Chapter 3: Princess Rescued By A Female For Once
(In the swamps of Sequin Land)
Mario, Luigi, and Shantae had arrived and began looking for the castle Rottytops told them about. However, Luigi was not in a very good mood. His face was all grumpy and sour-like.
Luigi- You know, sometime I wish I had just left you in that god damn haunted mansion and gotten my ass out of there before all of those shitty horrors traumatized me like that!
Mario- I'm sorry that happened to you, Luigi. I promise I'll make this up to you once we get back to the Mushroom Kingdom.
Eventually, they came across this castle hiding in the swamp and Bowser's insignia was on the front entrance of the castle.
Mario- This has Bowser's name written all over it.
Luigi- Now we just need to find a way to lower the draw bridge and get inside.
Shantae- Leave that to me.
Then Shantae did a little dance and turned into a monkey. Monkey Shantae climbed up the castle wall and squeezed through draw bridge opening. Then a Koopa and three Goombas saw Monkey Shantae.
Koopa- Hey, how did a monkey get in here?
Monkey Shantae changed back into normal Shantae.
Shantae- I'm not a monkey. I'm a half genie girl.
As Mario and Luigi waited outside the castle, they heard the sound of a fight going on and wondered if Shantae was alright. Then the draw bridge dropped and they saw that Shantae had just beaten up three Goombas and a Koopa.
Luigi- You beat Bowser's minions…all by yourself…
Shantae- I told you I'm stronger than I look.
Mario- I'm impressed.
Mario, Luigi, and Shantae began moving through the castle, stomping all of Bowser's minions that got in their way. Mario and Luigi were mostly impressed that Shantae could use her belly dancer moves in combat like they were an actual form of martial arts. Not to mention Shantae was the most acrobatic person they had ever met. But she mostly attacked by using her hair as a whip. Eventually, they got to the top floor of the castle and there stood Bowser, waiting for them.
Bowser- I see even a sandstorm can't finish you Mario Brothers off. Looks like I'll have to fight you after all before I can finish the repairs on the Doom Ship. Wait, who is that? Some kind of dancing sissy?
Shantae- Calling me a sissy is pretty insulting! I'm Shantae, half genie and guardian genie of Scuttle Town.
Bowser- Wait…another one?! And a female one at that?! No! I won't let you have another ally to be a pain in my ass like the others! (ROAR)!
Bowser lunched his flame breath at them, but Shantae made a wall of water appear and blocked the flames.
Shantae- What did Bowser mean by another one?
Mario- How about we talk after we've dealt with Bowser.
Bowser- No way I'll get beaten by a dancing sissy!
Shantae- Underestimating me because I'm a woman is your biggest mistake, because I'm Ret-2-go!
Bowser charged for Shantae, but she counter by transforming into an elephant and charged for Bowser as well. The force between Elephant Shantae and Bowser seemed equal and neither was budging an inch. Then grabbed hold of Elephant Shantae's tusks and held them in a position that caused her a lot of pain.
Mario- Hey Bowser, heads up!
Bowser looked up and saw Mario and Luigi's boot before getting kicked in the eye. This made Bowser let go of Elephant Shantae's tusks. At that moment, Elephant Shantae swung her tusk at Bowser's chest and knocked him against the wall. Then she changed back into regular Shantae.
Shantae- That bastard made me break a nail when he grabbed me like that!
Bowser- A broken nail should be the least of your worries, you dancing sissy! I'm gonna roast you all alive, bitch!
Bowser shot more flames out of his mouth and Shantae used another water spell to make water shoot out of her hands to block the flames.
Mario- Luigi, I got an idea. Do we still have any volt-shrooms?
Luigi- Yeah. We have three left.
Then Mario and Luigi each at a volt-shroom and turned into Electro Mario and Electro Luigi (an actual idea for a Mario Brothers power up that was scrapped before it could be put in any Mario game). Electro Mario and Electro Luigi shot an electric ball through Shantae's water, the electric balls got a super charge, blasted through Bowser's flames, and gave Bowser a massive shock. As Bowser was recovering from that attack, he saw Shantae move in closer by performing cartwheels and then kicking Bowser in the face.
Bowser- Damn it…got beaten…by a dancing sissy…
Then Bowser passed out and fell to the ground.
Shantae- Damn, this guy is even ruder than Risky Boots!
Electro Luigi- Now that we beat Bowser, where's the princess?
Electro Mario saw a bookcase and noticed something odd about it. He walked over to it and pulled on a certain book. Suddenly, a secret door opens from behind the bookcase, revealing a cell with Princess Peach locked inside.
Princess Peach- Mario, Luigi, I knew you'd save me! Oh, and who might you be?
Shantae- You can call me Shantae. Let's get you out of there.
Shantae waved her hand and the cell door became unlocked and opened.
Princess Peach- How'd she do that?!
Electro Mario- She can use genie magic because she's a half genie.
Princess Peach seemed really confused.
Electro Mario- We'll explain on the way out of here.
