Author's Note: UGH, another short chapter! Why? D: I swear, when I was typing this, it felt much longer. But I guess word count doesn't lie. This chapter has 1,297 words, probably shortest chapter so far. I'm not sure. :P But anyway, Sarasaland has been taken over, so now how will the girls and our kidnapped brothers react? You'll find out here! Enjoy! :)

Disclaimer: I don't own Mario, or its characters, they belong to Nintendo. Any of my OC's that appear in this story belong to me.

Chapter 11: Panic

Peach, Rosalina and Toadette were walking home from their day at the mall.

"Birdo hasn't called us all day," Peach said, holding her phone.

"Remember she has Ryan and Rebecca, and we found their mother dead. She's the only thing that they have at the moment," Toadette reminded her.

"I know. It's just that I'm used to getting calls from people," Peach sighed.

"Where are all of the Toads? I just noticed that," Rosalina said, looking around.

"That's what I was wondering, too," Toadette agreed.

"This is strange," Peach said. The three of them kept walking until they finally got to the castle. Peach opened the castle doors, and the first thing the three of them saw were about twenty Toads and the old Toadsworth packed up at the entrance of the castle.

"Umm… why are all you Toads here?" Peach asked, not trying to sound rude.

"Haven't you heard the news, Miss Peach?" Toadsworth asked, walking closer to her.

"Wow, she obviously doesn't care about her friends," an innocent Toad said.

"I do care about my friends!" Peach insisted. "I'm just not aware of this 'news' for me, so can you please tell me?"

Toadsworth sighed. "The kingdom of Sarasaland has been taken over, Miss Peach," he said in the most calm tone he could bear.

"Sarasaland what?!" Peach screeched. "Oh, please don't tell me it was Bowser who took it over."

"I'm afraid it was, Miss Peach," Toadsworth said sadly. "And Mario and Luigi helped him with the seizing."

"What?!" Peach squealed.

"Here's the picture," a Toad said, holding out his phone.

There was a picture showing Bowser and Kamek on the airship and 'Mario' and 'Luigi' having Daisy in their firm grasp, floating outside of the airship.

"Where did you get this pic?" Rosalina asked, looking at the Toad.

"My cousin Enrique sent it to me," the young Toad answered.

"Well, I don't know… what to say," Rosalina said.

"To tell you the truth, I don't know either," Peach agreed. "They really betrayed us."

"I know!" the young Toad cried.

Toadette carefully inspected the picture. Those eyes… they're the exact same silver that flashed in 'Mario' and 'Luigi's' eyes during the party… and Mario and Luigi's eyes don't turn silver, like I said before. Could have that been those two… clones or whatnot impersonating them yesterday that went and caused all the guests at the party to go unconscious and three of them to die? she thought.

"Sheesh, Toadette. You're really inspecting that picture," Peach said.

"I think that I know what's going on now," Toadette said, looking closer.

"What, that you believe that those two aren't Mario and Luigi? Toadette, It's them. It's official. I'm now convinced," Rosalina sighed.

"Just face reality, Toadette. It's them," Peach said.

"No, they're not! They're clones or imposters! I just know it!" Toadette yelled. She sighed. "It's just an awkward situation... that I'm gonna figure out."

"What is awkward about it, Miss Toadette?" Toadsworth asked in a soft voice.

Toadette shook her head. "N-Nothing," she stammered. "When I figure this mess out, then I'll tell you."

"Okay," Toadsworth nodded. "You girls look like you need some rest. You've had a hard day."

"Okay…" Toadette muttered. "Come on, girls."

They slowly walked past the mini crowd of Toads. Toadette ran back to the little Toad. "Umm… can you send that to me?" she asked him.

"Okay," the Toad said. "You know my e-mail, right?" The Toad nodded. Toadette gave a small smile and ran after the princesses.

Birdo noticed them. "Hey, you girls okay?" she asked as they passed her.

"Didn't you hear? Sarasaland has been taken over by Bowser and them," Peach sighed. "Daisy's in their possession."

"Oh, really?" Birdo heart thumped.

"Mmm hmm," Rosalina nodded. "We had a really hard day, okay? We're exhausted. Umm… are Ryan and Rebecca okay?"

"Yeah, they're in a guest room alone," Birdo replied.

"Alright," Peach said. "They're awake?"

"Yeah," Birdo nodded. "Just woke up, in fact. They were asleep the whole day."

"Let me go see them," Rosalina said, walking away. The others sighed and followed her.

"Luigi, please stop crying!" Mario yelled.

Luigi had clenched his fists extra tight. His eye color kept switching from blue to green to gray. "They've got Daisy and her entire family. They're doing a lot of cruel things to them. I can feel it, bro. I just know it!" Luigi cried, tears rapidly flowing down his face. "They've done something bad to them, especially Daisy. I-I just w-wanna see her! I can't take this!"

"Oh, shut up!" a voice sneered. Kamek and Double L came into the room, holding Daisy behind them.

"Hello, Luigi," Double L smirked.

"I've never seen you without your brother. Where is he, by the way?" Luigi asked rudely, eyes glowing green.

"Outside," Double L said. "By the way, we got you a little present!"

He tossed Daisy onto the hard, cold concrete floor, unconscious and beaten up. Luigi gasped at the sight. His eyes finally locked back onto its normal blue.

"Luigi…" Mario started. "Oh my…"

"What did you do to her?!" Luigi shouted.

"We beat her up, ain't it obvious?" Kamek snickered. Luigi grumbled.

Daisy was covered in multiple scrapes and bruises. Her right arm looked broken in three places (luckily, it wasn't broken). Her face looked pale and also she looked like she wasn't breathing.

"Is she even breathing?" Mario asked. Luigi jumped. He was scared at the thought of his seeing his beautiful lady dead right in front of him.

"Yes, she is, but very, very slowly…" Double L replied, walking up to Luigi. He held up his hand, holding a red pill between his thumb and index finger.

"What is that?" Luigi huffed.

"A pill," Double L answered, playing with the red pill with his fingers. "A pill that I made to make suckers like her become unconscious, and if they're unlucky enough, they could die, so I'm hoping that statement gave you a little warning."

"Wait, wha-!"

"I get to control the pill's fate, which means I also control the victim's fate, so in this case, her," Double L said, cutting off Luigi. He pointed to the unconscious princess. "So, do or say anything stupid to me, my brother, Kamek or Bowser, and she's gonna be the one to pay the price!"

"You wouldn't do that!" Luigi shouted.

"I'm evil, of course I would!" Double L laughed.

"Where's the rest of her family? I know that all of you kidnapped them!" Luigi yelled, his face turning red.

"In the dungeon," Kamek answered. "Unconscious over there as well, if you wanted to know."

"I didn't," Luigi said.

"Too bad!" Kamek exclaimed. Luigi rolled his eyes.

"We've already gotten control of one of the kingdoms, we only need two more!" Double L cackled.

"Time is running out, you know!" "We aren't wasting any time, plumbers. We take over the Sprixie Kingdom tomorrow," Kamek said simply, and the two of them walked out of the room.

Luigi looked back down at Daisy. His heart felt like it was about to burst. "Oh, Daisy… w-we're gonna g-get th-through this, okay? Just h-hang in th-there," he said, a large bump forming in his throat. "I-I know you c-can."

Mario looked at his younger brother. "You're okay, bro?" he asked in obvious concern.

"I-I guess, I think," Luigi replied.

"Daisy's gonna be okay, Weeg. And so are we," Mario said.

"I know that we are, bro," Luigi said. "But Daisy… oh, I hope she's gonna be okay."

Mario hated the sight of seeing his brother so sad and upset. It broke his heart.

Things are gonna be okay… everything will be okay… he thought. He shivered, a very cold breeze going down his spine. I hope…

Author's Note: Rosalina, along with Peach, now believes that Mario and Luigi have crossed the dark side, but Toadette still believes that they haven't because of the crazy things that happened to her during the party, and she is determined to figure it out. And I feel horrible for Luigi. Kamek asked Marignant and Double to beat up Daisy and Double L and Kamek just left her with some untended injuries and her unconsciousness in their room. Like, that's stone cold. Oh, and Luigi's eye color changes depending on his feelings. Happy or sad, his eyes are blue; worried, anxious, sensing danger, his eyes are gray; and anger or simply using his Thunderhand his eyes are green. And mixed feelings are all 3. :P

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