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Sorry this chapter is late but I've been taking programs that are helping me find employment. Once I find employment it's likely that this story will take longer to update.
Chapter 24: Battles in the Darkness
While battles raged on outside the cave inside the cave Bowser was squaring off against K. Rool and his S.O.B.E.K.
The cavern was quiet as the 2 reptilian kings had their stare down.
Bowser clenched and unclenched his fists in preparation for the battle "Unless I'm mistaken your DK's archenemy, Right?" Bowser asked his gaze never wavering.
"Yes I am." K. Rool asked with his eyebrow raised "What's it to you?"
"It's just that earlier you didn't seem to care about killing that filthy ape." Bowser said somewhat casually "Instead you seemed more determined to kill ME, some guy you never met. I can't help but wonder why that is?"
"NEVER MET!" K. Rool yelled in shock "Don't you remember the "Sluggers" tournament?"
Bowser rolled his eyes "Look those little sporting events degraded to the point where pretty much anyone can join them." said Bowser "So if you were there, I probably only saw you as another face to pound."
K. Rool wiped his face in chagrin "No wonder you're called a "beast" your intelligence is defiantly sub-human." said K. Rool, Bowser growled in annoyance "I'll explain my "beef" with you, and don't worry I'll try to use small word so you can understand."
Bowser growled again this time in both annoyance and to show K. Rool he had his attention.
K. Rool cleared his throat ostentatiously "Your entire career as a villain consists of 1 failure after another. You've launched campaign after campaign against the Mushroom Kingdom and each and every time you end up horribly beaten."
Bowser's left eye twitched in suppressed anger "get-to-the-bloody-point." Bowser snarled.
K. Rool calmly continued "My point is that unlike your career, my career as a villain consists of very few loses. Yet for some reason you are considered the most feared villain in these lands." By now K. Rool was starting to sound mad. "YOU not me, YOU, some big dumb brute who always gets his butt handed to him by a plumber and his misfit friends. Instead of me the intelligent and majestic ruler of the Kremlings with (despite a few blemishes from those filthy apes) a clean record of villainy."
Bowser stood there dumbfounded for a moment before chuckling to himself "So that's what this is all about, you can't stand that I get more attention then you." Bowser then put on a serious face "There are at least 2 reasons I can think off at the top of my head why I'm a better villain then you." K. Rool glared in response.
"First of all I terrorize the Mushroom Kingdom a place of actual significance, where as you terrorize this worthless spit of land." said Bowser "And the second reason I'm a better villain then you is because I do more. I'd bet my own tail that the reason you have so little "failures" is because you don't do much." Bowser then crossed his arms and puffed out his chest "I fail more because I do more." Bowser said proudly.
K. Rool stared at Bowser dumbfounded "That doesn't sound like something to be proud of." K. Rool said sceptically.
"Hey I'd rather be a failing villain then a do-nothing villain." said Bowser.
"DO-NOTHING VILLIAN!" K. Rool shouted "That's it no more chatting; now we fight to determine who truly deserves the title of most feared villain in the land."
CLICK
K. Rool activated his S.O.B. stereophonic cannons in order to play some fitting battle music.
BGM: King K. Rool (Donkey Kong country)
K. Rool listened to his music for a moment "Nah too unimaginative." with that K. Rool activated the cannons again.
CLICK
BGM: Matrix final battle Theme
"Ehhhhh a bit over the top." said K. Rool, he changed songs again.
CLICK
BGM: The Emperor (Dark Moore)
"Hmmm maybe later."
CLICK
BGM: Another one bites the dust (Queens)
"Oh god no."
CLICK
BGM: King Ghidorah's theme (Godzilla Unleashed)
"Perfect" said K. Rool.
"Are you quite done or are you going to continue to change stations." said Bowser annoyed with K. Rool's antics.
"No I'm GOOD." with that K. Rool drove his S.O.B.E.K towards Bowser hoping to run him over. Bowser managed to grab the S.O.B.E.K and hold it in place with his brute strength.
K. Rool tried to hit Bowser with his canons but Bowser managed to tuck his head into his shell before it impacted, "You didn't think I'd fall for the same trick twice did you." Bowser said cockily.
"As a matter of fact I did you dumb brute." said K. Rool, with that he continued to spin his throne around hoping to hit Bowser with his S.O.B. canons. Bowser managed to avoid the attacks by tucking his head into his shell. K. Rool started to spin his throne faster but Bowser simple kept his head tucked in his shell this time without un-tucking it.
Eventually K. Rool stopped spinning his throne when he got too dizzy to continue. Bowser no longer hearing the sounds of the spinning chair and no longer feeling the S.O.B.E.K move un-tucked his head to find K. Rool sitting on his throne with comical swirls in his eyes. Seeing an opportunity Bowser jumped onto the S.O.B.E.K and ran towards K. Rool.
POW
Bowser managed to punch K. Rool straight in the gut. The blow from the impact caused K. Rool to regain consciousness, only to fall unconscious from pain seconds later.
Bowser laughed arrogantly "Is that really all it takes for you to throw in the towel."
"Of course not sucker." said K. Rool as he suddenly regained consciousness and drew a Blunderbuss from somewhere.
"Where the hell were you keeping..."
BANG
K. Rool shot Bowser in the face with a miniature cannon ball, the impact caused Bowser to tumble back till he fell off the S.O.B.E.K. Bowser got up and although his face was badly scratched from the shrapnel he was relatively unharmed.
"You shouldn't have let your guard down so easily, I just happen to be a pro a playing possum." said K. Rool, he then cockily slapped his beer belly causing it to jiggle "my superior figure also makes blows to the belly useless." K. Rool then laughed arrogantly.
"I guess that's a very useful feature when your body is basically 1 big fat stomach." mocked Bowser.
K. Rool immediately stopped laughing and snarled, he angrily aimed his Blunderbuss and prepared to shoot Bowser with it.
Bowser scoffed at the weapon "Oh please you don't scare me with that antique, I know for a fact that those things are good for 1 shot and 1 shot o..."
BANG
K. Rool shot a miniature cannonball at Bowser's gut.
"This "antique" has been modified with modern technology; it can shoot as many times as a normal gun, only instead of feeble little bullets it shoots out miniature cannonballs." K. Rool bragged, K. Rool then proceeded to laugh arrogantly until the dust cleared and it was revealed that Bowser was completely unharmed.
Bowser rubbed his shell cockily "my superior figure also makes blows to the belly useless." said Bowser trying to imitate K. Rool's voice "Since attacks to the belly are useless why don't we try blows to the HEAD!"
With that Bowser shot a large fireball from his mouth aimed directly to K. Rool's head. K. Rool put his S.O.B.E.K in reverse dodging the fireball as it collided with the ceiling.
BOOM
The impact caused small pieces of debris to rain down. Bowser continued to shoot fireballs and K. Rool had to swerve while reversing in order to dodge them. Eventually K. Rool was backed into a corner. Bowser shot a fireball towards K. Rool, but K. Rool managed to spin his throne so that 1 of the canons could block the fireball. Bowser continued to shoot fireballs hoping to destroy the cannon, but the cannon remained strong, K. Rool proceeded to move his S.O.B.E.K forward with the cannon in front to act as a shield.
While moving forward, K. Rool slammed on the brakes, thanks to some superb driving skills and the inertia his S.O.B.E.K gained the vehicle span counter clockwise towards Bowser.
Before the vehicle could connected, Bowser stood with his back facing the oncoming blow and braced for impact.
SMAAAAASH
Bowser managed to stop the vehicle with his hard shell; as a result the spikes on Bowser's back were imbedded into the "tail" of the S.O.B.E.K.
K. Rool snarled in chagrin, before spinning his throne and aiming his cannons at Bowser.
"In case you've forgotten, those little cannons of yours are just over glorified radios." Bowser said dumbfounded.
"Well guess what stupid" said K. Rool "I just figured out how to use them for their intended purpose!" with that K. Rool turned up the volume on the S.O.B. stereophonic cannons to their loudest. Thanks to the volume and the proximity to Bowser's ears the music was pounding Bowser's eardrums. K. Rool being the one causing the sound was okay with it.
"Prepare to obliterated by sound waves!" K. Rool said sadistically as Bowser held his ears in pain.
Suddenly Bowser breathed out a large torrent of flame right at K. Rool, the large amount of flame engulfed K. Rool and his throne. The heat from the flames melted the joints connecting the cannons thus causing them to fall off. Despite being broken off from the machine the cannons continued to play music.
Suddenly K. Rool charges through the flames (the seatbelt long since disintegrated), the enraged K. Rool landed a solid right hook into Bowser's face.
SMAAAAAAASH
The force of the impact sent Bowser flying into a wall, ploughing through stalagmites along the way. Bowser groggily got back onto his feet as K. Rool charged towards Bowser. Bowser managed to regain his composure in time and charge towards K. Rool.
K. Rool and Bowser got into an arm lock each trying to overpower the other. "I don't believe it, this guy has the same amount of brute strength as I do." thought Bowser,Bowser and K. Rool exerted more effort in trying to overpower each other, "What am I saying NO ONE is stronger than me!" with that Bowser tried to breathe fire but K. Rool managed to clamp his mouth over Bowser's mouth preventing Bowser form breathing fire and causing the Koopa considerable pain.
While Bowser struggled to free himself from K. Rool's jaw, K. Rool used the opportunity to lift Bowser over his head and throw him a considerable distance. Bowser tumbled across the ground ploughing through more stalagmites. While Bowser groggily got up K. Rool through his crown at Bowser, the crown impacted with Bowser's head and flew boomerang style right back to K. Rool were it landed perfectly onto his head.
While Bowser was groggy from the blows to the head K. Rool charged forward and drew a Cutlass from somewhere. K. Rool jumped into the air and tried to cut Bowser with a downward vertical slash. Bowser managed to block the slash with a stalagmite he yanked out of the ground.
Bowser and K. Rool then got into a heavy hitting "sword fight" of sorts with Bowser using the stalagmite as a bludgeon. Eventually Bowser managed to hit K. Rool with a particularly powerful blow, although K. Rool managed to block the blow with his sword the force from the impact caused K. Rool to stumble back giving Bowser an opportunity to hit K. Rool with a downward blow to the head with his stalagmite.
Before Bowser's attack could connect, K. Rool drew his blunderbuss and shot the stalagmite reducing it to rubble. All that remained of Bowser's makeshift bludgeon was the part he was using as a handle.
K. Rool jumped back in order to get some distance before landing dramatically with his blunderbuss in his left hand and his cutlass in his right. K. Rool then started to chuckle sinisterly "You should feel honoured Bowser, you're the first none-Kong enemy to push me this far."
Bowser stood there tossing his stalagmites "handle" up and down in his palm "I could say the same for you." said Bowser bluntly "of course then I'd be lying." the last part was said with an arrogant smirk.
"Go ahead and try to be smart. In a few moments it won't matter 1 little bit how smart you are. Do you want to know why?" said K. Rool, Bowser merely gave K. Rool an annoyed look "Because now you shall witness my ultimate attack, my ace in the hole, the move that will make me the most famous villain in the lands."
Bowser just stared at K. Rool annoyed.
With that K. Rool stuffed his Cutlass handle first into his blunderbuss, he then pointed the sword loaded blunderbuss right at Bowser's face.
"Behold, Super Lizard King Fang Mega Cannon Fire..."
"OH SHUT UP!" with that Bowser threw his "handle" at K. Rool. Either the work of superior aim or just dumb luck the rock landed right in K. Rool's open mouth the impact caused K. Rool to fumble and flail about comically, in the confusion K. Rool fired his blunderbuss and the cutlass flew past Bowser harmlessly imbedding itself into the ground.
While K. Rool was flailing about Bowser rushed towards him and uppercuted him in the chin.
SMAAAAAAAAASH CRUNCH
The force of the impact caused K. Rool to bite down on the rock in his mouth so hard the rock broke into little pieces.
END BGM
By now the stereophonic cannons had run out of power rendering the room quiet.
K. Rool lay on his back seemingly unconscious with his jaw throbbing and multiple teeth broken.
Bowser stood looming over his fallen opponent; he then took a moment to look at his, bruised, scratched, grim covered body. Bowser snorted arrogantly "I can't believe I got banged up so much by an enemy like him." He then turned and proceeded to head deeper into the cave "Oh well can't be helped now; I'd better hurry if I want to save Peach before Mario does."
BANG
Suddenly Bowser turned around and caught a miniature cannon ball shot out of K. Rool's blunderbuss "I guess you still have some fight left in you." said Bowser as he cockily threw away the miniature cannon ball.
"You got that right Bowser!" said K. Rool as he groggily got up, by now his bloodshot eye was even more bloodshot, in fact by now it was throbbing quite painfully. If the eye wasn't painful enough his body was covered in burns and bruises from the battle "You see when I said that last attack was my ace in the hole..." K. Rool twisted the nozzle on his blunderbuss "... I WAS LYING!" K. Rool then pointed the blunderbuss behind him, and then the blunderbuss shot flames as if it were a rocket engine. The flames propelled K. Rool forward, Bowser managed to move out of the way of the charging Kremling king. While charging K. Rool yanked his cutlass out of the ground and then flew to the ceiling.
While flying around the ceiling with the help of his blunderbuss, K. Rool would use his strength in combination with the momentum to cut stalactites with his cutlass causing them to rain down on the Koopa king. While rushing all over the place to dodge the falling rocks Bowser noticed the S.O.B.E.K and had an epiphany.
Mustering all the speed he could (speed was never his strong suit) Bowser rushed towards the S.O.B.E.K and lifted it over his head in order to use it as a shield.
"You think that'll help? I can stay up here all day." K. Rool laughed madly "THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN WIN JUST BY HIDING!" K. Rool looked for more stalactites only to find that he had already cut them all down "THIS DOESNT MATTER I WILL STILL WIN I WILL STILL BE THE MOST FEARED VILLIAN IN THESE LANDS!" K. Rool then laughed loudly and madly.
Putt, putt, putt Poof
With that K. Rool's blunderbuss ran out of gas. While staying in the air cartoon style, K. Rool tried shaking and banging his blunderbuss to get it to work, when it became clear that it wasn't going to work K. Rool fell.
Luckily K. Rool landed safely and comfortable onto his throne on the S.O.B.E.K "(sigh) that was sure lucky of me." said K. Rool when he realised he was safe on his throne.
"Oh K. Roooooooooool." said a voice underneath the S.O.B.E.K, apparently Bowser was still under the S.O.B.E.K and was currently holding it above his head "I'm still here!" Bowser said sinisterly.
"Oh dear" said K. Rool timidly with shrunken pupils.
With a loud grunt Bowser heaved the S.O.B.E.K upward into the air, with the screaming Kremling in it.
"Whirling Fortress"
Bowser jumped into the air, tucked himself into his shell and span upwards pushing the S.O.B.E.K even higher.
SMAAAAAAAAAAASH
As a result K. Rool was crushed between the cave's ceiling and the S.O.B.E.K.
When Bowser was done spinning he un-tucked himself from his shell and landed dramatically followed quickly by the S.O.B.E.K with K. Rool laying on his throne unconscious. The impact from the land caused the damaged S.O.B.E.K to break apart. As a result K. Rool's crown fell to the ground and rolled to Bowser's feet. Bowser picked up K. Rool's crown and eyed it, with an emotionless expression.
"Look-y here K. Rool I don't know or care if you're alive or not, but if you are alive I hope you listen." With that Bowser turned towards the unconscious Kremling "The only reason I'm here is to rescue Peach, so if you want the title of most feared villain in the land you can go ahead and have it." Bowser then turned to look at the crown in his hand "I on the other hand aim to become the most feared villain in the world!" in a fit of gusto Bowser crushed K. Rool's crown in his grip.
Before departing deeper into the cave Bowser through the crushed crown over his shoulder where it landed on K. Rool's gut.
1 by 1 the spotlights that kept the room alit ran out of power and went off, shortly after Bowser left the entire cavern went dark.
Meanwhile...
"Ghede Loa Swarm"
While Bowser was battling K. Rool, Mr Game&Watch and Dr. Mario were busy fighting Dr. Facilier.
Dr. Facilier surrounded himself with dark circles which shot out long 2-D arms. The long arms stretched and swarmed towards Dr. M and G&W. Forcing the 2 of them to run all over the place to dodge. Dr. Facilier guided the arms with quick vocal commands though mostly he'd just point ostentatiously with his cane.
Eventually through some careless fleeing, Dr. M found himself cornered in the room. While his back was against the wall Facilier ordered some arms to envelop Dr. M. In a desperate bid to defend himself Dr. M grabbed a torch and held it in front of him before the arms could envelop him.
The arms screeched and backed away from the torch. Feeling emboldened Dr. M started swinging the torch around effectively warding off the shadow arms "Hey Game, I just figured out these things don't like fire" yelled Dr. M.
G&W was currently busy dodging some shadow arms "Well who the hell does like fire." G&W asked sarcastically, apparently frustrated with having to dodge the tenacious arms.
Dr. M continued to swing around the torch "Don't be snippy, just grab a torch and start swinging."
G&W jumped out of the way of a particularly close arm "Easier said than done pal." said a frustrated G&W, never the less G&W rushed towards the nearest torch. Before G&W could get to the torch a dark circle appeared in front of it. G&W managed to stop himself before stepping onto the dark circle, fortunate that he did because the dark circle started to produce more arms, as a result G&W was currently surrounded by arms. Thinking fast G&W conjured up a 2-D trampoline which he used to jump safely out of the way.
Seeing an opening G&W conjured a manhole which he used as a Frisbee, Facilier managed to swiftly duck in order to dodge the attack (in fact he ducked so fast that his hat remained in the air). Facilier then ordered some arms to envelop G&W, as a result G&W found himself cornered against a wall with some arms heading towards him. "Fire, fire, fire, damn I need some fire." G&W thought panicky, G&W then smacked himself on the forehead "I 'am so stupid" with that G&W conjured a giant matchstick and then light it. G&W then proceeded to swing the match around warding off the arms.
Eventually Dr. M and G&W managed to regroup; they stood there with their backs facing each other both warding off the arms with their flames.
"Hey Game!" said Dr. M
"Yes Doc." G&W answered.
"There's no way we can win if we don't go onto the offensive."
"Got it, I know just what you're thinking Doc." said G&W.
"What are those guys up to?" thought Facilier, who overheard their conversation "Better not risk it, I should up my ante before they can work whatever strategy there thinking of." with that Facilier deactivated the arms and started to chant, as he chanted the dark circles moved across the floor till they were all in front of him, the dark circles all fused together until they were 1 giant circle.
"No more wasting time let's do it." yelled Dr. M, without another word G&W dropped his match and jumped onto Dr. M's shoulders then conjured his sprayer, Dr. M then held his torch in front of G&W.
"Dr. Watch formation: Vengeful Chicken" yelled Dr. M and G&W in unison.
"That's your strategy?" yelled Facilier wide mouthed and dumbfounded "How... how... how could possibly know the your partner was thinking something so ludicrous?" Facilier then shook his head "Doesn't matter I suppose, since now you're going to get it with this."
"Tunnel to the Other Side" with that a massive amount of 2-D arms shot out of the large hole swarming towards G&W and Dr. M like a swarm of locusts.
Dr. M started to charge towards the arms while G&W sprayed the torch with his sprayer. Apparently the spray was flammable as it turned the torch into a makeshift flamethrower. By using this tactic G&W and Dr. M managed to divert the paths of the charging arms.
When they got close enough, G&W jumped off Dr. Ms shoulders and prepared to smash Facilier with his hammer while Dr. M charged forward to perform some fisticuffs.
"Petro Loa Grip" with that Facilier summoned a large 3-D muscular inky black arm. The arm reached up and grabbed G&W from midair.
"Don't forget you have me to deal with as well!" said Dr. M as he charged towards Facilier, as he was charging he reached into his coat pockets a drew a pair of scalpels in each hand, he held the scalpels between his fingers "claw" style.
"Asclepius" Dr. M jumped towards Facilier and prepared to cut him, suddenly Dr. M found himself inexplicably bound in mid air. Facilier chuckled as Dr. M struggled in mid air "Turns out you aint the only 1 with a teammate." Facilier said smugly with that he pointed behind Dr. M. Dr. M turned his head to find that his shadow was being bound by Facilier's shadow, noticing that the doctor was staring at him the shadow tipped its hat at Dr. M.
Dr. Facilier stood their smugly, while both Mr. Game&Watch and Dr. Mario remained bounded by his shadows "Is this really all you guys got." said Facilier, Facilier then casually walked up to Dr. M and gently pointed his cane's tip at Dr. Ms exposed neck "I could kill you both..." Facilier softly push the cane into Dr. Ms throat "... right here..." he started pushing slightly harder "... right now."
"You said you didn't like to get your hands dirty." said Dr. M.
Facilier pouted "your right I don't like getting my hands dirty." Facilier then pushed his cane slightly harder into Dr. Ms throat "But we all have to do things we don't like." said Facilier in a deep sinister voice.
"Get your hands off him BASTARD!" G&W snarled.
"Bastard?" said a shocked Facilier, Facilier then sauntered up to G&W and poked him in the nose with his cane "Man who would've thought you'd develop such a nasty tongue." He then moved his face centimetres away from G&W's "Hard to believe you're the same guy from so long ago."
"Listen here Dr. Fellatio, don't you dare speak as if you know me. Because I sure as hell don't know or want to know who you are." G&W said full of venom.
Dr. Facilier eyed G&W oddly "So you really don't remember me do you?"
"No-I-don't" said G&W "But what's it to you, there's a lot about my past that I don't remember, it not like that's a crime or anything."
Facilier eyed G&W for a while until he put on his oiliest smirk yet "Since you 2 are stuck here in the Ghastly Kings throne room, why don't I tell you a story to pass the time."
"A STORY are you joking?" yelled G&W.
Facilier shrugged "As I said earlier my master doesn't really care if you live or die as long as you don't interfere with the ritual. If my calculations are correct the ritual should be finished any minute now, may as well entertain you guys."
"Game, we might as well hear this guy out." said Dr. M; he then gestured to his body (a difficult task when your arms and legs are bound) "It's not like we're going anywhere."
"(Humph) fine go ahead and talk Dr. Fellatio" G&W said defiantly "But I don't have to listen."
If it were possible Facilier would have grinned harder "Trust me "Game", you're going to want to hear this."
Elsewhere...
"Times up" said the hooded stranger "now perform." an evident threat was clear in the stranger's icy voice.
"O-Okay, okay I'll play, I'll play." said Louis nervously, with shaking hands he brought up his trumpet to his lips and blew a quick lousy note "sorry, sorry my lips are a little dry let me moisten them a bit." with that Louis started to lick his lips, at first it was just simple licking but it quickly got very ostentatious, not to mention loud and slobbery.
"ENOUGH" yelled the hooded stranger, his voice no longer cold and emotionless but now full of rage, with that he shot an energy blast right at Louis's feet "YOU ARE GOING TO PLAY THE SONG OF AWAKENING THIS VERY ISTANT OR YOU-WILL-DIE SLOWLY AND PAINFULLY."
Louis was on the verge of tears and the trumpet was practically in his mouth.
"Don't worry Louis," Peach yelled bravely "He can't do anything to drastic, he needs us to perform the last part of the ritual."
"Your right." Said the hooded stranger his voice back to its usual emotionless state "A maiden pure of heart, mind and soul is rare anywhere in the world." Suddenly the air around Louis got thick and heavy, so thick and heavy that Louis felt as though he was being crushed and chocked at the same time "The musician on the other hand is completely expendable."
By now all the other Kremlings in the room were at the back corners cowering from the hooded stranger. Unanimously deciding not to interfere for fear of accidently incurring the stranger's wrath.
Suddenly as quickly as it had changed the air around Louis changed back to normal "Now "Frog Princess" don't you dare think of doing anything heroic, unless you wish to see your neurotic friend suffer." The hooded stranger threatened "As for you musician play the song of awakening right now or I WILL KILL YOU!"
"(Whisper)" Louis whispered something so quietly it was inaudible.
"What did you say." the hooded stranger asked sharply.
"I said I don't care!" Louis yelled, with that he stood up and threw his trumpet to the ground "I don't care what you do to me but I'll have no part in reviving that ancient evil."
The Kremlings in the background gasped in shock, and then they turned towards the hooded stranger curious over what he was going to do.
"So you decided to be brave, huh" said the hooded stranger coldly pointed his sleeve covered hand at Louis.
With tear covered eyes full of defiance he glared at the hooded stranger "no I'm not brave at all. In fact I'm a coward" said Louis, his voice on the verge of crying uncontrollably "I'm so bloody scared of the Ghastly King, that I'd rather go through any form of torture or death then see him return." With that Louis stood tall with his arms outstretched "So go ahead do whatever you want to me I don't care as long as I have nothing to do with the Ghastly Kings revival."
"Don't be stupid!" yelled the hooded stranger "You think your sacrifice will mean anything, I can replace you in a heartbeat and start this whole ritual over again at any time. Your self-righteous idiocy will not prevent the Ghastly Kings revival."
"At least if he does get revived I'll pass on in peace knowing I had nothing to do with it." said Louis.
"YOU FORFIT YOUR LIFE AND IT WILL MEAN APPSOULTY NOTHING!" yelled the hooded stranger.
"Then why do you sound so desperate?" Peach asked defiantly.
Suddenly the air around Peach got thick and heavy "Spoiled little whores like you need to be put in their place!" yelled the hooded stranger.
"Y-You can't kill her, she's too valuable, you need her for the ritual." yelled Louis.
"True I can't kill the princess." said the hooded stranger with that the air around Peach got thicker and heavier "but you'll be surprised what you can live through." the hooded stranger snarled.
"Leave Peachy alone"
Everyone turned to source of the voice to find Mario and Donkey Kong standing at the entrance into the cavern.
Peach and Louis's face glowed with relief in seeing them, while the Kremlings remained transfixed.
"Oh no" said the random solider who carried Peach's cage into the cave, his voice unnaturally high and squeaky "It's the dreaded Donkey Kong and... and... some other guy."
"The names Mario." said Mario confidently, at the mention of his name the Kremlings all gasped and started to whisper amongst themselves, most of the whispers involved things along the lines of "we're finished".
"And together with Donkey Kong-a were going to stop the ritual save Peachy, Louis and Kongo Bongo." said Mario as he and DK struck battle ready poses
The hooded stranger turned around so that he was facing Mario and DK, his expression unreadable do to because of his hood.
"Perfect"
To be continued...
Trivia
"Loa" are types of spirits that practisers of voodoo serve. Ghede Loa are spirits of the dead, while Petro Loa are considered to be aggressive warlike spirits.
A lot of the attacks used in K. Rool's fight are homage to attacks he used in his during his boss fights. See if you can guess them all.
I hope the timeframe of this chapter isn't confusing anyone.