Chapter 10: Trigger Happy Dino Rabbid
(Back at the Moon Gate)
Mario and the others placed the gramophone on one of the pedestals and a nearby gate opened up. Unlocking another area in the Spooky Trails.
Beep-O- Aha! We're clearly on the right track! Let's see what our "fairy godmother" has to say!
Mario- Um…fairy godmother…?
Beep-O- Oh…uh…sorry! Poor choice of words I guess.
Suddenly, Beep-O received another message and quickly opened it.
Beep-O- Good job! You found one of the relics. Hopefully, it was extremely unpleasant.
Mario- What?!
Sonic- What kind of shit is this?!
Beep-O- That is a little strange…hold on, there's more!
Beep-O continued reading.
Beep-O- Er, unpleasant for your enemies, I mean! The second Relic of Goodness will involve a long perilous journey during which you'll probably meet a grisly end. Have fun.
Ty- I don't know about this, mates. Something seems fishy about these messages since we arrived in the Spooky Trails!
Shantae- Agreed. Risky Boots once tricked me to retrieving the Twinkle Stone for her from an ancient temple by disguising herself as a Guardian Genie. And during that time, he made a few errors like that while trying to talk me into doing her dirty work.
Beep-O- Are you guys saying that the guy who sent us these cell weapons and has guided us since the Ancient Gardens had turned?
Mario- I wouldn't say that. But I think it's a different person sending us these messages about Tom Phan.
Beep-O- Now that you mention it, I think you might be right, Mario. These don't sound like the messages my number one fan has sent. Still, we don't have any other leads to finding Bowser Jr. in this place and we did just open a gate to a new area.
(In another area in the Spooky Trails)
Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Donkey Kong, Sonic, Ty, Shantae, Rabbid Mario, Rabbid Peach, Rabbid Luigi, Rabbid Sonic, Rabbid Kong, Rabbid Ty, Rabbid Shantae, and Beep-O arrived at this one part of the Spooky Trails that looked like an abandoned carnival built over dock in a swamp or a bayou. Sonic had a really terrified look on his face as he tried to work up the nerve to crossing the dock. Rabbid Sonic tried comforting him by holding his hand like how you'd expect to see a child doing when helping an old person crossing the road.
Sonic- You sure this dock is safe?! What if we fall into the water?!
Donkey Kong- If it can hold me and Rabbid Kong at the same time, it must be very sturdy.
Ty- This is a home for Boo's, mate. Clearly, Boo's like everything to look creepy to fit their needs. You can chill, Sonic.
Rabbid Ty- Bawh…mate…
Shantae- But what's the deal with the creepy carnival look?
As Rabbid Shantae began crossing the dock, a bubble of swamp water rose up and popped near Rabbid Shantae. Fearing of getting something in her hair, Rabbid Shantae immediately jumped and clung to Shantae's face.
Rabbid Shantae- BWAAAAAA!
Shantae- You do realize it's just a wig you're wearing? And can you PLEASE let go of me?!
Beep-O- So Mario, are these all the members of your team? Because there could be more Rabbids also cosplaying as your teammates out there.
Mario- Most of them. These are just the members that were with me and Luigi when this mess came to the Mushroom Kingdom. We all sort of agreed to get some rest after Tabuu used Bowser as a vessel to try and attack us. That is except for Yoshi. Yoshi is the only other member of my team who was there at the Mushroom Kingdom when these Rabbids showed that we haven't found yet. Sure hope he's doing alright without us.
Beep-O- Who else is part of your team?
Mario- A swordsman named Link who wields a legendary sword with the magic of the gods called the Master Sword. A Star Warrior named Kirby who can literally become what he eats. A Poke'mon Trainer named Ash Ketchum who cares about his Poke'mon so much, he'll put their safety over his own. And finally, there's a literal angle named Pit who is also a servant of a goddess. But right now, I don't think we can get in touch with them.
Beep-O- Why not?
Mario- Because at the end of the last season, Tabuu took control of Bowser as I mentioned earlier and nearly killed all of us. We all agreed to take a brief vacation to recover and so did the villains who also helped us fight Tabowser. Which is probably why Bowser is on vacation and left Bowser Jr. in charge. Anyway, I don't want to bother them since they're probably still recovering. Especially Pit after he broke his arm in that fight.
Luigi- Mario, what is that?
Mario looked and saw what looked like a Rabbid version of a mechanical genie you see in carnivals or outside of certain restaurants.
Mee Bwahstrella- You're all doomed! DOOMED!
Mario- Excuse me?
Princess Peach- We are?
Mee Bwahstrella- Doomed to inferior fortune-telling and outrageous prices if you see someone besides Madame Bwahstrella!
Shantae- ****ing shit! I hate those things! Those mechanical genies are a complete and total insult to the real thing!
Shantae folded her arms and turned her head away from Mee Bwahstrella's glass case. Surprisingly, Rabbid Shantae did the same thing.
Mee Bwahstrella- So you don't want to know where to find the last relic?
Beep-O- Oh…one fortune, please!
Mee Bwahstrella- O'er the gardens, under the mountains…The item you seek is in the fountain.
Donkey Kong- Can we get a hint as to what this item even is?
Mee Bwahstrella- Even the light of Bwahstrella's inner eye can't penetrate the darkness in EVERY corner of the unknown.
Mario and Sonic slapped their palms over their faces.
Mario- Mama Mia!
Sonic- Well that's just bull!
Mee Bwahstrella- BUT!
Everyone returned their attention to Mee Bwahstrella.
Mee Bwahstrella- Watch where you step! Not all is as it seems…
Mario- Why?! Does one of us trip or something?
Mee Bwahstrella- No…
Beep-O- Ok. I think we've wasted enough valuable time on this sideshow. We'll let you get back to separating these slack-jawed yokels from the money they saved to buy pickled pigs' feet.
Mee Bwahstrella- One more thing…You in red!
Mario- Me?
Mee Bwahstrella- Does the name…Marco Mario…mean anything to you? It is important for your future…and…your past…
Mario almost froze as soon as he heard that name spoke out loud. Visions of a man who looked like him facing off against Tabuu flashed through his mind as quickly as Sonic could run around a block.
Princess Peach- Mario…?
Ty- You ok, mate?
Mario- That name you spoke of…who was that?!
Mee Bwahstrella- You're all doomed! DOOMED!
Sonic- Let's just get the **** out of here before we lose anymore of our brain cells.
As they left, Mee Bwahstrella still continued to speak.
Mee Bwahstrella- DOOMED!
(At another part of that dock)
Mario and the others continued walking down the dock, but Mario was not feeling 100%. They eventually passed a fountain and Mario immediately rushed to it to splash some water in his face.
Shantae- Mario, are you sure you're ok?
Mario- Something about that name Mee Bwahstrella gave me…Marco Mario…I feel like I should know for some reason.
Princess Peach- You know, I think I remember Toadsworth reading to me something about a man named Marco once when I was a girl. Toadsworth read a lot of books to me as bedtime stories. Perhaps later, I can ask Toadsworth to find that book again.
Just then, Rabbid Luigi felt that something was looming behind him. When he turned around, he got scared and ran to hide by jumping into the fountain, covering everyone in the fountain's water. Sonic seemed the most irritated by getting all wet.
Sonic- Hey dumbass! What was that for?!
Rabbid Luigi pointed at what spooked him and everyone saw what looked like a Boo. When Mario and Luigi got a closer look, they saw it was just a balloon that looked like a Boo, but it was standing on a pedestal.
Beep-O- Hold on! I think this is the last Relic of Goodness! There was a pedestal by the gate that looked like this Boo balloon.
(Back at the Moon Gate)
Mario and the others returned with the Boo balloon and placed it on the last pedestal next to the gramophone.
Beep-O- Voi-La! Our prayers have been answered. Now the Moon Gate should open for us!
However, the Moon Gate remained closed.
Donkey Kong- I'm an idiot, but even I know that something's not right here.
Beep-O- It was supposed to open like our anonymous friend said it would! Why the **** isn't it opening?!
Suddenly, a gate leading into a swamp area opened.
Beep-O- You have to be ****ing kidding me! It opened the gate on the other side of…there must be a hotline I can call to file a complaint about this…
Then another message for Beep-O arrived.
Beep-O- Speak of the devil. Hope this will explain why the Moon Gate didn't open.
Beep-O opened the message and began reading.
Beep-O- Dorks, you're probably feeling pretty discouraged right now, not that I blame you. I'd be discouraged if I were you too.
Sonic- DORKS?!
Ty- Calm down, Sonic! But that opening is very strange, I'll admit. Keep reading, Beep-O.
Beep-O- The Moon Gate can't be opened unless there's a full moon (duh). Too bad it's gone already. Luckily for you, I know a way to get it to come back! Just take the totally none spooky path leading from the gate that just opened and everything will work out just fine and you won't be killed. I promise.
Mario- Looks like we're being played the fools in this little game. Perhaps Mee Bwahstrella's fortune wasn't all nonsense after all.
Shantae- You're gonna believe what a mechanical genie has told you?! Mario, I'm a real genie…well, half genie to be more accurate. Those hunks of junk are no better than either Risky Boots or Eggman's machines after we've scrapped them!
Luigi- But she did bring up a name that made Mario believe he should know the owner of said name.
Beep-O- Perhaps someone is planning to harm us and out enigmatic ally is as much in the dark as we are! For now, we should play along.
Mario and the others began walking towards the swamp gate and passed the well along the way, but then a strange figure was moving in the well. Mario turned to look at the well and saw a Rabbid wearing a Yoshi costume sticking its body from the well.
Mario- It's just a Rabbid dressed up as Yoshi.
Beep-O- Is that what Yoshi is supposed to look like?
Luigi- Yoshi is a dinosaur and he is the only one of our friends whom we have not found yet.
Shantae- What's that Rabbid doing in the well, anyway?
Suddenly, Rabbid Yoshi was pulled back down into the well as a bunch of vines emerged from the well. Then this Rabbid that looked like a Mexican skeleton rose up from the well. Those vines were coming out of this wooden coffin he was using as an armor and one of those vines was wrapped around Rabbid Yoshi. This Rabbid was somehow manipulating the vines to do whatever it wanted.
Donkey Kong- Shit! Bowser Jr. sent another surprise for us!
Beep-O- My systems are telling me this foe is called a Calavera.
Donkey Kong- All I need to know.
Donkey Kong threw his banana at the Calavera, but the Calavera used the door of the wooden coffin as a shield to block the attack.
Beep-O- It looks like he can block attacks unless you flank him.
Then the Calavera had the vine squeeze Rabbid Yoshi until Rabbid Yoshi spat out a bomb and launched it at Mario and the others. Luckily, everyone managed to dodge. Donkey Kong tried to swing his Monkey Punch at the Calavera and Rabbid Shantae swung her large hammer. But the Calavera blocked with the wooden door of the coffin and swatted Donkey Kong and Rabbid Shantae away. But as soon as the Calavera began to move, Luigi and Sonic fired their cell weapons from it's right and knocked it away from DK and Rabbid Shantae. The Calavera shot one of its vines at them, but Luigi and Sonic managed to avoid. The Calavera noticed how fast Sonic can run and shot some of its vines into the ground. To Sonic's surprise, a bunch of vines came out of the ground and wrapped themselves around Sonic's feet, immobilizing him. Then Rabbid Sonic quickly drank another large cup of coffee and quickly spin dashed through the vines and freed Sonic before the Calavera could attack. Princess Peach and Shantae fired their flamethrower weapons at the Calavera from behind. The Calavera turned around to face the two ladies, squeezed Rabbid Yoshi again, and had Rabbid Yoshi spit out another bomb. But before it could hit them, Rabbid Ty threw his boomerangs and knocked them away from Peach and Shantae just in time.
Rabbid Ty- Bahw…mate…
Ty- I'll have to admit, you're getting better with those boomerangs, mate.
Before the Calavera could do anything, he saw Rabbid Kong toss Rabbid Mario into the air and Rabbid Mario performed a jump attack on him. The Calavera stumbled backwards towards the well, but before he could regain his focus, he saw Rabbid Mario swing a large hammer into his face. The Calavera let go of Rabbid Yoshi and fell down the well screaming. As the Calavera screamed as it fell down the well, Rabbid Yoshi pulled out a cell weapon of his own and began rapid firing it down the well like a trigger-happy looney. Rabbid Yoshi's cell weapon looked like rail gun, but with laser shots and had a Yoshi egg pattern on it. After a few shots down the well, Rabbid Yoshi turned to look at Mario with a dopy smile while his tongue was sticking out. Then Rabbid Yoshi began firing down the well again. Eventually, Rabbid Yoshi stopped.
Beep-O- Phew…welcome to our ragtag alliance, Rabbid Yoshi.
Rabbid Yoshi- Bawh!
Suddenly, Rabbid Yoshi heard the Calavera screaming again and began firing down the well again.
Shantae- Oh…he…certainly like his weapon…maybe a little too much…
Beep-O- Is the real Yoshi anything like this?
Mario- The total opposite actually! Yoshi is more friendly fire than that! Not to mention, Yoshi's method of attack is using his super stretching tongue to eat whatever he can reach. And like Kirby, Yoshi can eat things twice his size.
Beep-O- Either way, it's good to have anyone who's willing to help us fight Bowser Jr. and save this world.