"Hey Mario! Wake up!"
The shorter Mario Brother groaned as he stood up.
"Uhhhhh, what-a happened?" asked Mario.
"I think we've been sucked into another world" Luigi answered. "Bowser ran off in excitement, though I have-a no idea why."
Mario looked at his surroundings. It appeared to be a dimly lit sewer with a rank smell of sewage in the air.
"Where-a are we anyway?"
"Beats me, Mario. Let's-a go explore."
"Okey Dokey!"
And so the two brothers looked for a way out. As they traveled through the sewer line, they had a strange feeling of déjà vu. They soon saw a faint light coming from above. The two took a closer inspection and discovered it was a exit out of the sewers. They climbed a convenient ladder nearby and went up into the outside. That's when the plumbers froze in surprise.
"M-Mario!" Luigi stuttered as he stared at the world in front of him. "Do you know where-a we are?"
"Yes I-a do Luigi" Mario said in shock as well. "It's… it's… it's Brooklyn!"
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Bowser was surprised at this new world as well. Though he was surprised in a different way.
"THIS is where the Mario Bros. used to live?!" Bowser exclaimed as he walked down the street. "This place is a dump. A boring dump as a matter of fact! I could find more interesting things inside my toilet than whatever this city has to offer! What a complete waste of time!"
Grumbling in disappointment, the Koopa King turned around a corner and went into a dark alley. There he noticed a gruff-looking human, smoking a cigarette in a tough guy kind of way. The sight of this potential ally raised Bowser's spirit.
Satisfied with finding something useful, Bowser shouted "hey! You there!"
The person looked at Bowser and yelped in fright. The human ran away deeper in the alley, and Bowser decided to chase after him.
"Come back! I won't hurt you… maybe."
The man was a quick runner, but the Koopa wouldn't give up. He followed the human inside a seemingly old building. When he got inside, all he saw was dozens of crates stacked together.
"I know you're hiding in here, you big sissy! Why don't you come out before I have to pummel to dust!"
The man slowly came out of his hiding spot. Not to mention a couple of other guys wearing military gear and armed with big weapons!
Bowser gulped and muttered "crud."
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The Mario Brothers had walked through the streets for who-knows-how-long. It was already night-time, but the two were obvious as they were too occupied talking about their past to even notice everything around them. Including the fact Brooklyn was devoid of life despite being a city containing hundreds.
"…and remember the time Billy Jacobs from-a third laughed so hard milk came-a out of his nose?" Mario asked Luigi.
The taller Italian smirked. "Who could ever forgot something-a so hilarious? Especially when the milk landed on-a Sally Hudson's new dress, which made her faint right-a into her lunch tray!"
They laughed out loud. Mario stopped in his tracks and pointed at a building.
"Luigi! It's-a our old apartment!"
"Yeah it is-a! Lets see if the landlord evicted us while-a we were gone."
The plumbers went inside and headed to room 128. Luigi searched through his pockets and frowned.
"Oh no! I remember I-a don't have the key anymore!"
"Don't worry, Luigi! The locks on these-a doors aren't very efficient."
Mario kicked the door and it opened up. The brothers went inside and were surprised to see it was still their old home. Sure, there was a ton of spider webs and dust, but it still looked like everything was were the plumbers left it.
Luigi yawned. "I'm-a getting pretty tired."
"Me-a too" said Mario.
They both got into their own separate beds and got cozy under the covers.
Mario yawned and said "don't forgot Luigi, we-a have to find Bowser and stop whatever he's doing."
"I know, I know" Luigi replied tiredly. "Goodnight Mario."
"Nighty night Luigi."
And thus they fell asleep, back on Earth. While they snoozed, the closet door slowly opened up. Inside the closet, something silent watched the slumbering brothers. It wasn't Bowser, but it sure wasn't human either.
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TO BE CONTINUED.