Once Nathan flew down to the bottom, Betty appeared next to him. They both saw the pair of Toads that were after the same treasure, confronting them.

Nathan chuckled. "Heh. So-no wonder it looked like someone had already been through here."

Toadette smirked in return, placing her hands on her hips, "You think you can just take this land? We got here first, buddy!"

"The King's orders-we don't negotiate."

Betty looked over at the Captain who was standing behind Toadette. She giggled and shot him a wink, causing the Toad to shiver. The Captain had a slight fear of ghosts-and generally anything that floated. "I'm sensing a lot of fear in you~"

"AH! Get out of my head!" The Captain mentally squealed, thinking he was already being possessed.

"-HA! Take one step, and you'll be sorry," boasted Toadette, "I've got a blue belt!"

Pushing his luck, Nathan decided to step forward- "Oops." His foot pressed down on a rock switch that caused the walls to shake around them. Rumbling through the cavern room they were in.

"What did you just do?!" Betty yelled, questioning her partner.

"Hey, I dunno it's-!"

"Captain, look!" When the walls came down, it revealed to them the abundance of coins, gold flowers, and other rare and valuable items such as blue coins-an item that hadn't been used for a long time. "We found it! Now we can put our claim in this part of land and-"

But before she could relish her find, she was pinned to the cave wall by a set of sharp feathers in her clothes. "Hey!" She tried to wriggle her way out, but the feathers were jammed well into the wall. "Ngh! Captain, run and get-"

When she looked up, she saw nothing but the Captain's headlamp rattling on the ground, indicating the fact that he had run off.

And Toadette was not amused by this, raising an eyebrow. "Huh-that's it? No, 'I can't leave you behind' thing? Just-just run, huh? When you were dragging your feet the whole way here, but now you can run like Mercury." She closed her eyes while she continued her rant to herself. "Oh, the kinda sleeze I deal with."

Nathan cleared his throat. "Ahem-well won't this be great? Now not only do we have a claim on the land…" he said while reaching around in his shell to retrieve a flagpole with Bowser's face on it. Staking it in the ground before looking up at Toadette. "We also got a prisoner."

Betty giggled to herself, floating up to Toadette. "And your boyfriend didn't even bother sticking around to try and help you," she made a mocking pouty face, "oh how sad for you…"

"Ptoo!" Toadette spat towards the Boo, but she simply turned transparent to avoid it. "Grr…"

"Ahaha! And the way you fight back is absolutely delicious! Like a caged mouse~!"

Nathan meanwhile, was busy drawing up a document on a piece of paper. "Official...ownership…" Then he looked up, "Hey Betty-take possession of her body so we can bring her back-it'll be easier that way."

And the Boo had an evil grin on her face. "Now that's something I can agree with you on."

Toadette was naturally appalled by the idea. "...So that means you'd be-oh god no…." she started dry heaving. "Please don't-I can't stand-!"

But it was too late. Betty had already fused herself with Toadette's body, and phased through the feather restraints. "Hmm…" As she took it over, Toadette's eyes turned a shade of gray, and Betty was immediately satisfied with how the new body worked. "I could get used to this...small, yet comfortable~"

Nathan started flying towards the way they came. "Come on, let's get out of here…King's gonna be proud of us when he hears this!"

"Comiiiing~" Betty in Toadette's body followed him.

"Hey! Get out of here! Help! Cap-er-anyone else!" The girl Toad writhed within the confines of her own mind-which was all she had left since her body and soul was being overtaken by an outside force. Such is the way of Boos.

Meanwhile, topside, Captain Toad panted to himself. Having run so far in such short time left him gasping for air. "...I knew we should've turned back. I should've been more prepared. I'm the leader here…" He shook his head before standing up. Looking over the plains, he realized there were too many pipes around. "I have to warn the Princess...now which pipe leads back home again…?"

Eventually, the two made it back to World 8. With Betty still walking Toadette's body up the steps to Bowser's Castle. Some of the guards were confused at first, so Nathan had to explain the situation.

And that's when they were taken to the throne room.

"-so not only did we complete our task-we even scored something better!" Nathan said.

Betty sighed. She didn't want to give up this body, but floating felt more natural. So she moved out of the body, leaving the pink Toad gagging, and breathing heavily.

"Don't...do that….please…" she shivered. It was an indescribable experience-having been possessed for so long.

Bowser looked down from his throne at Toadette. Knowing full well that the Princess would likely send someone after her to fetch her. So many options. Hold her for ransom, mind control, menial labor. Choices choices.

"I know exactly what to do with her…" his voice boomed over the room. Causing Toadette's heart to drop...