It had been a gruelling 5 hour wait for Jimmy the Hammer Bro. He'd been locked in the dungeon whilst Bowser attended to other things. He knew his time was up.

"Jimmy, it's time. Come with me." a Koopatrol snarled from outside the door. Jimmy walked up to the door and opened it. The Koopatrol then grabbed him and led him into the torture chamber.

"Ah, welcome to the Carnival of Doom! I'm your host and doom expert, Lord Bowser!" Bowser said proudly as the Koopatrol shoved Jimmy into the room and slammed the door.

"Thanks for the welcome, Lord Bowser." Jimmy said sarcastically (but hiding every trace of sarcasm in his voice).

"For the start of the carnival, we'll have... WHIPLASH!" Bowser shouted, motioning to a Koopatrol to come and tie Jimmy to a spindly chair. With that, Bowser picked up a knout (which is a thick whip that can snap a plank of wood with a single blow) and moved closer to Jimmy. He whimpered as Bowser raised the whip above his head and then...

Jimmy screamed.

The knout contacted Jimmy with inhuman force, and made him jerk violently in the chair, almost knocking him out.

"Please, Bowser... don't do this... I'm innocent!" Jimmy whimpered.

"That's LORD Bowser to you. And you're guilty of calling me a wimp." Bowser roared in reply. Some of the Koopatrols who were standing guard started to cheer Bowser on and booed Jimmy.

"What carnival is a carnival without a middle bit? Here it is... the PUNCH-BAG!" Bowser announced. He rounded on Jimmy again. Raising his fist, he brought it back and then...

Jimmy screamed.

Bowser's fist contacted with Jimmy's face, sending his head to the left. He was bleeding now, but it wasn't too severe at the moment. Bowser punched again, this time with a pile-driver punch. This next blow almost knocked the wind out of Jimmy and his head lolled to the right, just in time to receive another punch from Bowser. This one was the worst. It knocked Jimmy out, but only for a second.

"Please, Lord Bowser! Stop! I didn't mean to say it!" Jimmy wailed. Whilst Bowser was getting ready to punch Jimmy again, two Koopatrols were chatting.

"Man, Jimmy only said it by accident. We gotta do something, Spiky Jake." the first Koopatrol said.

"But, Spiky Darren... Jimmy mightn't make it, with the way Bowser's at him. Should we try getting a message to Dark Shell?" Spiky Jake said. (Note: as Sam Hammer is actually a traitor to Bowser, any Koopatrols or members of the Hammer Army who want to talk about him have to codename him 'Dark Shell').

"That's risky, man. You know what Bowser's like for letting us send messages." Spiky Darren grumbled.

"Oh yeah... we're gonna have to send it in secret. Tonight. Meet me in the Messaging Centre at 10 o'clock tonight." Spiky Jake said.

Meanwhile...

"Quit moaning!" Bowser roared as Jimmy whimpered yet again for him to stop. Then...

"Lord Bowser!" It was the voice of a Koopatrol.

"What is it? You're crashing the carnival." Bowser grunted.

"It's Sam Hammer... we've captured him. He was leaving Boo's Mansion and heading up to Gusty Gulch." the Koopatrol announced (this was a secret mission between a select few Koopatrols - I couldn't investigate much further).

"Send him here. I'll deal with him." Bowser roared, and then he resumed torturing Jimmy.