Author's Note: New chapter under away. Uh... I mean, it's here. Anyway, I'm so excited. Yeee! Let's begin, shall we?
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The radar screen suddenly went off, startling the plumber, the elder luma and the princess. They immediately turned their heads and looked at the screen. The radar had discovered another ship. The lights flashed brightly. Polari blinked. "Another ship? Where is the ship's location?" Polari asked. Mario and Rosalina stared at the screen without responding.
Suddenly, there was a humming sound. The sound seemed to appear out of nowhere. As Mario and Polari stared at the screen and were wondering where the spacecraft could be, Rosalina spun around-and gasped loudly. Mario and Polari spun around, too.
They saw a space craft with the look of flying saucer. Like one of those ships from those old movies where aliens were invading Earth. Polari and Rosalina were a bit clueless about who's ship it was. Mario immediately knew who's ship it was. It was K's ship.
Compartments on the ship opened and cannons came out of them. The Cannons aimed towards the Comet Observatory. Rosalina gasped and covered her mouth with her hands. Polari moved to Rosalina's side. The Lumas began to huddle around their "Momma".
Mario glared at the ship. The Cannons fired. Bullet Bills flew towards them. The Bullet Bills began crashing into different parts of the Observatory. The Observatory began to shake and break apart. The Lumas screamed and tried to pull their Momma away from the flying projectiles.
Mario dodged, jumped, spun around and rolled away from oncoming Bullet Bills as he raced towards the other ship. When he reached the edge of Observatory (The area where Mario starts at everytime you load a saved file), he spun around and said, "Rosalina, release the bridge. I must get on that ship."
Rosalina nodded then raised her wand. She swayed it in the air a few times, then aimed the wand forward. The bridge appeared and Mario began to run on it, dodging more Bullet Bills. When Mario had gotten half way cross the bridge, he heard a scream. He stopped running and spun around frantically.
The Lumas were caught in a giant glass cap. They banged on the glass and cried for help. Rosalina tried to break the glass with her magic but it appeared to be magic-proof. Or atleast, her magic-proof. The Lumas cried loudly in their glass prison.
Knowing she can't break the glass with her magic, Rosalina began to pound on it with her fists. Polari did the same thing. Mario consider to go back and help them but suddenly, K emerged from their ship. Mario stared wide-eyed as K floated from their ship and landed behind Rosalina and Polari.
Mario shook his head and began to head back to the Comet Observatory. A Bullet Bill flew out of a cannon and began to follow the red capped plumber. Rosalina and Polari stopped banging on the glass and spun around. They both gaped. K stared at both of them.
Rosalina closed her mouth and aimed her wand towards K. She glared. "Stay back." She said. K blinked under their hood. Rosalina blinked. "I said stay back. I'm not afraid to use this." She repeated menacingly. Polari stared nervously. K looked down at Rosalina's wand, then pulled their own.
"Heh. You think I'm threatened by that pathetic wand of yours? I say mine's more menacing." K said and aimed their wand at Rosalina's head. Polari blinked and swallowed hard. Rosalina and K stared at each other for a moment before firing off their wands.
By then, Mario, with the Bullet Bill following him, arrived. Mario ducked and the Bullet Bill flew towards Rosalina and K as their wands went off. A second later... BOOM!
The Lumas, still in the glass capsule, all gasped. Mario shield himself from the flying debris. When the explosion ended and the smoke began to clear, Mario and the Lumas stared. One person was standing and that person was... K.
K peered down at the unconscious Princess and Polari, who was unconscious, too. K chuckled to themself. "Pathetic. Just pathetic." K said. K aimed their wand at the glass cap and shot. The glass capsule disappeared. K lowered the wand to their side.
Mario was furious. He ran towards the cloaked stranger. K stood in their spot and they seemed to not noticed Mario lunging at them. Mario was about to do the Spin Attack on them but they vanished before Mario could do it. Mario stood there, angry.
Suddenly, Polari groaned. Then a second later, he opened his eyes and floated upwards. He stopped and rubbed the back of his head. "Ouch. Getting hit by that Bullet Bill hurts." He commented. Mario gestured to the spot where once held the capsule with Lumas in it.
Polari blinked and his eyes widened in horror. "Oh no. K must of kidnapped them." He looked back at Mario. "You must save them. Only they could stop K's plan and rescue the Universe."
Mario looked down at Rosalina. She didn't move but she still breathed. Her chest went up and down as she inhaled and exhaled. Polari looked down at Rosalina and sighed. Mario blinked. "I'll take care of her. You, Mario, must hurry and get on that ship. You must save the Lumas."
Mario nodded, spun around, then ran towards the bridge. The Cannon instantly began to fire bullet bills as Mario ran across the bridge. He kept jumping and dodging until he reached K's spacecraft.
Mario ran towards the broken glass capsule ontop. When he got there, he stopped and spun around. Canons continue to shoot Bullet Bills at the Comet Observatory The Observatory was taking more damage. Mario braced himself, then jumped into the broken glass cap.
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Mario went down the corridor again. This time, there was a few enemies and some spinning sticks made of several fire balls (The thing in Mario games that Bowser has in his castle and also in Super Mario Galaxy).
Mario defeated the enemies and dodged all of the traps. When he reached the door, the ship began to shake violently. Mario stumbled and his side collided with the wall on his left. After seconds of shaking, the ship suddenly stopped. It took the stunned plumber a moment to realize that ship was moving.
And K had started it up. Mario stood up, brushed himself, then reached for the door knob. He grabbed it, turned it and opened the door. Mario stepped through the door and gaped. The ship was, infact, moving. Mario gazed around.
The Spacecraft traveled through space. Mario was unaware of the location of in which the ship is heading to. That is, until he had gotten there. Mario stared at the castle like structure for a few moments before realizing... I'm at K's hideout!
The spacecraft landed on a landing platform infront of the fortress. Mario hid behind a torch on the ship's balcony, (Like it could really hide him. Silly Mario!) and peered around it. He saw Koopster first, then K. K and Koopster were unloading something from a part of the ship that Mario couldn't see.
A moment later, a glass capsule appear in view. In it was the Lumas, crying for help. K whispered something to Koopster, then vanished with the glass prison filled with it's prsioners. Koopster walked to the Fortress' door normally. He opened it, entered it and closed the door behind him.
It was the plumber's chance. Mario leapt off the ship and landed on both feet on the ground. He ran on the path way to the Fortress' door. Mario wasn't really paying attention to what he was running on. He stepped on a black square and two electrical lines appeared infront of the door.
They moved from left to right and back again. Mario waited and timed carefully, then he dashed for the door. He grabbed the knob, turned it and dashed inside after opening the door. The door slammed behind him.
Mario stopped short when he saw what was waiting for him inside. A lot of enemies, traps, bullet bills and electrical fences were in every room. Including the main hall, where he was. Mario gulped. The Luma came from under his cap and his eyes widened in horror.
"Oh boy. This looks tricky. But you can do it, right Mario? After all, you're the hero here and heroes always find ways through even the most harshest obstacles." The Luma said. "Good luck." And with that he went under the plumber's hat again.
Mario took a deep breath and braced himself of what could go wrong. Mario blinked and dashed towards the enemies, the traps, the bullet bills and the electrical fences. And boy it was exhausting for the hero.
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K stood on the roof of their fortress and stared at the glass capsule. The Lumas kept banging on the glass. K laughed. "You fools. You can't break the glass by banging on it. Ha ha ha ha ha. Soon my plan will be completed. And I shall rise above and watch the Universe fall apart. And with the power of you Lumas, I will create my own Universe and rule it forever!"
K laughed manically and all the Lumas cried. If only there was one person who could stop the madness. If only there was one person who could save the Universe...
Footnote: What will be the fate of the Universe? Find out next time.
