Paper Luigi X
Chapter 6: It's Getting Hot in Here
The three small-time heroes finally made their way to the second room, Blooey especially aware of everything going on. Malon told him to calm down, but he wasn't taking any chances after his experience. Luigi bravely led them through the area, barely on the lookout.
"What do you think the theme of this one is?" Luigi asked his crew.
"I hope it doesn't involve lights…" shivered Blooey. As if on cue, Malon, who was in deep thought, accidentally hit the next trap activator. There was a whirling sound, and all three were immediately blown to the opposite wall of the button to turn off the fan. Luigi slammed into the wall first, then Malon next to him, and Blooey landed on Malon.
"Ow! Watch it!" she snapped.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I purposefully meant to be blown away and slam into you!"
"Sarcastic squid…"
"WHAT did you say unworthy plumber!?"
"HEY!" Malon screamed over the roar of the fan. Luigi and Blooey stopped bickering to stare at Malon. "Okay, the fan is blowing at us with a force strong enough to push us against the wall. If we can somehow get enough speed, we can hit the button and turn it off. Any ideas?"
Luigi pondered for a brief moment, and was about to speak, but Blooey beat him to the punch.
"You could throw me! I'm fast enough!" he stated.
"Wow, that's actually pretty good. My idea was to call Mario!"
Malon stared blankly at Luigi who grinned sheepishly. She grabbed Blooey, sort of flopped on her side, swung her arm, then catapulted Blooey toward the button. Living up to his name, he shot like a white torpedo into the button, switching the fan off. Luigi landed back on the ground stylishly, then grabbed Malon's hand to help keep her balance. Blooey floated next to them as the underground rumble could be heard again.
"Well, another room down!" Malon stated cheekily.
"Yeah, I'm just afraid of what this volcano will throw at us next!" Luigi trembled.
"Aw, sack up a little! What kind of a man are you?" Blooey scoffed.
"Blooey, why do you have to be so mean?"
Blooey shrugged and said it was how he was. Malon shook her head and followed Luigi into the next room. It was simply a…room.
"Hey! Maybe this one isn't rigged!" Luigi cried out. He was so excited at the thought he believed it was true. The sound, however, activated the next trap. A mountain of enemies fell on top of him with lightning zapping everywhere.
"Way to jinx it Luigi!" Blooey huffed. Luigi muttered something from under a Fuzzy and shoved as much of the enemies he could away. All the foes got off the floor and instantly aimed for Malon and Blooey. Malon pulled out the bow and arrow that Link had given her and took correct aim at as many targets as she had arrows. Blooey would bloop over to the side and spiral into five enemies at once. Then he would slip and fall to make them laugh and distract them while Malon delivered some more damage. When she ran out of arrows (which means she ran out of FP) she started to step on everything with a nasty boot bash.
"Find the button Luigi! The enemies seem to keep on coming!" Blooey called, plowing into a Pyro Guy. Luigi nodded seriously and scanned the room. There was no buttons on the walls, and all the lightning seemed intent on turning him into barbeque.
"Aw man! Where is it suppose to be-" Luigi was cut off by the sight of a large red button on the back of a rather large Spiny, known in the Waffle Kingdom as Pointies. The Pointy crawled over to Malon and Blooey, whose attacks weren't working. Luigi snickered, rocketed into the air, and slammed his boots into the back of the shell. The button was pushed, and the rest of the enemies disappeared via lightning shock. The Pointy flopped over onto its back, and Malon shot her last arrow at it.
"Whew…totally wiped me out," panted Malon.
"Sorry. That was a trick room. Honey Syrup?" Luigi offered, also picking up a Thunder Bolt that dropped from the ceiling. Malon swiped it, chugged it, wiped her mouth, and pointed to stairs leading to the next floor. They were a bit twisty, and had the occasional spirt of lava every now and then. They all seemed to target Blooey for some reason, but Malon always kept him out of harm's way.
"Ugh, does this ever end?" Blooey complained. Luigi was about to answer, until he tripped over the last step and tumbled into the next room.
"That'd be a yes…" giggled Malon. She and Blooey hurried to catch up with Luigi, only to fall into a dark area.
"Is this supposed to be the next trap? A dark room?" Malon coughed.
"Not only that, but there are more traps where you can't see…" Luigi wheezed.
"Luigi! Where are you?"
"In a trap…"
"oh man…how are we supposed to find the button?" Blooey whined. "Is it over…Wha!"
"Blooey?"
"I'm afraid to move…" Blooey whispered. Malon smacked her head. She pulled out her flute.
"Okay, volcano! If you call this funhouse a trap, then you are sadly pathetic!"
She played a light tune, quickly brightening up the room. It revealed that Blooey was in a hole just barely touching spikes, and Luigi dangling upside down like Blooey was in the first room.
"Wow…this one was lame."
"That probably means that the next one will be mega difficult because your guard is down…Mario taught me that!"
Malon spotted the button directly next to her, slammed it, saved Blooey, untied Luigi, and started into the fifth room. Luigi shouted at her to be careful.
"I'd take your advice to heart, but every challenge before wasn't hard, and what would make this one any different?"
"A lot of things."
"How could she leave me with Luigi?!?" Blooey complained.
"Get over it! C'mon! we need to go get Malon before she ends up eating her own words!" Luigi snatched up Blooey and took off full speed. Blooey flopped helplessly behind him. Luigi heard a faint cry, and instantly braked when a wall of fire flashed in front of his face and nearly fried his stache'.
"Malon!?" Blooey screamed.
They dashed into the room once the fire died down, almost falling into the vast watery fate Malon did. She frantically waved her arms about, attempting to stay above water.
"Be careful! It's an under toe!" she screamed, the water slowly pulling her under. Luigi prepared to jump after her, but the words "under toe" echoed throughout his mind. He turned to Blooey.
"You're a blooper! Shouldn't you be able to swim down and save her?!?" he questioned. Blooey had already done said action. Luigi could only look on as Blooey expertly dived into the water. What kind of a volcano has a water pit anyway? Luigi impatiently waited for someone to surface, only to locate a Shine Sprite trapped in a box on the opposite ledge. He quickly circled the room to get to it, hit it, and safely placed it in his bag.
Blooey swished between the swirling waves dragging him down. Luckily, he had more power over it than it had over him. He spotted Malon unconscious, floating slowly down into the trap.
"I'm never coming to the freakish island again!" Blooey yelped, swimming under Malon and lifting her to the surface. Just as he was about to resurface, Blooey realized the button to the room was at the bottom of the water pit. He tossed Malon ashore and dramatically dived back to hit it. Luigi ran back to revive Malon.
"Malon! I told you not to run straight in here! It's too early in our adventure for you to do this!" sobbed Luigi. Malon suddenly sat up and coughed, sputtering out water in the process.
"Please don't tell me I passed out again!" Luigi grinned and shook his head. Malon smacked hers. "I so totally wasn't meant for adventure…sorry Luigi…"
Luigi told her to perk up. "Don't worry about it. I wasn't meant for adventure either! I also don't think it's going to take a day to become experts either…so together, we'll be the best darn adventures ever!"
Malon nodded firmly, and as Luigi helped her back up, Blooey arrived.
"Hey Love Doves! I hit the button! Let's hit the last one so we can get the Compass Piece and get out of here!" the blooper called.
"We are not Love Doves! Get back here, Blooey!" Malon shouted, running after her partner. Luigi stared at her for a few moments, then hurried to follow. The last room seemed innocent, just like all the other ones. Malon, Luigi, and Blooey cautiously explored the room.
"Don't let your guard down this time Malon…" Luigi grumbled. Malon nodded seriously. All three of them collided back to back, keeping a sharp eye out for anything suspicious.
"I…think this one is actually pretty safe!" Blooey stated.
"Don't say that you'll jinx us!" Malon snapped. As if on cue, they stepped on the Trap-tivation Switch, and instantly random sections of the floor shot up from the ground, plowed into the ceiling, and slowly retreated back to the floor. Another round of floor went to raise the roof.
"We need to be careful and not step on a part of the floor that's going to- OH MY GODDESSSES!"
Malon stopped in mid-sentence and started flying up toward her doom. Luigi and Blooey grabbed her hands at the last moment to try and save her, but it only brought the trouble upon them too.
"Why does everything bad happen to me!" she cried. She dug into her pocket-with her Blooey arm, whipped out her whistle, and played a note so heart stopping, it made Luigi and Blooey let go just so they could breathe. The rock trap immediately froze just before Malon was smashed.
"That was way too close!" she thought, still playing the note. Malon slunk off the trap, noticed Blooey hitting the very last button, and Luigi making a break for it. The poor girl couldn't blow anymore and this resulted in the doorway being blocked from her.
"Hey! Let me out! What the…" she yelled, kicking and hitting the door. "I can't play my flute for another 15 minutes!"
Luigi and Blooey, still running for their lives, finally stopped to take a breather.
"Woo, that was a close one, huh Malon?" Blooey asked, turning around. No Malon. "Hey Luigi?"
"yeah?" wheezed the plumber, slouched against the wall.
"Where's Malon?"
"I thought she was with you…"
"Oh my God…"
Luigi and Blooey stared at each other for 3 minutes straight. Just as they went to sprint back, all 6 buttons began to glow. The area Luigi and Blooey were in lit up in a rainbow force field, preventing them from going back. The entire volcano shook violently, sending an unstable Luigi to the ground.
"What's going on?!?!" Luigi screamed.
"I think we're being teleported to the bottom of the volcano where all the heat is stored! That's probably the place where the Compass Piece is!" shouted Blooey.
"But what about Malon…" Luigi sighed. Just then, there was a loud cry, louder than Luigi's, and the sound of a block breaking. Malon's boot stuck out before her, and she quickly ran after Luigi and Blooey. She jumped through the force field.
"Before you go screaming and running away like a frightened little girl, try waiting for your entire team to be with you!" she scolded, obviously angry. "I nearly broke my foot, and it's going to take a lot for me to forgive you!"
Luigi put up his hands. "I'm sorry, okay! I'm chicken! And now we're going to get the Compass Piece and get out of here!"
"um…maybe not…" Blooey pointed out as they reached the bottom level.
"What are you talking about?"
Blooey pointed over to a small pool of Lava where a 100-Foot tall rock creature with a brightly lit gem arose. It let out a deafening roar, nearly giving Luigi an accident.
"Something tells me we have to fight that…" Malon hummed. "…and fight that we will!"
Luigi fainted.
