It's been so many years since the Shroobs were defeated by the valiant efforts of Mario and Luigi. The Mushroom Kingdom was safe from their invasion forever...

...or so they thought.

The Shroobs, having taken so many losses, decided that they had enough, and had planned an all-out war. They wouldn't try any form of deception, they wouldn't turn the Kingdom inhabitants into purple mushrooms, now they wanted to bring about one thing and one thing only: widespread destruction.

In response to this new threat, Professor Elvin Gadd took it upon himself to create weapons that would be effective against the war machines the Shroobs had at their disposal. Everyone took part in this battle, even Bowser joined the fight.

Now to the current events of this Shroob War.

Rushing through the battlefield, Mario and Luigi avoided laser bolts from their purple enemies, using E-Gadd's new Particle Deconstructors to 'unmake' each Shroob they hit, but the energy-based armor used by the Shroobs made these weapons insufficient.

The laser gun of one of the Shroobs appeared to be glowing a strange and sickly yellow, and it fired a single bolt. Mario narrowly avoided the blast, but failed to realize that Luigi was right behind him.

Seeing his brother go flying from that bolt made Mario well up with enough anger to trigger a Fire Flower transformation, and the Shroob that fired the bolt was his target. He unleashed a focused inferno, pushing himself to his limit as the Shroob was flat out incinerated.

Mario then rushed back over to his brother, who was lying motionless on the ground. One of E-Gadd's new energy tanks rolled in, the rear ramp unfolding and the barrier dissipating. The Professor was at the controls. "Bring Luigi inside! We're getting out of here!"

After escaping the warzone, they entered E-Gadd's new lab, with Luigi now floating in a scanning tube. E-Gadd analyzed his condition.

SUBJECT: LUIGI

STATUS: CRITICAL

PROBLEM: UNKNOWN PLAGUE

"It looks as if the blast that Shroob hit him with infected him with some sort of plague." E-Gadd stated. "A plague...?" Mario was becoming increasingly worried for his brother. A small alarm could be heard from the console. "The plague... It's... It's devouring Luigi's DNA! If we don't find a way to stop this, he'll degrade out of existence... permanently. How many of those 1-Ups did he have?" "Uh... I-a asked him before we-a went into-a combat. About-a 67. He-a wanted to be-a prepared." Mario stated. "Well, it looks like this plague is removing those extra lives." "Mama mia..."

That night, the battle was over, but the war was not. Both sides had become exhausted and withdrew for some well-needed rest.

E-Gadd was at his lab alone, with Luigi still in the tube, and still unconscious.

After finalizing a few scans from the tube, E-Gadd came to the horrifying conclusion. "There's... no cure. The Shroobs are immune, and we can't use their cells as an antidote because their cells are the source of the virus!" Just then, a digital voice could be heard from the console. "Professor, I may have a plan." "What do you mean, Phantom?" "His body is kaput. Digitize his mind." "Digitize his... Good idea. He'll be saved from the disease! Initiate psychological mapping for mind transfer." "Yes, Professor. It looks as if the plague has not reached his cranium, but we must work quickly." "Understood."

The next day, E-Gadd put out a call for Mario, Princess Peach, and Princess Daisy to come to his lab. When they arrived, the Professor was nowhere to be seen, and the tube that held Luigi was empty.

"Why do you think that crazy old Professor asked for us to come here?" Daisy asked. "Don't-a insult-a the Professor. He's-a helped us more times than you-a know." "No need to get all aggressive with me, Mario. You lost your brother, and I lost my boyfriend." "I-a know. He's-a always been-a talking about-a you." "He... He has?"

"Let's focus on why we're here!" Peach exclaimed.

The nearby console had a notification on the screen.

GADD LABS PERIMETER ENTERED

SUBJECT 1: MARIO - CONFIRMED

SUBJECT 2: PRINCESS PEACH - CONFIRMED

SUBJECT 3: PRINCESS DAISY - CONFIRMED

PROGRAM RUNNING

After a while of silence, and out of the blue, a familiar voice was heard from the connected device. "Hello? Is... Is anyone there? Where... Where am I?" Daisy disconnected the device, seeing a certain someone on the display. "Luigi! You're alive! You're... digital." "I... I'm what?" Another voice was heard, but from within the room. "Looks like everyone's here. Glad you all could make it." It was Professor E-Gadd.

Another new story, and one I actually found on my old DSI in Flipnote Studio.

Since I can't really share the flipnote itself, I decided to recreate it, and in greater detail.

I'm still unsure of the Italian accent, so please excuse my pathetic attempts.

See you next time.