CHAPTER 4
-The Four of Mechanical Box-
Chopper landed on the ground, rather than a spring, which was rather unfortunate him. Once he got up, he saw that there appeared to be teleporter. He also noticed that there was a broken down train as well. The Toad conductor that used to be there was now gone. Chopper tried to check and see if the train would do anything, but sadly, it didn't. So many things have happened with this train...
"Whoa… This is the Mechanical Box? Well, it sure does look mechanical all right." Chopper noticed the machinery in the area and the Save Block. He decided to hit that first before doing anything else.
Chopper heard someone coming down, and he saw Koopla and Bruce falling above him. He immediately jumped out of the way before he could get flattened like a pancake.
"Ouch… I felt like I cracked my skull…" Bruce moaned. "Wait, I don't have a skull, don't I? I'm a Bob-omb…"
"I have a skull…and it's pretty hard," Koopla screeched, rubbing his head in pain as she got up. "There's no way my skull's going to crack. I've been through much worse."
"Like what?"
"I hit my head on a diamond."
"Did it hurt?"
"Yeah. It really did."
Parakarry began to come down, and he simply hovered down with his wings. The others couldn't help but feel jealous of this.
"Well, you folks sound like you are in pain. Did any of you get hurt?" Parakarry asked, worried about any injuries they could've suffered from. "I wish I could help, but I'm only a postman."
"Nobody got hurt. At least that's what I think." Chopper assured.
"So you're fine?" Bow asked as she flew down to the group. "That's good! I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to you, wouldn't I?" she began to pinch Chopper's cheeks again.
"Hey hey hey! Watch the face! That actually kind of hurts, to tell you the truth, Bow." Chopper cried, rubbing his cheeks.
"You know, if you want me to stop, all you have to do is kiss me on the lips."
"...No. That's disgusting."
"All right, I guess I'll continue to pinch your cheeks!"
"You can pinch mine if you want," Bruce spoke. "I don't mind at all. You're still pretty hot to me…but I know we gotta focus and all that."
"Weren't you obsessed with Bombette? You were all over her seven months ago. Did you get over that already?" Bow asked.
"Yeah, I did. I knew I had to move on in life, so I did that. So… Now I can…" Bruce noticed something his fuse. It seemed that one of the C Robos fired a laser at his fuse.
"Uh oh…" Everyone backed away from Bruce as he blew up. The C Robo simply cackled in a robotic voice. Chopper picked up a rock that was on the ground, and he hit the C Robo, making it hit the wall and explode.
When Bruce fell back onto the ground from the laser, everyone could tell that he was going to get ticked off.
"WHO DID THAT!? COME ON OUT AND SHOW YOURSELF! I'LL BLOW YOU RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX!"
"Bruce, the robot's gone," Koopla informed.
"What? Dang… I wanted to blow him up. Oh, well. All we can do right now is move."
Chopper saw a path going southwest, so they all headed toward that path. They could see on the walls, some wheels moving around. There appeared to be some metal blocks on the ground as well.
A C Robo noticed Chopper, and he called for two others. Chopper made a First Strike on it, dealing 2 damage to it.
"Let's try to wrap this up," Chopper declared as he whacked the first C Robo with his hammer, while Bow smacked it, destroying it. The C Robo remaining walked toward Chopper with some kind of laser sword and attacked Chopper. But, he ended up guarding it.
The other one came to attack, and he guarded that one's attack as well. Chopper did a Power Jump and then Bruce Body Slammed it to destroy it. The C Robo left walked toward Chopper and jumped on him. He guarded that, and the C Robo was angry.
Chopper jumped on the C Robo, and to finish things off, Bow used her Smack to give it one heck of a beating. The fight awarded Chopper with 6 Star Points, and they noticed a chest up ahead to the left. A C Robo that appeared to be a black color with gray eyes was protecting the chest.
"Who's that uh…robot clown?" Chopper scoffed. "Why is he guarding that chest? Let's go see why."
They walked to the C Robo, and they noticed he had a cape wrapped around him. If you don't know, they're called Anti Robos.
"Scanning target… What do you want?" the Anti Robo asked. "The treasure in here is guarded by me. I suggest you get away now, or prepare to be annihilated."
"We want to see what's in there. I'm sure we can take you on!" Chopper replied.
"You wish to battle? You are out of your mind. You shouldn't battle someone like me. You sure you wish to battle against me?"
"Bring it on!" Chopper had his fists clenched. He knew this Anti Robo is a villain, so he'd have to face him anyway.
"As you wish. Battle mode has been engaged. Don't say I didn't warn you."
Tattle: Bad news, Chopper. You're facing off against an Anti Robo. These things are very, VERY tough. I don't think it was even a wise decision to pick a fight with him. Max HP: 50, Attack Power: 10, Defense Power: 0. He can dive down at you, and that can do 12 points of damage. Chopper, I suggest trying to protect yourself as much as you can! Take him out FAST!
"Whoa… I never knew your tattle actually said that he has 50 HP, and an attack of 10. I'm pretty sure this wasn't such a good idea to fight him."
"That's why it's bad news," Toadsmeth confirmed. "But, the good news is that if you use Repel Gels, and have Bow smack the heck out of it, you might be able to survive."
Chopper started off with a Power Bounce, and he stomped on the Anti Robo seven times. That was a pretty good start, in his eyes.
"So, the professor said that I would be useful?" Bow smiled. "Well, then I will definitely help you. That's why I'm still with you, anyway."
"I thought it was because you liked him for saving your kind?" Koopla mentioned.
"That too."
Bow appeared by the Anti Robo, and she smacked it five times. All together, they dealt 13 damage. The Anti Robo brought its laser sword out, and it swung it at Chopper. He didn't guard it, so it left him with 15 HP left.
"OK, that does hurt. So, we need to finish him off FAST." Chopper said, getting ready to attack again. He walked toward the Anti Robo and he used his Power Bounce to stomp on him seven more times for 8 damage. Bow smacked the Anti Robo, and then the Anti Robo walked toward Chopper to dive down on him. He quickly guarded the attack, and he took 11 damage. The Anti Robo was kind of disappointed that it didn't fully hit him.
"Yeah, I better protect myself now. With only 4 HP, I might be done for." Chopper took out a Repel Gel and he rubbed it on his arms and hands.
Suddenly, Chopper became transparent. Everyone could tell that this was something like Bow's Outta Sight ability - except this time, he can actually attack while invulnerable.
Bow smacked the Anti Robo again, now that it is her turn, and she smacked it five times, making it spin around a little. Afterward, the Anti Robo attacked Chopper with its laser sword, but it doesn't do anything, since Chopper was transparent.
"Yeah! That's right! You can't hurt me!" Chopper smirked as he used his Power Bounce to stomp on the Anti Robo seven times.
"The Anti Robo only has 11 HP left. So, if you're still invisible, we got this fight." Bow confirmed. She immediately disappeared and appeared by the Anti Robo. With that, she smacked the heck out of it, bringing it down to 6 HP.
The Anti Robo tried to attack Chopper by diving at him, but he failed. But, once he moved back, Chopper was no longer transparent.
"This isn't good… I'm vulnerable again." Chopper gulped.
"Relax. It only has 6 HP left," Bow assured. "We can take this Anti Robo out quickly. So, go ahead and attack him."
Chopper only used his Jump to attack the Anti Robo, and to finish it up, Bow used her Smack on it. He was awarded with 16 Star Points. The Anti Robo ended up blowing up, and the chest was now able to be opened.
"Let's see what's in there," Koopla suggested. Chopper opened it up, and he found a Power Plus Badge.
"Ooh! This thing can increase my attack! Maybe I should put this Badge on!" Chopper checked his Badges and when he looked at the Power Plus Badge, his expression changed.
"It requires 6 BP! What the heck?! That's WAY too much for me! I only have 12 BP…and only 3 BP left on me."
"Yeah, I have to agree with you. That's a little too much for one Badge." Parakarry nodded. "But, I guess it's because it's a powerful one."
"Well, we can't really do much around here. Wait, I need some more HP to recover. I think I'd have to go…back to Toad Town to one of the inns. So… I guess we better go head back and then return."
Five minutes later-
"I wonder if we're going to be doing a lot of backtracking..." wondered Koopla as they returned to the Mechanical Box.
"It doesn't matter to me, because I have no legs," Bow said.
"I wish I had arms," grumbled Bruce.
"We might as well just move on. Hold on, let me hit that yellow ? Block over there." Chopper hit the block, and it only contained a coin. "What? A single coin? That's not fair!"
"There's no point in wasting our time here," Parakarry stated. "Why don't we go check out the next area?"
"Good idea."
Next area-
After quite a conversation, they made it to the last area of the Blue Area. It was a pretty big area, but there were only two C Robos and also one box with some door that required some kind of code. If you don't know, the sky is a light gray color to fit with the dark gray mechanical ground. But, for some reason, it felt like they were being watched.
"Guys, it feels like we're being watched for some reason..." Chopper trailed. "It's like…that box over there seems to have blue eyes looking at us, waiting for us to open it. Don't you guys agree with me there?"
"Hmmm… I guess I would say that. Though nothing really scares Boos, those blue eyes do seem a bit scary." Bow agreed. "Don't get me wrong. I'm not actually AFRAID of them."
"Oh, really?"
"Do I have to make you calm down with some affection?"
"Gulp... No."
"We're sure you're not afraid of those eyes," Koopla believed. "I'm not afraid of them either. Anyway, is there really anything we have to do around here?"
"How about we take care of those two C Robos? We'll get to the box later." Chopper suggested as he landed a First Strike on the first one and then used his hammer to hit it afterward. Bow smacked the C Robo, destroying it. The last C Robo left attacked Chopper with its laser sword, but he guarded the attack.
Chopper walked toward the C Robo and jumped right on it. To finish things up, Bow used her Smack. They were awarded with 4 Star Points. Afterward, they began to check for anything else around. Sadly, they couldn't find anything. Just machinery on the walls.
"Well, this doesn't look good," Bruce frowned. "I was hoping we could find something useful around here. Turns out there's NOTHING."
"Well, this place is rather empty," Parakarry agreed. "I'm sure there wouldn't be anything hidden around here. I don't really know about this place, because I only went into Shy Guy's Toybox."
"Well, anyway. Maybe we should go check what's in the next area." Chopper shrugged. "I remember seeing a path to the southeast. So, let's go there."
Once they headed back to the beginning of the Blue Area, they decided to stop and relax for a minute.
"Well, at least there aren't any enemies here," Koopla sighed.
"It couldn't possibly get any worse, right?" Parakarry asked.
"Parakarry... Don't say that..." Bow said with a glare.
"Oh, come on! That doesn't usually happen! It's always a..."
"Don't move. Stay where you are."
"It's always a what?" Bow glared at Parakarry again, who grinned sheepishly.
They all looked up and saw C-2 Choppor hovering down with his jetpack. Chopper gaped as he jumped a bit. Koopla clenched his fists and got in a fighting stance, while Bruce readied his fuse in case if he had to light it up.
"It's that robot again!" Chopper gasped. "What was his name? C-2 Choppor? He's come back to get his revenge!"
"Does this robot want to challenge us again? He's not going to be able to succeed this time. There's five of us, and only one of him!" Koopla scoffed.
"He looks tougher this time. But, I can handle him!" Bruce smirked. "I managed to take care of him before he could attack Chopper!"
"Hmm? That robot looks a little different than the others..." Parakarry noticed. "Why does he look kind of like Chopper though? This is weird…"
"This robot looks like Chopper? Meh, not really much." Bow shrugged. "I mean, Chopper is cuter than this robot. Robots are never really cute anyway."
C-2 Choppor landed down on the ground, and everyone got in their fighting stances. C-2 Choppor responded by aiming his gun at them. But, after realizing who one of the people were, he lowered his weapon.
"Huh? You're not going to fire?" Chopper gawked as C-2 Choppor walked over to him.
"Chopper… I have not come to hurt you." the robot stated. "I need your help, and you need mine."
"What do you mean? We're perfectly fine. We can handle this place. Why are you saying we need your help?"
"And why should you help us anyway?" Koopla asked.
"Statuses tell me that I have left Bowser for good," C-2 Choppor confirmed. "Those C Units he got rid of… They are in the Mechanical Box. Chopper, help me rescue them."
"Rescue them? But aren't they the bad guys?" Chopper gawked. "I would help them if they were good..."
"They are not truly robots. I need your help to free them from the inside."
"Free them from the inside? Are you saying that they're powered up?" Bow questioned.
"Affirmative. Star Kids are what's giving them power."
"Star Kids?! Why would Star Kids be powered up by them?" Koopla gaped.
"That's just cruel!" Bruce said in an angry tone.
"Scanners indicate that there is one in the Blue Area," confirmed C-2 Choppor.
"So you want to join us to stop Bowser and also rescue the robots that are here? Umm… I don't know what to say, there..." Chopper trailed.
"I have deleted my master registration. I consider you a friend, Chopper. I know the truth and require your assistance."
"…All right, I guess you can. I mean, that sounds a little sad. Stars are actually controlling the robots. Does this mean you're really a Star Kid?"
"Negative. I am the second C Unit that was created. I never had a Star Kid put in me. My creators only used Star Kids after me after finding out that those would work best."
"OK, Choppor… I will help you destroy the C Units so that the Star Kids can be set free. You can also join me on my quest."
"You absolutely sure about this, Chopper?" Bow asked. "This could be some kind of trap."
"Yeah, the hot ghost is right," Bruce agreed. "Just because he said that Star Kids are being trapped inside doesn't mean that I trust this guy!"
"He speaks the truth, guys," Chopper replied. "If you can look deeply at that red scanner of his, you would know how it has been for him."
"All right, I guess I'll accept that, then. He might be pretty helpful against these other C Robos." Bow sighed.
"Fine, he can come. But… I still don't trust him." Bruce said, glaring at C-2 Choppor. He didn't appear to glare back.
"I, C-2 Choppor, will fully accompany you. Consider me fully at your service. Initiating friendship with Chopper." C-2 Choppor said.
C-2 Choppor joined your party! Press (v) to have C-2 Choppor scan anything and fire at it. He can use this to shoot things that are too high or even too far for Koopla to hit. Not only that, but his scanner will allow Chopper to see through the dark if you use it in a dark place and find hidden things. While in battle, he can shoot enemies and pierce their defense with his Shoot attack or fire at multiple enemies with Multi-Fire.
"We must go, now. There is a key that unlocks that blue box. Follow me if you want to unlock it." C-2 Choppor suggested as he walked to the southeast path. The others followed him.
But, while they were doing that, Kammy Koopa appeared by a chest and used her magic to make a Mushroom appear.
"Nyeah heh heh… Perfect. Chopper hates this thing, so he'll surely turn back. Uh… I think…" Kammy said with an unsure look. "That doesn't look like the sort of thing that would bother Chopper. I wonder if I should really trust what Choppor said…"
Kammy began to wonder about this. "Well…it doesn't matter. King Bowser ordered it. And he's the boss! …Though maybe Maquano would've known some better things. He DOES know more about Chopper than we do."
Kammy immediately flew off. Chopper's greatest weakness was just left there. But, was it REALLY his weakness?
In the next area, there appeared to be a spring by some big gray blocks. But it couldn't be activated if you jump on it. Luckily, there was a switch in the area.
"Stay on the spring. I can get you all up there." C-2 Choppor scanned the switch, and when Chopper got on, he fired a yellow blast at the spring. It sent Chopper up onto the block. He helped the others get across, and then he hovered up with his jetpack. There was another spring on the block, and it allowed them to cross the gap.
They landed on the ground, and they found more C Robos. However, C-2 Choppor was able to destroy them with his Shoot attack. Luckily, Chopper leveled up and chose FP this time.
"Whoa, that's pretty cool. Do those C Robos have Star Kids in them too?" Chopper asked.
"Affirmative," C-2 Choppor confirmed as Star Kids flew out of the C Robo, cheering now that they were free. Afterward, they noticed a wall blocking their way up ahead. There was a green square on the ground and a switch nearby. There was a yellow mechanical pincer with black stripes above the green square. Chopper got on the green square and C-2 Choppor fired at the switch. The pincer grabbed Chopper, and it brought him over the wall. He saw a chest and also a Mushroom lying there.
"A Mushroom? Who put this here?" Chopper picked it up. "Oh well. Finders keepers!"
Chopper opened the chest that was being guarded by the Mushroom, and he found a Blue Key. He put the Mushroom and the key away, and he used the spring to get back to the other side.
"I found the key that we need! Yep, I think we can use this to go save that C Unit that's in that box."
"Excellent. Then we must head back to where you were at after fighting the Anti Robo." C-2 Choppor suggested.
Area with large, blue box-
"If whatever's in there is really it, then I'm expecting a fight. But, I'll be sure to smack that robot to the ground." Bow assured, getting her fan out. "Don't get yourself hurt, OK, Chopper?
"I've gotten hurt plenty of times, and you never said that..." Chopper trailed.
"Is that your girlfriend?" C-2 Choppor asked.
"No..."
"Well, I can say that we are," Bow confirmed while Chopper shook his head. "Don't listen to him, OK?"
"Hey!"
Annoyed, Chopper went to the box and put the key in the code slot. What was surprising was that the code was just the key. The box opened up, and C-3 Cosmo was revealed to be inside.
"C-3 Cosmo..." C-2 Choppor muttered.
"Identifying target!" C-3 Cosmo stated. "Target: Chopper. Status: Soon to be eliminated. You got three seconds to run, or be destroyed."
C-2 Choppor immediately aimed his gun at C-3 Cosmo, ready to destroy and free his friend.
"I'm here to save you... Don't worry..."
Tattle: This is C-3 Cosmo. He is the third of the C Units. He looks a little different than C-2 Choppor, just with no visor and two guns instead of one. Max HP: 25, Attack Power: 3, Defense Power: 1. C-2 Choppor is definitely the key to beating these robots. Why? His attacks are capable of blasting through the robot! Don't get me wrong, Chopper. You can attack the robot. However, C-2 Choppor's moves ignore defense, so that should help. But, be careful when it fires missiles or freezes you. It can do that.
Chopper walked to C-3 Cosmo and whacked it with his hammer. Since C-3 Cosmo had a point of defense, he only dealt 3 damage to it. C-2 Choppor aimed his gun at C-3 Cosmo and fired a yellow blast at it. His attack did the same amount that Bow's Smack did when she wasn't upgraded.
"Target confirmed! Fire!" C-3 Cosmo confirmed.
"Crud..." Chopper gulped.
C-3 Cosmo fired a missile at Chopper. He was able to guard the attack and use his Power Bounce on the blue robot, stomping on him six times. Due to him having an extra point of defense, his jump only did 1 damage each time.
C-2 Choppor fired a yellow blast at C-3 Cosmo, and it began to damage him a little more, making sparks fly out of it. C-3 Cosmo hovered up and began to fire multiple ice blasts at Chopper. He got hit by the three blasts, each doing 1 damage.
"All right, he's almost done for right now. Only 8 HP left. As long as he doesn't recover or anything like that…" Chopper huffed.
Chopper went ahead and used his Power Bounce once again. He was able to stomp on C-3 Cosmo four times. C-2 Choppor finished it off by firing a yellow blast at C-3 Cosmo. It finished the robot up, and they were awarded with 14 Star Points.
"Well, that wasn't so hard, to tell you the truth. You wiped him out in only one minute." Bow sighed. "But, that's because you're Chopper."
"That was more Choppor who fought the robot. Not me." Chopper responded. "He DID finish C-3 Cosmo off..."
"Yeah, that's true," Parakarry agreed.
"OK, I guess Choppor did more work," the Boo sighed again.
C-2 Choppor saw a bright light coming from C-3 Cosmo. It looked like this robot was going to explode.
"We must move out of the way. This robot will soon explode." C-2 Choppor warned. They all got out of the way and watched as C-3 Cosmo blew up
C-2 Choppor saw a blue Star Kid fly out of the robot, now free.
"C-3 Cosmo. Rescue complete."
"Wait... That Star Kid was blue!" Koopla gawked.
"So, the first few C Units with Star Kids were different color?" Chopper asked.
"Affirmative," C-2 Choppor nodded.
"Wow, that's interesting..." Bruce trailed.
"How many more are there to be saved?" Chopper asked. "Because we gotta go save the other ones too."
"There are only two others left. My big brother does not have a Star in him, nor do I have one. However, to make sure Bowser's plans are stopped, I will make sure I set every single Star Kid free from every single C Robo and make sure no C Units are left."
"That might take a while... Wait, did you say you wanted to make sure all C Units were gone? Does that mean you..."
"It's better not to question him, Chopper," Bow suggested.
"Scanners indicate that there's a large chest in the vicinity," C-2 Choppor informed.
Chopper saw a big chest in the box that was near C-3 Cosmos remains. He walked over to it, and he opened. White gloves with a fire glow popped out and landed in Chopper's hands.
"What the… Gloves?" Chopper gawked.
You got the Super Gloves! Chopper can now use the Hand Ability, which allows him to shoot fireballs from his gloves to light up anything or burn enemies!
"Super Gloves? Huh… Kind of interesting here. But, if it allows me to shoot fireballs like Mario, then I'll take it!" Chopper smirked as he put the gloves on. He noticed a little glow of fire around his hands that slowly disappeared. With that, they headed to the main area of the Blue Area.
"Hmmm… I think something needs to be lit up." Chopper saw some kind of candle by the blue teleporter pad, so he went up the steps and lit up the candle. The teleporter pad revealed a bright orange pad beside the dark purple and dark gray pad. From what they could tell, the teleporter to the Orange Area was working just fine.
"Interesting… So doing that will activate the teleporter pad." Parakarry smiled. "Well, we can finally get out of this area! So, let's move!"
"I would certainly like to go to a different area. So, let's just use it and go to where our destination leads us to." Bow suggested.
"Yes, we must use this to find the others and rescue them," C-2 Choppor agreed. "Come, Chopper. This should take us to the Orange Area."
They all began to use the pad one at a time, with Chopper and C-2 Choppor going last. They rescued one major C Unit, but there was still two more left to save…
That's right! C-2 Choppor is the FIFTH party member! You know, it's kind of similar in Paper Mario 2... Vivian's the fifth party member, and not to mention she fights Mario, which is something C-2 Choppor has done. Coincidence? No idea... :P