Luigi's heart was frozen still, but furiously heating pumping through his veins at the same time. True, unrivalled fear was coursing through his entire inner core and very fibre of his being.
Why, you may ask? Someone was here and it would be physically, yet literally impossible for them to be here.
No, perhaps it wasn't right to call a 'them'. It was HIM. A terrifying beast that Luigi had constant nightmares of to this current standing state. A tyrannical beast who refuses to die and always comes back to haunt Luigi and Mario.
Gleaming horns, red hair, sharp teeth, and a body that would make even Yukari and Hecatia shiver.
Everyone's lips were frozen but somehow, Luigi was the one to call out the painfully, yet frightfully obvious. "Okay, why did Yukari bring you here...
Bowser?!"
That's right. The great Koopa King had made his presence KNOWN. The three Toads quivering like never before. Hell, even E. Gadd was hiding with them. The only one out in the open - Bowser's only prey - was Luigi himself.
Bowser snarled, looking down at Luigi. Finally, the king spoke. "Well well, I make my dramatic entrance, and lo and behold, Mario isn't even here! Just the lesser brother! You mind telling me where he is so I may smash his teeth in?"
Luigi had an unamused gaze at Bowser. "Mario is... missing."
"MARIO IS MISSING?!" Bowser roared. The sheer strength of his roar skidded Luigi back a bit. "That's NOT what I wanted to hear at ALL! At LEAST tell me Peach is around somewhere!" He sent a deathly gaze at Luigi.
...but all Luigi could return was a nervous smile.
Bowser folded his arms. "So you're just as useless as always, huh. And I despise waste." Bowser slowly stomped over to Luigi. "And you know what I do to waste, right?"
"N-n-no?" Luigi was shaking like a wobbly tube man.
"I dispose of it! Time to seal the deal, Luigi! If Mario won't come out to face me, then maybe harming his brother will be enough for him to show his sorry behind! Have at you!"
Bowser grabbed Luigi by the head and chucked him through the woods.
...And a certain doll magician peeked out of her house to witness it.
Luigi landed on his face, scraping his nose and cheeks across the unforgiving ground. He shakily moved his head upwards to notice an orange glow. That was a fireball coming right towards a helpless Luigi. "Oh, no mercy, huh... figured. This world is hell anyway... AAAAH!" Luigi finally got his bearings and did a roll to dodge the fireball, tiny text saying 'GRAZE' as he barely dodged it.
"Huh... that's a weird thing to announce..." Luigi looked up at the text. He noticed Bowser right there.
"Well well, I didn't expect you to make it this far." Bowser grinned, showing his menacing fangs. "But I've learned new tricks while stuck in this world! Watch THIS!" Bowser charged up his flame breath.
"Bowser - you've done a fire breath more times than I've suffered Yuuka's sadistic torture."
Bowser then turned his head towards his fists and breathed fire at THAT, lighting his fists on fire. "GWAAARGH!" Bowser jumped up and attempted to dunk Luigi with his flaming fists.
"OKAY, NO MERCY, I UNDERSTAND-"
Luigi screamed as he jumped back as Bowser slammed the ground, creating a... crater.
Luigi lashed out his rants at Bowser. "Are you tryin' to defeat me or ANNIHILATE ME?!"
Bowser retracted his fist as the fire went away at his command. "The latter. You bros have had it good for too long!" Bowser raised his palms, and then started to charge up electricity.
Wait, electricity?!
Luigi recognised it. That's the same magic he used to summon a spaceship during his galaxy takeover.
Bowser laughed. "I have conquered galaxies - now I'll conquer this entire dimension!"
Bowser launched a giant lightning ball at Luigi.
"Ah-!" Luigi fiddled with his Poltergust to enter 'inhale' mode. He aimed it at the lightning ball and managed to grab a hold of it.
"GWARGH?!" Bowser spat.
"Heeeee-yah!" Luigi used the Poltergust to spit the lightning bolt right back at Bowser.
Bowser got flung into the sky, doing several backflips. "GWAAAAARGH!"
During Bowser's roar, Luigi put his vacuum nozzle back in it's secure spot.
Bowser landed on his stomach, Luigi still in battle position.
"Grrr-rmmmph..." Bowser slowly stumbled onto his feet. "WHY YOU-!" He paused on his lashing out. He let out a sinister chuckle. "Gwahahaha...! Oh, yes, I see why you're my arch-enemy's brother now. You, like him, are way too stubborn to die, but all stubborn matter ends eventually." Bowser jumped into the air and disappeared in a teleporting way.
"Oh, I forgot he has magic to teleport..."
Bowser then appeared right behind Luigi, tripping him up with his tail. Luigi turned to see Bowser, flames in his breath. "GAME OVER, LUIGI."
Suddenly, something flew in and stabbed Bowser in the stomach. Thankfully, or unthankfully (depends if you're a Bowser fan or not), it was not lethal. Bowser aimed his head up and spat a fireball in pain. "GWARFH?!"
Bowser, still processing his pain, reached down and grabbed the culprit of the stabbed. He brought it up to his eye level. "What is this?! A DOLL?!"
A doll? Luigi thought in his mind. Oh, thank you, Alice... my savior.
Bowser, showing no mercy, threw the doll onto the floor and stomped it, the doll giving way and being utterly destroyed under his foot. "I don't wanna know what kinda world this is where dolls come to life and have such accuracy when hitting me."
Bowser then raised his foot to try and crush Luigi, but then he heard a female voice.
"Did you just ruin one of my dolls?"
Bowser turned to the voice, and Luigi showed a smirk. Ooooh, Bowser has yet to experience the power level of magical girls. Now he wanted to see Bowser meet Yukari, somehow anger her, and have to fight her -
Wait, why was he getting these sadistic thoughts? Luigi is WHOLESOME, not Yuuka!
Bowser saw Alice approaching the scene. "Oooh, look, Princess Peach got a makeover! You dare to approach me? You're basically ASKING to be kidnapped!"
"I am not this Peach you speak of." Alice remained calm. "I am Alice, and I am a puppeteer magician."
Red Toad comically was heard in the background. "She also simps for this black-white-magician!"
Alice blushed and yelled at the far-off voice. "HEY! THAT SHIP IS HORRIBLE!"
Bowser teleported again.
Luigi twisted himself the proper way and got back up on his feet. "ALICE! LOOK OUT!"
Alice turned back. "Huh. Where did that beast go-"
Bowser teleported behind Alice.
Luigi pointed. "BEHIND YOU!"
Bowser grabbed Alice from behind.
Alice turned her eye and all the dolls pierced Bowser in the arm with their lances. Bowser howled in pain as Alice broke free and ran to the injured Luigi.
"GWAAAAAAARGH!" Bowser flung the dolls off his arm. "That's it! You wanna get brutal? Let's get BRUTAL!" Bowser curled into a shell and rolled toward Alice.
Alice sent more lance dolls after Bowser, but they just bounced off his shell.
Alice, realising it, stepped back and dived to the side to avoid the rolling shell of doom.
Bowser curled out of his shell and teleported again.
Luigi looked wary, when he was suddenly grabbed from behind. "Gah! My back!" He was then punched into the air by Bowser. "AH! MY BACK!" Then he looked down to see Bowser charging up something while Luigi was in midair. Luigi FREAKED OUT and wailed his arms to try to grab a tree branch. Bowser then threw his hands up and used his electric magic. And Luigi was caught, right in the middle of it.
Thousands of volts searing through Luigi's body. It was agonizing. If Luigi didn't master Thunderhand before this, he would surely be dead. Also, the Hourai Elixr played a huge part of Luigi not dying. Luigi felt like his brain could fry. This whole attack lasted two seconds before Alice interfered with another lance doll, but that felt like hours. Pain lasts long, it seems. Luigi prayed Hourai Elixr covers broken bones and being fried by electricity.
Luigi's weakned body tumbled onto the ground. "Oooow... it hurts..."
Sure enough, the Hourai Elixr slowly worked on fixing his body. Alice turned to face Bowser. "Is THAT your term of brutal?"
Bowser grinned. "What's it to ya? Now you're all alone against the powerful Koopa King!" He laughed. "Now I will slay you!"
Just as Bowser went in for the kill, a punch from another girl went through his stomach. Bowser spat in pain again as he was knocked out. Turns out, the savior is a fire-phoenix girl with overalls - Mokou. She put her hands in her pockets. "Okay, you're kinda a bit tough to punch, but I got the job done none the less."
"GWARGH?!" Bowser got up on his feet again. "Oh, you little - why is Luigi getting all the girls?! What's wrong with giving a KING his respect?!"
"Ooooh, my." Mokou rolled her eyes. "I deeply apologise. What should I refer to you, then?"
"King Bowser!"
Mokou sprinted and slided under Bowser. She then grabbed him by the tail and swung him around. "So long, King Bowser!" She tossed him straight at the tree.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO-" Bowser crashed his head straightfirst into the tree. He landed on his feet, but wobbly. "Gwaaa-arrgh... no... What the Underwhere is wrong with these girls?!" Bowser lamented. He then let out one last roar. "GWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!" He then collapsed onto the floor, dazed and defeated.
"Mokou, why did you show up-"
Mokou hauled Luigi's unconscious and paralyzed body over her shoulder. "Because your fighting is loud."
Mokou carried Luigi into the lab, and her reception was mixed.
"What happened to Luigi?!/Where's Bowser?!/What's a Fumo?!"
Mokou sat Luigi down on a chair. "Bowser got him. Don't worry, I finished him off. As for Luigi, yeah, he's gonna be fine."
"I really hope so." E. Gadd typed on his console. "He's going to the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Luigi is the only one here qualified to go through a mansion. The hostage there is either Princess Peach or Mario, so hopefully that motivates him..."
Another laugh was heard out the lab. Mokou looked to see that Bowser had made a full recovery faster than Luigi.
"So, the princess or Mario is at a very obvious mansion?" Bowser smirked. "Easy. If it's Peach, I'll take her. If it's Mario, I'll burn him. So long, losers!" Bowser turned tail and sprinted away.
Red Toad shouted and pointed. "Okay, hear me out - Bowser is actually really good at sniffing out those two! Perhaps he knows where the mansion is! That's NOT good! Luigi! I know you're in a damaged state, but you need to go to that mansion! NOW!"
Luigi's ears were ringing, threatening to pop out. But he DID hear the command. He stood up on his feet and gave a shaky thumbs up to Red Toad. "Okiedokie..."
Luigi walked out the lab door as Mokou put her hand on Luigi's shoulder. "Are you SURE? You REALLY look worse for wear."
The plumber simply mumbled. "There's no time..." and staggered on out.
Luigi blinked, his gaze hazy as he looked around the forest. Straight out of the Dream World, back into reality.
"Okay, Bowser, let's see if you can keep up with me..."