Two toads are standing guard, positioned directly across from each other and staring at the entrance to the tunnel that they were guarding, both looking extremely bored. One of the toads sighed, "Why do we always get stuck watching this stupid tunnel. Nothing ever comes out of it"
The other toad shrugged, but at the same time they heard a small voice from the tunnel and both of them became alert. "What was that!" the second toad, a smaller, younger, more nervous toad said in shock. The first toad held his finger to his lips and lifted his spear up. They slowly walked towards the tunnel, and both of them heard footsteps running towards their entrance. They glanced at each other nervously, and heard another voice shouting, this time it came from a small distance away.
"Stop! I think this is it!" They heard a louder, deeper voice yell out, "Well of course! It says Mushroom Kingdom! We're here!" They heard the footsteps get closer and pushed themselves against the wall. Around the corner came six soldiers from another world, all of them in camouflage uniforms and holding guns. The toads glanced at each other and gulped. A soldier looked around, and his eyes fell onto the toads. The toads closed their eyes and prayed that the soldier wouldn't see them.
"What're you looking at?" The deep voice said. The toads opened their eyes, and the soldier who had been looking at them winked and said, "Nothing." The nervous toad opened his mouth in shock, and the soldiers continued on. The toads waited two minutes before moving, and then they followed the soldiers. They turned a corner and found the soldiers at the mouth of the tunnel, looking around for anyone. The older toad grabbed the younger toad by the neck and pulled him back to the side of the tunnel as another soldier turned around.
The younger toad shrugged in apology, but the soldier that saw them walked right up to their level. The solider turned one way, then turned towards the toads and saw them. His eyes opened in shock and he opened his mouth to yell, but that's when they reacted. The toads jumped on him, covering his mouth and stealing his gun, then silently knocked him out and dragged him to the side. They tied him up and pushed him aside. They flashed each other thumbs up, but at that moment two other soldiers came around the corner looking for their friend. The toads were in plain sight, and the four of them stared at each other.
The soldiers raised their guns and fired several shots. The nervous toad had jumped to the side and expected the other toad to follow, but when he turned around he saw his friend standing there with a shocked expression on his face. The toad dropped to his knees with blood coming out of the two bullet holes that pierced his chest.
"Why didn't you shoot?" One soldier yelled at the other.
The younger toad saw his comrade fall onto his face and die. The soldiers then aimed their guns at the other toad, who reacted instantly. He rammed his tough head into one soldier, then grabbed him and pulled him around as the second soldier fired. His bullets hit the other soldier and kill him instantly. The toad dropped him aside and rammed the other soldier into the ground. The soldier hit the wall and his head dropped to the side.
The toad dropped to the ground and took a large breath. He had just witnessed the death of two people in less than a minute, one by his own doing. He grabbed the gun from the soldier that had been shot and waited for the other three soldiers to come, but after a minute of waiting only two came. They looked around, more cautious than the others, but the toad knew what to do. He aimed the gun he had stolen from the dead soldier and fired as many shots as he could at them. At the first bullet the nearest one dropped, but the other soldier managed to dive aside to avoid the other bullets. The toad ran to the other side of the tunnel and pressed his back to it, waiting for the soldier to make the next move.
He heard the two remaining soldiers yelling and heard a single shot get fired. He raised his gun and waited for something to happen.
The toad saw a small, black egg fly into the air. He wondered what it was for a second, but soon he realized what it was. The grenade hit the ground and exploded, engulfing the unconscious soldiers, the dead toad, and the remaining toad, in fiery flames. And once the blast was over, the tunnel broke apart, crushing the charred bodies in cement.
As the smoke cleared, the soldier saw what damage he had done and nodded. His mission was to cause as much damage as possible before reinforcements had arrived, and that's what he had done. He had destroyed the tunnel, for whatever how long, that allowed outsiders into the mushroom kingdom. His mission was successful, even though he had killed two toads in the process. He removed his mask to reveal his true face...
...Mario...
"Oh man, that was close" he sat down and removed the rest of his armor. He kept the gun though, just in case. He left the tunnel and continued to Princess Peach's castle to warn the others of the impending doom...