For the record, I may refer to Bowletta as male, female and just plain old "it" or "they" during this chapter. I don't really know WHAT to refer to him or it or her as, so blame that. :P
Mario and Luigi - A Superstar Story
(Finale P1) Chapter 49: The End of an Adventure
Mario and Luigi hopped up the ledges to the throne, and stood firm before Bowletta, who was sitting on it.
"You've done well to make it here!" Bowletta praised, her face resting on her right arm as she talked. "I should have expected as much from the superstars of the Mushroom Kingdom!"
Bowletta hopped off her throne, then twitching.
"Uh... when did I get back in my castle?" Bowletta asked. "Why do you two look like you're about to attack me? Aren't you supposed to be saving Peach so I can kidnap her?"
Mario looked at Bowletta in a dumbfounded fashion, until he froze up again. Luigi opened his mouth to say something, but Bowletta started moving again.
"I'm in control, nincompoop! There, now stay in that corner of your mind!" Bowletta ordered to... itself. Mario and Luigi were further confused. "Now, where was I? Ah, yes... You've done well to make it here! I should have expected as much from the superstars of the Mushroom Kingdom!"
"Unfortunately for you, those who desire to disrupt my plans have very short futures with foul ends… and I don't mean the bird!" Bowletta got some confused stares. "Anyway, after conquering the Beanbean Kingdom, I intend to make the Mushroom Kingdom mine as well!"
Bowletta started firing powerful balls of fire throughout the room as the Bros yelped.
"My new country has no need for old superstars!" Bowletta said with fire between her teeth. "It will do just fine with only one: the Great Bowletta!"
"Get ready, Luigi!" Mario warned as Bowletta shot immense lines of fire at both diagonals facing the Bros, and finally aimed at them the third time, Mario and Luigi jumping out of the way as their final battle begun.
Luigi looked at their foe. Bowletta looked so menacing, her teeth were enormous, those eyes were pink and seemed to strike fear into the heart of the poor guy, not to mention how large that shell was and those super-pointy spikes. Luigi shuddered at the thought of even approaching such a foul creature to such a rash attack such as a hammer blow.
Yet Mario seemed set on having him try just that. Luigi made small steps towards Bowletta, then closed his eyes as his hammer connected one of the two circles on Bowletta's chest. She hardly looked fazed as she opened her mouth to blast him with fire. He yelped, unable to get away in time.
Mario thought fast, and stomped Bowletta on the head, stopping the charging of the fire as Luigi scrambled away from Bowletta. Her eyes flashed yellow, and two blue blocks with spikes on the sides appeared, along with shackles that kept the Bros in the same spot. Bowletta started charging up a fire blast.
Mario and Luigi bashed the blocks rapidly, but only Luigi's block and shackles disappeared in time as he was jumping more often. Bowletta finished charging, and blasted a beam of fire that stretched the height of her.
Luigi was able to dive out of the way safely, and Mario tried to run out of the way, but the shackles kept him in the same spot so therefore he had to brave the inferno of an attack.
"How about we try Rally Bros and hope she doesn't eat me during the attack?" Mario suggested.
"I dunno, that is one big mouth, and she does seem relentless… well, at the very least, you're durable and it isn't me getting smashed at her. I'm on board with this plan." Luigi said, smashing Mario into a ball and smashing him at Bowletta.
The ball of plumber striking Bowletta in the face hard, and Luigi jumped and smashed Mario down on to Bowletta's face a second time, the monster not being smart and malicious by opening her mouth and gulping Mario down in one bite. Mario uncurled as he flew back to Luigi's side, spinning so his feet touched the ground and skidded across to a smooth stop.
Mario and Luigi charged up a five-fireball strong Volley Bros and spiked it at Bowletta, and she just opened her mouth and let the spiked fireball fly into her mouth and heal her by quite a bit. Bowletta charged up her fire blast, and pelted Mario with shots while prepping some balls of fire (actually called Flarets) that hovered aimlessly between the fighters.
"Those balls of fire are so provoking!" Mario stated. "But Bowletta has the higher priority for now…"
Luigi tossed Mario a Super Mushroom to fill his HP again, and struck Bowletta with Burrow Bros twice. One of the Flarets flew into Bowletta's mouth, and she was healed a bit. Bowletta shot a beam of fire at Mario and Luigi, them escaping the blue blocks and shackles that had appeared beforehand, and the Bros were able to dodge the attack with a lunge each.
The Flarets were obliterated by the devastating attack, and Bowletta was then struck by Thundercut Bros and Chopper Bros. Bowletta chomped on just air, and shot blasts of fire randomly, spawning three Flarets and hitting Luigi thrice, Mario twice by the end of it. Bowletta then jumped high into the air above Mario, spun, and tried to ground-pound Mario. Mario held up his hammer and hammered away Bowletta just before he was pancaked. Bowletta was sent flying back and landed on her back.
"She tried to pancake me…"
"She really is relentless!" Luigi winced at the thought of that attack succeeding as they did Thunder Bros, the Flarets not being effected, and in fact getting healed, this being evident by the balls of fire growing a bit.
"Well, that's one way not attack those things." Mario noted. "And I find it weird how the final boss of our adventure can get their attack AND defense lowered. You'd think they'd be better than that, considering Wendy was immune to one of those stat drops."
Bowletta glared at Mario, the clear wanting of death in her eyes. Mario trembled a bit, but came at her with Swing Bros. One of the Flarets were eaten by Bowletta, and she was healed further. Bowletta then turned a volcanic shade of black, parts of her body glowing as if they would if they glowed in the dark.
"I'm not going to lie, that looks pretty cool." Mario admitted. Stars came rising out of nowhere around Bowletta, and they fell as massive ones at the Bros, Bowletta roaring to 'cause them to do the latter.
The blue ones just missed, but the green ones seemed to aim for Luigi, and the red ones for Mario. Luigi batted away the green meteor star and it went right back to sender, hitting her in the face. Mario did the same when a red came for him. Luigi was so dazzled by the impact of a nearby blue star, that a green one clonked him in the face.
"Ow! Meteors hurt!"
Mario and Luigi smacked another red and green meteor star back at Bowletta, but then Luigi was hit by one, and the last one, a blue meteor star blew up as it landed between the two Bros, knocking them off their feet. Somehow the Flarets had braved this shooting star mishap, and Bowletta's darker skin palette wore off, and she reverted to her normal colours, looking defeated.
"GAHH!" she cried, the Flarets blowing up. Mario and Luigi did a spin in victory. "NO! Cursed Mario Bros! Not again…"
"Yahoo!" Mario cheered, high-fiving Luigi. "We did it!"
Tick.
"Wait…" Luigi looked at the Time Bob-omb behind them. It had a rectangle with the vertical sides being the longer sides on its screen. That… was a zero. Mario and Luigi shared a look of worry as they recalled what the thing was with these things.
When the number on the face of the Time Bob-omb reaches zero, it's Game Over for you! Defeat the Koopaling before the number reaches zero!
"Uh oh." The Bros said in unison.
The Time Bob-omb started flashing, and blew up on Mario and Luigi. They spun in pain, and collapsed. Bowletta stopped putting on the act trying to look like she was in pain, and cackled.
"EEYAH HA HA!" Bowletta cackled. "Fools! You let your guards down! Even with all your fancy attacks, you can't beat me!"
Bowletta jumped closer towards the Bros.
"Farewell, you two losers! It's time you took a nice, relaxing break… in my belly!" Bowletta inhaled Mario and Luigi, allowing them to take anything but a relaxing break, plunging them into the depths of her stomach… and into darkness as they fell unconscious.
So, the finale is two parts. This and the next. Luckily for you, I'll be posting them on the same day... with a few hours notice, of course. So grab some popcorn and sit tight, this story's ending in a few hours!
