Things were looking grim for Mario, Luigi, and Stanley. They outnumbered the NES and they only had a can of bug spray to go up against dozens of state-of-the-art laser weaponry.
The general of the NES spoke "you know, for a minute I thought my men just captured some ordinary person lost in Brooklyn, but now I believe you three boys are dangerous enemies."
"We're-a not enemies!" Luigi cried out. "You are-a making a mistake!"
"A mistake? I would be making more of a mistake if I just let go one man who knows our top secret information and his friends who managed to bypass security and attempting to bail him out of custody. You cannot deny you are not normal civilians."
"Fine-a, we might have skills-a that a regular person doesn't have" said Mario, "but that doesn't mean-a that we're your enemies! We-a done no harm to you, just-a let us go!"
"I will not do such a thing. Especially since I believe you are minions of Bowser's."
"Bowser's minions?!!" Mario and Luigi shouted in unison, "AS-A IF!"
"…Who's Bowser?" wondered Stanley.
"If you don't know, then it's none of your business!" spat Jeffery. Jeffery took a look at the bugman and added "you seem familiar."
"Um… no I don't."
"Yes, now I remember you. You were accused of being involved in the mutant outbreak. You may have escaped once, but you will not escape again! Men, it's time for an execution!"
The soldiers prepared themselves to fire at their targets. However, they weren't prepared for being jumped on the head by the Mario Bros. When the two Italian bounced through the crowd, Stanley took advantage of the confusion and sprayed his way past the NES troops.
"What in the world?" the general said in awe, rubbing his aching head. "Those guys are less normal than I thought! Pull yourself together men, we have possible super soldiers to hunt for!"
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"Wow, since when can you guys do acrobatics?" asked Stanley as he caught up to the fleeing brothers.
"It's-a just in our genes, I-a guess" Mario replied with a shrug.
Luigi panicked "we'll-a never get out of here unarmed!"
"Don't worry you two, I think there's an armory over there."
Stanley pointed to the door at the end of the hall. They went over there and opened it, revealing a room stocked with weapons. The bugman grabbed two laser guns and handed them to the Mario Bros.
"Err… those aren't-a our style" said Mario.
"Is there anything else-a we could use?" wonder Luigi.
"Um… sure, let me check" Stanley said as he put away the laser guns and picked something else. "How about shotguns?"
"Uh uh."
"Okay, what about sniper rifles?"
"No way!"
"Flamethrower?"
"Nope."
"Chainsaw?"
"Yeah right!"
"Bazooka?"
"No."
"Well, the only thing left are some large mallets but I don't think you would…"
The Italians took the hammers out of the bug man's hands. Stanley scratched his head.
"You sure have strange tastes in weapons. Then again, I fight off mutants with a spray can so I shouldn't be the one to judge."
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"Jameson, give me a status report on the super soldiers" the general said through a walkie talkie.
A voice on the other side of the radio reported "there is no sign of them anywhere. But it's very likely they are still inside the factory."
"That's good enough for me. I want all exits sealed off and guarded, got that?"
"Roger that sir! …what the?…"
"Jameson, what is it?"
"It's them! They are coming this way!"
"What's your location?"
"The southeast entrance, the one with the… OH NO! AHHHH!!!!"
The radio made some fighting noises then went static.
"Jameson?! Jameson?!!" shouted Jeffery.
The radio only made more static. Finally it said "…I'm okay… sorta. Ouch."
"Jameson, what happened?"
"The super soldiers got away. They plowed right through us, and the one wearing green smashed a mallet on my foot! Holy Smoly it hurts like heck! Can I get a medic for my boo-boo?"
"Request denied. Stop being a wussy and get the super soldiers!"
"Roger that."
General Oldsturm put down his radio and looked at his bodyguards. "Come on, men. We're going after them as well."
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The monsters of Brooklyn came out of their hiding places as they heard humans running by. Some of the beasts tried going after the three for a meal, but when they got near only got sprayed in the eyes and bopped on the head.
But the three humans couldn't push aside the monsters that easily. The wounded monsters changed their color and pursued their prey with rage in their eyes.
"Mario… where-a are you leading us?" asked Luigi, huffing from running.
"The only quickest out-a of Brooklyn!" Mario stated. "To the sewers!"
"The sewers?" Stanley said in confusion. He quickly sprayed some mutants that were close to him and his pals.
Luigi pondered what Mario meant, then he remembered. "OH! I get what you are-a saying now!"
"Can someone tell me what is going on?"
Mario replied "I'll tell-a you later. Right-a now, let's run for our-a lives!"
The three guys ran and jumped into a open manhole and splashed in the filthy water of the sewers. They got out of the sewage, which then the Mario Bros. tried to figure where to go now.
"I think it's-a this way" said Mario, pointing left.
"No, I think it's this-a way" Luigi said, pointing right.
"How about telling what you guys are talking about" Stanley spoke impatiently.
"Fine" sighed Mario "You see-"
WHAM! A giant rodent attacked Mario, who soon dropped his hammer! Luigi tried to whack the vermin, but the rat whipped his tail and unarmed the green plumber as well. Stanley took his turn in saving Mario and sprayed the rat off of the Italian.
The rat coughed and fled in one side of the sewer tunnel. At that side of the tunnel, a gross, slimy monster shuffled forward, noticing the rat hid between it's legs in fright. The monster saw the three humans, and assuming they did something to the rat, made a low growl and shuffled faster.
"Come on, Mario, get up and go with your brother!" said Stanley as he aimed his spray can towards the slimy monster. "I'll stay here and hold back this creature."
"What?" Luigi spoke, "but Stanley, you have-a no idea where we're going! How will you get-a out of Brooklyn?"
"To be honest, I had no intentions of leaving Brooklyn with you guys. Even if it's full of bloodthirsty monsters and psycho government soldiers this place is my home I am not going to ditch it. And despite not knowing who you guys are, I wish you the best of luck! Now go!"
Mario nodded. "Be careful-a, Stanley."
The Mario Bros. left, leaving Stanley to go up against the monster. The creature wasn't even halfway to reaching the bugman at the speed it was going, so Stanley fed up with waiting and charged forward.
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