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In last episode: Mario`s Team brought Bowser to the two evil creatures, and they successfully possessed him, however Smithy appeared in the skies and defeated them all with powerful attacks, all but Luigi and Junior. Their only chance of winning is to go back in time…

Chapter 10: A Link to the Past

Still invisible, Junior and Luigi, hidden under a magical shield, ran toward Professor E. Gadd`s gigantic laboratory. Once inside, they found everything they didn`t need: the Poltergust 3000, the M.A.R.I.O. (Read the other BDANs), tons of Gaddgets, the F.L.U.D.D., but not the Time Machine.

"What are you two doing in my lab?" Gadd said, in his night clothes, with a light bulb attached to a candleholder.

"Oh, hello, Prof E. Gadd. We need to find…"

"…the time machine, isn`t it?" Gadd guessed, and Luigi and Junior nodded. "Well, after that Shroob invasion, I decided it was too dangerous, so I destroyed it. I`m sorry friends. Why do you need it? Is it to start back at the beginning of the adventure?"

"Yes," Toadror Junior said. "I must stop all this at the very beginning. Kill the chick in its egg, as my father would say." (1)

"Well, I`m sorry, but I cannot help you on this. But I think your father, Toadror, has another trick up his sleeve…"

"He`s dead!" Luigi said. "Smithy killed him!"

"I didn`t mean that he had the key; I meant his biggest mistake was the key."

"His biggest mistake…" Luigi said. "The archives, of course! Since it stored data on everything, it has recorded the Time Machine, and if we find the document, it would appear, and we could use it!"

"Fine, but the Archives are a total mess, and it`s raining outside as well. I know the documents cannot get wet due to that curse, but you two can. You will have to find a way not to catch a cold."

"No problem," Junior said. "If I make clones of Luigi and me, and then if we all get power shields as the one we used to come here, we should find it."

Luigi and Toadror waved goodbye at Elvin Gadd, and ran away to the Toadror Archives.

There, Toadror made copies of him and Luigi, and now the twenty characters looked all around the place, for the Time Machine`s document. After a few minutes under the rain, one of Junior`s clones found the document and handed it to the real Junior. All clones disappeared, leaving the two heroes to their fate. Luigi opened the document, and the Machine appeared. However, Shrowletta soon saw them as it was flying across Toad Town in the Koopa Klown Car, looking for them as they escaped the attack. The big monster was about to strike one last time, when they stepped in the machine and disappeared.

***

The two heroes appeared in a very calm Toad Town. They appeared just outside the giant Archives. Junior knew exactly where their target was. The Junior of the past was on his was to Bowser`s Castle. So, just by following him, they would be able to stop him.

Junior of the past was really on his way. Bowser`s terrifying Castle was near, he could sense a lot of darkness there. But he knew he could meet up with his enemy, the legendary Mario.

Toadror Junior of the past just crossed the forest when he got attacked by a green character – Luigi of the present.

"Luigi, will you leave me alone?" Junior of the past said. "My goal is Mario!"

"Stop, Junior! You won`t pass through this bridge. I won`t let you help Bowser!"

"Wait a second… what are you talking about?"

"Well…" the Junior of the present said. "You will ally with Bowser against Mario, and this will eventually lead not only to Mario`s death, but also to the destruction of the entire Kingdom. You`d better stop now."

"Is that a trick, Luigi? How come you know my name? How come you know I want to see Bowser?"

"Because we come from your future," Luigi said.

"Ha, no way! Now that you told me I would help Bowser, you ain`t gonna stop me!"

And Junior of the past casted a spell, which was stopped by another spell by Junior of the present.

"Trust me, I`m you but a year older. I got more spells than you anyway. I can easily defeat you."

Junior of the past created clones of himself, and prepared for a fight. However, it didn`t go as planned as Junior of the present summoned twice the number of clones his past self had made. Junior of the past opted for a better strategy, and turned his clones into old enemies of Mario. Now there was Junior of the past, Yaridovich, Possessed Queen Bean, and Sunnycide against Luigi and seven Juniors.

But Junior of the present turned three of his clones into Mario, one into Geno, one into Peasley, and another one into Kylie Koopa. An immense battle could begin now. While Luigi and Junior of the present were fighting Junior of the past (and easily winning too), a Mario and the Geno were fighting Yaridovich, a second Mario with a Peasley fought against transformed Queen Bean, and the last Mario, accompanied with Kylie Koopa, fought against Sunnycide. These were five minutes of terrible battle. Luigi, during this time, knew very well that Mario was inside the Castle, and fighting Bowser. Finally, all clones disappeared, leaving two Juniors exhausted, and a Luigi hardly on his feet. The Junior of the past, in a desperate attempt of achieving his goal, ran away and entered Bowser`s Castle. Junior of the present and Luigi followed him inside.

In next episode: While one Junior is helping Bowser beating Mario, another Junior, helped by Luigi, helps Mario. Who will win? Will the Kingdom go back to normal? That`s to read!

(1)Kill the chick in its egg: English translation of the French proverb "tuer le poussin dans l`oeuf". It means that it is possible in some cases to stop something before it happens.