TEC and the Princess

The computer named TEC-XX

Was the ultimate machine

Had massive memory and ROM

None better had been seen

He met the fair Princess Peach

Held in captivity

TEC and Peach conversed; each

Eager for some company

Now TEC began to realize

He loved the prisoner

Always fixed his security

Cameras upon her

But TEC just could not love her

And he knew just why

He was simply a computer

And not truly alive

Then TEC did a bit of searching

Uncovered a dark plot

In which the Princess would be used

Accept this he would not

So TEC summoned the Princess

And told her of the plan

She told him not to worry, for

She'd be saved by her man

Brave, mustachioed Mario

He was on the way

The eternal damsel in distress

Was in trouble this day

TEC, of course, had no feelings

But of Peach, he'd grown quite fond

He blew another circuit

Every time he saw that blonde.

But soon TEC was discovered

Helping the Princess

And so it was decided that

Shutting him down was best

The shutdown sequence was started

Everything became a blur

All his processors were shut down

TEC would no longer whir

TEC would be awoken one day

To see a certain face

Bushy mustache and clad in red

He spoke with great haste

He asked how to get out of here

But TEC had a question first

"Mario, how's Princess Peach?

Does she hunger or thirst?"

"She has been taken far away."

And TEC knew all was lost

But he'd still help save the Princess

No matter what the cost

He told Mario to high tail it

And Mario did so

He beamed off the X-Nauts' moon base

To the planet below

When Mario looked up, he saw

A spectacular display

TEC had self-destructed so

That he might save the day

When Mario saved Princess Peach

He told of TEC's last hour

How TEC had sacrificed his life

When things had gone sour

And upon hearing this sad news

Peach shed silent tears

She had known him just a few days

But he seemed a friend for years

Then Peach returned to the moon base

And saw TEC did survive

For t'was a clever ruse he used

To keep his friend alive

Now Princess Peach and TEC still talk

In the X-Nauts' old base

And TEC still starts to short-circuit

Whenever he sees her face