Super Mario Bros. Super Show: Six Golden Coins
Episode Four: Luna Land Part Two
"Oh, you're gonna get it now, Tatanga." Luigi said from his cage as the alien watched the two Princesses on the monitors. "I've seen Daisy get mad before, and trust me, it's not something that you wanna deal with."
"Tatanga not scared." The alien replied, turning around in his chair to face him. "Tatanga capture Daisy and Peach, then Tatanga marry Daisy and Peach, and then Tatanga rule both Sarasaland and Mushroom Kingdom. Luigi not stop Tatanga this time… Luigi trapped in cage."
The little alien threw his head back, laughing and spinning around in his chair while his little feet kicked, but then he became serious again. Turning around to take a quick look at the amusement park's monitors, he chuckled when he saw that the two Princesses were moving beyond the midway, and into the part of Luna Land where the rides were.
"Daisy and Peach be captured soon." Tatanga announced happily. "Then when married, and Tatanga is King, Luigi can be court jester. Heh-heh, Tatanga hopes that Luigi knows how to juggle."
Meanwhile, having made it through the empty midway without further incident, Peach and Daisy passed by the last of the game booths, and came to a junction on the path. From their time there as children, they knew that each path went all the way through the amusement park, but on different sides, and they had no way of knowing where Tatanga was holding Luigi. This left only one option.
"We'll have to split up." Daisy said, looking down both paths. "I'll take the left way, and you can go right."
"Hold on a second, Daisy." Her cousin argued, grabbing her arm when she tried to leave. "I know you hate Tatanga, and you really want to find your boyfriend, but splitting up is a terrible idea. What if he wants us to separate so that it's easier to catch us? Then who will save Luigi?"
"She's got a point, Princess." A high-pitch voice interrupted. "But you should be more worried about who will save you."
Turning toward the sound of the voice, the two Princesses gasped when they saw a pair of familiar looking characters. The first was Planet 48, the mascot of Luna Land, who wore a really bulky costume that accurately reflected his name. The other was his sidekick, Poro, the living rocket who could always be seen flying around the amusement park to the delight of the children… however, right now neither of them seemed very delightful as they slowly approached.
"I want Daisy." Poro said, igniting his rocket engines. "Remember the time I flew you around the park when you were little, Princess? Well, this time it won't be as much fun!"
His rockets fired, making the living rocket blast toward Daisy even faster than a Bullet Bill, but in response the Sarasaland Princess tossed a fireball at him. The flames disbursed when it struck him in the head, and although it didn't seem to hurt him at all, it was enough to throw the living rocket off course. Spiraling wildly to the left, Poro missed Daisy completely, but righted himself just in time to collide with Peach, making the Mushroom Kingdom Princess scream when he carried her off.
"Peach!" Daisy called as her cousin was carried down the path. "Hold on, I'm coming!"
She started to run after them, but was stopped when Planet 48 opened a hatch on the front of his costume, launching a glowing red star toward her. It exploded when it struck the path right in front of her, throwing Daisy backwards while the mascot laughed. So the Sarasaland Princess went to throw a fireball at him, when she realized that the color of her dress had returned to normal.
"Uh, oh." The mascot laughed as she got up. "You're not looking quite so fiery all of a sudden, Princess."
"Mark my words, Planet 48." Daisy replied angrily. "When this is all over, you, Poro, and that stupid alien are all going to pay dearly for this."
Meanwhile, the living rocket continued down the path, that is until Peach's struggling started to interfere with his flight path. The Mushroom Kingdom kicked and thrashed around, causing Poro to just barely dodge one of the rides as they went past. Then she started trying to push away from him, resulting with her hands going over his eyes.
"Hey, I can't see!" The living rocket yelled as they started to spin. "Peach, move your hands! You're gonna make us…
His words were stopped when they slammed right into the frame of Luna Land's motionless Ferris Wheel, but thankfully Peach landed in the closest seat after only falling about a meter. Poro, however, had a clear path toward the ground, and would have surely crashed if his rocket engines hadn't reignited at the last second, turning him sideways. So instead of hitting the ground, the living rocket grazed the control panel, starting up the wheel while he crashed into a nearby cotton candy machine.
The wheel took Peach all the way up, and her plan was to jump off when it reached the bottom, but this idea was halted when Poro suddenly tossed the broken cotton candy machine off of himself. He was covered in the blue and purple stuff when he finally got to his feet, and Peach wanted to laugh, but instead ducked down in the seat so that he wouldn't see her.
"That is it!" Poro yelled angrily, brushing the candy off of himself. "Oh, that is it, Princess! You wanna play games, then fine, you better believe that we're gonna play some games! Starting with my favorite… hide and seek."
The living rocket stomped back over to the controls, hitting the stop button, and bringing the ride to a sudden halt when Peach's seat was at the very top, and then Poro fired his rocket engines. He hovered up to the first seat, taking a second to look into it before hovering up to the next one. It was only a matter of time before he reached the one she was in, so the Mushroom Kingdom Princess had a choice. She could either wait for him to find her and get captured again, or she could do something really stupid.
Peach was getting really tired of Daisy making fun of her for constantly getting captured, so she listened for where Poro was, and then leapt over the side of the seat, aiming her feet right at his head. The resulting stomp took him completely by surprise, and now it was the living rocket's turn to scream as he plummeted down toward the ground, while Peach bounced gracefully into the nearest seat.
Meanwhile, back near the midway, Planet 48 grabbed at Daisy, only to growl in frustration when she dropped down and crawled between his legs to get away. He turned around expecting to have to chase her, but received the shock of his life when the Sarasaland Princess ran right into him, using her shoulder to force him backwards. The mascot was thrown completely off balance, allowing Daisy to keep him moving backwards until he finally tripped over the Strength Tester, and Planet 48 gasped when she picked up the large hammer.
Laughing as she raised it up over her head, Daisy brought it down, but not onto the mascot. Turns out that he had fallen right on top of the metal puck, so that when the Princess hit the target, Planet 48 was sent flying upward to the echoing sound of ding when his head hit the bell. Daisy kept laughing as she swung the hammer again and again, making a ding-ding-ding sound until the mascot was no longer able to move. Looking around to see if anyone was there, Daisy was about to take another swing, when she stopped as her cousin walked into view.
"Where've you been?" The Sarasaland Princess demanded as she dropped the hammer.
"Oh, you know." Peach replied, looking at the downed mascot. "Just… crashing rockets, while you're over here playing games."
They both had a good laugh at this, and sat down on a nearby bench to catch their breath, when the sudden crackle of the amusement park's PA system made them jump back up again. Once again it was Tatanga's voice that resounded across Luna Land, but this time instead of laughing, the little alien sounded angry.
"No!" His voice screamed. "No, no, no! Daisy and Peach supposed to be captured!"
"We were?" Daisy replied with obvious sarcasm. "Oh gosh, Tatanga, you should have said something… now I feel bad. Give me back my Luigi, you creepy little gnome, or you'll be wearing a third shoe! Two on your feet, and one up your…
"I don't think there's any more need for violence." Peach interrupted, trying to calm her cousin down. "Tatanga, you know we're going to find you, and you know you're going to lose, right? So how about you just give us Luigi, and then you can leave Sarasaland forever, deal?"
"No deals!" The alien's voice screamed. "Peach and Daisy belong to Tatanga! Luigi belongs to Tatanga! All of Sarasaland belongs to Tatanga because Tatanga deserves it! All will come from miles around to see Tatanga, and cheer for Tatanga, and love Tatanga! Now Peach and Daisy come to Moon Theater and face Tatanga!"
Suddenly the outside lights over at the previously darkened Moon Theater, where the costumed actors, including Planet 48 and Poro, always performed their live shows. So the two Princesses ran down to the path, and to their surprise, found the front door to the theater unlocked. Upbeat theatrical music was playing as they entered, walking through the empty lobby, and into the theater itself, where the first thing they saw made Daisy gasp.
"Luigi!" She called.
The green plumber turned, and smiled when he saw the two Princesses making their way toward the stage, but then everything stopped as a familiar sounding engine could be heard roaring to life from behind the curtain. Then the curtain was knocked aside, and all three of them jumped back in shock as Tatanga's space vehicle hovered toward the front of the stage.
"Now Tatanga got you!" The little alien's voice called through the loudspeaker as its arms reached for them.