Chapter 36: The Final Break
This was it. The final battle was at hand. The Toads burst through the door leading to the spire, lightning flashing. The world was literally crumbling beneath them. Fawful was now a deadly black, chuckling.
"You guys still here?"
"Why wouldn't we be?" Toad shot back.
"I thought my fury would scare you away. By the way, I absorbed Midbus, too. He was useless. But I guess you guys are more persistent than I thought. Very persistent, indeed." He flew up. "But, I'm afraid I have to end you. Right here, right now." He teleported behind them both and kicked them, sending them staggering forward.
"Oh, you're going to get it!" Toadette tried to slice him, but he just teleported out of the way, and made a dark blade of his own. They then got into a sword fight, and it looked like it was an equal matchup, each combatant deflecting the other's attacks. They were deadlocked. Fawful tried a stab, but Toadette dodged it and stabbed him. Fawful cringed, but, in mere seconds, he was fighting again. The clashes could be heard in the surrounding plains.
What they didn't know was that everyone in the kingdom was looking out the glass windows of Peach's Castle, watching the momentous occasion. Some servants had closed their eyes, looking the other way. The more major characters, like Mario, only stared. The sky was black, rain was pouring, lightning was flashing, and the winds were blowing the metal statues out of the ground.
But, alas, the Toads were only delaying the inevitable. Eventually, they were forced to miss, and Fawful seized his chance, hitting Toad with the bladeless end of his sword. The pain ripped through him like a knife through butter. He fell on his arm, almost breaking it. Fawful stood over him, ready to deal the finishing blow.
"See? I told you. Fawful's fury is too much for you to handle! It's been nice knowing you!" He swiped the sword down. Toad had no time. He braced for impact, but the sharpness of the blade never came. Instead, he heard a sickening thud.
"What in the-" Fawful stepped back in disbelief. There, standing before his planned victim, doubled over, was a Toad with a pink cap, braids, white spots, a pink vest. Toadette.
To be continued...
Dun dun Dunn! Cliffhanger!