1. Mario 2. Luigi 3. Yoshi 4. Hammer Bro 5. Kirby 6. King Dedede 7. Metaknight 8. Fox 9. Falco 10. Krystal 11. Waluigi 12. Link :::::::::: 13. Wario 14. Prince Peasley
The twelve of them quickly ran out of the tunnel and swiftly dove into the nearby trees. Without any signal they ran from tree to tree like a well oiled machine. Even Kirby, the shortest and least stealthful, managed to keep up. They made it to the Mushroom Kingdom tunnel without incident and ran in. Luckily there were no guards at the tunnel and they had enough time to dive into some foliage before anyone heard.
After a few moments to catch their breath they looked around to see any nearby guards but all twelve of them stopped when they saw the carnage of the city. Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Waluigi, and Hammer Bro's mouths dropped open and eyes widened. Link, who had seen what happened to his own realm, felt their pains and waited a few minutes before saying, "So far so good. We need to keep moving while we still have surprise."
They ran into the city, making sure to keep as quiet as possible, pretty quickly without running into any soldiers. They made it to the end of the city and saw the ten guards standing in front of the Beanbean Kingdom tunnel.
"Well that's just great!" Falco groaned.
One guard saw them and called out, "There they are!" At once all ten guards fired sleeping darts at them, though they thought they were bullets. They dove behind the nearby buildings and returned fire. Two soldiers dropped to the ground with arrows in their chests. Mario knocked another arrow and fired, hitting one soldier in the leg. Luigi overshot his arrow by several yards, yet he managed to hit a hidden soldier in the shoulder.
It was the soldier's turns to return fire. They fired another barrage of darts and one hit Fox in the neck before he could hide. He dropped to the ground and the fluid knocked him out. Falco ran to Fox and removed the dart. He pulled Fox behind a building before falling to the ground himself. Krystal felt both of their pulses and said, "They're only unconscious. They're fine."
"Well we aren't!" King Dedede yelled, for all of the other soldiers in hiding had jumped out and decided to charge. They kept firing at the soldiers but could not hold them off before the soldiers made it within range of them. Yoshi was shot down first, followed by King Dedede, Waluigi, and Hammer Bro before they started to take action. Several soldiers were dead on the ground already, but Mario decided to get to higher ground. He jumped onto the building nearest to them and pulled Luigi and Krystal up with him. Metaknight and Kirby managed to jump up as well, but Link was shot down as he started to climb. The five of them were fighting off at least twenty. The soldiers had gotten smart and were climbing up a separate building on the opposite side. This left a few seconds of silence before the soldiers made it to the top and fired at them. Krystal was shot and dropped to the ground. Metaknight and Kirby were also shot but were small enough to remain on top of the building. Mario pulled Luigi behind a pipe that extended 10 feet from the roof. The soldiers all charged at the building and jumped over the gap to the other side. They outnumbered Luigi and Mario six to one and they quickly shot them both before they did any more damage. Finally Mario dropped to the ground and lost consciousness.
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Wario and Prince Peasley talked about the war as they walked to Beanbean Castle. "The armies have only just begun coming. Our soldiers, of whom we have many, are easily taking them down." said Prince Peasley.
"So did we, at the time, but now Mushroom Kingdom is in ruins. There are thousands, maybe millions, of soldiers." said Wario in a gloomy tone. "I don't think we have a chance."
Prince Peasley laughed, "We have a chance. It's only fourteen against one, you know!" he said cheerfully.
"Fourteen against one?" asked Wario, who hadn't heard the story yet.
"You haven't heard?" Prince Peasley gasped and, when Wario shook his head, began to explain.
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Cackletta...
A beast among the bats. Said to be born through a bat and somehow morphed into a demon. Able to control lightning and powerful enough to destroy an entire city. She was defeated once by Mario and Luigi, but now she was leading the troops into battle to complete the domination of the kingdom that she once failed to take over. With a supreme general's hat on and a thirst for revenge, she thought over her two plans. The first plan, which had been foiled by Mario and Luigi, was to use trickery and deception.
Now all she used was brute force.
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"Sir! Sorry to disturb you but Cackletta is leading the troops to Beanbean Kingdom!" said a nervous soldier who had burst into Master Chief's office.
"Is that all?" Master Chief asked, tightening his grip on the handgun hidden in his pocket.
"No. The Earthbound Realm has been successfully taken over, and Petey Piranha is leading it!" said the soldier.
Master Chief released his gun, glad and a little depressed, that he would not have to shoot this poor soldier. "Thanks you," he said. "Petey may keep his position for now."
"I'll go tell him that, sir." The soldier said and left the room.
Master Chief walked over to a chalkboard that was filled with a table listing all of the 15 realms. He checked off Earthbound, making seven realms. Almost half way until every realm was taken over.
Out of all his thousands of soldiers, none were real except for his ten supreme generals. Each soldier had emotions, but none had a family... or a past. Therefore, Master Chief could send them to their deaths without guilt. The only worry that Master Chief had, and a small one at that, was that there might be a resistance somehow making it to one of the supreme generals and killing him. Or if any of the Realm Representatives were killed and a supreme general disappeared with that realm. It was only a small concern, but it would soon become a large one after the group wakes up.
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The world was fuzzy to Mario's eyes as he struggled to keep them focused. The sky was a dark blue and the moon was beginning to peak over the horizon. Mario's eyes finally cleared up, but he still couldn't see well in the darkness. He could feel something lumpy under his feet. He looked down and saw that his legs were on top of King Dedede's unconscious body. Mario looked around and saw the shadows of all eleven of the others.
He rubbed his eyes and stood up. They were in a dark room with only a small cot and a sink as furniture. Steel walls were on three sides of the room and the fourth was covered with bars. They had been brought to a jail cell.
A light had turned on in the hallway to the right and Mario pressed his face against the bars to get a closer look. He saw two hammer bros; one holding a torch and the other holding a large hammer. They walked up to Mario's cell and saw him glaring at them.
"Well look at the big shot now." one grinned.
"I guess he's not all he's cracked up to be." The other laughed.
"What do you want?" Mario growled.
"Relax; we're not here for you."
"Really? Then who are you for?" Mario said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Our traitor brother." One spat in the direction of the bodies.
Immediately Mario reached his arm out and it found the hammer bro's neck. He pushed his other arm through and locked hands. He pulled his arms towards the bars, pinning the hammer bro's neck against the bars, and began to choke the hammer bro.
The hammer bro was sputtering, gasping for air and crying, before the other banged his hammer onto the bars. The reaction was enough to loosen Mario's grip and allow the hammer bro to escape.
"I'm gonna get you for that!" The hammer bro growled and massaged his neck. The other called for reinforcements and two soldiers came. One soldier grabbed the front of Mario's overalls while the other shot a dart into his arm.
Mario dropped, but remained conscious long enough to see the four of them grab Hammer Bro's body and drag him away. Then the world grew dark and he blacked out.
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Mario woke up several hours later and found out that the others had woken up a long time ago. Each of them was wondering where hammer bro was. Mario explained the best that he could and by the time he had finished all of them were extremely angry.
"What's going to happen to him?" Asked Luigi in a fearful tone.
"Why'd they take him?" Fox yelled out, more to anyone outside their cell than inside.
"I don't know, but where there's hammer bros there's Bowser." Mario said and the questions started up once more.
"Bowser!" Luigi called out, clearly worried.
"How could you know?" asked Krystal.
"Who?" said a clueless King Dedede.
"Someone you do not want to mess with." said Yoshi.
"Guys!" Waluigi suddenly called out, "Where are our weapons?"
And at this, everyone checked their pockets. Everyone's weapons had been taken away. Everything except for two of Link's bombs, a knife that Fox had kept, sheathed, in his boot, and Mario's handgun, which he had put in his overall pocket and kept secret from everybody.
"Well that's just great!" Falco yelled in anger. "We lost all of those good weapons and now they're on the enemies' side!"
Suddenly they heard a large group of footsteps and at least three dozen soldiers came into view. "Do not resist, you must follow us." said one and they opened up the cell.
Everyone followed obediently, though Falco lashed out at every soldier that bumped into him. They were led down several corridors before reaching a doorway. No soldiers passed through, but they pushed the eleven of them through the door and locked it shut behind them.
The first thing they noticed was that they were standing in a small arena. Thousands of soldiers seemed to be cheering and watching. The noise they created was deafening. Some soldiers were pointing to something about their heads, so they turned around and looked.
On a wooden spear above them, sticking out of the wall was their very own Hammer Bro. The spear had been pierced through his chest and dried blood was all around the wound. His arms and legs were limp, but the worst part was his eyes. They weren't closed like someone would do to their fallen comrade respectfully. Instead, they were opened wide with shock. His mouth was also opened wide, and Mario could only picture that they had done this only a few second after Hammer Bro woke up.
Mario's anger finally got the best of him and he faced the stands yelling, "Where's Bowser! Show your face, you coward!"
Some soldiers applauded, some booed, most laughed and mocked him. Yet all were pointing at a throne directly across from Hammer Bro. In is sat, with one leg over another and his teeth shining as he grinned, Bowser.
Bowser got up from his throne, set one foot on the top of the banister, and jumped. He landed with a loud, ground shaking, crash. Mario felt the ground move under his feet. He kept his balance, not even showing signs of trouble. Bowser gave a loud laugh and pointed a finger at Mario.
"You want me, you've got me!" he laughed again and breathed a wall of flames between the two of them.
Mario felt the heat on his face but only squinted from the light that the flames were giving off. The others stepped back to avoid the flames and Bowser laughed again.
"Scared of a little fire?" he taunted. "This should be fun."
Mario jumped back to the others and whispered, "We need to get out. If we even defeat Bowser then the soldiers will come after us. If we escape, we'll have-" but Bowser roared and charged at them before Mario could finish. They jumped aside in different directions, but this only enraged Bowser. He charged after Falco, the closest one to him, but Falco only jumped over Bowser's head and laughed.
Bowser growled, "Fine! Don't play fair and I won't!" He clapped his hands and five hammer bros came through the door. They each attacked someone close while Bowser continued to charge at random people.
One poor hammer bro got too close to Kirby and was sucked up and swallowed. Kirby absorbed the hammer bro and transformed into Hammer Bro Kirby, complete with a helmet and a large hammer. Kirby ran to Bowser, who was facing Fox and had his back to Kirby, and hit Bowser across the head. Bowser growled and turned around, saw Kirby, and laughed.
"You want to face me? You're barely two feet tall!" he laughed, but Kirby remained still with his hammer raised.
"Puyo!" Kirby called out.
"Wait, what did he say?" said a confused Bowser.
The others regrouped and Metaknight said quietly, "He said that he'd hold Bowser off while we escape."
King Dedede stole a hammer from one of the unconscious hammer bros and said, "Excellent!" He raised the hammer and hit the wall twice, each with a loud bang. The crowd was roaring so loudly that nobody heard either bang or the wall crumbling. They all ran out, but Mario looked back at Kirby and wondered if he should be fighting as well. Unfortunately he looked too long and a soldier finally noticed. Mario heard him yell and ran out to follow the others, leaving Kirby and Bowser behind.
Kirby charged at Bowser with his newly acquired hammer raised high above his head. He swung down, but Bowser blocked the hammer with one hand and grabbed the handle with the other. He pulled the hammer above his head, carrying Kirby with it. Bowser let go of the hammer and punched Kirby, hard, with each fist. Kirby flew five feet higher and lost his hammer bro ability, but he landed on his feet after doing several flips.
Bowser laughed and charged at Kirby again with his claws out. Kirby ran to the nearest hammer bro body and sucked it up, regaining his powers. Kirby waited until the last second before swinging his hammer up. The hammer connected with Bowser's jaw and knocked him back, but Kirby followed up with a swing to the skull, knocking Bowser to the ground.
Kirby kept the hammer and waited for Bowser to move. He waited for three minutes before Kirby was satisfied enough to run out of the hole and disappear into the city after his friends.