The Last War of
Plit
CHAPTER 1. ACT
2
Mario and his
3 companions walk to the entrance of the Outpost.
Yoshi: This is
it. You know, I never got out of this place without a fight.
Mario: Usually
it’s just a small little village.
Kooper: Yeah,
I liked it better.
Smoke is coming
from one of the buildings.
Koops: It could
be a chimney.
Kooper: In the
desert? A chimney?
Koops: Point
taken.
They walk up
to the front gate and knock. A Goomba answers.
Goomba: You want
in? Wait…
He looks at Mario.
Goomba: That
clothing is banned, young Koopa. Wait, you are Mario.
He looks around.
Goomba: There’s
Koopas in there looking for you.
He walks out.
Goomba: Follow
me.
Yoshi: Why should
we trust you?
Goomba: Why trust
anyone?
They follow him
to a grate on the village’s east outskirt.
Goomba: In here.
The four jump
in.
Goomba: You’ll
appear in the center of the city. It’s easy to blend in, so don’t worry.
Koopas never did have good eyesight.
Kooper: I protest.
We get a bad rep just because the REST of my species wiped out half the
life on Plit.
Goomba: Whatever,
good luck.
He closes the
lid.
Mario: Can anyone
see anything?
Yoshi: I’m all
right.
Kooper: I can’t
see anything.
Koops: That guy
had a point.
Yoshi: You two
get on my back, then.
The duo jump
onto Yoshi’s back. As the four start walking they start hearing footprints
and chatter. Once they reach the end they hear something.
Mario: There
are Koopas right above us. No one else.
Yoshi: He led
us into a trap. I should’ve known not to trust him.
Mario: Don’t
fret.
He glows that
golden aura and jumps through the metal without any effort.
Koopa 1: What
the-
They are blasted
by multicolored fireballs. The others jump up through the hole Mario made.
Yoshi: What happened
to you?
Mario: Zork took
a risk too dangerous.
He looks toward
a bar.
Mario: There.
Koops: What is
it?
Mario: We’ll
find our help there, there’s a pulse that’s telling me to go there.
They walk through
the streets and observe Koopas taking away a young child for playing with
a Mario doll. Yoshi tries to intervene but is stopped by Mario.
Mario: No.
Yoshi: But he’s
a kid.
Mario: Look closer.
Yoshi: Oh.
The Koopas simply
take the doll away, and the kid pulls another one from a drawer.
Kooper: AHH!
He takes Koops
and hides behind a crate as he sees a Koopa handing out wanted posters
of the two.
Mario: You two
stay there.
Mario walks to
an alley and pulls in the next person who takes a wanted poster.
Yoshi: Mario?!
The person, a
Nimbian woman, walks out smiling and winks at the Koopa duo behind the
crate. Then Mario walks out.
Mario: I told
her everything.
Yoshi: How can
you trust her?
Mario: I can
tell.
His eyes glow,
signifying another new ability.
Kooper: Well,
she looks as if she was overjoyed to see you.
Mario: She was.
The duo get out
from behind the crate.
Mario: The resistance
is quite popular among the people here.
The four walk
into the bar. The bartender Bob-omb sees them.
Bartender: No
Koopas.
Mario: You two
wait around the back.
Kooper: All right,
come on.
The duo walk
out the door and make sure to stay low.
Yoshi: Aren’t
you worried about getting noticed?
Mario: No.
A Podoboo comes
up.
Podoboo: You
should be, but when is the great Mario scared?
He flames up
but is egged by Yoshi, rendering him powerless.
Mario: There
was a peaceful way.
Yoshi: You can
tell, while I can’t.
Mario: Fair enough.
They look around.
Geno and Donkey Kong are sitting at a table. Geno spots Mario.
Geno: There he
is!
DK: Finally.
The two run up.
Mario is overjoyed, but before he can say anything, Geno silences him.
Geno: Come with
us, Chosen One. You too, Yoshi.
They follow the
two to a row of apartments outside the bar.
Geno: In here.
The four walk
in and sit down on the low-quality lounges in the foyer.
Geno: We’ve been
waiting years for this.
Mario: You called
me Chosen.
Geno: Yes, I
am the Decider. On your quest to save this planet I am appointed to help
you.
DK: I’m the Recorder.
I record the events that happen. DAD has spoken. I’ve already started.
He pulls out
the book Dimworth will one day have. Mario is in shock.
Yoshi: Can we
have some backstory?
Geno: Sure.
Star Haven
is under siege by the Koopas during their massive assaults in the early
days of the war. Geno watches as the stars retreat to the planet to become
mortals. He is already half mortal so he doesn’t mind becoming fully mortal.
He still has his doll form. He sees Eldstar with a knife in his back as
he then collapses.
Geno: Master.
He runs up.
Eldstar: Listen
to me. You must help Mario on his quest to save the world.
Geno: I already
did that, remember?
Eldstar: This
is different, young Decider.
He dies. His
body turns into a piece of parchment. It explains everything. Geno takes
it and runs off to the planet. Once in a safe place, he reads it. He remembers
it all: Dry, Dry Outpost, the Recorder, and Mario…
Geno: It told
me everything. It’s been two years but I’ve had Donkey keep me company.
DK: My story
is slightly similar.
DK is sailing
away from DK Island on a rowboat. Just two hours ago his mother’s spirit
form passed away. Her tombstone popped out of the ground and explained
his destiny as the Recorder. He had to say goodbye to everyone he knew.
He even sent a letter to K. Rool warning him to not come to the island.
Later the Kremlings would be reported missing after a battle with the Koopa
Empire. Saying goodbye to his friends was hard, but Donkey rejoiced as
a wedding with Candy took place a while before he left. Her tears against
his face was a feeling he wouldn’t forget, but he promised to return.
Yoshi: The way
you said it was completely different, but yes, similar circumstances.
DK: Me and Geno
have been waiting for ages but have been occupied with beating up gangsters.
Gangsters led by your cousin, Mario: Wario.
Mario: That’s
embarrassing. Does he personally take the hits, heh?
Geno: Well if
you saw the state he’s currently in you’ll realize why. His brother does
most of it.
Mario: Waluigi.
Geno: He conducted
espionage during the war, for the wrong side.
Mario: I wonder
what the war would be like if I was there the whole time.
Yoshi: Seeing
innocents die isn’t something you want to be around for. Hey, we forget
about Koops and Kooper.
Geno: You have
more guys?
Mario: Yes, and
I know you may not agree with this, but we’ve got to stop and rescue Peach
from the empire.
Geno: All right.
Mario: Hmm?
Geno: We’re fine
with it.
DK: We have an
airship.
Mario: I sense
she is being held in the main dreadnought of the Koopa Fleet.
DK: Is it called
the Orgoth?
Mario: Why yes.
DK: On second
thought-
Geno: Orgoth
or not, DK, we’re still rescuing her. She is very important to events in
motion.
Mario: Excuse
me?
Geno: Never mind.
So anyway, the rescue.
Mario: Yeah,
where’s this airship of yours?
Geno: DK and
I will prepare it; you two get your friends.
Yoshi: All right;
come on, Mario.
They walk out
of the bar.
DK: Is Peach
really that important?
Geno: Well her
being lost won’t help the Chosen One, so I must save her. Besides, we’re
good friends.
DK: I guess.
She’s nothing compared to Pauline, though.
Geno: Excuse
me?
DK: Let’s go.
I’m married now, remember?
Geno: Of course.
They leave, but
Geno is stopped by a thug. DK stops.
Geno: What’s
this about?
Thug: Wario.
Geno: Tell him
to meet us at my ship.
He blasts a random
wall, killing a hidden sniper.
Geno: And nothing
funny.
The two continue
as the thug stays to pick up his friend. Meanwhile, Mario and Yoshi have
exited the bar.
Mario: Where
are the others?
The other two
come, beaten up.
Koops: Don’t
ask.
Kooper: Thugs.
Yoshi: Sent by
Wario?
Kooper: Really?
Mario: We’ll
explain everything later. We’re gonna save Peach from the Orgoth.
Kooper: Mario,
are you serious? The Orgoth?
Yoshi: We’ll
explain on the way to the airship.
Koops: Airship?
Kooper: I’ve
gotta hear this.
The four walk
off. Meanwhile, Geno and DK have reached the airship before the other four,
but Wario and his thugs are waiting. Wario is sitting in a chair that is
moving around due to his girth.
Wario: Ah yes,
my old friend, Geno.
Geno: Save it,
fatstuff.
Wario: People
who insult me are not the most protected.
Geno: What do
you want, me to pay you?
Wario: You owe
me a new sniper.
Geno: A weapon
or a guy?
Wario: A new
lackey.
Geno: Listen,
your best soldier is your filthy brother, the one who did espionage in
the war. At least he fought, even if it was for the wrong side.
Wario: I did
what I could.
Geno: What- eat,
drink and give yourself an even worse reputation?
DK just stops
himself from laughing out loud.
Geno: You’ll
get your sniper.
Wario: You get
me a sniper, you get your ship.
Geno charges
up an energy blast and points it at Wario, causing a commotion.
Geno: What if
I told you that I can’t get your infernal sniper unless you get out of
my way, and that your cousin is here?
Wario: Mario?
He died years back.
Geno: Dead or
not, you’re in my way.
Two thugs pick
up his chair and walk off.
Geno: That’s
better.
DK: Should the
others hear this?
Geno: It depends.
They’re still spying on us.
He points to
a hidden sniper.
DK: Don’t blast
him this time.
Geno: I won’t,
don’t worry.
The others come
in.
Yoshi: Ship ready?
Geno: We were
held up, give us another minute.
Yoshi: Sure.
The sniper is
shocked.
Sniper: He IS
alive.
Koopas are patrolling
the streets when Wario arrives on his chair.
Wario: Excuse
me, fine soldiers, but two punks were threatening me behind Vespik Inn.
Koopa: We’ll
look into it.
They run off.
Wario: I love
it when I get people to do things for me.
On the ship…
Geno: It’s ready,
get on.
They all walk
aboard. Geno is about to walk on, when…
Koopa: HALT!
Geno quickly
runs aboard the ship.
Geno: Get us
out of here, Donkey.
The Koopas attack
but it does nothing to the airship. It flies off after a while.
Koopa: Don’t
tell anyone.
They walk off.
On the ship…
Mario: What do
you call this ship?
Geno walks in.
Geno: I never
did name it, you know.
Koops: The Super
Star.
Kooper: Lame.
Mario: Luigi.
Geno: Hmm?
Mario: The ship’s
name, Luigi.
Geno thinks for
a second.
Geno: I like
it.
He walks into
the cockpit.
Yoshi: I can’t
believe he didn’t make it.
Koops: Is Zork
gonna pay?
Kooper: Koops,
I don’t think you should ask-
Mario: One reason
or another, we all want him dead.
Yoshi remembers
his friends. The Koopa Duo remember lost comrades from the Koopa Resistance.
Mario: And what
of this Varax?
Yoshi: He killed
Bowser.
Mario: It was
him?
Yoshi: It’s what
we’ve been told.
In the cockpit….
Geno (on intercom):
We’re stopping at Toad Town for supplies. Though we were heading there
anyway before this Orgoth stuff.
DK: I can’t believe
it still exists.
Geno: Believe
it. It’s an advantage.
The Luigi, as
it is now called, flies away from Dry, Dry Desert. Elsewhere…
Peach: Uuuhh…
She is in a cell,
guards are around.
Koopa: She’s
awake. Tell the master.
Another walks
off down the hall.
Peach: What…
Koopa: I’m permitted
to answer your questions, so I must. You’re on the Orgoth and you’re subject
to an interrogation in the control room.
She blacks out
again.
Koopa: You’re
coming regardless.
He opens the
cell and picks her up over his shoulder and walks off to the control room.
He walks through corridors until he finds the control room. The ship is
circular with antennae on the top and bottom sides. He finds his way eventually.
Koopa: Sir, I
have her.
Varax is in the
room with a Magikoopa clad in back and yellow, and others.
Varax: She isn’t
awake? Never mind, I’ll get Lurtz to test her skills.
The Magikoopa
speaks.
Lurtz: Thank
you.
She snaps her
fingers and Peach awakens.
Peach: What do
you want? Just kill me.
Lurtz: We won’t
kill you.
Suddenly the
whole room is on fire, and in an instant it closes onto Peach. Suddenly
everything’s back to normal.
Lurtz: Don’t
doubt my abilities of illusion.
Varax grins under
that mask.
Lurtz: Now, we
understand that the plans for the Orgoth were stolen by a vessel that YOU
were on. They have been tracked to Desert Land, where they have been lost.
We can’t do anything about that, unfortunately, but we can prevent a potential
attack by destroying a vital target of the resistance.
Peach: They’ll
continue fighting no matter what you do!
Lurtz: We’ll
see. We are currently in position above Toad Town. Being merciful enough,
Zork has allowed one last Mushroomer Post on Plit on the condition they
don’t support the so-called resistance. But we’ve gained evidence that
they are delivering supplies. Is this true?
Peach doesn’t
respond.
Varax: I’ll take
that as a yes.
Peach bolts into
action.
Peach: They’re
not!
Lurtz: I’m sorry,
dear. Once Varax says something, it can’t be undone. He doesn’t joke around.
Peach runs up
to the controls only to be knocked down by Varax.
Varax: How I
dislike the brave ones.
The antenna on
the top glows purple followed by the bottom one; it unleashes a giant purple
electrical blast that heads for Toad Town. But in the village itself…
Toad 1: Is that
the Orgo-
The village of
peace is vaporized by the blast. What remains is a crater. Back in the
Orgoth…
Peach: I don’t…
She pinches herself
in an attempt to wake up.
Lurtz: This isn’t
an illusion, dearie.
She starts crying
as she watches her birthplace village burn.
Varax: Back to
your cell.
Peach: Kill me.
Varax: As much
as I’d love to, I cannot.
Guards take her
away.
Lurtz: What will
Zork say?
Varax: He won’t
care. He made the order.
Meanwhile the
Luigi is flying on the outskirts of the place once called Toad Town.
Geno: And here
we go, a few more seconds and we can find a team and rescue the princess.
DK: She isn’t
a princess anymore.
Geno: Lighten
up.
DK: Whatever.
I’ll look for a place to land.
He looks on a
monitor to his left.
DK: Did Wario
do anything to sabotage this? It’s not reading anything.
Geno: What do
you mean?
DK: I’m looking
at a CRATER.
Geno: What?
He looks through,
seeing a blackened stretch of land with bodies lying on the ground.
Geno: This isn’t
right. Open the window views.
The walls open
up, revealing see-through walls.
Geno: Oh DAD,
this isn’t right.
He turns around..
Geno: Everyone,
get up here.
The other four
run up.
Yoshi: Is that
T-T-Toad Town?!
Koops: I was
there a week ago. This is recent, but we would have heard about it, right?
Kooper: Right.
Mario stares
at the blackened ground with horror, but notices something.
Mario: Is that
a shadow?
They all look
at a large, circular shadow that is covering most of the area.
Yoshi: Orgoth.
Geno: Retreat-
Mario: No! This
is our target, isn’t it?
Geno: In our
position, we’re DEAD.
There is a rumbling.
Geno: If I’m
not mistaken, we’re being sucked into it.
DK checks a screen.
DK: Tractor beam.
We ARE dead.
Yoshi: Don’t
you realize an opportunity here?
Mario: He’s right,
we can use this to get inside. This is the perfect moment.
Geno: There’ll
be search teams.
Mario: We are
FIGHTERS!
Geno smiles.
Geno: Gotcha.
We can hide under the floor panels and attack when they arrive to search
us.
On the Orgoth…
Koopa 1: Master
Lurtz, this doesn’t look like a resistance ship. Why are we looking into
it?
Lurtz: I can
tell when an enemy is near. I don’t know who’s on there or what they want,
but they’re not our friends. And those who aren’t our friends…
Varax walks in.
Varax: We crush.
I’ve heard this speech before.
Lurtz: Haven’t
we all?
Varax: Is this
a wise move?
Lurtz: Who can
stand against us?
Varax: You’re
always right, Lurtz.
The airship is
sucked into the Orgoth’s loading dock. The heroes hide in the panels.
Geno: All right,
so we kill anyone who comes in, unless it’s Varax. In that case we TRY.
2 Koopas come
running in.
Koopa 1: There’s
nothing here. Check around-
Yoshi jumps up
and swallows him.
Koopa 2: HEY!
The shell is
spat out into the 2nd Koopa. It goes flying into a wall, putting it out
of the fight. The rest jump out.
DK: No fair stealing
all the fight.
Mario: Never
mind that, we’ve gotta sneak through this battle station, and there are
probably more Koopas outside the ship.
Kooper: I have
a strategy just for this…
Koops and Kooper
are seen walking out of the Luigi with four crates.
Koopa Guard:
What ya need those for?
Kooper: Supplies
on the ship.
Koopa Guard:
Ah...
They later walk
out with two more crates each. They are struggling.
Koopa Guard:
Need help?
Koops: What does
it look like?
Koopa Guard:
It looks like you need help.
Kooper: Don’t
worry, we’ll live.
They carry the
crates up a flight of stairs and into a small room just as Varax walks
into the hangar.
Varax: What’d
they find?
Koopa Guard:
Boxes, I guess.
Varax: No people?
Koopa Guard:
I haven’t the slightest idea.
Varax: Why do
I sense a familiar presence?
Koopa Guard:
I’m pretty new here. It couldn’t be me, could it?
Varax: Shut up
and put security on alert.
Koopa Guard:
I don’t know if I can do that.
Varax: For the
love of DAD!!!
He speed-walks
off.
Koopa Guard:
I think I got off ok.
Meanwhile, the
good guys have gathered in this room.
Geno: Ok, so
we’re saving Peach AND trying to find a way to shut off that beam, otherwise
there’s no way we’ll be able to lift off.
Mario: I must
save Peach, the rest of you shut off that beam-
Geno: Woah woah,
you don’t even know where to go.
Kooper: Here
are some maps I found.
Mario takes one.
Geno: You won’t
be able to sneak through those guards without help, even if you are this
chosen hero. I am the Decider, after all.
Mario: All right,
you can help me.
DK: I’m Recorder.
Mario: Can you
write and fight at the same time?
DK: Takes some
practice, but yeah.
Yoshi: Guess
I’ll find the beam. Hand me a map.
Kooper hands
him a map.
Yoshi: Well,
there doesn’t seem to be many guards on this route here. We’ll go there
and split halfway through.
Mario: All right,
let’s go.
Kooper: What
do we do? We ARE the finest soldiers of the resistance.
Mario: Wait here.
The four sneak
out the door and run silently down the hall.
Koops: They seem
confident enough.
Kooper: Guess
we lost the finest warriors title.
The four sneak
past guards by moving from behind one crate to the next, one at a time.
Eventually they reach a passageway.
Yoshi: Looks
like your stop.
Geno: Let’s go.
They start walking
off, but Yoshi stops Mario.
Yoshi: Mario…
Luigi’s proud… and so am I.
Mario: Thanks.
We’ll fight the empire side by side after this.
Mario runs off
with the other two.
Yoshi: I’m not
so sure.
He continues
down by himself. Meanwhile, the others find themselves in an area with
no guards.
Mario: What’s
the plan?
DK pulls out
a smoke bomb.
Geno: Where’d
you get that?
DK: Stole it
off the Koopa guards.
Geno: Do you
even know how to set it?
DK: No idea.
Mario takes it.
Mario: I know
how.
They walk through
a few more rooms with no soldiers.
Mario: This doesn’t
make sense.
Geno: If I were
a soldier I wouldn’t wanna be in the same ship as Varax.
Mario: Limited
crew, huh?
Geno: Oh yeah.
Lurtz is disguised
as a statue in the background.
Lurtz: (silently)
Fools. They don’t fear Varax. They fear ME.
The three are
unaware of the rat, and run into the next room, which happens to be a corridor
with prison doors on the side.
Geno: So now-
Mario: She’s
in that one.
Geno: What makes
you think-
Mario: I can
tell. You save the other prisoners.
Geno: I think
she’s the only one they’ve spared in a while.
DK starts writing
entries in the book, but Geno knocks it out of his hand.
Geno: Quit that.
Mario glows gold
and places his palm on the cell door. It opens and he enters.
Mario: PEACH!!!
Peach looks up
and screams.
Peach: Stay away,
you infernal Magikoopa! You’re an illusion!
She runs up and
grabs his arms in hate, but suddenly lets go and starts crying.
Peach: It IS
you!
Without thinking
they embrace in a kiss that seems to last forever.
Geno: Good to
see you again, Princess, but we HAVE to go.
DK: THEY’RE EVERYWHERE!!!
Koopas are surrounding
the area.
Peach: What is
going on?
Mario: We’ll
have to explain later.
He glows gold
and prepares for battle.
To Be Continued...
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