A disturbing silence had set in among all of the toads left in the plaza of Toad Town. All that could be heard were the soft breaths of its horrified citizens and the clanking of armor as the koopa troopers moved in on the helpless crowd. They all slid in closer together with now drawn spears at their necks, closing the empty circle where Luigi's death had been witnessed just moments earlier.

"So now," Bowser Jr. finally announced, breaking the eerie silence, "my father has given me some orders. For some of you this is good news, for others it's not so fun. Father told me that he wanted Mario and anyone who had ever helped him eliminated for good." The baby dinosaur paused and took a few steps until he was standing on Luigi's lifeless body, intentionally disrespecting the fallen hero.

From out in the crowd, one toad winced and stepped slightly forward with disgust on his face at the little beast's irreverence.

"Now, lucky for most of you," he continued, "the lot of you have been all but worthless in all of Mario's so called heroic quests to stop my father. But one of you, while never truly causing a difference, has always been a nuisance. Toad, loyal aid to Peach, it's time to show yourself!"

All in the crowd began to shift their eyes and turn heads to look among each other, not sure if they should call out their friend and representative or wait and see what Junior would do if they did not. Toads were normally very loyal creatures, but they were feeling the fear of death for the very first time in these extremely dangerous conditions.

Junior paused for several moments before realizing that none of the defenseless toads were going to speak up. "Fine, have it your way. Number twelve! Carry out the backup plan."

A look of confusion spread across the crowd while one of the armored koopas stepped forward and approached one of the random citizens with his spear drawn. Without a second thought he slashed the spear across the back of the unsuspecting citizen, causing more of the red substance to spray on the nearby citizens and making this citizen fall to the ground in a lifeless heap.

There were screams heard and the toads with red liquid on them fell to the ground as they scurried away and tried to brush it off of themselves, only smearing it. Despite this small bit of chaos, still none of the toads spoke up about which one Toad was. They could all tell because they noticed subtle hints in each other's facial structures. Bowser Jr. was far from a friend and could only tell the females from the males.

"Still no takers? Have it your way Toad! Number twelve, again!"



Before anybody had time to react, the murderous soldier again took his spear and this time drove it into the stomach of another Toad Town citizen, causing the innocent toad's eyes to roll back into his head as the spear was withdrawn. The crowd erupted into a panic that was quickly calmed by all of the armored troopers pointing their spears inward at the crowd and Junior's call for silence.

Toad couldn't take anymore of this. Even if it meant his life, he couldn't stand back and watch as his fellow citizens were slaughtered one by one. "It's me!" he shouted from within the crowd, emerging as he did so. "I'm the one you're looking for you scum."

Junior snapped his fingers and Toad's arms were seized by two of the armored koopas and a third pressed a spear against the martyr's back. They then brought him toward the middle of the plaza again, so close that Junior could breath his rotten breath in the little toad's face.

"Not such a wimp after all. It only took two of your friends dying before you stepped forward. I expected better of you, but it's no surprise you're a disappointment just like father said." Junior grinned and drove the claws of one of his feet into the side of Luigi's already pale face.

Toad's eyes widened and he struggled to free himself from the grip held by the two soldiers, but was unsuccessful. With never before seen hatred in his eyes, Toad toned down his struggle slightly as he glared at the small dinosaur.

"Now, father said I just had to eliminate you, but he didn't say I couldn't have some fun first. And I promise I'll have some fun first." With that, Junior swung his arm forward and connected with Toad's jaw, knocking his face to the side and leaving him quite sore instantly.

All the crowd could do was watch in horror as another one of their idols was put to shame in front of them.

One of the members of the crowd, however, couldn't just stand by and watch this terrible scene unfold. Toadette screamed and ran forward toward Bowser Jr. with her arms flailing and pink dress waving in the wind, trying to surprise the beast.

Toad tried to call out to tell her to stop but it was too late, as Junior quickly spun around and grabbed the tiny toad female by one of her pigtails and pulled her up into the air.

"What do we have here?" Bowser amusingly asked, looking from Toadette back to Toad. "Toad you look awfully upset that I have this one by her cute hair."

Indeed, Toad had murder in his eyes to an even greater extent than before.

A wave of realization swept over Junior's face. "Is this a special friend of yours?" he asked, grinning even wider as Toad struggled to get free again. "Oh my, this could be even more fun than I thought." Junior stared at the helpless female toad as she tried to get free, and touched his free hand to the side of her face, freezing her with fear. He then ran the hand from her cheek down to her thigh, over to the other leg, and back up again.



Toad was wild with anger by this point and tried stomping on his captors' feet, spitting up at their faces, and screaming bloody murder all to no avail. Junior was enjoying seeing the toad struggle, and the citizens all stood by as helpless as ever. After a few more moments of violating the young Toadette, Junior's short attention span caught up with him.

A helpless Toad watched in horror as Junior bore his claws and slashed them across Toadette's neck, drawing more of the red liquid out of her neck and leaving her struggling for breath for a few moments before finally ceasing movement and breathing. Junior snickered and dropped her to the ground and turned toward Toad, who was now taking deep breaths and had a face filled with bloodlust for this dinosaur and his counterparts.

"Okay, enough fun." Junior nodded at the soldier behind Toad and the armored koopa drove his spear through Toad's torso, causing the furious toad to helplessly fall to his knees.

As he faded out of consciousness, he saw Junior's last orders get carried out.

"Kill them all," the dinosaur ordered before summoning a miniature airship to bring himself to the larger one that had already left the area.

"But you said," stammered one of the frightened toad citizens, looking around in fear.

"Does it look like I'm a koopa of my word?" And with those words Junior took off.

As he slipped into darkness, Toad saw all of the armored koopas thrusting and swinging their spears, more of the red liquid spraying all over, and his closest friends falling to the heartless koopa militia. He looked over one last time at the lifeless bodies of Luigi and Toadette, one of his best friends and the love of his life, and fell to the ground. After that, all was black.