Bowser looked at the falchion that The Ranger was holding. It was stained with what looked like to be blood from Koopas. His rage grew further just by looking at his sword, thinking that his loyal soldiers were harmed by his presence. "Whose blood is that?" Bowser asked as he pointed to The Ranger's falchion, making The Ranger smile to himself.
"Guess I pulled a chord in this oaf's heart?" The Ranger though as he cleared his throat to speak. "Let's just say that wonderful base you had installed to keep intruders like me out has now been decommissioned by my hand. So yes this is Koopa's blood but I believe there's probably a mix of about 30 Koopas I imagine. Everyone else I had electrocuted or slain with arrows." The Ranger then drew his bow, ready to attack Bowser at that moment. "And now I have one more Koopa to slay." Bowser, furious with this statement, decided to now turn on the Grand Star, emitting the power that he had just a few minutes ago.
"YOU THINK YOU COULD STOP ME!" Bowser said in his darker and lower tone now that the Grand Star was activated. "YOU KNOW OF MY POWER!" The Ranger, smiling to himself, didn't back down from Bowser's comment, ready to fight him head on.
"Ehh, maybe I'll get lucky." The Ranger replied as he loaded arrow onto his quiver, making the final preparations necessary to fight his old master. The smile that was plastered on his face turned to a look of seriousness as he was ready to settle things once and for all. "This is the end for you my master."
"FUNNY I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THE SAME!" Bowser replied as he charged at The Ranger, knowing full well that even The Ranger's best abilities couldn't beat him in his Grand Star form. While he was charging, The Ranger fired two piercing arrows that headed straight for Bowser's chest. Bowser stopped for a moment, feigning The Ranger to think that he had won the battle, allowing him to let his guard down for just a minute.
"How the mighty have fallen." The ranger commented as he put his weapon away, thinking he would die on the spot. "That was easier than I thought." The Ranger thought, waiting for Bowser to make his move. Bowser pretended to hack and cough blood as though he was defeated.
"I…I…I" Bowser said as he still was pretending to fake death. "I…Oh I'M JUST KIDDING!" Bowser then got back up, grinning at his opponent, to whom The Ranger was surprised not expecting him to pull that move nor be still standing from where the arrows penetrated Bowser.
"I aimed straight for his damn heart." The Ranger thought, as he quickly got back to his guard, drawing his falchion out. Bowser then pulled that arrows out, and threw one at Mario, hitting him squarely at the stomach. Mario uttered a grunt of pain from how fast and how hard the arrow penetrated him. Peach, who was still by Mario's side, had an expression of worry upon her face.
"Mario!" Peach exclaimed, trying to put pressure on Mario's wound in order to minimize the bleeding. Mario than gave her quick thumbs up and a small smile in order to reassure Peach that was still ok. "That doesn't mean I'm not going to stand by your side." Mario gave a small chuckle as the blood loss he was experiencing now coupled with the exhaustion from the adventure gave him little time left to be consciousness. Peach then looked at Bowser, who evilly grinned at her as he took out the last arrow from his chest. He then aimed that arrow at Luigi's stomach, who uttered a cry of pain.
"Son of a-" Luigi quipped as Daisy was doing as much as she could to minimalize Luigi's bleeding. "Daisy I-" Before Luigi could say anymore, Daisy interrupted him.
"Shhh," Daisy said trying to soothe Luigi's discomfort. "Don't talk too much, save your strength for when you and Mario get us out of here."
"Ok." Luigi said who was also having the same problem slipping in and out of consciousness. Daisy gave the same look to Bowser, whose attention was now shifted to The Ranger.
"YOU SEE!" Bowser said as he stood a few feet in front of The Ranger. "I CAN'T BE STOPPED WITH FLIMSY ARROWS! BESIDES, THEY MAKE GREAT PROJECTILES TO FIRE AT THOSE MEDDLING PLUMBERS! YOU BETTER HURRY WITH WHATEVER HEROIC PROWERSS YOU HAVE RANGER CAUSE YOUR FRIENDS DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT!" The Ranger looked back at the Mario Brothers and the princesses, and then shifted his attention to Bowser.
"I gotta end this fight soon, otherwise they'll…" The Ranger thought, shedding the last part of that thought to come to his mind. He didn't want to think of them having their fate sealed here. "They deserve much better." The Ranger then pulled his falchion out, and ran straight into Bowser. He tried to slash Bowser's right arm, but the sword bounced off of bowser like he was made out of rock. "WHAT?" Bowser just laughed at The Ranger's feeble attempt and slammed down on the ground, creating a shockwave sending The Ranger a few feet back. "Guess that won't work. Let's try for the head." The Ranger quickly got up, and swung for Bowser's head with his falchion, making him off balance. However, the same result happened, the sword just bounced off Bowser's head again without leaving a scratch.
The Ranger fell down on the floor, allowing Bowser to grab a hold of him with one hand. "NOW IT'S MY TURN!" Bowser than threw The Ranger down on the floor again, head first, which made The Ranger unconscious from the heavy blow to the head. Everyone was silent for a moment, before Bowser terminated the silence with unending laughter. "SO THIS WAS MY APPRENTICE?! PATHETIC, COULDN'T OUT UP A MEASILY FIVE MINUTES AGAINST ME! The Mario Brothers and the Princesses were silent, their comrade fallen to the ground, not even moving a muscle.
"Is he…" The four of them thought, trying hard not to entertain the thought that he could be dead. Not after all five of them have been through with the adventure, the capture, the betrayal, with everything that had taken place within this last three days. All of it was going to come to an end with Bowser's might.
"HEHEHE! SORRY APPRENTICE," Bowser said as he prepared to charge up a super powerful fire attack. "BUT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE TO FALL WITH THE MIGHTY!"
"I'm not letting go down like this," Mario thought as he pulled the arrow out of his stomach, which exacerbated the amount of blood coming out of him. Mario then began to feel lightheaded, the amount of blood loss almost taking its toll. Peach, with a worried look on her face, was confused to what Mario was planning to do.
"Mario what are you-" Peach asked, before being interrupted by Mario, who used his left hand to put a finger on Peach's lips.
"Don't worry, I got this my princess." Mario said, as he threw the arrow right on Bowser's face.
Meanwhile, the same decision came to Luigi's mind, not wanting to lose a close ally like The Ranger. "One small sacrifice, like he had done for us." Luigi thought as he pulled the arrow from his stomach. Daisy was worried what he was about to do, as it could ignite Bowser's rage even more causing him to do things that she didn't want to think about.
"Please Luigi don't do this." Daisy said, tears coming straight from her face, to which Luigi put his left hand around her cheek, caressing the tear that had fallen from Daisy's face, and landed straight for his glove. "I don't want to lose you."
"It had to be done my love." Luigi said as he put his lips toward Daisy's cheek thinking it would be the last time do to this. Luigi then took a deep breath and threw the arrow right on Bowser's face. Both arrows hit at Bowser's face, on both cheeks. Bowser than looked back at the two Mario Brothers, a serious glare being cast upon them.
"I'LL END YOU LATER APPRENTICE!" Bowser said as he shifted his attention to the Mario Brothers. "THERE'S JUST SOME TRASH I HAVE TO SWEEP!" Bowser then grabbed the two arrows from his cheeks and slowly walked over to the Mario Brothers, wanting to savor the moment that he could end Mario and Luigi's lives bringing the final obstacles to his future plans down.
Meanwhile, The Ranger slipped into a dream landing him in a strange place. "Where the hell am I?" The Ranger thought as he got a bearing on his surroundings. It was unlike anything he had ever seen before. The scenery was breathtaking as he appeared to be in a garden of sorts, surrounded by the frontier of space with the stars and the planets surrounding them. "I…" The Ranger was puzzled, trying to understand what happened as he was trying to remember what happened beforehand. "I was fighting Bowser and now I-"The Ranger's thoughts were suddenly interrupted when he looked across his way to spot a beautiful woman looking at space too who was a few feet away from him.
The Ranger rushed up to her. The woman smiled at him, like she knew who he was. "Oh hello Jordan." The woman replied, making The Ranger come to a complete stop. He had just met this woman, in a dream no less, yet she knows who exactly he is. The Ranger was dumbfounded as the only mentioning of who he truly was based on all the criminals in Colorado that he fought, having known of The Ranger's persona for a good few months having stopped their operations for so long.
"How do you know my name?" The Ranger asked, still seeing that the woman was smiling at him.
"Oh you're so silly my special one." The woman replied, putting her hands around The Ranger, kissing his lips ever so passionately. The Ranger was taken aback, now really confused.
"And now she's kissing me…" The Ranger thought as he just let her continue. The woman just smiled at him lovingly, The Ranger still confused about the situation. "I'm your what?" The Ranger asked, this dream feeling too surreal. The woman just kissed his cheek.
"Your special one." The woman whispered into his ear. "Come let's lay down on the grass."
"Ok…" The Ranger replied, still questioning his presence here in the dream. The woman took his hand as they lay down on the grass at the garden. Then a bright flash of light hit The Ranger as he pulled himself out of unconsciousness, going back to the Sky Arena. The Ranger stirred a bit, before waking up, getting a bearing on his surroundings to make sure that he was still in the right place. "What kind of dream was that?" The Ranger thought shaking his head in confusion. The Ranger than saw Bowser going after the Mario Brothers slowly.
"No I've got to stop him." The Ranger got up as he ran towards him. "Even if it is at the cost of my own life." The Ranger then drew his sword, having one more idea of where to hit Bowser.
Meanwhile, Bowser came to a complete stop when he was a few feet away from Mario and Luigi, clutching the two arrows that the Mario Brothers threw at his face in his fists intending to stick them in their chests ending their lives. "WELL MARIO BROTHERS!" Bowser replied a wide evil grin spread upon his face. "WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD TIMES. BUT NOW I THINK IT'S TIME WE DEPART WAYS. I'VE GOT BIG PLANS IN MIND. WHILE YOU TWO HAVE SOME DYING TO CATCH UP ON!" Bowser cackled as the Mario Brothers looked back at the princesses that they loved, both of them having tears in their eyes.
The Mario Brothers tried to say something but knew it wouldn't do any good. No matter what they could say or they did, it wouldn't take away the fact that in just a few seconds Bowser would take away all that they had. "Goodbye my love." Both brothers thought as they closed their eyes, ready to meet what they thought was going to be their untimely fate. Bowser then raised his fists in the air, holding the arrows in his hands and was ready to lunge the arrows inside both brother's chests. Then all of a sudden, Bowser stopped as he felt something breaking that came from his back. "What the…" Bowser thought as he realized that the glow emanating from him was gone. "No what is happening!" Bowser said as his normal tone of voice was being shown. The power of the Grand Star was not in him anymore. Bowser looked behind to see The Ranger, and froze at the spot with a wide look in his eyes.
The Ranger was alive and well, and glowing heroic colors. Colors that turned his attire golden like a hero. The Grand Star was in his hands, and he held the power that Bowser was holding just a few minutes ago. The Ranger then tossed the Grand Star to the Mario Brothers. "They need it more than I do." The Ranger thought looking back to see if the Grand Star was responding to them. Fortunately, it was as the Mario Brothers were being kept alive in the meantime. Both princesses were shedding tears of joy as their heroes were being kept alive by the Power of the Grand Star.
The Mario brothers looked back at the princesses that they loved so much. Mario looked back at Peach giving her a wink. "Told ya this plumber could do it." Peach giggled a bit as she held Mario by her side, both enjoying the confused and fearful expressions Bowser was under.
Luigi then looked back at Daisy, who just went over to Luigi and cried in his chest scared by the fact that she was about to lose him. Luigi didn't know how to comfort her at that time, having not many skills with the ladies but he did the best that he could by just holding her. "Don't you DARE scare me like that again!" Daisy shouted as he was trying to get words and bouts of crying together to make a coherent sentence.
"Y-Yes Mam." Luigi replied as they just held each other, happy they could be together at that point, infused by the power of the Grand Star.
Bowser looked back at The Ranger. "But how did he get it?" Bowser thought as he rubbed the part of his body where his shell should have been with his hands. To his dismay, however, the shell wasn't there. "Where's my SHELL!" He thought to himself searching frantically for it with his hand before looking back at the ground. The shell was broken into a million pieces, the one thing that the Grand Star could not protect. He then looked back at The Ranger who just grinned at him, raising his falchion up, preparing for the last bit of the fight. "You DID THIS!" Bowser shouted pointing a finger at his ex-apprentice. "My plans have failed because of YOU and I-" Bowser was then interrupted a heavy punch from the Ranger's fist, sending him flying back toward the middle of the arena.
"You're right I did do that." The Ranger confessed as he charged back at Bowser, stomping his tail hard with his foot, causing a yelp of pain from Bowser. "I broke your shell. But guess who trained me to do that? You!" Bowser raised a fist to punch The Ranger back, but missed him and instead allowed The Ranger to stab his arm, making Bowser yelp again in pain, with blood seeping out of it. "Guess who decided to bring me along to the Mushroom Kingdom to help out with plan? You!" Bowser than tried the same attack with the other arm, but the same result happened, which caused Bowser to screech in agony with the reality settling in now: The Ranger had beat him.
Bowser got up gingerly, commencing his fire attack against The Ranger. The Ranger easily dodged it, by rolling around from side to side in the opposite direction that Bowser was making his fire attack. The Ranger than stabbed Bowser's stomach with the falchion, disabling Bowser's fire attack. "Guess you betrayed me in the end when I wanted to help him along. YOU!" Bowser was the edge of the arena, about ready to fall off, making one last stand with the Ranger. "Guess whose miserable life I'm going to put an end to. You." The Ranger than took out a poison arrow from his quiver and put it in his bow and aimed it for Bowser's chest. The Ranger than fired it, hitting Bowser straight in the heart. Bowser than ushered a low whimper of pain as the damage took its final toll. The Ranger then rushed up to Bowser and kicked the arrow in with a might force, with the arrow pierced directly in Bowser's heart now. Bowser than fell off the arena floor as he was descending to the dark clouds below. The Ranger than looked back at what he believed was the falling corpse of Bowser.
"This…This…This doesn't…end for you…my ex-apprentice." Bowser thought as he reached for a remote he had hidden from everyone and pressed the red button on it. He then threw the remote away to the abyss as he prepared to embrace the death that was coming to him.