Chapter 1.6: Explosive Impact
Alboort gently floated out of the van. He pulled out a white Thieftech and pulled it open. "Okay, Waluigi, you ready at the computer?"
Waluigi leaned back in his chair and sighed. "You know, seeing how as you're the one who comes up with the plans, why do you need me to watch the computer and tell you where to go?"
Alboort furrowed his brow. "Because I would very much like someone to keep tabs on me, in case I get into any serious trouble." He pushed his glasses up. "And you're the only one I trust behind a computer, besides myself."
"Yeah, speaking of trouble," Waluigi moved the mouse around and clicked a couple times on it, "why are you the one going after Mouser? Wouldn't it be more sensible to send Ashley out there or something?"
Alboort swallowed. "Well, that's true, except that Mouser isn't as stupid as Wart. At least, that's how he acts. It's either that, or he's about twice as stupid as Wart, seeing how he's willing to throw bombs everywhere. Either way, he's very dangerous, and I think I'm probably the most likely to luck out against him, seeing how as I'm already... you know, dead."
Waluigi nodded. "So what exactly is the big deal with taking out Mouser, anyways? Wouldn't it help to have someone as self-destructive as him hanging out to blow up Wart's castle for us while we're in there?"
Alboort frowned. "Only if you like the idea of being smashed with rubble." He adjusted his glasses. "Besides that, Mouser is the only one aside from us that owns a full set of keys to the castle. You see, he prefers living outside of the castle, and needs a way in and out. I'd prefer he didn't just randomly become involved while we were pulling the heist, it would completely ruin our stealth."
"I guess that's a good point." Waluigi tapped a couple of keys and clicked on the mouse. "I guess that would also explain why the coordinates for your Destination Point aren't the same for the castle."
Alboort nodded. "I'm just glad that it's Mouser and not Tryclyde. Tryclyde is both smarter and more dangerous than Wart and Mouser put together."
"Yeah yeah." Waluigi drummed his fingers on the desk. "Are you going after Mouser or not?"
Alboort jumped. "Well, aren't you going to review my move list?"
Waluigi sighed. "What is it with you and playing dumb recently? I mean, I could completely understand it when you had Star-Krossed out here, but you, me, and the others have already done fieldwork." He raised an eyebrow. "Or are you seriously going to tell me that you forgot all of your skills?"
"Sheesh! Is asking for a refresher really a crime?" Alboort pushed up his glasses. "Anyways, unlike all of you with legs, I can only jump once by pressing the A button. However, by holding the A button down, I can gently float down, even from the greatest heights. "
Waluigi raised an eyebrow. "And why would you need to worry about safely, if you can't really die?"
Alboort froze. "Um, well, you see..." He rubbed the side of his head. "Well, it will allow me to glide to far away surfaces, like jumping over a ravine."
Waluigi rolled his eyes. "Alboort, you're not going to jump over any ravines or off of any cliffs or anything like that! If you want to recap, then recap on your fighting skills. I think we pretty much all know that you jump with A and run by shaking the Wii remote."
"Ah, that's a good point." Alboort patted his sides. "Well, by pressing the B button, I use the standard Boo lick attack. It's crass, not very subtle, and doesn't have a lot of power behind it, but it will stun enemies for a brief second."
Waluigi furrowed his brow. "Didn't you already say that this Mouser guy was only hurt by bombs? What does it matter if you try licking him or not."
Alboort held his hands up defensively. "Calm down, Waluigi, I'm getting to that." He cleared his throat and pulled out a bomb. "By pressing the Z button, I place a bomb on the ground. Of course, unlike Bomb-ombs Mouser's bombs, they don't just blow up after a certain amount of time. I get to control when they blow up by pressing the Z button again to activate them."
Waluigi leaned his chair back as far as possible without falling over.. "And, if I'm not mistaken, you can press and hold the 2 button to vanish."
Alboort nodded. "Unfortunately, I can't move, but enemies can't see me in that condition."
Waluigi tried to balance a pencil on his nose. "Okay. Class is over. Now go get that mouse!"
Alboort jumped. "All right. All right. I'm going!" He pushed his Thieftech shut and put it away. After looking around to make sure the coast was clear, he began floating towards the castle.
On his way to the castle, Alboort disappeared to avoid being seen by some Ninjis. The small creatures just hopped along on their merry way, not even acknowledging that they felt a presence. After, they passed, the Boo reappeared and continued on to the castle.
Alboort had to vanish several more times to avoid being seen, but he soon made it to the front door of the castle. As he looked up, he shook his head and turned away from the building. He floated to his left and flew away from the castle.
After floating on for a little bit, Alboort came across a much smaller stone building. He circled it a couple times until he was sure he could identify the front door. He turned around to make sure nobody was watching. After he was sure the coast was clear, he stuck a bomb and floated away a bit. Turning back to the bomb, he watched as it blew the wooden door open.
"What de heck!" A giant mouse with a par of massive sunglasses on stepped out of the busted door. "Say, who's de wise guy? Nobody gets away with blowing up my door, see?"
Alboort swallowed as he saw Mouser's gaze aim straight towards him."
"So youse is de wise guy, huh?" Mouser pulled out a giant bomb. "Well, buddy, you want some bombs? Here, have some bombs!!" He threw the giant explosive at the Boo.
Alboort hopped to the side and floated away from where the bomb fell. When he was out of the bomb's range, he vanished.
"Pulling a Houdini, huh?" Mouser pulled out several more bombs. "Den I guess I'm just gonna have to blow de whole place to pieces." He began lobbing bombs left and right.
Alboort reappeared and jumped. "I forgot this guy was a maniac." He floated quickly away as he was trailed by the lobbed explosives. After a minute or so he grunted to himself. Though, he was clearing the bombs, the speeding around was starting to really take it out of him. "What am I going to do? At this rate, I won't be able to even touch him. He's just not giving me enough time to set any of my own bombs." His eyebrows raised. "Wait a minute."
The Boo changed his course and headed straight for the giant rat. He hopped from left to right as a couple bombs aimed for his head.
Mouser danced back a little as the Boo approached him, but he kept lobbing bombs. As the Boo paused in front of him, he cracked it in the head with a bomb. Of course, retrospect literally hit him as the bomb rolled back to his feet, glowed red, and caught him and the stunned Boo in the explosion.
Though Alboort was thrown off by the bomb's explosion, he was able to recover and floated up to the giant rat and placed a bomb near his opponent's feet. He floated away a bit before detonating his own explosive contraption.
Mouser coughed at the pair of explosions he had been caught in. He pulled out another bomb and flung it. "Yeah, keep laughing, smart guy! I can take de heat!"
Alboort once again found himself on the run. This time, however, he decided to spiral his way towards his enemy. Not only was it effective at dodging bombs, but it kept him out of the line of fire for any stunning blows to the head. When he neared the mouse's feet, he placed another bomb and floated on.
This time, Mouser was smart and didn't drop any bombs near himself. He didn't pay attention to what had been set at his feet, though, and was caught off guard as Alboort's bomb was activated. He coughed, but that didn't slow down his bomb throwing. He smiled viciously as his lobbing became faster.
Alboort began sweating as the bombs started dropping closer to him. He spiraled and weaved and hopped out of the way, but he couldn't avoid getting hit by at least one or two of the bombs. He was a little surprised to see that Mouser had switched to fisticuffs when he got into close range, so he vanished.
Mouser growled. "Youse thinks youse can hide from wise guy." He turned around. "Youse gots another thing coming!"
Alboort reappeared and floated up behind Mouser. He placed a bomb just below his enemy's tail and floated away some distance.
Mouser turned and pointed at the Boo. "All right, wise g-" He was flung backwards by Alboort's exploding bomb. He fell on his back, but he began pushing himself back up.
Alboort jumped and quickly floated forward.
Mouser finally got himself up to his feet. He turned to the charging Boo and pulled out a bomb. "All right! Youse asked for it!"
Alboort let his tongue fall out of his mouth and slapped it up the front of Mouser.
Mouser was stunned by the sudden attack. "What de heck! Dat's digusting!"
Alboort placed a bomb at Mouser's feet and floated past the giant rat.
Mouser turned and glared at Alboort. "Youse is one annoying wise guy!" He paused and looked at his hand to see that the bomb was glowing a dangerous red.
Alboort pulled out his bomb activation device and pressed the button on it, catching Mouser in a massive explosion.
Mouser flew up in the air, patches of his fur scorched off. "NO WAY!!!" He landed on his head and flew over on his stomach.
Alboort floated forward and looked down at his opponent. He poked him a couple times. Sure that Mouser was unconscious, he pulled out his Thieftech and pulled it open. "Okay, Waluigi, I'm done."
Waluigi looked Alboort up and down. He laughed. "Well, I guess I'm glad you didn't send me out there to fight Mouser. You look horrible."
Alboort laughed sarcastically. "Yeah, yeah. Just Ashley to come out here and grab Mouser. If all else fails, we could at least go with a hostage trade."
Waluigi swiveled in his chair. "Hey, Ashley! You mind going out to grab a rat?"
Alboort smiled wistfully and shut his Thieftech. Folding his hands together, he turned around and leaned against the unconscious Mouser, feeling the actual wear of the battle.
Mission complete,
signed,
-Alboort
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Okay, like in the last Waluigi the Master Thief, there will be both a big boss in the big heists, and a mini-boss that typically has to be done away with before the gang goes in for the kill. It's just to give a little bit more of a Mario fighting feel to the game, even though this is based off of Sly Cooper's playing format.
However, I'm glad that whole terrorist scare is over with, or else I could just see all the comments I'd get flinging this many bombs around. What can I say, though? If you fight fire with fire, then you should fight bombs with bombs.
Speaking of bombs, I'm sure a great deal of players would try to think they're smart by just sitting in front of Mouser and letting him blow himself up, but you have to realize that, like all good video game villain, Mouser starts out with more health than you do. You'd have to fight back some time.
BTW, even though Alboort can't actually die, he still has a health bar and can be knocked out.
Please, enjoy and review.
