The sun sunk in the sky and darkness engulfed the ship. The lights would flicker on and off periodically at night inside the giant boat. Clouds had covered the moon and stars and the ocean had been getting choppy. Heavy sheets of rain fell from the sky drumming against the boat.

"We can't sleep in the kitchen comfortably." Toadette complained.

"Yeah, sleeping on a counter isn't so ideal," Peach mumbled.

"At least you guys get to sleep! I have to take the first shift watching out for the killer." Toad snarled.

"He will be killed before we will if he or she does come for us." Toadette snickered.

Toad glared at Toadette, "That isn't funny."

"OH MY GOD I CAN'T TAKE THIS COLD GRANITE COUNTERTOP!" Toadette yelled, "Let's go find one of the bedrooms. A big... nice... comfy bed!"

"It's pouring rain. And I don't want to get killed by some stupid trap the killer has." Toad pleaded.

"If we do it, I will take the first shift watching. I can't stand this kitchen." Peach offered.

"Good deal. Let's go!" Toadette crept to the doorway leading out of the kitchen into the restaurant with Peach and Toad right behind her. They all 3 stopped at the doorway.

"Well... someone go," Peach gestured.

"No thanks," Toadette answered.

"You guys are such wimps!" Toad skimpered forward.

"NO! WATCH OUT!" Peach screeched.

"Huh?" Toad looked up at the giant glass chandalier coming down. He darted to the left and the chandelier crashed to the ground sending shards everywhere.

"HOLY ****ING ****!" Toadette cried.

"I'm ok, I'm ok!" Toad reassured them.

"Let's get the hell out of here!" Peach ran with Toadette and Toad tailing behind him.

The 3 ran out onto the deck. Thunder echoed through the night and lightning lit up the sky. "Down the stairs!" Toadette shouted. Peach took the first step too quick and slipped on the wet wood and tumbled down the stairs.

"Peach!" Toad whimpered.

"What was that noise?" Birdo looked around. Lightning illuminated the sky and showed the fear on her face. The lights weren't working in the lounge anymore.

"Probably just thunder. Shut up and go to sleep." Mario tried pushing Waluigi to the ground.

"No, I thought I heard someone..." Birdo quivered.

"You didn't hear anything. Now go to sleep!" Jojora murmured.

Birdo lay her head back down on the hard ground. Sleep overcame her for a few hours. He awoke again in the later hours of the night.

Half awake, she murmured, "I got to go look for them..." Birdo stood up. Her vision was blurry. She opened the door to the lounge and walked out onto the main deck.

"Hello?" Waluigi called. He wasn't sure how loud he had called it; it could have been a whisper, or a loud shout. The boat was violently rocking back and forth. Birdo fell to the deck floor and sat there for awhile in the heavy rain. She was not sure how long she was sitting there when she saw the dark figure appear.

"W-who is that?" Birdo wasn't exactly sure how long the figure had stood there and observed her. "Who is there?" She yelled again. Her vision was still blurry. The figure approached her rapidly and pushed her on her back and covered her mouth. Birdo's eyes widened as she met her demise.

After Peach had fell down the stairs she had gone unconscious. Toad and Toadette had carried her to a bedroom. They put her on a bed by herself, and the 2 took the other bed and attempted to sleep. Toad and Toadette talked late into the night after neither could sleep. Toad periodically checked Peach, to make sure she was okay. Once the day had become lighter, Peach finally awoke.

"What... happened?" She touched her bruised forhead.

"It's okay sweety. Just go back to sleep." Toadette sweetly answered as she covered him up with blankets.

Peach obeyed and closed her eyes and drifted to sleep.

THEATER:

"I CAN NOT SLEEP!" Wario groaned. "This boat is rocking too damn much. I think this boat is going to kill us before the killer does."

"Yeah, me either. But that's ok." Diddy said sitting happily in one of the many seats the theater had.

"How are you not tired?" Tiny asked from the ground.

"Staying watch for the killer is exciting!" Diddy exclaimed.

"What time is it?" Wario mumbled.

"I'm not sure, but it is getting light outside." Diddy said. "I took a peek outside the theater doors."

"I assume it's still raining?" Tiny asked.

"Yup, probably worse than last night. The wind has kicked up quite a bit." Diddy explained.

"Yeah, I can feel it. I think I'm gonna be sick!" Wario shrieked.

LOUNGE:

Waluigi was the first to awake of his group. "Aw, what pleasant dreams I had." He put on his hat. "Hmm, something is astray." Waluigi said looking at the lounge. "BIRDO!" He exclaimed after a few moments. "Mario! Jojora! Dixie! Wake up! Birdo has vanished!"

"What?" Mario instantly woke up.

"He's missing?" Jojora looked around.

"Oh God..." Dixie said with wide eyes.

"We must look for him!" Waluigi announced.

"Go out there? Are you crazy?" Mario said attempting to stand but had trouble balancing from the boat rocking back and forth so much.

"We must! We can't just abandon him! He could be hurt." Jojora headed for the door and slightly struggled standing.

"No, don't Jojora! Mario is right. It's not safe." Dixie pleaded.

Jojora ignored them and walked outside in the cold rain. She glanced around, and it didn't take her long to see Birdo's dead body. Her body had been cut open and some of her intestines had been ripped out.

"JOJORA!" Dixie shouted from the lounge door, "COME INSIDE!"

"BIRDO!" She waddled over to his body, ignoring Dixie. Thunder boomed in the sky. The boat hit a large wave and it tilted to the side suddenly. Jojora lost her balance and slammed into the railing of the boat and tumbled over the edge and into the churning, violent sea.

Dixie ran back inside the lounge.

"My lord..." She whispered.

"What happened?" Mario asked.

"Birdo is dead. Jojora fell over the railing of the boat." Dixie answered in shock.

"This is terrible! Just bloody terrible!" Waluigi cried.

THEATER:

"K, this pitch dark theater isn't that much fun." Wario whined.

"What fun is there when you're trapped on a cruise ship with a killer trying to murder us all." Tiny answered back.

"Did you guys know I used to be an electrician? I bet this ship has a backup generator or something. Probably on the lower decks." Diddy explained.

"Really? Would you mind going down there and finding it and turning it on?" Wario asked.

"WARIO! Don't be selfish." Tiny said disapprovingly.

"No, it's fine." Diddy answered.

"Ok, sweet. We'll wait here!" Wario grinned.

"Be right back!"

Diddy went down the stairs that were located in the main lobby. He took numerous cases of stairs and at the very end of the last case, was a hallway with with a door that read 'STAFF ONLY'.

"This must be it!" He said with delight.

He stepped off the last stair and landed in a small puddle of water. There was barely a centimeter of water that filled the whole hallway and went under the doorway.

"Oh no..." Diddy said horrified.

He ran back up all the stairs and back to the theater. "YOU GUYS! WE HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM!" He said in a sweat.

"What? What is it?" Tiny asked frightened.

"The boat is flooding. I went to the bottom floor looking for the generator, and the whole floor was covered in about a centimeter of water."

"That's some Titanic sh!t right here!" Wario exclaimed.

"This isn't time to joke! Should we tell the others?" Diddy panicked.

"Let's tell Toad and the girls. They're the only ones safety I care about at this point." Tiny mumbled.

The highest up place protected by a roof is the lounge..." Wario said.

"Great," Tiny said sarcastically.

"Come on! We need to tell the others!" Diddy left the theater.

"Ughh... Fine." Tiny and Wario went after him.

"I'm staying in here." Tiny said as she and Wario left the inside of the ship and went outside onto the deck.

After she was alone for a few seconds he said, "Yeah, no I'm not." She ran after them.

Diddy and Wario were banging on the door to the lounge, clearly visible to Mario, Dixie and Waluigi. Tiny joined in banging on the door.

"Should we let them in?" Waluigi asked.

"Yes," Mario sighed and opened the door.

"What do you want?" Dixie demanded.

"The boat is flooding!" Diddy announced to them terrified.

"Flooding?" Mario said frightened.

"Wait! Where are Birdo and Jojora...?" Tiny said scanning the lounge.

"Birdo was killed by the murderer. Jojora fell over the side of the boat." Waluigi explained.

"That's terrible!"

"Woah, woah, woah, the boat is flooding? How do you know this?" Waluigi questioned.

"The bottom floor has a small pool of water. We all need to stay in here, it's the highest place up on the boat that is accessible and is covered by a roof." Diddy explained.

"And we aren't playing this voting game. We ARE staying in here!" Tiny said glaring at Mario.

"Yeah, of course, it's fine." Mario said attempting to redeem himself.

"Do Toadette, Toad and Peach know?" Dixie asked.

"No, they don't. We came here first. Does anyone know where those 3 are?" Tiny asked with worry.

"Last I checked, the kitchen. It's just across the deck. They should be safe in there for now. We're 12 floors up from the bottom level." Waluigi said.

"Yes, I wouldn't recommend going back out there. You are lucky you made it here safe. After what happened to Jojora..." Dixie softly spoke.

It went silent.

"So I guess this is the end." Wario quietly said. The loud pitter-patter of the rain hitting the roof filled the empty silence between the 6.

Peach awoke in the late afternoon.

"Oh you're finally awake!" Toadette sighed in relief.

"Yeah... Can someone tell me what exactly happened?" Peach asked rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

Toadette explained the events to Peach.

"Oh wow.. I'm so thankful for you two!" Peach embraced them both.

"No problem," Toad blushed.

"Hey, do either of you know where my crown is?" Peach asked looking in the room for it.

"Oh shoot, it might have fell off when we were brining you in. I'm going to check the hallway." Toadette opened the door and Peach's crown was laying upside down with a note in it. She brought the note and crown inside. The note was wet and the writing was smeared from the water.

Toadette's eyes widened in horror after she read the note. "Guys read this!" She said showing the note to them. It read:

DON'T BE SO CLUMSY NEXT TIME. I FOUND THIS ON THE DECK.

"Ok, what the hell!" Toadette said after reading the note.

"That's creepy..." Toad shivered.

Who do you think the killer is now? Please review!