Mario's p.o.v.

I was ready to kill at any given minute. I felt my fists tighten, and my muscles flex, all on their own. They took the two things dear to me, and I was willing to stomp on anything to get them back.

I picked Tractfer up.

"Let's-a go."

"W-wait! How're we gonna find them!? Kick didn't say where they were going!"

"Damn it-a! Umm... ... We'll just have to search."

"But we don't know where they went! They could be in another country for all we know! What do we do about that!?"

"We," I said, "pray that's not the case."

He hit me.

"That's not a solution!"

"I don't care if it's a-stupid. I'll get Luigi back no matter what. A-plus, I have to get and special one back. Or..."

Fantasy.

"YOU LET HER GET CAPTURED AGAIN!? HOW DARE YOU MASTER MARIO! YOU MUST FEEL THE WRATH OF MY CANE!"

Reality.

"... A-Yeah, let's-a go." A Koopa got in front of me. "Outta my way!" I jumped on him.

Player's p.o.v.

To my surprise, Tractfer's text box popped up.

"Mario! Use this!" He tossed me an Ultra Mushroom. "Use it when you need to! I'll toss items at you occasionally, so keep your head up, alright!?"

"Okay! Thank you!"

I didn't need to use it, the Koopa was pretty easy, even with only one bro. I never liked fighting with only one bro, not even during the tutorial levels, because Mario was always one step ahead of Luigi.

After the fight, to my surprise, the Koopa's text box popped up.

"Aaugh... Damn you... Huh?" He lunged at Tractfer.

"A-what!? Get off of me!"

"Th-this robot...!"

"A-yeah?"

"Give him to me!"

"A-what!? A-no!"

"I-I'll do anything...! Please, I just need that robot!"

"N-NO-mecha! Get away from me-mecha!"

"Hey... Do you know where someone named 'Kick' might-a be?"

"Kick? Lord Kick? Yeah, his castle is here in town. If I personally escort you two there, will you give me your pet robot!?"

"A-sure, why not-a?"

"Mario!"

"Shh!" He whispered to his ear. "Don't-a worry, I won't let him take you."

"Phew..."

Peach's p.o.v.

I was hanging on the wall and Bowser was holding a knife up to my head.

"Finish the weapon, or she's history!"

"F-fine... I'll do it."

"Dr. Linestein, I'm sorry..."

"Guards! Escort the doctor to the machine!"

"H-hey! There's no need to pinch!"

Bowser slid his giant hand across my face. "Don't worry, I wouldn't've killed you anyway. You're my bride, and I'd never kill you."

"I am NOT marrying you, you slime!"

"I'm afraid you don't have a choice. Mario's not rescuing you this time. He doesn't even know where you are."

Kick chuckled. "I'm sure you two will make an adorable couple. I'll arrange the wedding immediately."

"Ha! Thanks!"

I lightly growled. I gripped my fists. Please. This will be the last time, I promise. You'll never have to worry about me again after this time, I'll hire my Toads to guard me from now on. All I ask... is that you rescue me, one last time. ... Help me... ...Luigi.

Mario's p.o.v.

"Hmm... I find it pretty hard to believe you would agree to escort us to Kick so easily."

"Well why wouldn't I? You're offering me a robot built by the genius Dr. Linestein!"

"H-how can you tell I was built by Dr. Linestein-mecha?"

"You have his symbol on your forehead."

"Oh, right-mecha... I almost forgot he puts his symbol on all his creations-mecha..."

"Hee hee! If I can figure out how he built you, I can start my own line of robots and get rich! I can't wait you play with you!"

"Eek!"

"Keep this-a PG! Step away from the child!"

"Oh! Here we are! Lord Kick's castle!"

"Why do you-a keep referring to him as-a 'lord'?"

"You don't know!? He's the ruler of Paradise Island! Now... I do believe this little robot is mi-"

I punched him into a rock.

"Let's-a go, Tractfer."

"'Kay."

Player's p.o.v.

So after that, Psy appeared in front of us.

"I sensed somebody was here. So you're trying to retrieve the Princess are you?"

"And my brother! You're-a going down!"

The koopa suddenly came in and tackled Psy.

"That turret... is mine!"

"A-good! You distract him!" The duo ran forward. I fought a few enemies, and Mario leveled up. Only once or twice did Tractfer ever throw me in an item. Boy, was he useful! I'd honestly hoped he would stay throughout the rest of the game.

Finally, we found Luigi and Kick.

"What the-!? Mario!?"

"Luigi! Kick, where's special one!?"

"Your special one's at her wedding. You know, Mario, I could destroy you... but I wouldn't dare rid your brother of that pleasure!"

"What!? L-Luigi! It's me-a, do you recognize me!?"

"Even if he could recognize you, don't you think he would wanna fight you?" Kick asked with a sneer. "You've always pushed him into your shadow, when he had so much more potential. He's saved you multiple times, and all you've done is seize the glory."

"Shut up..."

"Maybe he's wanted to fight you this whole time. You even stole the girl he had his eyes on, and gave him the sloppy hand-me-down; Princess Daisy!"

"Shut up!"

Hey, it was true. And how the hell did he know that about him?

"It's time for you two brothers to fight!"

To my surprise, you actually did have to fight Luigi! Luigi was beside two large machines, which were sending electricity flying everywhere.

"Mario!" Tractfer cried. "Don't hurt your brother-mecha!"

"I won't-a!"

"What? How am I supposed to defeat him then?"

It turns out, you had to attack those machines beside him. However, you had to destroy them both at the same time, or one would revive the other. Luigi's only move was that sometimes he would juggle the machines, and then toss them at you. You had to jump on them to deal damage.

He did actually have one other move, but he only used it once throughout the fight. He would take energy from the machines and use it to fire an unavoidable blast at you. I'm glad he only used it once! I was down to 1 HP!

Luckily, I had the Ultra Mushroom from Tractfer, so I was able to heal up.

The third time I countered the machines by jumping on them, they and Luigi went down.

Luigi fell into Mario's arms. Kick growled and hopped into a giant machine.

"You're gonna die, Mario Bros.!"

"... You didn't-a use my little brother properly," Mario said. "If he was fighting me normally, he surely would've been the victor."

"GRR! YOU'LL DIE, MARIO!"

Luigi slowly opened his eyes.

"A-what?"

"Luigi, you alright?" Mario warmly smiled at him. "Wanna help me fight?"

"Huh? WHAAAH! Where did that thing come from!?"

"Yeah!" I said. "My man Luigi is BACK!"

"What the-!? You're still-a here, Marianne!?"

The battle started.

And yes, I AM making MatPat's theories cannon.