald with the intention of using its power. However, he wouldn't have time to use it. "Weh heh heh heh!" This laugh was his only warning as a Bob-omb soared past Big and landed at Polar's feet! The resulting explosion startled the bear and caused him to drop the emerald! "Wa ha ha ha!! It's all mine!" Wario emerged from behind Big and quickly snatched the emerald and dashed away from the pier, stopping beside 2BIT and Waluigi to taunt Polar. "Ha ha, ha-ha, ha!" he laughed. Copter and Punchy were just arriving as well. "Hey... That's not 8BIT..." Copter muttered. "But somehow, they still found a Chaos Emerald." Punchy noticed. Polar looked around at the group assembled against him and heaved an irritated sigh. "This is never going to work... It's just going to get a lot of innocents hurt..." he whispered to himself. "Fine, take back your friend. I'll be back after I've formed a better plan!" With that, Polar flew over their heads and across the ice to the other side of Polastraits. Noticing their injured friends, Copter and Punchy helped up Dog and Rainbow, while Big untied Wings. "Thanks, mister cat. I owe you one..." he said. "What exactly happened here?" Punchy asked. "Long story, One." Rainbow replied. 2BIT turned to catch Wario and Waluigi trying to sneak off with the Chaos Emerald. "Going somewhere?" he said. Wario and Waluigi turned and growled at him. "It's mine! I grabbed it!" Wario insisted. Waluigi glared at him. "Yours? Ha! That's rich! It's mine! I wasted a Bob-omb on it!" he argued. Dog walked over, shaking his head. "Actually, it's Big's. Wanna argue with him over it?" he asked. Wario and Waluigi glanced at the enormous cat standing behind the group. He was even bigger than Wario. "Errr... Hey, Waluigi..." Wario muttered. Waluigi nodded. "Yeah. This thing's more trouble than it's worth." he reasoned. Wario tossed the emerald to Big, who caught it, but almost dropped it. "C'mon, Waluigi. We'll go wait for Mario somewhere. We'll whup him at the Skeleton!" he said, running off. "No, no! The Bobsleigh!" Waluigi argued, following him. Once they were gone, the group turned to Big. "You were very helpful, Fisherkitty!" Rainbow said. Copter nodded. "Yeah, looks like he was. But can we hold on to that Chaos Emerald? That bad guy's gonna come after it again." he explained. Big frowned. "But won't he come after you if you have it?" he asked. 2BIT smiled. "It's OK. We'll be ready for him next time." he said. Big handed Copter the blue Chaos Emerald. "Be careful, OK? If you need my help, I'll be right here. I think I'll go fishing..." he said. "OK! Thanks, Big!" Wings grinned. As Big turned to the pier to start his fishing, the rest of the group wondered what to do next. "So... How about we try some of the events being held here?" Dog suggested. Punchy shook his head. "We can't. We gotta find the other Chaos Emeralds and the other stuff." he reminded them. Dog frowned. "Aw, nuts to that! Me and Wings are tired of danger!" he said. 2BIT nodded. "I think we're due for a break." Copter and Punchy, however, weren't convinced. "We'll keep up the search. Can't leave this up to Sonic and Mario. They'll probably botch it, and some catastrophe will happen, like it always does when Sonic goes on an adventure." Copter said. Rainbow seemed disappointed. "Aw, I wanted to try the Bobsleigh... But I'll go with you anyway. You're lost without me, One!" she said.

So, with their decisions made, 2BIT, Dog, and Wings bid Copter, Punchy and Rainbow farewell for the moment. As they headed off for their next adventures, Polar landed on the other side of Polastraits. He arrived near Dr. Spizzy and Sable, who were grinning smugly at him. "No treasure, I see..." Sable pointed out. "HA! I told you you could NEVER outdo the GREAT and EVIL Dr. Spizzy!" Spizzy declared. "Silence!" said another voice. Jacklrankda emerged from the shadows. He towered over the trio, glaring at them hatefully. "You pathetic imbeciles. And YOU wished to control ME once?" he growled. Spizzy chuckled nervously. "Who? Me? No, I think that must've been POLAR!" he said. Polar crossed his arms. "I'd never even met that knight before 8BIT called me here." he pointed out. "How could you fail!?" 8BIT emerged from the shadows next, furious. Lospecter was behind him. "Pshaw. If the Lost Ones were in charge of this, all the treasure would be ours by now." he remarked. Polar knelt before 8BIT. "Apologies, master. I will not fail next time." he promised. 8BIT looked less confident. "2BIT's pathetic children, no matter the odds, always seem to beat all of you! Even Jacklrankda!" he shouted. Jacklrankda glanced at 8BIT angrily. "Only twice. Nowhere near as much as Conquer Corp's rejects." he said. Lospecter chuckled at this. "Looks like I'm the only winner here. I may have had some small, teeny, insignificant setbacks, but those twerps have never derailed my plans before, and they're not about to start now!" he said. "HEY! They haven't beaten ME yet, either! I'll NEVER give up!" Spizzy snapped. "Nevertheless..." 8BIT said, "I'm not taking my chances with you again. Not yet. Train yourselves up. I'll dispatch someone else to get the Orb." Lospecter hovered in front of 8BIT. "Ahem... If it's all the same to you, I'd like to spearhead the search for the Power Stars in the area." he requested. 8BIT looked thoughtful. "Your track record is better than most of my allies. Very well. Everyone, get to work. I'll be searching for any sign of the other Chaos Emeralds. Meeting adjourned!" As his minions split up to tackle their assignments, 8BIT grinned to himself. "Poor minions or not, your days at the top are numbered, 2BIT..."

To be continued...