Midnight
Mario looked up and saw his house from down the road. He smiled. "I'm home! I'm home!" he yelled as he ran up the road. But as he drew closer, he saw that the house was on fire. He ran in a panicky fashion to the house. The front door was hanging open, and he could see that inside Peach was trapped underneath a part of the ceiling that had collapsed.
"Mario!" she yelled.
"I'm coming, Peach!" Mario dashed to get inside, but before he could Morton and Roy appeared out of nowhere, blocking his way. "Get out of my way!" he yelled.
"Mario!" yelled a voice. He turned around to see Wendy and Ludwig arguing. "Ludwig is being too loud!"
"No, you're being too loud!" shouted Ludwig.
Mario slowly backed away from the chaos, until he bumped into Lemmy and Larry, who were fighting each other. He fell onto his back, and scooted away from the two. Suddenly, an explosion came from the house. He turned and saw Iggy emerge from the house mixing two chemicals together. Mario jumped back onto his feet and tried to run, but he tripped and fell back down. He stood up once again, but before he could run, someone tapped on his shoulder. He turned around and saw Bowser Jr., holding a plate. "Can you make me a sandwich?"
"AAAH!" Mario screamed. He woke up to see that he was still in his jail cell, far away from his home. He gasped a sigh of relief. "Maybe I should just stay here. Jail isn't that bad. I mean, they feed you and give you your own room for free." He looked around. "I get a bed, a sink, and a nice, shiny toilet! Toilets cost 500 coins now in the Mushroom Kingdom! I mean, I'm living the life, here!"
All of a sudden, a strange thumping sound came from the brick wall. The sound of grunting could be heard. Mario gulped and stood up, backing up against the cell door. The bricks in the wall started to push forward—something was breaking in. "G-g-guards?" whined Mario, with a quiver in his voice. A brick finally fell, and an eyeball peaked through the hole it left. "Aaah! GUARDS! GUARDS!"
An entire portion of the wall caved in, and a large hulk dressed in black fell into the cell. Mario continued screaming and turned to pound up against the cell door. "HELP! GUARDS! GUARDS!" The hulk grabbed him from behind. He shrieked underneath its big hands, trying to yell for help.
"Shut up! It's me, Bowser!" whispered Bowser.
Mario stopped yelling, and Bowser let him go. Mario turned back to Bowser. "What the heck are you doing? You're breaking me out of jail?"
"Isn't that what you wanted?"
"No, I wanted you to bail me out!"
"I don't have any money!"
"But I thought you said—but this is a felony! We could both end up being locked in here for years!"
Sirens from outside sounded. Guards on the inside started running towards Mario's cell. "Too late now, come on!" Bowser picked up Mario and the two escaped the cell.
Bowser threw Mario into the Koopa Clown Car. Bowser hopped inside himself, and then looked around inside. "What are you doing?" yelled Mario.
"I can't find my keys!"
"Well, hurry up! I can hear the guards coming!" Bowser turned to see a silver key at least ten yards away. "What are you looking at that key for?" Bowser turned to Mario and smiled awkwardly. "Are you kidding me?" groaned Mario.
Mario sighed and jumped out of the car. He sprinted as fast as he could and grabbed the keys, just as the spotlights spotted the Koopa Car and the guards started rushing towards them:
"Get back here!"
"You're both in big trouble!"
"Stop in the name of Princess Toadstool!"
Mario ran back to into the car and handed Bowser the keys. Bowser panicked and repeatedly missed as he tried to fit the keys in the ignition. The guards started to close in on them, getting too close for Mario's comfort. Mario finally grabbed Bowser's hand and aimed it so that the key fit in the ignition. Bowser started the car and the two flew off, leaving the guards behind.
Mario and Bowser both took sighs of relief. "Hey, I just realized, the guards know who you are. Won't they arrest you again?" asked Bowser.
"No," gasped Mario. "Because those idiots still probably don't know who I am."