Chapter 35: Rage Against the Machine
Perspective Change! Ah, another chapter from Toad's perspective. Or is it? Nope, this chapter is from Toadette's perspective instead! Enjoy the variety!
Lightning was flashing down on us and the kingdom as we made our way to Fawful's doorstep. It was frightening, to say the least. Out of all the things I've been through with him, this had definitely had the least favorable circumstances. I felt like I couldn't do it. There was a hint of a smile on Toad's face, but a sign of a frown on mine.
"Cheer up, Toadette." His words were light, cheerful. Not the most probable way to say a sentence, with the situation and all, but I liked it nonetheless. I felt myself smiling back, and I whipped out my blade and sliced the door to pieces. Just as I did so, an alarm rattled my very insides. Guards rolled in, and I sliced one, then another and another. Toad was staring at me for a bit, as if he was astonished at my heroism. Then he started slicing with me, and we destroyed the armada. Then Fawful rolled in, applauding slowly.
"I have to say, I'm impressed by your very Fawful-like style of combat. But that will be the last time you will ever win in a fight!"
"And where's the Dark Star? I see you still haven't reawakened it. Oh, how pathetic you are." Toad spit at him.
"Pathetic? Pathetic?" He turned around, and a dark glow emitted him. He had turned into Dark Fawful, his abilities stronger. "I am far from pathetic!" We both gasped at the same time. He had gone mad.
"Bring it on!" we both said, in unison.
"Oh, it's brought!" He shot some energy balls at us. We expected to dodge them easily, since me and him both have experienced this before. But the balls were much faster than we thought, and just as they locked on to me, I parried them, sending them back.
"Gah!" He stepped back. "Man, you people are annoying!" He shot more balls. He was pratically going bullet time with all those spheres. This time, they were all coming for Toad, not me, but I went in and deflected them anyway. They all went back to their maker, and slammed him into the wall. He groaned and flew through the ceiling.
"He must be going to the spire." Toad reasoned. He turned to me. "I'll go it alone from here." He turned to leave, but I stopped him.
"No." I said it with every ounce of finality I could muster. I thought he was going to resist the argument and prove his point about it being too dangerous, but instead, he just took my hand. The point where our fingers laced together was the warmest point between us that I had felt in quite a while.
"I knew you would say that." He squeezed my hand tighter. "Let's finish this." We walked up to the spire, not saying a word.
To be continued...
I know, the last two chapters were pretty short, but don't think I am rushing this. I'm just can't think of anything else to say in those chapters that isn't blatantly obvious.