Chapter 4
Our small group of protagonists continued their quest to the Temple. Princess Zelda was still processing the information Marth had extracted from the Ice Climbers in Delfino Plaza. "So it seems like someone is hiring mercenaries to terminate my life."
Marth nodded. "Yes, princess, it would seem that way."
Pit huffed. "We've been walking for hours! It's late out, and do we even know where we are?"
Zelda sighed. "All you care about is our position when my murder is being plotted by terrible fiends?"
Pit nodded. "Glad you understand!"
While Marth shook his head, Zelda replied, "It is too dark for me to know where we are. But if we continue going, we should eventually find a resting place."
Marth pointed at the distance, where several lights could be clearly seen. "Someplace like that?"
Zelda nodded. "Yes, somewhere like that."
Eventually, the three arrive at the place where the lights were coming from. It was a giant mansion. Pit knocked on the door and called out, "Hello? Is anybody in here?"
A voice from inside was heard saying, "Y-yes, I-I-I w-will be-a right o-out!"
Pit rolled his eyes. "What kind of scaredy cat lives in a mansion like this?"
Marth and Zelda shrugged, and the door opened, revealing an Italian man with a bushy moustache, blue overalls, and a green shirt and hat. "W-w-who a-are you?"
Zelda stepped forward. "I am Princess Zelda of Hyrule. Could we shelter in your home for the night?"
Luigi turned pale. "P-princess, this is no good idea, oh-a no, not at this-a time! Not a-now!"
Marth was suspicious. "Why?"
Their question was soon answered as a voice from inside was heard calling, "HEY! LUIGI! Get your scaredy butt back over here, WAHAHA!"
Pit drew his knives. "Who is that?"
"Go, n-now, before he-a finds you!" Luigi said.
Marth drew his sword and Zelda changed into Sheik. "We're not going anywhere!" Marth said, pushing Luigi out of the way and charging into the mansion. Pit and Sheik followed suit, and they found a portly Italian man there.
"Hey, who are you idiots, WAHAHA?" Noticing Sheik, he smiled evilly. "Ah, so the princess has come to me, WAHAHA!"
The portly man took a piece of garlic out of his pocket and bit into it. "Why did he just do that?" Pit asked.
Before the others could comment, the portly man raced at Sheik and punched. Sheik, though, was able to dodge the attack. Marth came up from behind and tried to stab the Italian, but he turned around and grabbed the sword from his hands. He then tossed Marth into one of the walls, where he slumped unconscious.
"NO!" Pit cried, charging at the Italian with his knives.
The portly man laughed. "WAHAHA! No one can defeat Wario!"
Wario punched the ground, and it formed a ripple, knocking Pit into a wall as well. He tried to get up, but fell down, unconscious as well.
Wario turned around. "And where has the princess a-gone?"
"Right here," came a reply. Wario turned around to see five knives flying towards him.
He ducked quickly and then ran to where the knives had been shot from – but there was no one there. "WHAT?" Wario cried out.
"Good luck fighting an enemy that you can't see," Sheik called. She flew out of nowhere and jabbed Wario three times.
Wario turned around unfazed. "WAHAHA! The power of garlic makes me invulnerable!"
"Really?" Sheik asked. She drew five more knives and tossed them at Wario. He laughed as all five of them bounced off of his body.
"What kind of attack is that, WAHAHA!" he cried.
"NOW, LUIGI!" she called out.
Wario turned around to see a nervous Luigi anxiously fire a green fireball. "WAHAHA! WHAT is THIS?" Wario asked humorously.
The fireball connected with one of the knives, and the fire spread to all of the other ones, trapping Wario in a pentagon of green fire.
Sheik smirked. "How invulnerable are you with fire?"
Wario chuckled. "Oh-a-kay, you a-got me! So now I'm-a just a-go now, okay?"
Sheik was furious. "Not until I get some answers."