A/N: I've been exhausted the past weekend, but I finally got this chapter done. This is the first since Ch. 25 where I wrote over 4,000 words, not including A/N's or PCN (Post-Chapter Notes). The beginning is filler, but the second part is where the action takes place for our heroes. Hopefully it turned out well.
Disclaimer: I only own the plot, my OCs, and nothing else. Mario and Sonic, they're not my property.
Chapter 33: Rematch for Revenge
Location: Mushroom City
The girls spent the first half of their leisure day by shopping at the Mushroom City Mall. The girls decided to go their separate to do what they wanted.
Amy, Cream, and Cheese, were ecstatic to try out new clothes. It was surprisingly convenient for them to have stores that sell their sizes when most of the stores sell clothing aimed towards the overpopulated Toad community. Blaze and Rouge checked out jewelry, the bat undoubtedly amazed at the precious, stunning pieces on display. The purple cat decided to purchase something for her close friend, Silver, in hopes that he would be saved soon, for she misses him. Peach and Daisy did some casual shopping, not only looking at royal outfits (even though they wear the same dress EVERY day), but also purchasing groceries for the Mushroom chefs to prepare more meals.
Eventually, they all congregated at the Heart & Restore Spa, found in the west side of the humongous mall. They each had different treatments, once again being in the same groups. Amy and Cream were relaxing in vibrating chairs while receiving manicures and pedicures. Cheese was sitting next to Cream with a cucumber facial. Blaze and Rouge were laying on their stomachs while receiving soothing back massages. The princesses changed into their full body swimsuits to loosen their minds and muscles in the hot tub. Afterwards, everyone was covered in towels and entered a large sauna. They all sighed as the steam filled the room.
"Wow, this is such a great spa! You really know your locations, Peach!" complimented Amy.
"Thanks, Amy. It sure does feel nice to relax once in a while. I bet all of you were tired over the last several days."
"Yeah. It's just that we haven't found the rest who've been kidnapped, including Silver. I sure wish they can save him and the others soon," Blaze pondered.
"As long as Big Blue, Tails, and the mustached brothers survive against that fiend, Myster Edge. They'll probably take care of him though," Rouge nonchalantly added.
"Miss Daisy, is something wrong?" Cream asked the tomboy princess.
Everyone turned to her who seemed to be in her own world, not paying attention to anyone or anything.
"Daisy. Daisy," Peach shook her shoulder.
She looked up. "What?"
"Are you alright? You don't seem like yourself. Not even when we were shopping or in the whirlpool."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"Is something wrong?" questioned Amy.
She sighed sadly. "It's… about Luigi." The girls didn't even need to ask for more information. Instead, they let her speak. "I have never seen him behave like that in my entire life. I mean, I know how he was when he had to rescue Mario from King Boo twice. It was expected to see him nervous at the very least. But this time… This time he was horrified. I was so scared to think that something bad happened to Luigi. If only I knew. If only I could help him."
All the tension that seemed to go away returned to everyone as they remained silent in the steam bath. They either stared at the hardwood floor, the walls, or the ceiling as they didn't know what else to say. But, Peach did have some heartfelt words.
"I honestly hope that Luigi didn't suffer from some bad dream or experience. Nonetheless, he'll some time to recompose. After all, he is a strong, brave person. He just needs to come out of the shadows and overcome his fears. And maybe, he could be able to stop Myster Edge, with the help of Mario, Sonic, and Tails."
"And don't forget about the cute ghost puppy!" Cream added.
"Yes, the Polterpup, too. Once he recuperates, he'll be back to help in whatever way he can. Just like Mario, I believe in him."
"Yeah! That's the way to think on the bright side! Just like how I always admire and think of Sonic whenever he comes out to save the day!" shouted Amy.
"And we'll also help out to the best of our ability!" chanted Blaze.
"Chao! Chao!" Cheese cried cheerfully.
"In fact, once we head back, we'll set up a plan to find the rest of our friends and take back those Emeralds he stole."
"Yeah!" everyone but Daisy and Rouge yelled.
"Wait, so does that mean we have to cancel our spa day early? Oh, joy!"
"Oh, stop it, Rouge. This isn't the time to be selfish," Amy complained.
"Whatever. If you girls are going to do something productive together right now, then count me out. I prefer to work alone or with Shadow. But since he's gone, I'll be off by myself."
The bat didn't bother to listen to any of them asking her not to leave them, save for Daisy who was contemplating after hearing Peach's speech. Unfortunately, her demeanor caused her to isolate herself from the group as she decided to return to the jewelry store.
Blaze grumbled. "Ugh, sometimes Rouge can be such an egotistical brat. I even question why we hang out with her sometimes."
"She's already irritating trying to outduel us in figure skating. And to walk out on us, what a chump!" growled Amy.
"It's okay, guys. It doesn't matter, really. Let her do what she wants. We'll worry about her later. Let's just head back to the castle."
Everyone exited out of the sauna while the princesses were the last two to leave. The thing is though, Daisy still hadn't moved from her spot.
"Daisy?"
She barely looked up to stare at her friend.
"Daisy, Luigi is going to be okay. Just believe that he'll be fine, and he will. Trust me on this."
"Peach, I understand you're trying to make me feel better. And even though I'm down to do something to help them defeat Edge and prevent the worlds from falling into oblivion, I'm worried about him."
"It's going to be alright," the blonde princess gave her a hug. "Again, just believe in him."
"Sigh, I'll try," she whispered.
Peach expressed a small smile. "Come on. We better head back now."
Daisy nodded silently as they went to the dressing rooms to change back into their normal clothes. Once the girls we're finished, they tipped the workers and proceeded their way back to Toad Town.
Location: Sparkling Waters
"Great. Just. Freaking. Great..." Sonic groused while he entered the deep sea. "They call this Tropical Refresher? Well it sure doesn't look refreshing at all!" (1)
"Get a hold of yourself, Sonic," Tails rolled his eyes while holding onto Sonic's hand. "I'm going to swim by you in case you need to breathe or get out of trouble."
"I'm already in trouble! I'm swimming in water! And this life jacket is going to make me go up to the surface no matter what! What if I run into one of those gigantic Urchins? What if a fish decides to bite my tail? What if a tsunami comes out of nowhere and drowns us all?!"
"Whoever thought hedgehogs couldn't swim must have made his life a living hell," Mario thought to himself. (2)
He turned his attention to Luigi was swimming ahead of everyone with Colombo dogpaddling (no pun intended) beside him. Again, the green plumber wore a neutral face and hasn't said a single word since they entered the level. Mario quickly swam up to him, distancing himself from the Mobian duo.
"Something up, Luigi?"
He moved his head to find Mario swimming to his left. "It's nothing. Let's just keep going. We have to save the others, even if three of them are Eggman and his robots."
Once again, Mario was disappointed that Luigi was trying to avoid a conversation. Then again, he felt like he has been bothering him every time he popped the question whether he was okay or if something was wrong. He decided to lay off this time. He looked back to see Tails guiding Sonic past the tilting pipes and currents. They managed to avoid all the water creatures through the underwater area. At long last, they entered the green pipe that brought them back up to land.
"OH, THANK HEAVENS WE'RE OUT OF THERE!" Sonic bellowed with emphasis.
"Don't get your hopes up soon, Sonic. If I remember right, the next area, the Giant Skewer Tower, has some more water as we start to ascend the fortress," reminisced Mario.
Sonic face planted into the ground. "Ugh, come on!" he muffled.
Tails pulled him back up and they approached the old stone tower. Luigi was the last to leave, but he looked behind him, feeling somewhat on edge.
"Why do I have an inkling that someone's watching me?" Luigi whispered to himself.
"Luigi, hurry up!"
"I'm coming, Mario!" He ran up to the others and they entered the tower.
Meanwhile, the purple shadow appeared from being invisible. He managed to follow the heroes just by teleporting with the Chaos Emeralds.
"I'll just let the Possessor take care of them at first. And if he fails, then I'll have to go for Plan B. When the timing is right, I'll plot my vengeance."
Edge waved his scepter to disappear from the spot.
The five heroes spent the next several minutes swimming, and hearing Sonic's bitter complaints about the fact that this tower had to be conquered by going through more water. Not only that, but they had to swim away and dodge the multitude of giant, black skewers spinning right at them. Sonic had some close calls here and there, but Tails was able to help him avoid each one. Luigi nearly got punctured in the nose, had he not activated a Shriek Shield.
"Why couldn't you use that for all of us so we wouldn't get hurt?!" grunted Sonic.
"I'm sorry! I just didn't think of it as soon as I defended myself!"
"Well how about activating one for me, or rather all of us?"
"Sonic, don't you think it's better off if he saved them for other dangerous occasions? Like when he needs to capture the next Possessor?" Mario reasoned.
"By the way, who do you need to catch next?" Tails wondered as they finally reached the surface.
"The third Possessor I fought was Overset, back in the Old Clockworks. I remembered he took control of a giant clock tower."
"A clock? That's it?" Sonic wasn't impressed.
"Well, the dangerous parts were when he made the clock hands stop at each hour and spawned many bombs, bugs, and ghosts at me. Greenies, Slammers, Sneakers, and Creepers, these slimy, purple ghosts that like to 'cuddle' me from inside their bodies," he shuddered. "They are NOT friendly huggers when the Dark Moon isn't there to influence them well."
"Gross," Tails stuck out his tongue in disgust.
"Come on, everyone. We're getting off-topic here. We still have more of this tower to climb," Mario reminded everyone as he was busy hopping on a note block.
They followed the red plumber while jumping and evading more skewers. It's been like that for another few minutes. Luigi had to use up two more shields; one was for him when some Greenies appeared in the tower and try to throw a Dry Bones that Mario froze with his ice powers; he used another when Tails was about to jump into an unexpected skewer.
"Thanks for the help, Luigi. That was close!"
"You're welcome, Tails."
"How much farther, Mario?" asked Sonic.
"We're almost at the top."
"Bark! Bark!" Colombo yipped with excitement.
Soon, they entered a set of double doors that led to a boss fight. It led to a small room where the water reached the orange flooring, but there were no traps to fall into it, much to Sonic's relief. Back in Mario's first adventure here, the brothers and the Toads had to fight a Boom Boom, an orange henchman of Bowser's, who was given superior leaping skills, except they were negated by the brothers' own famous jumps. This time, they came across another being. Someone that none of the heroes expected.
"Mario! You came to save me!"
Everyone went wide-eyed when they saw Princess Peach in a cage hanging from the ceiling.
"What the heck?! How is Princess Peach even here? Did she get abducted while she was shopping?!" Sonic was baffled.
"That doesn't make any sense at all!" Tails yelled.
"Is that even her? Why is she facing the other way?" Luigi pondered.
Mario squinted his eyes. She stared at Peach for a moment, but he knew this was completely out of proportion. Why did this scenario seem… familiar…?
It instantly came to him. He narrowed his eyes and pointed at the 'princess'.
"Reveal yourself, Kamek!"
"What?" the others were perplexed, even Colombo tilted his head. However, Luigi realized what he was saying as soon as he mentioned the Magikoopa's name.
"Nyeh he he he he! So you almost fell for it! But this time, you were actually smart to even recognize me, you meddling plumber!" He turned around to reveal his cheeky disguise. There stood the Magikoopa impersonating the princess yet again. "Yes, it is me! Bowser's most loyal apprentice!" Kamek introduced as he switched back to his blue robe and hat while flying on his broomstick.
"You deceitful bastard. This is the second time you've disguised yourself as the princess!" scowled Mario. (3)
"Actually, it's the third time. But who's counting? Oh, yeah. It's me!"
"What are you doing here?" Luigi raised an eyebrow.
"Nothing really. But I thought some familiar faces would like to see you. Or rather, pummel you."
"BWAHAHAHA!"
"Oh no…" His eyes shrunk and sweat dropped down his forehead.
"You've gotta be kidding me," Mario grumbled.
"No, no we're not," a deep voice nagged. By then, out of nowhere, the Koopa King landed on the ground hard and shook the tower which stunned the team. "So, Mario… We meet again," he grinned evilly.
"Oh, come off with this!" Sonic spread his hands out, palms facing up. "You're seriously back?! And here, too?!"
"You bet your sweet asses I'm back! And I'm going to get my revenge for what you did to me."
"And me!" Bowser Jr. flew from above in his Koopa Clown Car.
"And us!" Seven different voices came from the Koopalings as they jumped and landed in front of the Koopa King.
"NOW you're kidding me!" repeated Mario.
"Get ready for some revenge, because you stupid plumbers and rats have pushed my buttons for the last time!"
"When will you get through the fact that I'M A FREAKING HEDGEHOG?!" Sonic lost his temper that some steam flew out of his ears.
"You're not the only one who got called a rat, you know," Tails reminded him.
"This is so unfair! How can we take all of you down if we're outnumbered by double? And in such a small room, too?" whined Luigi.
"That's your own problem, Green 'Stache!" goaded Bowser.
"This is gonna be a piece of cake to destroy you once and for all!" teased Jr.
"There's no way we can survive. But, maybe…." Luigi turned to the hedgehog to whisper. "We might have to go to desperate measures here."
"What do you mean?" Sonic inquired.
"This is going to be tough, but maybe if you could use the Chaos Emeralds, you could easily one-up almost everyone."
"You know I can't go into my Super phase without all seven Emeralds, Luigi," he reminded with a bit of irritation.
"Just do what you can with the two of them. Team up with Tails and I'll side with Mario and Polterpup. Just watch your backs for any surprises. Whatever happens, don't back down. Besides, you're not one who gives up easily, just like Mario."
Sonic had never thought Luigi would be the one to strategize an attack plan, considering he was also the one to stand up against the last Possessor ghost. He turned to Tails, who nodded at him. The hedgehog faced the younger bro again.
"Alright. We'll go for it."
Luigi nodded back and got Mario and Colombo's attention. "Get the Fire Flowers and any other power-ups ready. Aim for Kamek first since he's going to try to use his magic to make them stronger."
Mario got the message and gave him a thumbs-up.
"ARGH! Are you gonna fight or keep stalling like a bunch of delinquents trying to escape from prison? Once I pound you jerks, I'm going to throw you in prison! Let's get this started already!" Bowser roared.
"Bring it on, turtle breath!" Sonic jeered.
Tails discreetly slipped him his yellow Emerald and prepared for the next step. Sonic concentrated deeply as he tried to power up. Mario and Luigi donned in white hats and shirts with their colored overalls as they became Fire Mario and Fire Luigi once more. Colombo was ready to help his friends as he leaned back on all fours and growled while displaying his teeth.
"Koopalings, GO!"
"Charge!" Lemmy, Larry, and Iggy ran up to them first.
Colombo became invisible. The brothers jumped in time to dodge them. When they landed, they spewed a couple of red and green flames at the other Koopalings. They started throwing more towards Kamek and Jr. in midair. They got hit a couple times.
"Ouch! Watch it, mustached freaks!" the young Koopa kid hollered. He spat out a fireball of his own, but his slowly moved across the room, making it easy for Mario and Luigi to dodge.
Kamek put a spell on Jr.'s Clown Car so he could activate homing missiles and spiked balls.
"Let's see you stop us this time!" goaded the Magikoopa.
On the other side, Tails wiped out the three running Koopalings with his signature namesakes. They piled up on one another, but got back up a couple seconds later. When the kitsune moved out of the way, Sonic spread his arms out to perform Chaos Control. An energetic sound wave stunned the three Koopas. Tails followed with a spin attack and tied them up in his tails to throw them against the wall.
"Owie! That hurt!" Lemmy groaned.
"Ooof! Darn it! I think I cracked my shell!" Larry carped.
"Those smarts! And I thought I could outfox that fox!" Iggy readjusted his glasses.
"Well you just got served!" Tails beamed as he lunged forward for another homing attack.
Sonic got into the other action when he saw Roy and Wendy running at him. Simply with his speed, he zipped a couple inches to his left and extended his leg to make them trip. Humorously, he waved his finger.
"Unh unh unh! Too slow!"
"Gah! That was so cowardly!" Wendy mumbled on the floor.
"Grr… Damn, speedy hedgehog," Roy grunted as he fell on his shell.
"Heh, at least you acknowledged who I actually am. I'll give you some respect for that," he grinned his shiny teeth. "But for now…" He spin dashed into the pink and purple-shelled underlings. With enough power from the Emeralds, he busted them into the pile where Lemmy, Larry, and Iggy laid.
"Ha! Got 'em!" he clenched his fist in victory.
"Don't be so cocky yet!" That remark came from Ludwig. He and Morton ran up to them next.
"Whoa!" Sonic dodged in time.
"Sonic! Grab on!"
The Blue Blur swiftly gripped his friend's hands. They hovered up as the fox spun his two tails to avoid the Koopalings from ramming into them a second time.
Morton and Ludwig missed the Mobian targets, but sped towards to the Mario Bros. as they were busy by avoiding Jr.'s obstacles and Bowser's fire breath. They already defeated Kamek who was lying unconsciously over his broken broom. The king was angry after seeing that more than half of them were down for the count, so he joined the fight against the plumbers.
Luigi was about to throw another flame until he heard loud footsteps from behind. He turned around and shrieked. "Mario, watch out!"
"Huh?!"
The two almost head butted into Mario, but he turned invisible with Colombo's ability. Ludwig and Morton realized this until it was too late and ran into Bowser instead.
"GRAGGGH!" He landed on his large shell and struggled to get up.
"Oops! Sorry, Dad!" Morton apologized.
"Just get me up already!"
"Will do!" Ludwig hurriedly ran up to him.
He and Morton grabbed his hands and attempted to hoist him up. As they were busy, Mario and Colombo reappeared while Sonic and Tails rejoined them. The hedgehog stopped the Koopalings by releasing another sudden sound wave. They wiped out and fell onto their stomachs, causing both father and son to be infuriated.
"Can't you idiots do anything right?!" Bowser directed at the fallen Koopas.
"Do you guys have to be so annoying?! If you're going to play dirty, I'll show you dirty!" Jr. flailed his fists.
"This kid is going places," Sonic sarcastically snarked.
"Never mind that! Let's just finish off him and Bowser already!"
"That's what you think, Red Hat! Now take this!"
He dropped another spike ball from the dirigible and spat out five fireballs at the same time, targeting the heroes separately. Surprisingly, these ones were moving fast.
Colombo disappeared again, this time with Sonic and Tails since he could only help two people at a time. Luigi blocked himself and Mario with Shriek Shields and the fireballs disintegrated.
"Grr! You and your dumb dog are such wimps! It's no wonder you can't put up a decent fight!"
"Hey! Don't talk smack against my brother!" Mario spammed a fireball in retaliation.
"You think you're so cool with your jumps and moves when in reality Greenie can only be a sack of worthless trash!"
The trio of Sonic, Tails, and Colombo resurfaced as the brat kept spitting out more insults. Luigi did his best to ignore him and threw three more fireballs.
"Pfft! Such pathetic throws for a pathetic human being!"
Luigi started to build up more anger in his body, which was unlike his natural demeanor.
"Stop being so mean to our friend!" Tails snapped.
"Besides, you running your stupid mouth is already annoying enough!" derided Sonic as he unleashed another sound wave.
Jr. activated his glass dome barrier to counteract the move. "You think you can take me down that easily? I don't think so! At least you tried more than Greenie though."
More anger built up inside his heart.
"Seriously, have you ever learned when is it best to shut up?" Mario spoke lividly.
"No, I haven't. And I don't even care!"
As Jr. launched another spike ball, Bowser finally got off his shell and stood up. He snorted smoke through his nostrils and stared malignly at the team.
"You have crossed the line one too many times, losers. Now, prepare for the worst!"
The Koopa King sprinted, jumped up, and ground pounded into them. Mario, Sonic, and Tails ran away to dodge, Colombo turned invisible, and Luigi activated another Shriek Shield, leaving him with nine. He hit the barrier and bounced off to land in front of him.
Bowser grunted. "From what my son mentioned to you, he sure learned very quickly from yours truly. You may be a pain in the neck, but you're truly a pathetic human being! Your damn brother may be a so-called superstar, but you'll always live down as number two, the one person that no cares about. Because you're a loser!"
"You're nothing but a pushover. A pacifist. A loser."
Edge's words rang into Luigi's head once again. His hands clenched into fists, his legs began to shake, his eyes were closed shut. He tried to compose himself and avoid the ridicule that was tormenting with his mind.
"Lay off him, Bowser!" Mario whipped out another flame. It didn't affect the Koopa that much.
"What's the point of bringing him along if he's too weak to fight us? Sure, he may have taken down Jr. on the airship, but that was probably just pure luck and no skill."
"You're wrong! He does have skill. And brains, a lot more brighter and bigger than yours!" criticized Tails as he flew over a missile from Jr.
Bowser breathed more fire at them. "If he had brains, he should have been smart enough to go crouch in a corner and act as a tool. In fact, he doesn't need to act. He already is one!"
Just then, an aura started to emit from Luigi, but no one seemed to notice.
"Would you quit being a dick to him? He's had enough of your verbal abuse!" Sonic lowered his eyebrows.
"Like it matters! He's just going to take it like a man, assuming he even is one, and still cry about it! Because he's a wimpy, little…"
"ENOUGH!"
Everyone turned to the booming voice. And what made everyone surprised was the fact it came from Luigi. Not only that, but they were shocked to see his appearance. With his Shriek Shield gone, he was back in his regular outfit. However, he was glowing purple. His eyes were a solid white with no trace of blue, making his stare a lot deadlier and disturbing to look at. His fists started to show signs of electricity, no flames whatsoever.
Suddenly, without warning, he blasted two bolts of thunder. (4) He aimed them at Bowser and Bowser Jr. One of them penetrated through the glass dome and shocked the Koopa Kid. The other zapped the Koopa King in the stomach. They both went flying towards the back wall close to Ludwig and Morton.
"WHAAAA!"
"BWARGH!"
The two enemies hit the wall very hard that it cracked. Then, the ramparts began to crumble, and the floor started breaking. Kamek and all the Koopalings ended up falling into the water below.
"W-what's going on?!" panicked Tails.
"I think the fortress is collapsing!" Mario warned.
"Then we gotta get out of here fast!" yelled Sonic.
"ARF! ARF!"
Colombo led the pack, Tails carried Sonic, and Mario was about to follow. But, he stopped when he noticed Luigi not moving. Some stones fell onto them, making the brothers lose their fire powers and caused their clothes to revert into their red and green counterparts. Bowser and Jr. weren't there anymore, so he assumed they fell in the water or down the Giant Skewer Tower.
"Luigi! Hurry up! We have to leave now!"
He turned around in a quick second to glare at his brother. Still in his demented phase, his white eyes met Mario's blue. It made the older sibling very uncomfortable as Luigi didn't move once after that. He cautiously backed away from him, but tried to reach out to him.
"Luigi," he said softly. "Are you…"
He couldn't finish his statement as Luigi ran up to him in a blink of an eye, almost at the same speed as Sonic! Mario was thrown back as he leaned away and sweated from seeing his stare up close. Luigi didn't say anything. He remained glowering at the man in red, not caring about the fortress going down.
"Luigi?"
"Go," he muttered monotonously.
Mario blinked. "W-what?"
"Go. Now."
"Luigi? I don't…"
"NOW!"
Mario flinched before he took a few seconds to listen to him. He ran away, but in regret for leaving his brother. Which made him wonder, what the heck happened to him? Why was he acting this way? Did his nightmare had to something about it? Or was there another force that caused him to go insane? Dazed and confused, he hopped down the fortress to avoid getting hurt by the diminishing stones. Yet he couldn't think straight as his mind was focused on his brother.
END OF CHAPTER
This probably wasn't what you were expecting, but Bowser, Jr., Kamek, and the Koopalings have made a return, only to be trounced by our heroes! After being defeated, what will become of them this time? Meanwhile, what exactly went wrong with Luigi? Why didn't he escape with the other heroes? And where will the adventure lead to next? Stay tuned for Ch. 34 of Hidden Bravery!
Please review, follow/favorite, and as always, thanks for reading! This is TGN, signing off.
Post-Chapter Notes:
(1): I know it's improbable for people to talk underwater, and I haven't implemented that when Mario, Luigi, and Colombo were swimming in Vanilla Dome. But this is fanfiction mixed in with random logic that doesn't make any sense. I'm just going to roll with it.
(2): Can you say 'breaking the fourth wall'? Anyways, Yuji Naka, a programmer who partook in the creation of Sonic, had a false assumption that all hedgehogs are incapable of swimming. Thus, our blue hero was stuck with that inability, plus the facet that he hates getting wet.
(3): Kamek went incognito as Peach in New Super Mario Bros. Wii and M&L: Dream Team to trick Mario and company. This scene was more along the lines of NSMBW. Except Peach wasn't captured this time.
(4): In M&L: Superstar Saga, Luigi was given the Thunderhand ability to shock foes, move Boo statues, and walk past rolling barrels while being stuck to Mario.
MalevolentDarkness16 did ask me about his Thunder powers in a previous review, but I haven't found an opportunity until now to mention it. But the reason on why it appeared in the first place won't be told yet.
