Chapter 2
Professor 's lab stood there, awaiting two plumbers to enter. Both Mario and Luigi knew the professor well, Luigi had the most experiences with him though. They had to travel deep beneath the castle through a new elevator that was installed. 's lab had to be moved inside the castle walls because of ghosts raiding his other one. The two plumbers stepped inside the elevator, they felt their stomachs drop as it reached 50 meters below the mushroom kingdom. The elevator door opened, the bros were amazed with the vast amount of gadgets in the lab. Professor sat in a swivel chair by his desk, jotting down some data. His chair twisted around, now faced his uninvited guests. "Hello boys, what brings you down here?" He asked, spinning around in his chair a few times. Mario stared at Luigi, signaling him to answer.
Luigi nodded, "Well, as you can see, something happened to Mario…Bowser used some kind of device, and it made him turn all black."
stood up from his swivel chair and examined Mario from head to toe. "Hmmm, interesting...Ah! The process was incomplete!" shouted all of a sudden, and continued, "Mario's condition is from his soul being absorbed from one of my inventions. Although, i have no idea how Bowser got his grubby hands on it."
Luigi gasped, "But...does that mean Mario's soul is gone?"
chuckled, "No, Sonny. The process wasn't finished, Mario still has a small amount of his soul left in him. Bowser took most of it though. You see, my invention converts souls to energy. I was going to use it against the ghosts in your mansion Luigi, but the problem was resolved before I got a chance to introduce you to it."
"So, I guess my thunder blast saved Mario's life then...go ahead and thank me Mario." Luigi chuckled and slapped Mario on the back.
Mario glared at him, "Anyways, is there anyway for me to change back?" He asked.
licked his lips and pondered the question for a moment," Well, unless you get the invention back from Bowser, I can't do anything for you. However, I would like to do some tests on you to see if you've changed at all structurally." Mario nodded as motioned for Mario to follow him to a different section of the lab. After they left, Luigi sat in the swivel chair and spun around. While Luigi was having fun in the chair, Mario and got down to business. laid Mario down on a soft white bed with steel frames surrounding it. They enveloped the whole bed, long strips of steel. walked over to some machines and pressed random buttons rapidly, within a short amount of time, Mario was encased by a magnetic field. The professor kept looking at some monitors while Mario kept absolutely still. A few minutes past, and the magnetic field was shut down, freeing Mario from its grasp. He stepped out of the bed and walked over to . "Well, your entire structure has been changed, its almost like you're not Mario anymore…" He said, looking away from Mario's eyes. Mario felt dumbfounded at the professor's findings.
"Then...what am I?" He asked, staring at his black body.
shook his head, "I have no idea Sonny...all I know is the your DNA has changed, maybe you can do some new things that you've never been able to do before?"
"Yeah...maybe so...alright, Luigi! We're leaving now!" Mario called out to his younger sibling who was still spinning on the chair. Luigi sat up from the chair and followed Mario to the exit.
AN: I apologize for the short chapter, and for the long time it took me to do it. I have been unmotivated recently, so please forgive me. I will try to upload a longer chapter next time.
