Episode 3: Surprise Guests
Prologue
Fabulous so far, isn't it? Oh, it's
me, Foshi, the Koopa. And don't say I'm a Yoshi! Everyone knows better
than that! Anyway, today's new episode begins right where it took off before.
Not three days later or anything, but now.
Part 1: The First Fight
Koopright hung up the walkie-talkie.
Not there. Too busy or... was it something else? No time to think- Koopright
instantly saw enemy ships on the radar. Enemy ships? But... they...
An alarm sounded off. "Enemy sighted!
Get in your ships!" shouted Koopright.
Kamo was first to hear, then Kooposhi,
then Tullie, then Fizzly. They made a group rush to thier ships, Fizzly
in the rear, Tullie ahead of her but positioned to the left, and Kamo and
Kooposhi standing side by side in front. They reached their ships and practically
hurled themselves into thier cockpits. A doorway opened in front of them.
They zoomed out.
Kamo's ship was in front, Tullie and
Kooposhi were on the left and right behind Kamo, and directly behind Kamo
and last in this formation was Fizzly.
The ships were black and were smaller
than the battle ships of Star Koopa. There were probably seven of them.
The team was not stupid. Bowser had
taught them much about the controls of their ship.
"Dose are K-O14s," explained Fizzly.
"T-they are g-given to eh-eh-expert p-pilots, 'cause th-they have sp-spe-"
She paused to fire one of her Omb-Bombs and barrel rolled to avoid enemy
fire. The Omb-Bomb game a big KABOOOOOOOOOOM and defeated all but two of
the K-O14s, who were out of range of the explosion.
"Dat'll do it," Fizzly simply stated.
"Good job, Fizzly," said Kamo. "Do
our ships have Omb-Bombs?"
"N-not unless y-you start collecting
s-some," said Fizzly. "Th-they can be found a-around the galaxy."
"What, do you mean those guys use
Omb-Bombs too?" Kooposhi asked.
"Perhaps they're too stupid to use
them," Tullie said with a giggle.
"I don't think-" started Kamo. Then
he spotted something through the windshield. "Hey, isn't that the Training
Dome?" he remarked.
"So it is, so it is!" Koopright chimed
in. "It'll be much easier to train in there than out here. Let's go!"
Fizzly zoomed up first, then Tullie,
then Kooposhi, then finally Kamo.
Part 2: Morton's Last Words
"GIANT GOOMBA!!! RUN FOR IT!!!" That
was the first thing Ludwig yelled once he got back into his lab. The other
Koopalings were down in the dungeon to put Luigi in one of the cells. Or
they were, at least. At the mention of the giant Goomba, everyone suddenly
came into Ludwig's lab.
"I didn't do it!" Iggy said as soon
as he got in the room.
"Never mind who did it, get rid of
it!" cried Susan.
"Yeah, what she said," said Wendy.
"Don't worry!" shouted Lemmy, who
was obviously in charge of the situation. "Me, Morton, Ludwig, and Roy
will hold off the Goomba for now; Wendy, Susan, and Iggy... go get help!"
"You can count on me!" called Iggy
as he sped off with Wendy and Susan.
"Alright, guys, we got a Goomba to
pound!" shouted Roy excitedly. He preferred not to use his wand but his
fists. Roy charged into the Goomba, his fists in front of him. However
the Goomba merely kicked Roy and sent him flying back next to Lemmy. Morton
started to laugh hysterically. His eyes were glowing red.
"Calm down, Morton!" exclaimed Lemmy.
"Those eyes... those eyes!" Ludwig
exclaimed. "He's another clone- take him out!"
"Oh, we don't have to," said Roy with
a smirk. He pushed Morton's clone torwards the Goomba. As he did, he snatched
Morton's wand.
"Good one, Roy," said Lemmy as he
saw the Goomba pummel the evil clone. "Now, let's take out that Goomba!"
"Once again, we don't have to," said
Roy. He picked up a wand that had been dropped- it was Iggy's. Roy pointed
it at the Goomba, and...
"How does this thing work, anyway?"
Roy said with the wand still aimed.
"Oh, let me see that wand!" groaned
Ludwig, snatching the wand from his brother's hand. He flicked the wand
expertly and a white beam shot out of it. It struck the Goomba, which suddenly
shrunk upon contact.
Ludwig moved over to the micro-sized
Goomba and scooped it up. "Gotcha, you tiny terror," muttered Ludwig, staring
into the small Goomba's eyes. He gently placed it back into another tank.
Just as he did this, Iggy, Wendy, and Susan returned to the room.
"Is everything-" Iggy started but
stopped as he entered the room.
"Alright?" finished Lemmy. "Yeah,
we've got everything handled. However, we just uncovered another clone
who was copying Morton. Don't worry, we got him."
"Oh dear, another dreadful clone,"
said Susan. "I wonder who they originally were?"
"We don't know yet," Ludwig said with
a sigh,"but I did notice that you dropped your wand as you left, Iggy."
"Oh, thanks!" exclaimed Iggy, grabbing
his wand from Ludwig's outstreched hand.
"Hey, if you hadn't dropped your wand,
things would have gotten pretty ugly in here," said Roy. "So I know you
didn't mean to do it, but... thanks for dropping your wand, anyway." Roy's
thanks was practically in a murmur.
"Yeah, that's the spirit, Roy!" said
Lemmy. "We've all got to stick together now, even if it means forming an
alliance with... the Mario Bros."
"Lemmy, did those words just come
out of your mouth?" Wendy said with a gasp.
Lemmy ignored Wendy's comment. "I
mean, whoever is making these clones... and kidnapping our siblings...
is a greater evil than us, no doubt. We can't fight over it with the Mario
Bros... this evil must be after them, too. We've got to stick together,
and whoever doesn't... is a clone!"
The five other siblings cheered.
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Luigi scanned his suroundings. A Koopaling
was coming down the hallway. The Koopaling was Iggy, who opened Luigi's
cell.
"You're free to go," he said.
"I am?" questioned Luigi.
"Yes, but... I, er, we... have to
tell you something. Come upstairs." And Iggy led Luigi upstairs into the
lobby.
Part 3: Copying the Spy
Mario's body hurt a whole lot. And
I mean a WHOLE lot. I mean, if you had fallen a looooooooong way down,
your body would hurt a whole lot, too.
"Ow..." groaned Mario as he regained
his senses. He felt alright enough to walk, but it certainly hurt to do
so. Mario had walked a short distance down the tunnel when he saw a red,
spiked collar similar to the ones Guardbody and Koolkill were wearing.
Mario picked it up and placed it on his arm. The collar fit exactly. Once
Mario put it on, he heard voices coming down the tunnel. There was nowhere
to hide! Mario'd have to fight whoever came around the bend...
But the Koopant that came down the
hallway wasn't shocked at all to see Mario. In fact, he treated Mario as
another commrade.
"Yo, Redspike!" called the Koopant.
"I thought you had duty above here!"
Realizing that he had transformed
into a Koopant, Mario quickly thought of a lie.
"I did, but I saw this intruder and
followed him down here, but then he got away," Mario said.
"Ah, I see..." said the other Koopant.
"Well, I'll get that intruder for you; you go back up for guard duty. What
did that intruder look like? ... And what's your name, anyway?"
Sure is demanding, Mario thought.
"Name's... Pyroclaw," he said. "And the intruder was a big, brown ape that
had a red tie on that had the letters 'DK' on it in yellow."
The gullible Koopant fell for the
trick. "Alright, buddy, I gotcha covered!" said the Koopant. He strolled
off, repeating the "intruder's" description. "Yeah, a big, brown ape with
a red tie. No, that ain't right.A big, yellow tie with a brown DK on with
the red letters "Ape" on it. Naw, a big, red DK with a yellow ape on with
the brown letters "tie" on it! That's it! Naw... um..."
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Mario, aka Pyroclaw, managed to find
his way out of the tunnel and into the interior of Peach's castle, on the
first floor room. It was then that Mario was able to see what he looked
like through a window: Mario had bright orange skin, extremely tiny fangs,
and a red shell and shoes. His eyes were red, too. Pyroclaw was a pretty
fitting name for this new body.
Suddenly, Mario heard a shout from
above. He turned about to see an enormous Koopant that had a resemblence
to Bowser surrounded by other Koopants with golden spkied bands. They were
carrying a comfy, scarlet throne.
Seeing this, Mario hid behind a plant
in the room. One of the Koopants took out a trumpet made out of bone and
blew in it. Koopants suddenly flooded ino the room, including the two Koopants
Mario had seen before, Guardbody and Koolkill. Guardbody had transformed
into Peach and Koolkill into Yoshi. They approached the big Koopant and
bowed.
"Sire, you called for us?" asked Guardbody.
The big Koopant, obviously a leader,
sat down into the throne and the Koopants placed it down gingerly. Once
he sat down, he replied: "Who else would I call? You heard the Doom Horn.
Anyway, I am promoting you, Guardbody, to my Advisor, a Goldspike."
Guardbody was wide-eyed. "You mean
that, Sire?"
The king snatched the crown off Guardbody,
crushed it, and threw it at Guardbody's face. "Of course not, you idiot!
Change back into your old form!"
The audience laughed as Guardbody
silently obeyed. He took off the red collar on his left arm and handed
it over to the king. He accepted it greedily.
"Loyalty like this shouldn't be wasted
on weaklings like you..." he commented as he examined the collar. Then
he looked down at Guardbody. "Get back in the ranks!" he yelled.
Guardbody hurried back into the crowd
in an undignified trot. Koolkill snickered as he ran by. The king then
snapped his fingers, and Koolkill bowed.
"Yes, my ultimate Sire?" he asked.
"You've been a loyal soldier, Koolkill,"
the king stated. "Therefore, I am promoting you a Blackspike! Goldspike
General Grant will be leading an attack on a suspicious old castle not
too far from here. I want you to join his army."
"I won't let you down, Sire!" exclaimed
Koolkill as he saluted to his king.
"Good," smiled the king. "Now there's
Grant's army over there; you may join his army now."
Koolkill smiled, bowed, and marched
into Grant's army, where he changed back into his normal form and shook
hands with his other comrades.
The king then looked around and then
saw Mario, who was at the back of the crowd. "Hey, you!" called the king.
"Yes, you, at the back! Come here."
Mario gulped and walked up to the
king. "Yes, Sire?" he asked.
The king scanned Mario for awhile,
then replied, "You look like a clever Koopant. Here, take this collar.
With this, you'll be able to transform into some sort of princess. You
may need this transformation to help you into the castle. You will join
Grant's army and help them with your transformation."
This would be the perfect opportunity!
Now Mario would be able to go back to Castle Koopa and, at the same time,
help his brother. "Yes, Sire," replied Mario. "You can count on me." With
that, Mario turned around and joined Grant's army.
"Now," boomed the king, "General Grant,
your army has permission to go on to the castle. As for you Redspikes,
I want you outside, guarding the castle! Everyone else will guard the inside
and the tunnels. DISMISSED!!!"
Everyone scurried to their assigned
position. Grant's army marched outside and left Peach's castle for Castle
Koopa. Mario began to think of a plan. How would he be able to convince
his brother that he was Mario and not Peach or a Koopant?
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Kamo, Kooposhi, Tullie, and Fizzly
flew around the dome in their ships.
"Wow, this dome sure has a lot of
space," Tullie commented.
"Well, it has to," replied Koopright.
"After all, this dome was designed to train beginning pilots. Kamo, how
much experience have you had with flying?"
"Well, I remember that my dad taught
me several things about being a pilot, but that was a long time ago."
"Good," said Koopright. "Then our
lesson will help you refresh your memory."
"Who's gonna be our teacher?" asked
Kooposhi. "You?"
"Oh, not me," chuckled Koopright.
"I'll let an expert handle that. Cornelius?"
A blue ship that looked like a jet
plane flew into the dome.
"Copy that, Koop," responded a new
voice. "So these are our new students?"
"T-that's right," Fizzly quivered.
"W-we're Star Koopa."
Cornelius chuckled. "I see. I'm Cornelius
Flyback, but I'd prefer you call me anything but Cornelius. My most popular
nickname is Ace."
"Can we get started already?" Kooposhi
asked impatiently. "I can't wait!"
"We'll begin tomorrow," replied Ace.
For right now, get a good rest."
"This is going to be fun!" giggled
Tullie. "I can't wait either!"
"Well, Cornelius is right," Koopright
said. "C'mon, everyone into the Kamek Koopa. Yes, that includes you, Cornelius."
Ace groaned. "Stop calling me that!"
he replied in a most embarrassed voice. "I hate that name!"
And so ends our next and latest
chapter. But who is Cornelius... er, I mean, Ace? And what will happen
to General Grant and his army? Who is the next clone? We'll find out next
time...
To Be Continued...
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