Beware of violence. ...Just kidding. Just watch out for mild peril.
Chapter 12
"I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD!!" shouted Luigi while standing on the bow of the Daisy Cruiser.
Mario and his friends were making great time, since they were halfway to Isle Delfino and it was just sunset.
"Get down from there, Luigi!" Mario called scornfully. "You could slip and fall in the ocean on your stomach!"
Daisy murmured under her breath, "I couldn't care less if he fell in on his head." and she walked to another part of her ship.
Luigi jumped down from the bow. "I was just having fun."
"It wouldn't be fun if you fell in, 'cause I'll have to go in and get you!" Mario retorted.
His brother grumbled and followed him into the dining room.
Meanwhile, Peach and Daisy were in their cabin, talking while making the beds. Somehow, Peach brought up the subject of Luigi in their conversation.
"You know," Peach began, "you seem mad whenever Luigi's around. I thought--"
"I am not mad!" Daisy snapped. She sighed and muttered. "Sorry, Peach."
Her cousin continued, "I thought you liked him. In fact, I thought you loved him."
"Luigi? Hmph. He's just a great, big, jerk." Daisy grumbled, pulling the sheets off her bed after she had just laid them on. It took her a few seconds to realize her mistake.
Peach looked concerned. "Are you ok? You've not been yourself, lately."
"I'm fine!" Daist insisted.
Peach sighed, "No, you're not. What's bothering you, Daisy? I wish you would tell me."
Daisy hesitated, but before she could speak, Terry on the intercome informed,
"Dinner time, everyone! Come to the dining room if you wanna eat!"
"Come on, Daisy. Let's eat and we'll talk more, later." Peach encouraged.
Daisy nodded a little and she and Peach went to the dining room.
Terry set the table and the heroes started to sit down; Daisy being the first.
Luigi went to the seat beside her and asked formally, "Miss, is this seat empty?"
Daisy didn't face him as she replied hotly, "Yes, and this one will be if you sit there."
Completely distraught by the comeback, Luigi sat across from Daisy, which was the only spot left.
Halfway during the meal, Daisy wanted the mashed potatoes. She noticed with annoyance that the bowl was in front of Luigi, but she dared not to ask him. Instead, she turned to Mario, who was right beside Luigi. "Mario, could please pass me the potatoes?"
Mario looked confused. "But Luigi's right there--"
Daisy had kicked Mario before he could finish and she looked at him expectantly.
So Mario handed the mashed potatoes to her, giving a quizzical glance at his brother.
Suddenly, "ICEBERG DEAD AHEAD!!"
Everyone ran to the deck and saw Terry shaking while staring at a large iceberg a few meters in front of the ship.
"W-what d-d-do I d-do??" Terry stuttered in fear.
"Steer us outta the way!" Daisy ordered quickly.
So Terry did, and it looked like there wasn't going to be any trouble. Until the Daisy Cruiser scraped against the edge of the iceberg...and the iceberg sank!
"Wait, that's messed up." Luigi said, puzzled.
"Well, looks like we're gonna make it. There's no way it could sink!" Mario cheered.
"That's what they said in 'Titanic'." Luigi mumbled.
Mario rolled his eyes and patted his brother's head. "Come on, Weegie. What's the worst that could happen?"
You know when people get all cocky and start saying stuff before something bad happens? Well, there's a name for that: LOSER! Yeah, Mario spoke too soon. There was a groaning noise in the ship, and then they heard bubbling. Now the SHIP was sinking!
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!" everyone screamed in unison.
"My beautiful Daisy Cruiser!" cried Daisy.
"Forget your ship! Worry about us!" Peach panicked. "What are we going to do?"
"D-don't w-worry, I know the p-perfect s-s-solution to surviving this." Luigi spoke through charrering teeth. "We have to make ourselves look b-b-bigger and m-make lots of noise!"
"That's for scaring away bears, Luigi!" Mario shouted.
The ship rocked violently and started to rumble.
"I'm bigger!" yelled Luigi while waving his arms and stomping his feet.
Mario dragged his brother out of the way of falling stuff and led him to the rear of the Daisy Cruiser, where he told him, "Stay here, little brother! Don't let go of the railing!"
Luigi did as he was told and waited for Mario to bring back the others. I really hope Daisy's ok... Luigi thought.
Mario came back with Terry and the princesses.
"The whole bow's underwater!" Terry gasped.
Peach clutched Mario's arm and whimpered, "Mario, I'm scared."
"We'll be ok, Peach." Mario reassured her.
"No we won't!" Daisy blurted out. "We're on a sinking ship and we're all gonna DIE!"
"Not helping." Mario muttered.
Luigi looked around in panic and didn't seem like he could take it anymore. "Where's the 'Escape' button?! I wanna quit the game!!" he cried.
Mario yelled severely, "Luigi, this isn't a game!" More worriedly, he added, "This is real..."
Everyone gasped as the ship make a loud, creaking noise. Since the front half of the ship was submerged, the rear started to tip upward and mario and this others had to hold on tighter. All of a sudden, the Daisy Cruiser broke in half, causing the half Mario and his friends were on to crash down into the icy water.
Dun dun dun! Hmm, remind anyone of the Titanic? Yeah, that's where I kinda got this chapter from. Anyway, we'll see if they survived the sinking in the next chapter.
