Super Mario Galaxy: Reach For The Stars
Roy's Galaxy Part 2
Sand Storm Desert: Duck And Cover
Mario, Wario, Waluigi, and Luigi landed at the Observatory, each shaking out their hats. Wario, Mario, and Luigi headed off. Waluigi began to follow, but as he put on his hat he suddenly stopped, hearing a voice in his mind. "Waluigi," it whispered. He stopped moving, listening. "Waluigi," it repeated.
"Rosalina," he said, though she couldn't hear him.
"What do I say now? Look at me, I'm talking to a dead man. Not even in front of his grave," Rosalina's voice said. "Where do I start...? Why you? Why is it that every time I imagine a rescue it's you I see? I hardly even knew you, but speaking like this... It brings me comfort... Why did you have to die? Why did you have to send me roses and letters? Why any of it? I despised you at first, but now, knowing you're dead and not here if only to guard us in this cage... I want to forget I saw you, forget you existed, but I can't... You wrote to me, once, that you believed no one cared about you. You were wrong. I cared. Perhaps more than I'm comfortable with... And I want so badly not to think of you, but I can't. In the back of my mind you linger always..." Her soft chuckle echoed in his mind. "Remember when I told you I didn't want any more of your roses? I lied."
Again the twisty feeling came to Waluigi's stomach. "I'm coming Rosa..." he murmured out loud. There it was again, an ache he couldn't describe. He still didn't like it. "What the heck is this?" he muttered.
"Wally, what are you doing?" Wario's voice demanded suddenly, snapping Waluigi from his thoughts.
"Thinking of my death," he half-truthfully replied. He was shocked to see Wario wince and shudder.
"I meant to ask a you about that," Wario said. "See, when I found out you were dead I went back to the airship. I was sitting, just minding my own business not caring, looking at your picture, when I felt wetness in my eyes. What was it?"
Waluigi's eyes were wide in disbelief. Finally he replied, "Th-they were tears..."
"Tears?" Wario asked.
Waluigi face-palmed, drawing his hand down his face. He met Wario's eyes, annoyed, but suddenly smirked and began to laugh. "They come when someone is sad and missing someone close to them! You were crying over me! I never knew you cared. No one cares about Waweegee," Waluigi taunted.
"What?! Wario doesn't cry!" Wario defended.
Waluigi suddenly hugged him. A horrified expression crossed Wario's face. Waluigi let him go, grinning. "Whatever bro, now let's-a go get our cousins and save the universe!" He dragged Wario along behind him.
"But I don't care! I don't care about anything but my money and my life and my bike and my castle, anyway you get the picture!" Wario protested.
Waluigi tuned him out. Even if that were so, what did it matter? She cared. He chuckled then called to Mario and Luigi, "Let's-a go! Rosalina and Peach are still in trouble!" Mario and Luigi exchanged looks, Mario confused and Luigi looking like he knew something no one else did.
"Luigi?" Mario asked.
Luigi smiled. "He found Rosalina's room," he said.
"This is too weird," Mario said.
"Well now that you mention it..." Luigi began.
"Let's-a go," Mario interrupted, dragging Luigi along before the Wicked Wario Bros left without them.
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The cousins landed on the next planet and looked around, surveying it. Suddenly a gust of wind blew by, knocking them all down with cries of alarm and pushing them along the desert floor. Just as suddenly as it had come, it stopped. The four rose from the ground. "Wow, Waluigi's in his element here. Literally," Mario remarked. The next gust came, but it was as if the winds sensed Waluigi's presence. They knocked down everyone else, but not even a breeze touched him. Instantly realizing what it meant, Waluigi began to maniacally laugh, eyes glowing. Hunching his back, he rubbed his hands over each other, shifting eyes looking mischievously around for something he could destroy when he found his power-up.
"I'm officially sure Waluigi isn't clinically sane anymore. In fact, I swear it," Luigi grumbled.
"Oh shut up," Wario replied, smiling evilly at the potential for his brother's newfound power. With that the group headed off.
"Seriously! I think the Rosalina thing mixed with the adventure and the loss of his babies did him in," Luigi insisted, taking up the back.
"If it did, you'll be the first one to feel my psychotic wrath," Waluigi growled. Luigi fell back a bit more, a scared look on his face.
"Knock it off you two," Mario intervened.
"Ah let them fight it out. With luck they'll knock each other out and we'll have peace and quiet," Wario said.
"Yeah, until we start fighting. Then who'll save the princesses, huh Wario?" Mario retorted. Wario scowled but didn't reply.
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They approached a ledge. A breeze started up. Mario, Wario, and Luigi cried out and ducked, hoping to stop the wind from blowing them around. Waluigi laughed at them then walked towards the edge. "Look at you all. You're afraid of something harmless," he said. He stood challengingly at the edge then looked back at them saying, "Hah, see?" The wind suddenly blew full force. Waluigi yelped, feeling himself being blown from the edge! "Wha!" he exclaimed as he began to fall.
"Whoa, hold on, come here you!" Wario exclaimed, lunging forward and serving as an anchor, holding his brother's hand like it was a kite string, the kite being Waluigi's body. Soon the wind stopped and Waluigi fell into Wario, knocking them both back. Shakily they rose.
"Nice save Wario," Mario said. The wind sprang up suddenly again, Wario, Mario, and Luigi instinctively ducking. Before Waluigi could, the wind was hitting them, but this time Waluigi never felt a bit of it.
"Huh?" Waluigi said, scratching his head in confusion.
When it stopped, the other three slowly rose. Looking at Waluigi, Luigi sarcastically said, "It looks like the winds are a little confused about who their lord and master is."
"Yeah..." Waluigi replied in wonder, taking it seriously. Luigi looked around at the others and noted their serious looks too.
"I was kidding," Luigi said.
"We know," Mario replied.
"Okay?" Luigi said uncertainly, puzzled.
"Looks like you'll have to get a power-up before you're in full control again," Wario remarked.
"Patterns. Great," Waluigi unenthusiastically said. "Avoid, blow, avoid, blow, avoid, blow; if I'm-a not already crazy, keeping the patterns in mind will drive me there."
"Let's-a get across before the next gust," Luigi said. "There's a rope ladder on the other side."
"We'll have to wait for the next gust, Luigi, to make that jump," Mario corrected.
"No, we will. You two will need to be tossed. Again. This time into the wind," Waluigi bitterly said. He and Luigi joined hands. Mario took position. The wind began to blow. When it was full force, they tossed their relative across the gap with the added strength of the wind. Before it had died, they had done the same for Wario, then leapt across themselves.
"That was quick," Mario complimented.
"Grazie," Waluigi and Luigi said in unison, one more sincere than the other. The four then scrambled up the ladder, Luigi and Waluigi going ahead.
They continued on through the journey, stomping on whatever enemies they could, Waluigi keeping careful track of the wind's patterns. Whenever it seemed he had forgotten whether he should duck down or not, Wario was the one that reminded him to Waluigi's relief. It was... nice having big brother looking out for him for a change. Yet another breeze started up. The other three ducked, but Waluigi didn't. "Waluigi, get down stupid! You're losing track again! I can't relax always having to watch out for you!" Wario shot
Waluigi ducked down. "You're keeping a close eye on me bro," he remarked.
"Of course I am. We need you alive!" he yelled over the wind.
"Sure," Waluigi replied, rolling his eyes. As the breeze passed and they all rose, Waluigi added, "Don't worry about me, bro."
Defensively Wario replied, "I'm not worried." Waluigi sighed in exasperation, throwing up his hands. Whatever. Soon the star came into view. A blast of wind blew right then, prompting Mario, Wario, and Luigi to duck. Waluigi, however, knew for certain that this time it wouldn't effect him. He went ahead without them.
"Waluigi, where are you going?!" Mario called.
"To get the star!" he replied. He leapt across the final gap and grabbed it. It flew towards the other three and all together they returned to the observatory.
Sand Storm Desert: Elemental Training
The four ended up back on the planet, but this time the penguin Coach was waiting for them! "Hey, what are you doing here?" Wario demanded.
"I'm here to help train you four in the use of your special powers," he replied.
"We know how to use them now," Mario replied. "You should have come sooner."
"You know how to use them, but well?" Coach asked. "Can you each tell me what your elemental powers are?"
"Fire," Mario replied as if it were second nature.
"Presumably lightning?" Luigi half stated half asked.
"I'm a guessing wind since I choose to use it even over thorns and piranha's," Waluigi said.
"I... I don't know," Wario admitted looking down while shaking his head. The others looked at him in surprise.
"You're all right, except Wario. He knows," Coach replied.
"My strengths lie in power," Wario challenged.
"What happens when you ground pound?" Coach asked.
"Rocks fall from the sky. Generally," Wario replied.
"Exactly," Coach said.
"Strength?" Wario asked.
Coach gave him a dubious look then pulled out a star, tossing it up. "If you four can complete my challenge without moving from your spots, you'll win this star." The penguin tossed out four power-ups.
"Yes!" Mario cheered as he leapt up, punching his fist in the air. He rushed to the fire flower, grabbing it.
"Okie-dokie," Luigi said as he hurried to the lightning bolt.
"Waluigi gonna win," Waluigi exclaimed as he rushed over to the wind mushroom.
"What the heck is this?!" Wario asked in confusion on seeing nothing but a rock shaped thing.
"It'll increase your power making your ground pound attack in particular stronger. Now you'll be able to rain down bigger rocks as well as raise the ground ahead of you. Enemies you would normally be able to defeat in two hits will now only take one," Coach replied.
"Then why are we here if this is Wario's training?" Waluigi asked.
"I told you it was all of yours," Coach replied. Waluigi began to grumble. "Use your attacks like normal Wario," Coach added. "Three, two, one, go!"
Suddenly obstacles began to jump out of the ground in front of them. Startled, they each cried out instantly using their long range attacks starting with the smaller ones. These passed by easily enough, but as they grew bigger and bigger until finally they were facing the largest enemies they had encountered to date, it became more difficult. Mario summoned all his fire power then shot a long inferno at the biggest ones, incinerating them instantly. He jumped up cheering. Around the same time he finished this, Waluigi was nearing the end of his own challenge. He controlled the violent winds that were blowing, channelling all their energy into even more powerful gusts, eyes glowing purple. He would either knock enemies down or suck them up in a tornado, or even blow spiny's and any other enemy that was lethal at the opponents. Needless to say, he was done seconds after Mario. "Oh yeah, Waluigi time!" he cried out in victory.
Luigi meanwhile was summoning lightning bolts like nobody's business. Mario and Waluigi watched in awe, Wario even glancing out the corner of his eye if not fully turning his head. He was nearing the last part. Twenty poles were there, each needing to be shocked at the same time. Luigi began to shiver, nervous about what he had to do. Concerned, Mario looked at the penguin. "Coach, you have to let him off without doing this. It drains his power completely and a terrifies him!" he protested.
"Don't worry, he'll handle it. He needs to get a least a little used to it," Coach replied seriously. Luigi reluctantly charged up his full power, lifting up from the ground, eyes glowing the green-white color. With a cry he shot the super bolt down, letting it divide into enough super charges to get the job done, negative zone engulfing him and slowing any attacking enemy. He collapsed to the ground gasping as it finished, and Mario was at his side in a second.
Wario was confused for a while, wondering how to beat the enemies without moving, but then he remembered that coach had said his ground pounds were more powerful. He hesitated a moment then finally decided to try it out. He jumped as high as he could and landed as hard as possible. The whole planet shook under the force causing Waluigi, the only one still standing up, to fall, and Mario, who was kneeling, to fall on his butt. Luigi fell on his stomach. Coach lost his footing as well. Giant rocks began falling on the target area. The ground lifted underneath the enemies and obstacles. In only a moment the whole challenge was cleared.
After a long awkward pause in which Wario began to pick his nose as the others looked up at him in awe, Coach checked the time and said, "Wow you did it! Good job! The star's all yours!" Gratefully the four took it, hardly able to wait to finish the third star and leave that planet.
Sand Storm Desert: Gone With the Wind
The four soon returned for the last time to the sand storm desert planet. The moment they landed they were all violently knocked down by a strangely powerful gust. Waluigi raised himself from the sand with his arms, growling. Wario was mumbling incoherent words the others could only assume they didn't want to understand. Luigi shook his head to rid his hat of sand. Mario leapt right back up. Waluigi shot from the ground yelling, "That's-a it, I can't take it anymore!" He determinedly struck out ahead. Luigi and Wario, who had now risen, looked to Mario, who looked back at them both. Quickly the three followed only to be blown down. Waluigi paused rolling his eyes.
They were drawing near an edge. Wind was beginning to pick up once more, the one meant to blow all of them down. Instantly Mario, Wario, and Luigi ducked. "Waweegee, get down!" Wario ordered. Waluigi ignored, simply striding quickly to the edge. "Walu, you're crazy!" Wario shouted once more. Waluigi looked sharply back growling. He looked ahead once more. The other three watched nervously.
"The wind's a gonna blow him right off!" Mario exclaimed as it blasted passed them. Waluigi ran for the edge now, hearing it approaching.
"Waluigi!" the others called. He ignored. Ahead, near the edge, he saw it, the wind mushroom. With a millisecond to spare he grabbed it and whirled, facing the wind.
"Stop!" he furiously shouted at it as he stretched out his hand. It was like magic. The wind recoiled in horror then went around him. The others looked on in shock. Waluigi grinned evilly and looked over the edge. He saw a comet medal near the far end of the pit. He dropped his hand saying, "Come on, let's a ride!" The wind struck him as he took a running leap, jumping from the edge, but to the shock of the others, he never fell. He didn't even need to ride a cloud. He simply rode the wind, grabbing the medal then changing the wind's direction.
"That's different," Luigi said in awe. Waluigi landed back on the edge chuckling evilly. He strode up to his relatives. Luigi gazed up at him fearfully. Waluigi kicked him violently, making him fall to his side!
"Hey!" Mario exclaimed.
"Quiet Crazy Eyeball Man! Get up so we can get this over with!" Waluigi barked.
"Good job Wally," Wario said in admiration.
"No one asked your opinion Wario!" he yelled. His tone softened to pride as he added, "But grazie anyway." Wario frowned then shrugged and rose. Mario stood, helping Luigi who was coughing and holding his side, to stand. Both Mario bros scowled at Waluigi. His haughty air faded to nervousness.
"I've-a got your back Walu," Wario reassured as he turned, heading onward. Waluigi followed, shooting one last uncertain gaze back. Mario and Luigi hadn't stopped glaring. Waluigi hurried on behind Wario for protection. Wario rolled his eyes affectionately. "Big talk for a coward," he remarked.
"Luigi's the coward, not Waluigi," Waluigi replied defensively. Wario laughed evilly.
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The four continued on in a normal fashion with the occasional Waluigi wind feat. Needless to say it never bothered him again. He wouldn't let it. He only allowed it to hit him when he wished it to blow him somewhere the others couldn't get. A wall was blocking their entrance to a safe passage over a long pit. Waluigi saw a lever on the other side. He summoned the winds to come then jumped across, controlling them in a seemingly upgraded version of his wind swim move. More of a wind tunnel it appeared. With his base wind swim, he actually had to swim to move. With this one he could relax and let the faster speeds drive him to his goal. He landed by the lever and pulled. The wall lifted and the others could come through.
Wario went first, then Mario, then Luigi. Mario noticed his sulking brother's insanely jealous look. "Weegee, what's-a wrong?" he asked.
"Is everyone better than me now?" Luigi bitterly asked.
"The glowing eyes trick is pretty useful," Mario tried to reassure.
Luigi sighed. "Does the world suck or just me?" he asked.
"Luigi, you're a better jumper and faster runner than anyone here," Mario replied.
"Waluigi," Luigi pointed out.
"He can keep up with you, but he needs to go pretty fast and avoid tripping over his own two feet. He trips lots. You have better balance in that sense. Besides, you can jump higher than him. His legs get in the way," Mario attempted to reason.
"You think?" Luigi asked, perking slightly up.
"Si, of course," Mario answered.
"Si, thanks bro, but I think Waluigi jumps higher," Luigi gratefully said walking on, a new spring in his step as he passed Mario. Mario sighed worriedly then looked ahead at Waluigi and Wario laughing at something.
"Watch yourself Luigi. You know what happened last time," Mario murmured nervously. Soon the four reached the last star of that planet and blasted back to the Observatory.
Wind Twister: Waluigi Tornado
The four went back into the launch star and looked at the next planet. Wario touched it and the four blasted immediately to it, Mario crying, "Here we go!"
Landing, they saw nothing but the piece of solid land they stood on. "Huh?" Waluigi asked.
"What the heck is going on here?" Wario wondered, looking for a star.
"Where'd it go?" Luigi asked.
"Mama mia," Mario complained.
It was then that the four heard a sound. A familiar giggle. They all looked up and started, watching in awe as the entity called the Cosmic Spirit floated down in Daisy's form. In Daisy's voice it said, "Well about time you got here." She looked up. The others followed her gaze. Far up in the sky they saw a faint glimmer.
"Is that...?" Luigi began.
"The power star? Yes. It looks like you're in a bit of trouble," the Cosmic Spirit said. She looked from Luigi to Waluigi saying, "It seems that you're to be a hero again, Waluigi."
"Waluigi is no hero! I'm a villain!" Waluigi retorted.
"Of course. What I mean, smart one, is that you are the way they will reach it," she said.
"How?" Luigi demanded.
Without facing him she replied, as she threw out a wind mushroom with purple glittering sparkles floating from it, "Here." Waluigi went up to it, curious about the sparkles.
"Huh?" he wondered.
"This power-up has been enchanted by me. Take it," she directed.
Waluigi did so. All at once a surge of power went through him. "Oh? Oh yeah, Waluigi time!" he exclaimed.
"It's time to utilize your Waluigi tornado move. This mushroom will power it to the extreme. You will become a giant tornado wide enough to suck up your relatives as well as any obstacle in this desert, and also tall enough to bring them right to the star," she said. Turning to the others she added, "But watch out. Enemies will be sucked up into the vortex too. Avoid them and any other obstacles lest they bring you down. Don't get too dizzy." With that she faded away.
The others looked expectantly at Waluigi who once more was arching his back, rubbing his hands over one another and shifting his glowing purple eyes mischievously around. Luigi looked fearfully at Mario. Mario shot an uncertain glance at his brother. Wario joined Waluigi in his chuckling. All at once Waluigi stood up straight then began to spin, saying, "Waluigi tornado!" Around him wind gathered, turning purple. He spun so fast he seemed to disappear, the only sign he was there the purple tornado. Slowly it expanded. The three others felt themselves being lifted up, spun around at alarming speeds!
"Wahoo!" Mario cried out excitedly.
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Wario screamed.
"Mario!" Luigi shouted. Waluigi's laughter was heard surrounding them all. "Waluigi's crazy!"
Enemies began appearing, floating about. Boxes and spikes and cacti were joining in the vortex. Slowly the three were rising up towards the star, Waluigi's top, the eye of the tornado. Struggling to control their movements in the wind, they managed to avoid obstacles and enemies alike. The star was getting nearer, the obstacles becoming more frequent. The three were getting worried. They were all a long ways from each other, unable to help if another was hurt. They were on their own and having trouble too. Wario was beginning to get swarmed. Right then the star appeared. The three were sucked towards the eye, out of the way of the obstacles. In the eye they felt themselves dropping, but instead of falling to their dooms, the star shot out right under them from the vortex. The twister stopped instantly. Waluigi appeared with them, still laughing as the enemies fell. The four landed on the star and shot back to the observatory.
Roy's Planet: Roy's Muscle Battle, Wario's element
Waluigi landed, laughing like mad. Luigi was wrapped around Mario, clinging to him like a life line. Wario was covering his head with his hands hardly believing he was alive. Mario tried to push Luigi off, but Luigi was frozen. He pushed with all his strength but still Luigi wouldn't budge. Wario decided to help. He went up and began pulling on Luigi as Mario pushed, but still Luigi wouldn't move. Both worked with all their might. Waluigi, frowning, went to help, but nothing could move Luigi.
"Good work Waluigi, you traumatized him!" Mario sarcastically said.
"He's a coward, not my fault!" Waluigi defended.
"Let go stupid!" Wario yelled in Luigi's ear. Soon all the lumas were helping too, then the toads, then Yoshi, but Luigi was like Hercules. Finally they all collapsed, exhausted. Poor Mario wanted to sit but couldn't. Suddenly Luigi snapped out of it.
He looked around, confused. "Hey bro, when did we get back?" he asked. Mario shoved him viciously off. "Hey! What was that for?!" Luigi demanded.
"It took the whole comet observatory to try and pry you off me, then when they collapse of exhaustion you decide to snap out of it?!" Mario shouted.
"You're crazy! I can't overpower a whole observatory!" Luigi shot.
"Yes...you...can," Wario panted. Luigi looked at him in disbelief. Waluigi sat up grumbling about something or other Luigi wasn't prepared to think about in case it led to a fight.
"Uh, Kingdoms..." Polari began.
"Kingdoms?" Mario asked.
"What kind of name is kingdoms?" Wario demanded.
"Well I'm trying to think of something to call you four collectively! Something besides cousins or Mario's family," Polari defended. "Perhaps Super Mario Wario bros? Team Mario? Never mind. We have picked up powerful readings yet again. Another Koopaling. How many have you gone through? There can't be too many left."
"Presuming it's-a Roy, then we only have Lemmy and Ludwig to go through before Bowser," Luigi replied.
"It's-a Roy," Waluigi confirmed.
"How would you know?" Luigi demanded.
"Wario and I worked for Bowser for three galaxies. We know about his plans," Waluigi replied as if it were obvious.
"Oh," Luigi replied.
"Stupid," Waluigi mumbled as he headed for the launch star.
"He's in a hurry," Wario remarked. The other two looked at him like he was an idiot. "Oh yeah, Rosalina," Wario caught on.
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Waluigi looked back from the launch star at his relatives, then up at the sky with a rare expression of concern on his face; and it wasn't for himself. "I'm coming Rose..." he said in almost a whisper as he heard a saddened sigh drift through his mind. "Just one more galaxy after this," he said aloud as the others came up to him.
"How would you know?" Mario asked. "We have Ludwig too."
"One more galaxy to get to the prison," Waluigi said in an annoyed tone. "I know because... because she told me..." His relatives stared at him in open confusion. Waluigi sighed. "She speaks to me like she's talking to a grave," he explained. Proudly he added, "Talking to me makes her feel better. Oh this is-a gonna work nicely in my favor."
"You're disillusioned," Luigi replied.
"You're not dead either," Wario sharply said.
"I might as well be!" Waluigi retorted. "At least to her!"
"Let's-a go!" Mario interrupted before things could escalate. Mumbling, the other three followed him into the star, glaring at his back. Mario began feeling very nervous to the point he actually shivered. He was an idiot for breaking them up, he decided. He probably would have been better off joining the battle if anything.
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They landed on a planet that was just sand as far as you could see. They looked uncertainly at each other then started forward cautiously. All of a sudden they heard a deep laugh! From the ground rose a tower right beneath their feet in the shape of a square! At an alarming rate they flew up, then suddenly it stopped. The four fell to the ground on their back sides and looked nervously around for the direction the laugh had come from. Suddenly, right in the middle of them all, Roy jumped up from the ground and stomped powerfully!
"Bwahaha, if it isn't de Mario bros and deir traitor cousins! I'm gonna squash you like bugs! Come 'ere!" Roy yelled as he leapt up, stomping viciously down on Mario. Mario cried out in terror and desperately rolled out of the way, but the impact froze all of them, each one vibrating from the shock wave. Right after, the aftershock sent a sand wave over all the platform, nearly knocking the other three over the edge as well as making Mario fly up and land hard, losing a life. Roy spun in his shell hitting Mario again. Now the plumber was left at one, having found no health up mushroom. As Roy leapt out of his shell the other three clambered back onto the platform. Mario leapt up from the ground and charged Roy as he was winding up his wand. Determinedly he spun, hitting Roy as the blast left the wand. Roy growled, though never lost a life. He began to spin too. Mario spun again as if Roy was a Topman. Slowly Mario was pushing him towards the edge. Suddenly Roy felt the ground give out from under him and he fell!
"Well that was quick," Luigi remarked.
Mario smiled, but all of a sudden Roy was back up. Mario cried out as he landed, sending them all jumping to avoid the shock wave. Mario himself was knocked from the edge by the aftershock, but managed to hang on. Waluigi leapt into the fray now. "Waluigi tornado!" he exclaimed as he began to spin. Roy got in his shell, charging Waluigi, but Waluigi's tornado move repelled him, sending him almost over the edge. Angrily Roy leapt up. Waluigi ran at him with his spider-like legs and glowing purple eyes. Roy actually jumped a bit, startled at the move. Waluigi began to spin. Roy followed suite. Waluigi wasn't as powerful as Mario, and was definitely more clumsy, so it wasn't much of a surprise when Roy began pushing him back towards the edge as the others watched on tensely. Waluigi felt dirt crumble under him. He stopped spinning and looked ahead at Roy, who was spinning once more. As Roy neared, Waluigi moved. Roy went right over the edge! Waluigi laughed victoriously and did his victory dance saying, "Waluigi, Waluigi, go!" Roy cut the victory short as he leapt back up. Waluigi cried out in alarm as the Koopaling landed on him, squishing one life out of him!
"What?! No one gets to squish my brother but me! You're-a going down pink boy!" Wario shouted.
"Real men wear pink, yellow belly!" Roy shouted back defensively as he leapt in his shell spinning after the shock waves didn't work.
"How dare he?!" Wario yelled in fury as he charged towards Roy angrily. The two collided. Roy flew back almost to the edge. Surprised at his adversary's strength, he jumped up. Wario was laughing, rolling on the ground.
"Ya punks is dead! Come 'ere!" Roy yelled, stomping twice. The first time he missed Wario, but not anticipating the second, Wario ended up stunned. Luigi fell over the edge with a cry but grabbed on. Roy shot his wand at Wario, but apparently messed up the spell. Instead of one attack then another, the first shot was a special power up! It hit Wario. Wario, feeling the power, laughed wickedly and ground pounded the ground! Rocks began falling, which Roy tried desperately to dodge. The ground began rising in unpredictable rocky spikes and waves until Roy stumbled over the edge with a cry!
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"Yeah, we win!" Mario exclaimed, jumping up. Wario and Waluigi rushed up to join in the victory too.
Luigi looked dismayed yet relieved, managing a sad smile as he watched. He'd been useless... Oh well, he didn't like violence anyway, he told himself as he walked towards the other three. Suddenly though, he saw a shadow. He froze, looking up with a gasp. Roy was coming down on his relatives! "Guys, look out!" Luigi cried, but it was too late. By the time they had turned, Roy was almost on them! Mario cried out, knowing this would end him, but to his shock Waluigi dove ahead, pushing him out of the way. Only Waluigi and Wario were struck by the blow, knocking them unconscious. Mario lay prone on the ground, having hit his head.
"Well, now this will be easy. Little Luigi, ya think ya can take me?!" Roy challenged. He stomped three times. Six waves Luigi desperately had to dodge. Finally they were over. Luigi was breathing hard. Roy leapt into his shell. Luigi knew he couldn't charge it like Wario, he knew he would be a weaker spinner than Mario, but maybe he could find his own strategy? He leapt over the shell that went at him twice. Roy jumped up, blasting attacks from his wand determinedly. Luigi dodged them all like an expert. He surprised even himself. Well that strategy worked, but how to attack him? Roy began spinning around, not with his shell, but as he had with Mario. Luigi embraced the challenge. He spun right at him with as much power as he could. His hits were little more efficient than Waluigi's, but he had grace on his side. He didn't stumble as often so his hits were quicker. Soon Roy was near the edge. Luigi stopped spinning and instead rammed into him violently, sending both Roy and himself over the edge! Luigi felt the wind rushing by, waited for the ground that he knew was coming up quickly. He closed his eyes tightly, gritting his teeth and bracing for impact. Suddenly his decent stopped. He opened his eyes in surprise and watched Roy fall through the sand at the base of the planet. He shuddered on hearing the agonized cry, fearing what had happened. Slowly he looked up only to see a human chain holding him up! Mario had seized his ankles, Waluigi held Mario's, and Wario held Waluigi's. "Don't worry little brother, we've-a got you," Mario said. Luigi sighed in relief then promptly fainted. Mario carried the fainted Luigi back to the grand star as soon as the four were safely on the platform again.
