A/N: Hi again Readers! Thank you so much for the positive feedback I got from the first chapter: it really made my day. :) Okay, so I tried to make this chapter a bit longer and more detailed but I can honestly say that I really failed at that part. I can never really just naturally write really long chapters without wanting to either split it up or take stuff out and put it in later chapters instead. I guess i'm just one of those cruel people who love to keep readers waiting for more!
Anyways, I know people are going to hate me for this, but this chapter includes Major Character Death. :'( After all, this is a "Bowser gets his way" fanfic so it was bound to happen at some point. I won't reveal who it is yet but it is one of the main characters in the Mario franchise so you have been warned!
Okay then, R&R if you can and enjoy the story! :)
Disclaimer: I don't own or profit from the Mario franchise, because if I did I would probably be a multimillionaire living on a desert island in the Caribbean and instead of wasting my time posting fanfiction I would be flirting with celebrities or throwing loud, raucous parties.
This was definitely not how Mario had planned his day out.
All he had really wanted to do that Saturday were the usual things he did on his days off: slouch about the house, watch TV, invite Toad around, make himself the world's biggest cheese and bacon Panini, drink beer with Luigi and Toad, make another toasted sandwich, laugh at a drunken Luigi trying to do Zumba Fitness on the Wii, clean the house (well, maybe…) and as per usual randomly phone up Princess Peach only to hang up if she answered on the other end.
Instead of this the plumber, still wearing his thin red pyjamas, was tied up and hanging upside down from a rope attached to the ceiling of Bowser Koopa's infamous lava pit, where he would only usually visit when he had to rescue Peach and eventually end up pushing the Koopa King into the molten lake. However, this definitely wasn't one of those times; he had never been kidnapped himself before, and he suddenly found himself sympathising Peach as he struggled weakly against his ropes, which dug themselves tightly into his skin. His shirt was damp with sweat as the heat from the flow below him rose his temperature to boiling point, and he felt the perspiration trickle across his face and drip down onto his forehead. He could see that only a few metres away from him, his still unconscious brother was sharing the same fate, which meant that whoever had knocked him out had probably ambushed their entire house. Mario prayed silently that they hadn't come across any of the 1 up mushrooms or fire flowers that he and Luigi kept hidden in the cupboards for safekeeping. That wouldn't help the situation they were now in if Bowser decided to ambush Peach's castle; if an army of mutant fire throwing Koopa Troopers marched on Toad town, the Princess wouldn't stand a chance.
He snapped out of his thoughts as saw his brother begin to move. Luigi's eyes opened and he paused for a moment, as if trying to figure out where he was, and his face contorted with horror as he realised what had happened to them.
"Mario? What on earth… Where are we? "
Mario could see that his younger brother was beginning to panic, and was now shivering in fear underneath his bonds. He tried to comfort him, "Calm down Weegee, it's gonna be okay..."
"Mario, what are we gonna do? All I can remember is hearing a loud crash when you answered the door, and I ran out to see what had happened…"
"I know, I was attacked by a Koopa shell."
"Then it was Bowser who did this!"
"Yeah, I think so…" Mario looked thoughtful for a moment, and then he saw his brother begin to freak out a little again and said forcefully, "Look, we're going to be fine. When have we never got out of something like this?"
Luigi met his gaze for a moment, but then turned away from him. "I sure hope you're right."
"Of course I'm right!" the plumber answered back, trying to look as positive and as relaxed as he could so as to reassure his brother, "I would never let anything happen to you Luigi, ever."
The tall green man smiled at Mario, and spoke softly, "Same here too, mio amico paffuto."
The brother's quiet moment alone was interrupted by a familiar chuckle that made Mario's blood boil.
"Well, well, well, so here's the pity party."
The two men turned to find Bowser Koopa approaching them in his ClownKopter, a malicious grin spread across his face. Mario could see out of the corner of his eye that his trapped sibling was shaking beneath his ropes as the gargantuan turtle reached them, and so he growled at him.
"What the hell is this, Bowser? Sick of perverting Peach all of a sudden?"
"For your information, plumb scum," the Koopa King scowled, "I'm merely changing tactics." He pulled out from within his shell a dirty looking piece of cloth and shoved it roughly into Luigi's mouth.
Mario ignored his brother for a moment and frowned slightly, staring at Bowser in confusion. Since when had Bowser got so smart? He could see now that there was some wild beast stirring deep inside the King's soul, something born out of frustration and anger yet as silent as a cat. The plumber wasn't sure what it was; had Bowser finally gone mad? All he could tell as he observed the new and improved Koopa was that he wasn't the stupid turtle that Mario knew like the back of his hand. He had turned into something dangerous, and to his horror for the first time in his life he couldn't figure out what he was going to do.
"What's wrong, my little red friend? Have I finally managed to surprise you?"
Mario tried to bore his way into Bowser's mind, staring at him defiantly. "Nothing you do will ever surpass me, Koopa."
"Oh really? Tell me then, what are you and green stuff (he pointed a knobbly finger at Luigi) doing here when you should be protecting the Mushroom Kingdom?"
Mario opened his mouth to retort but closed it again, unsure of what to say. Bowser saw the hero pause, and began to gloat. "Wow, seems that I've finally managed to render the Great and Powerful Mario speechless." He bent down and pulled a lever within the ClownKopter which flew over to a large podium surrounded by the lava, and he continued, "Perhaps I should tell you just what I plan on doing this time."
"I'm all ears." The red clad plumber said coolly, trying not to reveal through his face any of the unease that was growing larger inside of him.
"Revenge. That's the only thing on my mind." The great dragon's voice dropped to a low yet penetrating whisper, which seemed to slice through Mario's soul, "I am going to make you hurt, make you feel pain like you never have, just as you have made me suffer countless times. Do you know how I'm going to do it? I'm going to destroy everything you love and hold dear; I'll tear them to pieces, one by one, and this time you won't be able to do anything about it."
"You're bluffing." Mario tried to sound as brave as he could, but the fear was now evident as every other word came out as nothing but a pathetic whimper, "You can't do any of that. You're not that smart."
"Do you know what? I think I might just teach you your first lesson, Mario. Don't let yourself get distracted. It can never end well."
The plumber scowled at the King's words, then frowned as he tried to figure out what they were actually supposed to mean. After all, Bowser had never acted like this before, so what was he supposed to expect? Maybe it was some sort of clue, or perhaps the Koopa was just trying to wind him up…He stared intently at the Koopa King, trying to piece together what he was talking about.
He didn't notice the Paratrooper that flew past him with a knife. He didn't realise that with one big swoop it quickly and deftly cut through the ropes that kept his brother suspended in mid-air. In fact, he only noticed his brother fall from the sky when he suddenly caught a glimpse of
green flash past his vision, but by then it was too late.
He saw his brother slowly close his eyes before he was submerged in the lava.
Game over.
The elder Mario brother screamed.
I know! I can't believe I just killed off Luigi! 0_o Hopefully he will be the only main canon character to go, but there will probably be more deaths at some points since Bowser seems to have gone completely nuts. On a more happier note (wow, I was being so violent) earlier on in this chapter Luigi refers to Mario in Italian as "my chubby little friend" which I just couldn't resist putting in. After all they needed a bit of brotherly love before Weegee got killed -"sob sob"-
Thank you for reading so far and remember to review if you can: the more I get, the quicker I update this story. :)
