How You Remind Me: A Story of Two Plumbers, British Agents, a Mewtwo, and Near Conquest
Chapter 2
Chapter 2: Trouble Ahead
Ever since Mario and Luigi met the newcomers, who later explained themselves to be secret agents from where they came from, nothing seriously wrong had happened. Only a few fights had broken out and Jarvis was bugging the outsiders by asking so many questions. However, something else happened that just seemed extraordinarily weird. It all started one night when everyone was sleeping in their rooms. The newcomers were sleeping in the guest room of the castle. Mario and Luigi were sleeping in the room they shared together, while Princess Peach had her bedroom to herself. Suddenly, Mario heard something.
"Luigi! Wake up!" whispered Mario as he shook his brother back and forth until his brother started to move.
"Wha? Mario, it's 3:30 in the morning. What the crap are you waking me up for?" whispered back Luigi.
"Luigi? Did you hear that?" Mario asked, still in a hushed tone almost soft enough not to be heard.
"Hear what?" Luigi replied, confused. He didn't know what Mario was talking about.
"I heard something go 'bump' in the night." Mario whispered, now sounding rather scared.
"Mario, it was probably your imagination. Go back to sleep." said Luigi, who was really tired. He went back to sleep, probably dreaming about his two favorite ladies, Daisy and Anita.
Meanwhile in the guest room, the newcomers were sleeping soundly. Then they also heard something.
"Will someone stop making that noise?" cried Anita, who was cuddling next to Victor.
"Anita, I swear to God it's not any of us," answered Gardevoir. "Whatever's making the noise will go away on its own."
Suddenly, the door swung open from the outside to reveal a shadowed figure which no one could really make out who it was, since it was really dark inside. Everyone in the guest room screamed so loud Mario and Luigi could hear them from a few steps away.
"Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!" screamed Gardevoir who kept saying "Oh my God" over and over until Victor snapped her out of it by slapping her across the face.
"Thanks. I needed that." said Gardevoir.
"What is that and what does it want?" Anita asked in a scared tone.
Ninetales breathed some fire from her mouth so she could get a better look at the figure. The figure was revealed to be an anthro turtle standing on two legs, wearing shades with pointed edges, black boots and a spike collar. This was an evil Koopa Troopa.
"Gaah! Mutant turtle!" Victor screamed.
The Koopa Troopa, for a reason that the newcomers didn't seem to understand, ran towards Doctor Doctor and grabbed her from behind while she was sleeping.
"What the hell is he doing? Why is he taking Doctor Doctor?" Gardevoir asked Ninetales.
"I don't know. What do you think he's doing and why?" Ninetales answered.
Ninetales jumped onto the Koopa Troopa and tried to hold him down, but he proved to be too strong and ran off with his hostage and never came back for the night. The next morning, some very concerned Toads, including Princess Peach, Mario, Luigi, and the others were talking about how confused they were about the Koopa Troopa's actions.
"May we have your attention?" Toadsworth announced. "One of the visitors is going to talk about this very confusing situation and how it's unfolded…so far."
"That's right," Changed Daily replied. "By the way, my name's no longer Lord Strawberry Hammer. No, today you may call me…"
His phone beeped. Disappointment waved over him like it did yesterday.
"Ohh….Taco Llama."
Like yesterday, everyone laughed for three minutes. Then the laughter died down.
"Now, you're probably wondering, 'What the hell happened last night'," Taco Llama began. "Well, one of the newcomers (us, of course) was kidnapped by some mutant turtle and we don't know why for some reason."
"Mutant turtle?" Mario asked.
"Ja." Professor Professor replied.
"You must be talking about a Koopa Troopa." Peach realized.
"A what-a Troopa?" Gardevoir asked, sounding confused.
"A Koopa Troopa. It is one of the many species roaming our world," Peach explained. "Most of them are evil, but some of them are actually on our side. You saw a Koopa Troopa running off with your 'prisoner' last night. That's exactly what you saw."
"Well, where do you think he was going?" Gardevoir asked out of curiosity.
"We don't know exactly," Mario replied. "But I do know this: if we follow his tracks, we'll find him and one of the newcomers."
"You know, that sounds like a great idea," Gardevoir realized. "Toadsworth, permission to leave the castle and go on a journey to find the Koopa Troopa who took Doctor Doctor?"
"Affirmative," Toadsworth replied. "Good luck on your journey, Mario and visitors."
And so Mario and Luigi took Peach, Yoshi, and the newcomers with them on a journey to find the kidnapped newcomer and her captor. There were a lot of obstacles ahead of them, but they would get through them together.
