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Metal Roy notices that Ludwig has carried over a small machine with lots of buttons on it to one side of the
ring. He runs over to the machine and pushes a red-orange button. Instantly, fire starts to pour out into the arena.

Lemmy: How stupid! He’s just melted his own metal shell!

Ben: Right. Now time for me to attack!

But just as Ben shoots a laser towards Roy, Roy hits another button to bring ice down and deflect the laser
shot away.

Ben: Even if he’s going to play dirty, I’m still going to win!

Ben rushes towards Roy, who is reaching for another button. Ben is able to push Roy over and take control
of the machine.

Ben: Now he’ll get a taste of his own-

Roy punches Ben and hits another button. This time, Koopa Troopas pour into the ring.

Roy: This should make things fun!

Roy hops on a Troopa and kicks his shell. It goes all around the ring and finally comes back towards Roy.
Since Roy can’t jump that well, the Troopa shell knocks him over.

Ben: Looks like that one didn’t-

A different Troopa shell plows into Ben.

Ben: Ouch...

By this time, about 25 Troopa shells are bouncing through the arena. Both Ben and Roy are having trouble
avoiding them, and they are both taking a few hits. Finally, Roy hits a button that causes the Troopas to disappear.

Ben: You did something right for once! Now do you want a real battle?

Roy: What do you call real?

Roy pushes another button, causing Goombas to start pouring in.

Ben: You had to push another one! I’ll battle for real, though.

Ben pushes Roy again, but he can’t push Roy over. Roy then starts to use a lot of boxing moves on Ben,
causing him to get pushed back to his end of the arena.

Roy: Let’s see if these Goombas can be helpful!

Roy starts to kick the Goombas towards Ben.

Ben: Stupid... useless... fake... Mushrooms!

Hoping to get more of an edge, Roy hits another button, but this causes all the Goombas to disappear.

Roy: Rats! I was getting somewhere!

Ben charges Roy, and the two wrestle for a little while. After a few minutes, they realize they’re making no progress, so they both give up on the wrestling. Ben starts to pound on the buttons, but nothing happens.

Ben: What’s wrong with this thing?

Roy: Yeah, what’s the matter with it?

Lemmy: Why ask me?

Suddenly, a couple of Sledge Brothers fly into the arena.

Ben: It figures something like that would happen.

Roy: Must have been a delayed reaction.

Instead of attacking each other, each of them pushes a Sledge Brother toward the edge of the ring, and then
pushes him out.

Ben: Come on, stop it with the buttons and let’s go!

Roy starts throwing punches while Ben avoids them and shoots his laser. But Roy avoids it, making the battle practically a stalemate.

Ben: This is crazy!

Roy goes back to the machine again.

Ben: Come on, stop it with the buttons and let’s go!

Roy: I’ve heard that one before! I stopped, and then the battle got boring!

Ben: Then just go ahead! I’ll still win!

Roy starts pounding on buttons. Firesnakes fall into the ring, and they start sneaking up on each fighter. With some fancy footwork, both of them are able to sneak away from the living fireballs, but neither is able to make any progress in beating on his opponent.

Ben: Arrrgh! Why can’t you hit a button to bring out some water?

Roy jumps over a Firesnake to get to the machine. He pushes a button that causes a ton of water to pour into the ring.

Ben: Good job!

But with the water comes a Blooper and a Boss Bass, snapping at the two fighters.

Roy: This is ridiculous!

Ben: You’re telling me!

Each of the fighters avoids the water enemies, and finally Roy kicks them both out of the ring. The water
finally flows out of the ring as well.

Roy: That’s it for that machine! I’m fighting for real now!

Ben starts his laser blasting again, and Roy pulls out his magic wand again. Both of them start to blast at
each other. A couple of blasts actually make contact with the opponent, but the rest are bad misses.

Ben: I’ve had it!

Ben starts madly blasting his laser as many times as he possibly can. Finally one hits Roy hard, and he falls to the ground.

Lemmy: Roy’s down for the count! 1... 2... 3...

Roy pulls himself up and reaches for the machine. As he is getting up, he gets hit by another laser. He
falls again, pushing a button desperately as he hits the ground.

Lemmy: Let’s start the count again... 1... 2... 3... 4... 5...

As Lemmy is counting, the ceiling seems to be turning blue, and falling down. Or maybe that’s a huge Thwomp about to fall on Ben...

WHAM!!! The collision between the Thwomp and the ring causes Roy to fly up into the air and land on his
feet.

Lemmy: Time to count for Ben... 1... 2... 3...

Roy: What happened?

Lemmy: 9... 10! Roy wins!

Roy: I guess I did.

Lemmy: Roy is the winner of this contest!

The Thwomp starts to rise towards the ceiling.

Ben: Ooh... what happened?

Lemmy: A Thwomp landed on you, and it caused Roy to fly off the ground. Roy won!

Ben: Arrrrrgh... Why did I know I would lose ever since Roy started playing with that machine?

Roy: Here’s an even better question to ask...

Lemmy: What’s that?

Roy: Uh, who the heck is this Ben?

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