Author: Alrighty then, now it's time for Luigi, I mean Mr. L, to go on his first real mission! Are you excited?

Luigi: No.

Author: Aw come on, at least you finally get to leave the boring dark castle for a while, and hey, maybe you'll even get to see your brother again, because the majority voted for the Bitlands.

Luigi: And because of them I have to go all ninja stealth, which never turns out well for me!

Author: Hey, maybe it will this time.

Luigi: Then why do I have a bad feeling about this?

Author: You have a bad feeling about everything, now do the disclaimer so we can move on!

Luigi: Fine, bossy fox. DarkFoxKit doesn't own me, Mario, or anyone in it, they all belong to Nintendo. Now, on with the story.

Chapter 7: Baddies Meet Again

Nastasia, even though she wouldn't show it, was impressed by my apparent 'progress' since she forcibly 'recruited' me, most likely she hadn't anticipated I would have my own 'personality' after she 'brainwashed' me.

"This type of mission is usually reserved for the elite minions only, however I'd like to give you a chance at it Mr. L, think of it more of a test than a mission. I want to send you to do a recon mission at the Bitland world, that's the next world the heroes will be going to, I want you to gather intelligence about the world and the heroes. You are not to engage the heroes, make sure they do not see you, stay far away if stealth is too hard for you, do you understand Mr. L?"

"Perfectly clear Nastasia." I said in respect.

"Good, but first you need to learn how to transport to other dimensions, come follow me." she said as I got off my bed and followed her.

When she led me to Dimentio's room I knew it was time to bolt, "Dimentio?"

"Yes, he is the Master of Dimensions after all, he will teach you how to travel through dimensions. As soon as you are able, set out for the Bitland and carry out your mission." she said as she left me here.

Dimentio smirked, "So it looks like I'll be your teacher for the time being Mr. L, as in you must do what I say if you wish to learn."

"Ugh… let's just get this over with." I groaned.

"Oh don't give me that attitude, you act like a bored clown about to do his grand finale." Dimentio just love similes.

"So… what do I have to do?" I asked hoping he would just teach me and I could learn as quickly and painlessly as possible.

I. Hate. Dimentio. This stupid floating, evil, insane, eternal smiling jester trapped me in some invisible box and he wanted me to 'flip dimensions' in order to get out, which I can't do! My brother Mario could, but not me!

"You have absolutely no talent for dimension traveling whatsoever, however, I suppose there is a way you could travel to other dimensions with a little help with magic." Dimentio smiled that creepy smile at me and I cringed.

"And just what do you have in mind?" I feared the answer.

"With this." before I could blink, Dimentio had one of his creepy floating hand on my green scarf around my neck.

"I've infused some of my magic in that green scarf of yours Mr. L, as long as you wear that you can travel to any dimensions, but be warned; you cannot use it again for another hour because it needs to recharge since it only has a little bit of my power, so be sure you don't mess up and end up somewhere dangerous, like a rat caught in a mouse trap."

I wasn't sure if I should even wear this scarf anymore; it's contaminated with Dimenio germs, still I need this to complete the mission Nastasia gave me and hopefully become a step closer to becoming an elite rank.

"How do I activate it?" I asked.

"It's as easy as breathing, Mr. L, all you have to do is tap it and say where you want to go."

I was skeptical that he could just be trying to prank me or something, he does seem to be the type to do just that, but I might as well try it and hope that I would still have my dignity after this, I just hope Mouzchu and Mishi doesn't worry about me since I didn't exactly have time to inform them of this sudden development with the other-worldly-mission.

"Alright, here I go." I tapped the scarf Mouzchu gave me to wear for my 'bad boy' appearance and said, "Bitlands." And suddenly I found myself in the same kind of box Dimentio always trapped me in and everything just changed so suddenly and drastically I thought I was going crazy at first when the dark castle just turned bright and… pixilated.

"Whoa!" I fell on my face… ouch. Urgh… is this Bitlands? Well it sure looks… pixilated. Nastasia said to just do recon here, gather what I can about this place and… the heroes… meaning my brother and Princess Peach, does this mean I have to spy on them? I don't even know if they're here yet and I've never been good at spying… hiding yes, spying; never done it before.

I looked around trying to find out where to go… Nastasia didn't give me any specific destination just to roam around without being seen by anyone. No interaction… how boring, but necessary I guess.

I decided to start walking and explore this place, maybe I'll find something interesting, but I'm hoping I don't run into my bro; I can't afford to be spotted now.

This place is a much brighter and carefree world than at Castle Bleck, which I had grown slightly use to and I can't help but wonder who Mouzchu and Mishi are going to react when they find out I left without telling them… ugh, not looking forward to that.

"Funny looking dark man." said what sounded like a little boy's voice and I turned to see some kind of little purple square pig thing looking curiously at me.

Oh shoot, no interaction! I quickly jumped away from the pig thing and hid into the grass, the green and black helps me blend in.

"Hmm… where should I go?" I wondered to myself.

"Let me go you nerdy giant lizard!" I heard a familiar female voice shout in anger and anxiety and I saw some kind of chameleon wearing a yellow shirt with… is that mushroom on his back? And he's wearing glasses and carrying a familiar rainbow butterfly in a cage.

"I can't wait to show off this rare butterfly on to my online friends, it'll be so HIGH-TECHNICAAAAL!" the chameleon skipped in joy.

Wasn't that Tippi, the pixel who was helping my bro and Princess Peach?

"Where did he go?" I heard Princess Peach's voice and almost yipped, luckily I managed to stop myself and stay hidden as she and my bro walked past me unnoticed.

"Didn't that pixel Barry say he was heading to his castle? We'd have to swim across an ocean and climb a huge tree." Mario sighed.

I blinked and tried to get a closer look; this is the first time I've seen my bro since we got separated, mostly because in my dreams I can only see things through his eyes, now I can actually see him again with my own, too bad he's not allowed to see me, at least not yet.

But then suddenly he stopped and looked around, I quickly ducked my head.

"What's wrong Mario?" I heard Peach asked him.

"Nothing really Princess, but… for a second there I thought I saw Luigi." I inwardly gulped and hope he just thought it was just his imagination.

"You've probably imagined it, I know you miss him Mario but we'll find him." Princess Peach said gently.

"I know but… maybe I was just imagining it… oh well, let's go Princess." and with that I let out a silent sigh and whipped my forehead, almost got caught.

I guess I should try to follow them since I don't really have anywhere else to go, maybe I'll learn something about this place and… a bit more of what my brother's been doing now that I don't have to sleep and dream of it. I'll stick close to them but from the shadows, maybe I could help them from afar without them realizing it, it should work… I hope I don't screw up.

So follow them I did, it wasn't too hard with Princess Peach, but my bro, being the more experienced adventurer, seem suspicious about someone following him so I have to be careful not to get spotted. If my cover is blown my spy work with Castle Bleck will be ruined. I mean it was my brother's idea to be a spy in the first place, but Princess Peach doesn't know that and it'll be too hard to cover for it if she discovers me and for all I know someone could be watching my every move, Dimentio could be as he could be invisible… why does it have to be so troublesome?

Mario doesn't know of my mission and that's why he's suspicious that an enemy is following them, which I guess I sort of am at the moment. But just watching them… it makes me want to quit being 'Mr. L' and just go back to being Luigi and be a part of the hero team again, it's no fun being a villain even if I am a spy, a villain doesn't have a nice ring to it at all… and neither does my 'name'.

I had to keep diving into whatever background was available to keep them from seeing me, then they hit a block with some kind of star in it and as soon as they touched it they turned GIANT! I stumbled back not expecting that… I mean it's nothing new, we'd get a mega item and turn giant for a brief moment and destroy our enemies along the way but I just didn't expect it.

I stayed behind them so they wouldn't crush me until they turn back to normal, the funny thing is when they turned giant like that they also became… retro, not sure if that made any sense but it just suddenly looked like they were… 'younger' but not exactly in the 'age' department, it's as if they turned classic or something… bah, that doesn't make any sense, I'll just keep going.

Anyway there were times when I secretly threw a shell at some of the enemies to keep them from attacking my bro and Princess but… sometimes the shell would hit them too… oops? Sorry about that bro! Anyway things didn't really pick up until this lone Koopa Troopa spotted my bro and Princess and quickly hit a block and that Mega Star came out… uh-oh…

Ah! That's one huge retro Koopa! Where do I go now? I'll be crushed! No time to think, I just ran and jumped behind it, hoping my bro and Princess would be okay and ran ahead when I saw fortress ahead. Where did all these Koopas come from?

A Goomba suddenly spotted me and jumped in shock… why would it be shocked? The Goomba came up to me and said, "Hey! You're that green man, I can't believe I met you out here! How long has it been man? Like two weeks?"

"Eh?" wait a minute… "You're Goomical!?"

"Took you long enough, yes it's me, Goomical." he stated proudly.

"So… this must be the place Dimentio sent you." well the demented jester did say something about an 8-bit world, this must've been what he meant.

"Obviously, since I'm here. King Bowser has been quite busy as of late and keeping all of us in line, he's scary when he's upset and has passion. He built these fortresses in less than a week and claims we would 'get rid of that troublesome Mario pest once and for all if he comes here!' but somehow I doubt we'd be able to. No offense, but we always seem to fail."

"Yeah, you kind of do." I grinned sheepishly.

"Bah! Who asked you? Anyway, we just received word Mario is close, a bit too close to my liking. Oh… wait… what are you doing here anyway?" Goomical asked me suspiciously and I'm surprised he hadn't asked that in the first place.

"Nastasia sent me here on a mission." I answered simply and the Goomba just rolled his eyes.

"What kind of a mission? Destroy the heroes? No offense but you hardly seem like the fighting type." Goomical said looking at me doubtfully and I glared at him.

"For your information I'm a great fighter! It's just I get ignored a lot and anyway this is just a recon mission." I answered bitterly.

"What's there to investigate? Bowser rules here, that's all, now leave before you get in our way." Goomical is really acting smug for someone who needed my help to escape Castle Bleck.

"I'm also here to keep an eye on the heroes Mr. Smart-Alec!" I snapped back.

"Well, do it somewhere else!"

"Fine! I didn't come here to talk to you anyway, ungrateful Goomba." I grumbled as I walked away, but before I could I noticed Mario coming in after batting another Koopa shell… uh-oh…

"Uh… on second thought Goomical, maybe we could use some catching up." I said quickly.

"Huh? What're you… ah!" I grabbed him and jumped to the top of the fortress.

"Let me go!" shouted the angered and confused Goomba, but I didn't want my bro or Princess to find me here.

"Sorry little Goomba, but I have my reasons." I answered as I got behind a Bullet Bill Cannon.

"You're weird." he grumbled.

"So how have the others been?" I asked as I kept myself hidden behind the cannon since it's the same color as my current clothes.

"They went and gathered what other reinforcements we could find that hadn't been brainwashed yet. Why do you care?"

"Just wondering…" I answered.

Suddenly the cannon shot out a Bullet Bill and I stumbled losing balance. Looking just below the fortress I was on I saw my bro, Princess and that bomb Pixel named Boomer… are they going to do what I think they're going to do? Uh-oh… ABANDON FORTRESS!

There was a loud KA-BOOM and next thing I knew I was flipped into the air and rolled on dirt… ouch… I turned around to see Bowser himself lying just between me and… my bro and Princess Peach, uh-oh…

"GAARGH! Who had the audacity to blow up my awesome fortress!?" I quickly crawled and scurried myself to the nearest bush before something hit my already hurting head.

"Ow! You did that on purpose!" I snapped at the Goomba who landed on my head, it was Goomical of course.

"This always happens." he grumbled.

Suddenly three very familiar species ran towards us: Spike the Koopatrol, Hanna the Hammersis and Parascope the Paratroopa.

"Goomical, are you… hey! You're that guy Mr. L right?" Spike pointed at me in shock.

"H-hey Mr. L, long time no see." Hanna smiled shyly, at least someone is happy to see me again.

"What are you doing here? Never mind, the real question is; what should we do now? Mario is here and he's fighting with King Bowser again." Parascope pointed at the angry Bowser now in a battle with my bro, Princess Peach is… well she's been locked out of it somehow.

"Maybe we should go look for any survivors, or maybe we could go hide out in that huge castle across the ocean." Hanna suggested.

A huge castle? That sounds interesting. "Hey, take me there." I spoke up and they all looked at me like I was crazy… what? It's not like I have anything else to do until they're done fighting.

"Don't you have a mission that doesn't involve… us? I mean no offense but you're not exactly on the 'friendly' side." Parascope said nervously.

Then I gave them a smirk, "Actually if you remember right, it was because of my and my partner's help that any of you, including your precious King of Guy-who-gets-foiled-all-the-time-by-that-there-red-guy-with-the-mustache, are even able to be here right now, the least you could do is let me see this giant castle you spoke of." hey, I was getting good at this… but now I'm getting worried that I'm actually turning into that.

"He's got a point…" Spike grumbled.

"Fine! If you want to see this castle then just swim across the ocean and you're there!" Goomical snapped irritably.

"Why thank you my good Goomba." I smirked before I hurried away, knowing my bro he's probably just about done with his fight against Bowser.

So we hurried away just before I turned around to see my ever valiant bro defeating Bowser with that bomb Pixel and I just gave a small victory smile before turning my attention back on the road ahead of us.

It didn't take long before we reached the coast and the ocean, I could already see Cheep Cheeps and Bloopers swimming around as if daring an intruder to step into their wet world.

"Well this is the ocean that will lead us to the giant castle we saw, it'll be the perfect place to rebuild King Bowser's fortress." Spike said though I could hear the doubt in his voice, which I can't say I blame him.

Parascope flew over the sea, "Too bad you all can't fly or this will be a breeze." he snickered at us.

"Not all of us can be born with wings Parascope!" Hanna snapped.

"Short stubby legs, Goombas are not meant for swimming." Goomical grumbled.

"Don't be such a baby." Spike grumbled as he already dived into the sea.

"Ack! No Spike! Your armor is made of metal, water will rust it!" Hanna shouted as she jumped in after him.

I just grinned as I grabbed the unsuspecting Goomba and dived on in, I think the Paratroopa will just meet us up on the other side from the air.

When we were underwater I let go of the crying Goomba and he hissed at me, "How dare you do that to me!"

I glared at him, this is small payback for what he did to me when he betrayed me when Nastasia 'brainwashed' me!

"Stop complaining, at least we can breathe underwater here, now learn to swim with your tiny feet and let's go Mr. Short-temper-who-complains-a-lot." I snapped at him before swimming ahead, I'm getting good at those long names.

"What kind of long name is that?" Goomical grumbled.

"The kind I give to annoying pests like you." I answered back… Mouzchu, you have created a monster.

Swimming wasn't hard itself, it was trying to avoid those Bloopers and Cheep-Cheeps as well as some other types of weird fish in this 8-bit place.

Suddenly these giant tentacles came out of nowhere and tried to hit us. I saw Spike up ahead and he was fending off one of the giant tentacles along with Hanna. I don't ever want to meet the colossal body these tentacles are attached to.

Unfortunately it seems I didn't have a say in the matter… a Blooper, no, a giant… no, a massive giant Blooper suddenly appeared when were close to the other side of the ocean. It tried to trap us with its tentacles.

"Bloooop! (You're not getting away!)"

I glared as I tighten my hands into a fist… there's that tingle feeling again… my hand is starting to… spark? Is that even possible? Wait… I remember shooting electricity with my hands back at the Beanbean Kingdom a long time ago… what was it called again? Uh… Statichand… Lightninghand… hmm…

"Move it Mr. L-oser!" I heard Goomical shouted and I suddenly flipped backwards when a tentacle hit me.

Alright, that's it! I've had it with everyone and everything pushing me around! THUNDERHAND!

Without really realizing it I had used Thunderhand and zapped the massive giant Blooper's tentacle, more specifically the red one, causing it to cry out in pain as it flipped further away and trapping… someone else apparently, but I couldn't see who it was.

My eyes blinked as I looked down at my gloved hands to see blue electricity sparking on it… now I remember, yes it is Thunderhand and I hadn't used it since we left Beanbean Kingdom, I've forgotten all about it until now… which gives me an idea for a title to go with my… unoriginal 'name'.

"What… was… that?" I heard Hanna spoke in shock when she saw the massive Blooper but couldn't get near it.

"Just some oversized Blooper." Spike sighed.

"How did you do that? You shot lightning out of your hand!" Goomical looked at my hands, which are no longer sparking.

"Just an old power returning." I answered calmly.

We've finally came out of the water and saw Parascope hoping up and down excitedly, "DIDJA SEE IT!? THAT WAS THE BIGGEST BLOOPER I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!"

"Yes, we saw it and now we're leaving before it comes back." Spike answered with a groan.

"So where is this castle ya'll were talking about?" I asked that sounded more like a demand.

"First, we'd have to get over this tree." Hanna pointed at the biggest and tallest tree I've ever seen, even bigger than the skyscrapers in the cities.

"Oh… crud…" I groaned, this is going to be a long mission.

End of Chapter

Author: Ok, I know Luigi is starting to become a little out of character and starting to be more aggressive and snappy, but that's only natural since he's been trying to act like that for like almost a month or so and Mouzchu did help the process by making him feel bitter and resentful about his past, it's like with a dork trying to change their image.

Luigi: I can't believe I've been sayin those things! They're not me at all!

Author: No, but they are Mr. L.

Luigi: What are you DOING to me?

Author: Nothing bad, just turning your Mr. L persona into like the Mr. L everybody knows: a jerk, awesome, insulting guy who likes machines apparently.

Luigi: You know I'm not really like that, right readers?

Author: They know and now it's time for you to slip into your long awaited Mr. L persona like it should be before the whole Whoa Zone thing.

Luigi: You just love to torture me.

Author: Well... you're kind of fun to torture.

Luigi: ...

Author: Don't be like that! Just be glad I didn't put in Wario and Waluigi like I was going to do original back when Mimi was complaning to Mishi, at first Mimi was complaining about the two 'new comers' that looked like 'Mr. L' only uglier, but I decided not to put them in the story as that wouldn't make any sense.

Luigi: Those were some deleted scenes folks, hope ya liked them.

Author: Anyway, we've chatted here long enough.

Luigi: Yes, we have. Until next time everybody...

Author & Luigi: See ya next time!