The Dark Tournament
By Joshua Carlson
Chapter One: The Mushroom Kingdom
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters displayed in this chapter.
Taboo summoned his current servants, Master hand and Crazy hand. " I want you two to gather the people I wish." He told them flatly. As they were his creations, they already knew where to go and who to take.
" As you desire, master." The giant floating hand exclaimed telepathically. Taboo sent them off, he had some work too accomplish and little time to preform it in.
The Mushroom Kingdom
Master hand emerged from a dark portal high in the sky, down below him we're fields upon fields of grass and something that stood out was the large castle.
Mario was dressed in his usual garb, red shirt, blue denim overalls, brown loafers and red hat with the letter "M" on it. He was walking besides his brother, Luigi, who wore nearly identical clothing, except it was a lime green and he had and "L" on his hat.
They seemed to be meeting with a woman, she had blond hair on which a silver crown rested and a pink dress bestowed her. Master hand instantly recognized her as Princess Peach.
With one quick fluid motion, Master hand grabbed the group and squeezed them, exerting hundreds of tons of pressure upon them, after opening his grasp, it seemed like they had been replaced with statues.
Meanwhile, Crazy Hand was scouting a darker area of the mushroom kingdom, around a stony castle surrounded by fire.
Crazy hand saw through the walls and saw who he needed, a large turtle with a spiky shell was walking toward a blue dinosaur with shades on and a what looked like an inky Mario.
However, Crazy hand didn't have time to let them do whatever they were doing, as he needed to fulfill his job. He magically transported them out of the castle and zapped them with a strange purple beam, transforming them into small statues.
The giant floating glove snatched the statues and teleported away.
Master hand looked onto the scene in front of him, a thin world, seemingly made of paper, with replicas, of Mario and Luigi. As instructed, Master hand added them to his collection, he needed to hurry, or Taboo would punish him.
Master hand cringed at the thought, last time they had failed, they had been thrown into the pits of darkness. Darkness was not a very pleasurable element when surrounded by it. This gave Master hand motivation.
Crazy hand had easily captured the green dinosaur, as it hadn't been expecting such a sudden attack, but the last two on his list seemed...strange.
One was clad in a yellow shirt and purple overalls, it seemed to be a fatter and different colored Mario.
The other seemed to be tall and lanky, purple shirt and black overalls. Overall a strange couple, but as Crazy hand didn't have time to dwell on such infantile matters, he swept them up and took them.
Master hand and Crazy hand both arrived at Taboo's feet, they hoped he was pleased with their labor. They offered up the nine statues to the large shadow creature, craving praise.
" You have done what I have asked. Very good, but I told you incompetent wastes of energy, too obtain many more then just these nine." Taboo boomed angrily.
Master hand muttered many apologies and then left, to pursue the remaining. As did Crazy hand.
Taboo gandered at the nine from the realm of the Mushroom Kingdom, he would revive them soon enough, but first he would need to have the rest of the fighters. And then, there would be entertainment.
Taboo couldn't wait.
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