Chapter 51: Prison Break

The planetoid starship rocketed through space towards its destination. There was nothing but blackness around them as Luigi, Danny, E. Gadd, and the little Bro named James rode within the planetoid that was headed to the closest of Bowser's prisons to the Gusty Gardens. They didn't know what they'd find there, but they knew it would be a rescue mission nonetheless, despite the fact that they were only looking for James's family. People Bowser had imprisoned must be saved.

Within about an hour of leaving the galaxy they had started out in, as the starship's speed was limited compared to the previous... uh, destroyed mode of transportation that they had used ten years before, they found themselves in view of the prison, which appeared to be on a planetoid that was part of a large galaxy. Luigi couldn't figure out why but some of the galaxy's landmarks looked familiar.

E. Gadd quickly pulled them downwards in space so that they wouldn't be spotted by the airships that were patrolling. They halted directly below the prison where there was no patrol. Luigi found it shocking that none of the people on the airships had seen them pull under with the fact that the planetoid was as big as it was.

Danny and Luigi slipped out of the hatch on the surface of the ship that led out of the control room. James had wanted to come with them but it was too dangerous and rather stupid for a four year old to go charging into a prison with professional warriors, or so they seemed to be. Father and son jumped up off of the surface of the planetoid and were pulled into the gravity of the prison's planetoid, which was sort of like a fluffed up pancake. Luigi made sure his hood was on and they crept to the northern pole of the planetoid, where a siren immediately blared.

"Darn it all!" Danny cried, "Let's go! Security has gotten tougher!" The two of them dashed across the surface of the planetoid to the barbed wire, electrical fence (Luigi was confused as to where they got the electricity from in the middle of space but he decided not to question) and Luigi disabled the fence, causing Danny to be able to rip apart the wiring. They stepped through and dashed towards the prison doors, which flung open to reveal a flock of Paratroopas waiting for them.

Luigi gave no hesitation in beginning his assault. He didn't use the staff at such a close range but rather his own power. Still befuddled about what had happened in the void with Thurius when he dropped his staff and felt weaker, he continued to zap the Paratroopas around him without feeling a single bit of weakness at all. He charged into the crowd, engulfing himself in electrical power and knocking the Paratroopas out of the way.

Danny in the meantime was swatting away Koopas and Paratroopas at an alarming rate. When he fought with his pointed rod, he fought harshly. At one point, he surprised Luigi by jumping on top of a generator nearby and stabbing the rod into it, then pulling it out and firing a bolt of electricity from the tip at the army, thus decimating its center. Another time as they were fighting their way in, Danny pressed a hidden button on his rod and began shooting small lasers at the enemy. Luigi was overall very impressed at the ingenuity his son had put into his weapon and his ability to fight as well.

They charged into the main hallway, shocking the prisoners (not literally) who all seemed wide awake. They looked among the prisoners who were wide awake with terror and excitement at the alarms. They were of nearly all species, from Koopa to Toad. But among them they saw none from the Bros division.

More enemies poured into the prison's hallway.

"Danny, you start freeing them!" Luigi yelled, "I'll take care of these guys!"

"I'm on it!" Danny yelled. Luigi saw Danny wall jump up to the top of the prison and hang from one of the light fixtures. He wondered for a second what he was doing but became occupied with the many enemies that were surrounding him. He blasted everything within ten feet of him with electricity and the enemies who were attacking him were burnt to cinders. Amazingly, the prison bars rolled up around him as well, causing him to assume that they ran on electricity just like everything else. That also cleared up what Danny was doing at the moment.

Danny had stabbed his staff into the light fixture and absorbed electricity into it, firing small blasts at the bars of the cells, then recharging. This caused them all to spring upwards with the sudden stimulation thus freeing the people that they held. Half of the prison was now free as Luigi knocked back another wave of Koopas.

Now he drew his staff, for the next wave was still coming down the hallway. Luigi focused his power into the staff and he felt the symbols on his right hand burning. The symbols on the staff's tips burned bright as well. As the next wave came around the corner, Luigi unleashed the electricity he was withholding.

The whole complex was without power for the next few hours as Luigi and Danny finished freeing the prisoners. Not a single enemy had remained alive. The people in the prison, a number of about five hundred all were struggling outside to receive fresh air. Luigi had to zap them all, much to his reluctance, to get them to focus on him once they were all outside. The planetoid was very crowded.

"Attention all people who we just freed!" Luigi called out to the people, who all were standing on the northern pole of the planetoid, with his hood now off, "You are now safe from Bowser's clutches! Unfortunately, we can't transport you all out of here due to the rather… small size of the planetoid we are travelling on." There was squabbling below him, as he was standing on the lowest roof of the planetoid.

"Silence please!" Luigi called. The people all went silent. "I can see other planetoids nearby that shouldn't take long to get to. I'm afraid you must stay in this… galaxy, as I suppose it could be called. But stay close, because if Bowser shows up again, you will have to band against him."

Danny suddenly jumped up on the roof beside him.

"Dad, you have to see this," he said urgently. Luigi told all of the people to begin making their way to the southern pole of the planetoid and that he would be out soon to begin loading the ship.

"What is it?" he asked as he and Danny approached the stairs that led downwards in the prison.

"You are not going to like this," said Danny, "I can't believe I've not noticed this before." When they reached the bottom of the stairs, they found something that made Luigi's heart sink. In the basement of the prison, there was a small pool of magma. A severed tentacle lay nearby them.

"No…" he said softly, "This couldn't possibly be…"

"It is," said Danny, "I wasn't here with you but I can guarantee that this is… or was King Kaliente's planetoid. I had never noticed before, but this terrifying location is the Good Egg Galaxy."


Lasers were firing everywhere. There was the sound of crying and the sound of panic. The space colony was in chaos. An attack was underway on them. In the midst of all of this chaos, something miraculous had happened. A child had been born. In the middle of the attack, the infant had been born. A laser fired through the roof of this child's house.

Her parents had lived here on this early space colony for ten years now, ever since his father had left the dark side and met his mother. Many space colonies had been formed against Bowser, often by rebels in big galaxies, but some by freed prisoners. Essentially, if people began living in a galaxy, it was considered a colony. These colonies were a prime target for Bowser's side of things. This colony in particular was in the northern half of the Cosmic Cove Galaxy, where people lived in floating houses on the water.

"Hurry!" the child's father yelled as he helped his wife out the door of the flaming house. They jumped into a boat next to the house, as boats were the prime mode of transportation in this galaxy. They would have to meet up with some of the others at the south end of the galaxy, though it would be tough, considering that it was hard for boats to get underneath the rock wall that separated the two halves. Another laser struck nearby. The infant's father began rowing as hard as he could.

Somehow, almost everyone had reached the other side safely. It was only the north end that seemed to be under attack, since the many airships above the galaxy were no longer above them. There was a cave nearby in the rock wall of the cove that they could hide out in until the airships passed over.

Bowser often scoped out galaxies to use as prisons. This one wouldn't likely be taken due to the watery nature of it, but it was never good to stay out and about. If they had to, the child's parents would raise her in the cavern. They could be there for quite a while.

Almost the entire colony was now on the southern half of the planetoid. This colony was composed of mainly Koopas that were rebels against Bowser. Not many others outside of their species came along. The infant's father urged her mother to take her into the cavern while he waited for stragglers but she hesitated in leaving him.

"Don't worry about me," he said, "Just take care of her. I'll be in after you in no time." He kissed her and she took their child with her into the cavern. A few more arrived, but after ten more minutes, the people who had been waiting for others to come entered the cavern.

The cavern was covered in crystals and was very spacious, perfect for a small society to live in for a while. The father walked over to where his wife was sitting down and trying to calm the child down.

"How is she?" he asked softly with a smile. She smiled back.

"She couldn't be better," she said. He sat down next to her as their proclaimed leader stepped up to take roll. When he had finished he made a few announcements.

"It appears we have lost a few people unfortunately," he said, "We can only hope they are alright." There was mumbling among the villagers as the new parents watched over their child. She was a beautiful little girl with a yellow shell like his father, with a single spike protruding from it, a rare sign of dominance among Koopas. She had her mother's mouth though, a beak shaped one, like most Koopas had. She was cuddled asleep against her mother's chest.

The leader continued on through the announcements, until finally, it came to the point where the birth of their child would be announced.

"We'd like to congratulate Lemmy and Trisha Koopa on their first child as well," said their leader. The whole crowd turned to them. They beamed as the leader came down off of the rock that he was standing on to check out their child. He smiled as he finished.

"Congratulations you two," he said, "What shall her name be." They looked at each other. They found a name that passed through them both in confirmation.

"Her name is…" Lemmy was unable to finish, for at that moment a laser pierced right into the cavern.


A/N: Well, it appears that the first prison that our heroes have checked out has no sign of James's family anywhere and that it also happens to be in the Good Egg Galaxy! We have learned that many have been making colonies in space while Bowser has been turning planets in galaxies into prisons and through that that Lemmy is now a father! I bet nobody saw that coming (Especially since we haven't seen him in forever. Chapter 30 to be exact.).

Will Luigi and the others find James's family? What will happen to Lemmy and his family? And speaking of Koopas, where are Iggy, Shelly, and Ludwig in this time period?

Haven't written in a while because I got New Super Mario Bros 2! It is one of the best Mario games I've ever played. Still doesn't make my top three (Galaxy, Bowser's Inside Story, SPM), but it's pretty good. I suppose I should mention that I have my own variation of the Koopalings' ages. I see it as going, with current ages, Ludwig, Wendy, Roy, Iggy, Shelly, Morton, Larry, Lemmy, and Junior in descending order. I know that is completely wrong but oh well. That's just the way I see it. And I don't know about you guys, but I consider any variation of Koopa (Bros included) to be mammalian, despite turtle-like characteristics. I mean, the Koopalings and Bowser all have hair...

Cosmic Cove was in Super Mario Galaxy 2 in World 2. It is a very curious galaxy. That's all I have to say.

I do not own Mario. All characters, ideas and places belong to Nintendo.