Mario and Luigi - A Superstar Story
Chapter 21: The Battle of Epic Proportions
Mario and Luigi entered through the circle door that opened recently. Mario snatched the Hoo Bean and Super Mushroom from the two blocks in the room, and the Bros high-jumped up some platforms, reaching a higher ledge with a Hoo Bean in a block on it.
After noming on some Mushrooms and a jar of Syrup, the Bros were now ready.
"Cackletta could be through there…you ready, bro?" Mario asked Luigi.
"Um…" Luigi said nervously.
"I'll take that as a yes." Mario said, grabbing Luigi and dragging him in.
. . .
Fawful was watching the three robots surround the Beanstar. Cackletta was pacing back and forth.
"Eeyah ha ha ha!" Cackletta cackled, unaware of the Bros' presence. "Peach-bots! SPEAK!"
She took out a remote control, and pushed a red button.
"Ho! Ho! Ho!" the Peach-bots sang badly, "Ho! Ho! Ho!"
"Ugh…they sound terrible." Mario thought, hiding behind a pillar nearby with Luigi.
The Beanstar opened its eyes, and turned red with rage. It seemed to not be able to stand such terrible singing, and rose into the air, fuming. Then it started to crash into the floor, creating gaping holes in it, and causing Fawful and Cackletta to flee.
"It has fury!" Fawful cried, running to one side.
The Beanstar did one last smash before sending all three Peach-bots into a giant hole along with anything else there. Then it fell into the hole. Cackletta approached the hole slowly, and peeked over the edge.
"Eeyah ha ha…HUH?! Wh-Wha-What happened?! What is this?"
"I have fright! A situation we had not suspected has begun to d-d-d-develop! May we flee?" Fawful asked, approaching the hole and Cackletta.
"NOW!"
Mario and Luigi ran into the scene, hammers ready.
"EEYARGH!" Cackletta screamed, shivering with fright. "Pests! Loathsome pests! And at the worst possible moment! We don't have time to deal with you fools!"
Luigi smirked, spun towards Fawful, who was panicking, and smashed him with his hammer.
"Oh, yeah!" Luigi gave a thumbs-up to Mario, returned with a wink.
Cackletta jumped, and screamed again. "EEYARGH!"
"Give it up, Cackletta!" Mario shouted. "You're going down!"
"Hah! Hmph! Well, won't this be fun! Oh, yes!" Cackletta smiled calmly. "If that's how it is, I'm ready for you! I'm going to knock you all the way back to the Mushroom Kingdom!"
She then enlarged, and made a scary face, startling Luigi, but he stood his ground. This caused thunder to strike randomly, and holes to move about. The Bros managed to dodge the holes, but the thunder strangely didn't even get close to hitting Mario or Luigi.
Cackletta then raised her hands, and split into three.
"Which is the real me? Do you idiots know?"
Mario tackled the one in the middle, who turned out to be the real deal. She howled, and then saw Mario get hammered into Mini-Mario and whacked towards her. She screeched, weakening the blow dealt to her, but the witch still cringed at the damage dealt.
Cackletta split into three again. Mario struck the middle one…and it was the real deal…again.
"Weak…" Mario groaned, bored by how easy that was.
Luigi charged at Cackletta, giving her the chance to get to know his hammer. Cackletta was now annoyed, and raised her arms, causing thunder to strike.
"Ah, don't worry. She has terrible aim with this attack." Mario assured, then getting struck by a thunderbolt. "I stand corrected."
There was no response. Mario looked at Luigi, and he was floored by a thunderbolt. Cackletta did the attack again, striking Luigi while he was vulnerable.
"Eeyah ha ha!" Cackletta cackled.
"That's just cheap." Mario mumbled, kicking her in the face and instantly stopping her laughter.
Luigi got up, jumped into the air, and smashed Cackletta in the head with his hammer. Cackletta split into three again. Mario struck the one on the right this one in the dress.
"Ooh, that's gotta smart." Luigi winced as Cackletta tried not to wail.
Mario shrugged as Luigi jumped on her. As Luigi fell back to the ground, Cackletta quickly sent a thunderbolt at him, striking Mario while he watched Luigi get shocked…twice, and then a third time.
The Bros started up Chopper Bros, and just as Mario started to rapidly bonk Cackletta in the face with a hammer as he spun to the floor, he accidentally lost his spin, and fell, only getting in one hit. Mario grinned sheepishly at Luigi, and he punched Cackletta just before she split up again.
"There's no way you'll be able to hit me this time!" the left Cackletta taunted.
"Well, I guess you're the one." Mario stated, tackling the left Cackletta. Luigi leaped at the now alone Cackletta, and hit her in the jaw.
"There's no way you'll be able to hit me THIS time!" the middle Cackletta taunted.
Mario face-palmed, and struck the middle Cackletta.
She pouted, then struck Luigi with thunderbolts three times, and managed to hit Mario once. Mario jumped on Cackletta, bouncing off her head to get whacked back into her by Luigi, performing Knockback Bros very quickly and winding her.
"Tenacious little boys, aren't you? I'm too busy for such games!" Cackletta said, annoyed at how persistent the Bros were. "Time for this to end!"
She enlarged herself again, and did her scary face, this time not even fazing Luigi. She sent thunderbolts and holes at the Bros, but everything missed. She stopped herself from gasping, and maintained her scary face even as Mario and Luigi started up Drill Bros.
Mario spun through the air, stopping above Luigi, falling on him, and getting pushed back into the air, spinning even faster this time, and flew above Cackletta.
"SPIN ATTACK…" He drilled into her large face, bouncing off it and landing stylishly. "…TO THE FACE!
"Eeyah ha…HUURGH!" Cackletta groaned, not looking too good, and collapsed in a small pile.
"Level up!" Mario cheered, reaching Level 17 and improving his Stache by 4.
"Woo! Me too!" Luigi joined in, reaching Level 17 too and improving his POW by 4.
"Graagh! Eeyaaa…ha…hohhh…" Cackletta moaned, in a small beaten-up pile. "H-How could this happen?!"
Fawful tunnelled through the ground like Luigi does towards Cackletta."CACKLETTA! Do not have worries!"
Fawful popped out of the ground, helmet and all. "Watch! I am sucking up your energy with this headgear!"
Fawful's headgear sucked up the beaten Cackletta, and the helmet expanded so she would fit in there. Fawful now looked like he had a big brain.
"Oh…Oh…Oh, Fawful!" Cackletta ordered. "Give them one final…attack for me!"
"I say to you YES!"
"Oh, no…"
"Are we screwed?"
"I'm pretty sure we are."
"Darn."
Luigi started panicking, to Fawful's amusement.
"Now is the time when my true might floods out, like the plot-twist of a movie that is bad! Snack on my wrath, fink-rats, for I HAVE FURY!"
Fawful approached the Bros, the duo stepping back every time Fawful came closer. He was just about to attack when suddenly Prince Peasley came flying out of nowhere and kicked Fawful in the face, knocking him over, which startled the Bros.
Prince Peasley then quickly started jabbing Fawful with a sword, and managed to open him up for one powerful blow. The Prince slashed, and sent Fawful flying out of Woohoo Hooniversity, landing who knows where."Now! Quickly! To the fallen Beanstar!" Prince Peasley said quickly once he turned to Mario and Luigi.
"But the Beanstar was all like RAGE RAGE RAGE RAGE when it heard Peach's voice, and smashed everything!" Mario said, waving his arms for emphasis.
"Yeah, and it's now in that hole somewhere." Luigi said calmly pointing to the hole.
"What? The Beanstar heard Princess Peach's voice and went mad?" Peasley waggled a finger. "But why would Princess Peach's voice drive the Beanstar mad? I sense a surprising secret at the center of this riddle! I shall explain it all in detail once we have safely recovered the Beanstar that has fallen below. You two must go to the bottom floor immediately!"
He dazzled the area, blinding everything, then flew off on that blue, winged pillow of his.
"Looks like this adventure isn't over just yet." Mario said.
"Yep."
"OK, let's a go get that Beanstar!"
"Oh, yeah!"
This actually didn't feel that epic. I have disappointment. Also, expect another chapter later today because this one was pretty short.