-1Pursuit

Peach: Paratroopa…..Did you?…

Wario: Caught red handed!

Paratroopa: Bu-but I didn't do it! You gotta believe me!

DK: Sorry, but all evidence points to you.

Everyone started to approach Paratroopa, who backed into a wall. Suddenly, he reached into his shell and took out something, but before anyone could see it, the room filled with a thick smoke, leaving everyone coughing. When the smoke cleared, Paratroopa was gone.

Waluigi: He had a smoke bomb. I mean, who else besides the culprit would actually carry one around? He must have caused the accident, directly or indirectly he can still be charged for attempted murder and kidnap!

Koopa: But… he was with me during the race…

Waluigi: I said directly OR indirectly. He could have hired someone to pull the plug while we were racing.

Plus him being in the accident would throw us off the trail.

Mario: Hmmm….

E. Gadd: Mario? What is it?

Mario: …It's-a just I can't-a believe he would do this…Did he-a really do all of this just to-a put Bowser Jr. in the hospital? Why…

Daisy: We can't talk now. Even if Paratroopa didn't do this, we still have to find him.

DK: Agreed, let's go.

They all started to leave but Bowser yelled to them.

Bowser: I'll stay here and watch Jr.! Good luck!

Luigi: Thanks!

They all ran off.

The obvious places were searched first; the exits, the fire escape, the spa…nothing came up.

Mario: He's-a not near the exits.

Luigi: He's not on the fire escape.

Yoshi: He's in the spa.

Peach: Err…Yoshi…why would Paratroopa go to the spa when he is suspected for crime?

Yoshi shrugged.

Yoshi: I'm just going to places where someone would actually want to go.

Baby Luigi: Uncle Wuigi, you said there was a fire escape? Can't we use it to get out of here?

Luigi: No, all of the doors leading out side are locked, including the balcony. I only checked it through the window.

Birdo: I checked the design of this place from a file and saw that the only off-limits areas are the staff lounges and the Medicine storages, maybe that could help?

Daisy: I already checked the staff lounges, not very big considering how prestigious this hospital is.

Diddy: And I checked the Medicine storage, but I wouldn't know why he would even hide there anyway.

Mario: Then I guess we hit a dead end.

Suddenly, there was another scream.

Wario: Not again!

They all ran towards where the scream originated from which was, surprisingly, not Bowser Jr.'s room. It was the staff lounge, which only contained the one nurse who used to be Guarding Bowser Jr. She was pointing to the ceiling.

Nurse: I just heard someone up in the air vent!

Baby Mario: Are you sure?

Nurse: Yes, yes!

DK: Well, I guess we'll have to follow.

Daisy: But there could be bugs up there!

Diddy: Don't worry, now come on!

They all started up the air shaft.

Yoshi: ….Oww! Someone stepped on my tail!

Peach: I'm sorry, Yoshi, but Wario is squishing me!

Wario: Excuse me, but monkey boy there can't even move two inches without having his face in my rear!

DK: I can't help it! I keep sneezing!

Wario: Well don't sneeze on me!

Mario: Keep-a going, everyone! I-a see a light ahead!

Everyone fell on to the floor of a strange room and looked around.

Luigi: It's dark in here…

Baby Mario & Baby Luigi: WAAAAAH! It's scary in here!

Toad: It's okay, young ones, There's nothing to- Hey! Someone's over there in the shadows!

A silhouetted figure was standing in a corner, his features to obscure to recognize from across the room. It could, however, be seen that whoever it was was crouched down and struggling.

Everyone ran over and gasped.

It was Paratroopa, Bounded and gagged struggling to get free. Wario crouched down and untied him.

Paratroopa: …Thanks, I was really uncomfortable there.

Peach: But, why are you tied up? We saw you escape with that smoke bomb you pulled out of you shell!

Paratroopa: I wasn't pulling out, out a smoke bomb. You see, before the race, I was hanging around in the racers lobby hallway when a janitor wearing a strange mask asked me where the Contorl room was, saying that he was new to the job. It was to complicated to explain so I wrote down some directions for him, but he only took a glance at it and said that it would do and went off. I put the Directions in my shell and forgot about until you all started to accuse me.

Toadette: But if you didn't do it, then who did?

Suddenly, a cage from out of nowhere crashed down upon the racers.

: You almost had me back there, but it's to late now.

Somebody stepped out of the shadows. It was…

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