Chapter Fourty-Five: Rage Against the Machine
MARIO
I stood there, grinning at Smithy, as he just stared in horror. Now it was his turn to feel fear, his turn to experiance suffering. "Smithy! I'm going to show you the meaning of fear!" I said.
He growled at me. "You're going to show me the meaning of fear, are you?" he asked, eyes burning red. He started to grow, and I stepped back. Spikes grew on his sholders, and one of his hands turned into a cannon. His eyes glowed, and he stood 20 feet tall.
"Maybe we should've mentioned that to you," Luigi said.
I frowned. Smithy looked down on me. I held my Star Hammer in front of me, and jumped into the air, smashing my hammer into Smithy's face. He shot plasma blasts at me, and I dodged. He growled. "WHY WON'T YOU DIE?!" He bellowed.
I hit him in the gut with my hammer. "Because-" I smashed him in the side of the face, "I have a responsibility." I shot a fireball at his face. "I have people who need me." I uppercut him. "AND I WON'T LET YOU HURT THEM!" I brought my hammer down on his head, sending him crashing to the floor. Smithy groaned and got up. "That's why I won't die. I can't die. For the sake of everyone on Plit," I said.
"Oh, that's cute. You won't die because people need you? Well, you will die. Because I will personally tear the flesh from your bones!!! LANTURN HEAD!!!" Smithy's head turned into a giant lanturn, with his two glowing red eyes in the center. An inferno of flames shot at me, and I just dodged. I sent a burst of star energy at Smithy's head, and it knocked him back. He continued to shoot fire at me.
At that moment Yoshi and Luigi stopped gaping, and joined in. "LEAVE OUR FRIEND ALONE!!!" Luigi jumped into the air, and came crashing down on Smithy's oversized noggin. Yoshi bowled into him with his shoulder, and sent him sprawling.
"Grrrr.... STUMP HEAD!!!" Smithy's head was instantly transformed into a giant tree stump.
Yoshi laughed. "What's that supposed to do?" He was anwsered when a giant root came out of the ground and wrapped around him.
I leapt over towards Yoshi and cut him free with my fire blade, then threw it at Smithy. He shrugged it off, and closed his eyes. Pillars of earth came out of the ground and tried to hit us. We dodged, and I shot several bursts of star energy at Smithy. A giant boulder materialized in his hands, and it went flying towards us. I created a wall of fire and pushed it back at Smithy, knocking him over.
"GRINDER HEAD!!!" This time Smithy's head turned into a very large half- lawnmower. Spinning blades flew towards us; I jumped over one, grabbed the other one, set it on fire, and threw it at Smithy. He ducked, and grinned, but he was hit in the back with a clone of myself.
He charged energy in his gigantic hammer, before smashing the ground with it. A huge shockwave was created, and I jumped over it. He then rushed foward, bringing the hammer down on me. I blocked, then parried, and stuck again, then blocked. A burning lazer from Smithy's eyes cut into the ground, and I jumped over him, tripped him, and then jumped into the air. I charged a humongous fireball in the air, and shot it at him, while Yoshi and Luigi held him down. He squirmed, but was hit by the huge fireball. He was scorched, and filled with rage. He brought the hammer down again, but this time, I jumped onto the hammer and ran up it, before kicking him in the face.
"AARGH! I'VE HAD ENOUGH!" Smithy bellowed. "Follow me to the roof, boy, if you dare." Smithy jumped up to the top of the ship.
I turned to Yoshi and Luigi. "You guys, leave, get to safety. I'll take care of Smithy."
Luigi frowned. "No, Bto, we could never let you fight him alone."
Isent a huge wave of controlled fire at them. "GO!" Luigi and Yoshi frowned at each other before leaving.
I jumped up onto the roof, where Smithy was waiting. "Well, you're here. It was foolhearty. Did you really think you could beat me?" He laughed. "Not a chance." Out of the air, the Dark Crown, the Silver Cup, and the Crystal Telescope came over to him.
The Crystal Telescope fused with his arm, turning it into a longer and deadlier cannon. The Dark Crown replaced the one on his head, and his head began to twist and distort into a hideous skull thing. The cup was fused into his chest. He turned towards me, charged with power. "THIS IS YOUR DEATH!!!"
The creature pointed the cannon at me, and fired. It was following me. I ran up to Smithy, but he grabbed me by the legs and made me take the hit. I screamed. "AAAAARRRGHH!!!" He flung me away. Then, he breathed red smog into my face. I felt... afraid. There were Piranha Plants all around me. Bowser was hurting Peach! No. This wasn't real. I had been trained to deal with this.
I tried to use the healing powers as an advantage, but Smithy hit me. I rushed at him, hammer raised. He blocked it. I swung again but he blocked it. I tried to jump, and smash him, but he dodged that too. I gasped for breath, I was weak again.
Then, as I looked to the stars for a sign, something happened. A golden ray of light came out of my hammer, and Smithy's hammer. They pushed against each other, and a huge dome of golden light surrounded us. Smithy was as surprised as I was, but he pushed against me, with his hammer. I tried to force the golden light towards him, but he was winning. The light was inches away from my face... ZAAAAPPP!!!! A huge orb of electricity came from behind the metal demon, and hit Smithy. This distraction was enough to gain control. I saw Luigi and Yoshi smiling at me. "Told you we wouldn't leave." I smiled. Now, I was winning.
I pushed the light back towards him. Then it hit him, sending him back several feet and blinding him. "THIS IS FOR PEACH!" I yelled as I stabbed Smithy with the end of my hammer.
The beast screamed. "AAAAAAAAARRRGGGggghhh..." Smithy's voice trailed off, as he fell to the ground, dead. I charged a huge ball of fire, and threw it at Smithy, knocking him off his ship.
I turned to them, and I smiled. "It's
all over, guys. It's all over," I said as Yoshi, Luigi, and I turned around
to leave.
Chapter Fourty-Six: Ghost in the Shell
BOW
Cackletta laughed evily. "EYA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!" She raised her claw, and lightning struck the ground. Out of it came the spirit of a small Bean man, who looked crazed and wore a long red robes. He had large circular glasses on, and his hair was slicked up, in a mowhawk. The spirit floated into the air, and shot several green fireballs at us. I blocked it with my fans, and threw them at the small, annoying spectre. It was cut in half and disappeared. Cackletta's arms spun around, like a merry-go-round gone nuts, and whipped the air. I was hit hard and spun around before being flung away. She conjured a giant ball of energy in her hands and threw it at us. I dodged it, but was hit by the shockwave.
Her eyes glowed and pointed downwards. "JUMP!" I said.
"Why?" Slimer asked.
"DO IT!"
They did as I said. W all felt it as though we were frozen in time. I could hear my own breath, and my heartbeat. Two lasers shot foward and hit the ground where we just were. Then, time unfroze, and we fell back down.
Slimer looked amazed. "How did you know?" Slimer asked.
"I journeyed with Mario, remember? I learn a lot. Like, this!" I ran fowards, towards her, and jumped into the air, slicing her arms into peices. She roared. "Attack her limbs!" I said. Slimer shot his Bill Blaster at Cackletta's other arm. This one disappeared too. Cackletta's body turned black, and her eyes turned red. Slimer jumped, but I shook my head. "RUN."
Multicolored stars fell from the sky, and sent waves of fire through the ground. I hid behind a tree, breathing heavily, waiting for the shower of stars to end. When it did I threw my fan at Cackletta's eyes. "ARRGH!" She was blinded, and screamed. Slimer smashed Cackletta in the head with her hammer, and Mewtwo90 threw him self at Cackletta's head, and it disappeared.
"Is it dead?" Slimer asked.
"No," I said.
Almost a second later her limbs and head reappeared, but her heart puffed out. She bellowed, obviously angry. Small multicolored orbs fell from the sky, and exploded. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Flaming orbs flew out of Cackletta's mouth and almost hit us.
"ATTACK THE HEART!" I said. I ran up, and stabbed it with my fan. Slimer slashed at it with his swords, and Mewtwo90 tried to ram her, but she spun to the side and sent him flying away. Then Cackletta began to change. A long, deadly tail was formed from her abdomen. A blue energy ball was charged on her tail and was shot into the air. I gasped. "I've never seen this one before."
The ball hovered in the air and disappeared. Slimer raised an eyebrow. "What a jip." Then a black hole opened up, and was sucking us toward it. I couldn't breathe. All my air was cut off. I coughed. Then, my feet left the ground, and I was sucked into the vortex.
~
I opened my eyes, and saw something falling towards me fast. I rolled out of the way, but felt my body get jarred by the impact. I looked at the thing that was so huge, and saw Cackletta, only, with legs and wings. I looked up. The sky was completely blank, except it had strange checkered patterns on it. Cackletta swatted her huge claw at my face, but I ducked. I saw that Slimer and Mewtwo90 were panting. Slimer pointed a Bill Blaster at Cackletta, and aimed at her heart. It blew up on contact and she bellowed. She stuck her claw into the ground, and a pillar of green fire blasted him into the air. Mewtwo90 tried to return him safely, but she grabbed him out of the air and threw him into the ground.
She conjured ghost versions of the three of us. The new Bow threw one of her fans at me, and I got knocked back. I gritted my teeth as the steel blades ripped into my flesh, and I brought my fan down on it. It blocked me, and spun around with her fans hitting me in the face.
Slimer was fighting the version of himself. It shot several rounds from its Blaster, which blew up in his face. Slimer took out his swords and slashed at it, but it matched him move for move. Mewtwo90 and his ghost traded tail whips and bashed against each other.
Then I did what I hadn't thought of before. I could take Slimer! I jumped over my clone and stabbed his clone with my fans. Slimer got my cue, and torched Mewtwo90's clone with his flamethrower. Mewtwo90 whacked my clone.
Cackletta roared. I noticed that the sky was turning a different color. Lightning crackled from the sky. The dimension was collapsing in on itself. Cackletta realized this, and tried to take us down with us. Slimer shot a Bullet Bill at her and she was blown backwards.
We jumped through the black hole, and we were back in Brian's stomach. As the black hole closed, we heard Cackletta's screams. Then we felt a rumbling sensation, blackness, and the rushing of wind. I opened my eyes, and saw we were back in Bowser's Castle, and Brian was coughing. He opened his eyes.
Slimer got up and saw his brother. "BRIAN!" He ran foward and gave his brother a hug. "Dude, I thought you were dead!" he said.
"I could've said the same about you," Brian replied.
I smiled. From now on, things were going to go pretty well for us.
Chapter Fourty-Seven: The Pink Grave
MARIO
It was morning, and I was eating breakfast. I didn't have much of an appetite at the moment, though. My brother came down. "Hey... Mario, are you coming? To the funeral..." He trailed off.
"Yeah... okay." I got up and picked up my jacket on the way. I opened the door. It was windy out, and the soft, delicate leaves fell to the ground. I sighed, and jumped into the warp pipe, feeling the usual sensation as I went through it. When I came out, Luigi and I were in Toad Town. There were benches everywhere, with people sitting on them. They were all crying. A pastor Mushroomer was standing out in the front, next to a large pink tomb. My two children, Holly and Dyllan, came out of the warp pipe, and sat down next to me.
The pastor began to speak. "Today, we honor a great ruler, and a great friend to some of us." He nodded towards me, but I just frowned. "She truly loved her people, and was an inspiration to us all, but I am very sorry for her passing. Princess Peach Toadstool died yesterday. She was killed by the android skum, Smithy. Why was she taken away from us? Because that is what happens. People die, and even great people do. Time will move on, but we will remember her, in our hearts and minds forever. Now you can pay your respects." He was silent, as everyone came up.
"Mario, and Daisy, you go first. You knew her best."
I walked up and kneeled by the large tomb. "Peach, I love you. You know that, right? I'll never forget you."
I stepped back. Then Daisy stepped up. "Sis. I miss you. I hope you're in a better place."
She turned away. Next, my daughter came up. "MOOOM!!! I LOVE YOU!!! Why'd you have to go?" She broke down crying. Then Yoshi, then Toad.
I turned to Dyllan. "Aren't you going to pay your respects?"
Dyllan spat. "She was an old hag, she finally died."
I stared, then turned around, and roughly smacked him in the face. "DON'T YOU EVER TALK ABOUT YOUR MOTHER THAT WAY!!! DO YOU HEAR ME?! She was a great woman. And a great wife." I stared, breathing hard.
I was startled at what I had done. Everyone looked at me, horrified. Holly looked at me with frightened eyes. Dyllan growled. "What's your problem?" he asked. He spit blood. "Some father you are." He turned his back. Disgusted with myself, I walked away.
I was out in a plain, thinking. He's only seven years old. He doesn't know what he's talking about. I looked and saw Yoshi walking up to me.
"Listen, Mario, don't feel bad. The brat deserved it. He had no right to talk about Peach that way."
I shook my head. "No. Don't blame him. He's just a kid, and he had no idea how lucky he was to have a mother like her."
I was thinking of where we would live. I had rights to Peach's Castle, and I would probably have to move in with Luigi and Daisy in Sarasaland, for they were getting married later that day. Holly and Dyllan would probably need some time to adjust to the new enviroment, but in time they'd learn to like it. I took out a locket, a gift Peach had given to me on our honeymoon, and opened it. And I stared into the face, that used to be so full of joy, she would always know what to say, and what to do. I stared in that face, and for the second time, I started to cry.
I was walking up the aisle with Luigi and Daisy. I was their best man. Daisy had chosen me personally. I sighed as wedding music played, and Holly waved at me. I forced a smile, and waved back. She didn't seem to notice. We finally reached the end of the carpet, and the priest smiled. "We are here to bond these two people, a princess, and a plumber, through happyness, and sadness, through good times and bad.
"Do you solemnly swear that you always will be there for each other?" he asked.
"Yes," they said in unison.
"Do you, Luigi, take Daisy Toadstool to be your lovely wedded wife?"
"I do."
"And do you, Daisy, take Luigi Mario to be your husband?"
"I do."
The priest closed his book. "You may now kiss the bride." Luigi leaned in, and kissed Daisy, as they hugged.
~
After the wedding was over, I went over to the kids. "Now listen, we're going to stay with Uncle Luigi and Aunt Daisy over in Sarasland from now on." They nodded and we left the church. Who knows what awaited us? Only time would tell...
~
Somewhere in Bowser's Castle, a groggy King of the Koopas crawled out of the lava pit. "I need Tylenol."
THE END (FOR NOW)
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