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INVASION DAY-
The Mushroom Kingdom's castle was where it always was. Things soon escalated as Bowser's flying battleships soon came in to storm the castle.
Bowser was in his command ship and his shy guy soldiers and his lieutenant, Bullet Bill..
Bullet Bill:"Lord Bowser, our spies believe the king is still within the palace walls, as well as the princess."
Bowser:"And what of her bodyguard?"
Bullet Bill:"We have a score to settle, leave him to me
Bower:"Very well. Let the invasion begin!"
The battleships were directly above the castle. The guards caught sight of this and merely had time to prepare. Shy guys had already made onto the castle walls..
Guard:"Command, we have a red-alert-(gets throat slit)"
Shy guy:"Secure the roof!"
Shy guys started making their way through the palace.
"Overwatch in place"
"(fires) Rooftop secure"
"Grenade"
"Move out"
"Clear"
"East-wing: secure"
"(fires) Guard is down"
"They're somewhere here, smoke 'em out."
Strangely, the shy guy soldiers ran into each other..
"It's bravo team.."
"Something doesn't feel right here..there should be more guys to shoot."
"What if it's a trap?"
"Oh, you think everything's a trap."
Suddenly, someone flips into action in front of the shy guys. He wore white pants and jacket, blue shirt and gloves, sunglasses and a white and red spotted hat. Toad, the royal bodyguard..
"Oh shit, it's Toad."
"Take him out-"
With duel wielding Uzis, Toad makes short work of the shy guys...
Toad:"Your majesty, Princess, let's go."
The king and his daughter, Princess Peach are lead by Toad through the hallway..
Toad:"Stay close"
Shy guy:"(ambush)Stop right th-"
Toad kicks him and shoots him down, continuing to lead the two to safety and giving a few more shots to the shy guy.
It was then that they encountered a palace guard, Toad was getting edgy..
Guard:"Wait, wait, wait! Don't shoot, don't shoot!..Your majesty, We're completely surrounded. I don't see another option but surrender.."
Peach and Toad were stunned when they heard that. The king on the other hand, who wanted his daughter safe at all cost, had another idea..
King:"Toad, is there another escape route?"
Toad knew what the king was thinking, and much to his dismay, accepted it.."
Toad:"There's a ventilation pipe at the end of the maintenance hall..but it's to small for a man to fit through.."
Now Peach found out as well, and did not like it one bit...
Peach:"No..no.."
King:"Princess...I need you to go with Toad now."
Peach:"No! Dad, I'm not gonna leave you!"
King:"My beautiful daughter..sometimes a princess has to do what is right for her kingdom..as does a king."
Peach started to cry. The King brought out something to his daughter, a star necklace...
King:"This has been our family for generations. As long as you wear it..I will be with you..keeping safe."
Peach:"(sad)Then you keep it..you stay safe."
King:"I love you my daughter. Never forget that."
Peach:"I love you!"
The two share one last hug and the king looks at his oldest friend..
King:"Toad.."
Toad:"Your majesty...It's been my greatest honor..to serve with you. Princess..we need to go..Come on.."
Toad takes Peach by the hand at they start running through the hall..
Toad:"Princess, let's go..run!"
The king looks at his daughter fleeing, knowing of his own fate. The guard was still there, waiting for the king's order..
Guard:"Your orders, sire?"
King:"We know what Bowser does with prisoners..we wont be giving him any. We fight to the end."
The king takes out a gun and storms off with the guard, ready for one last battle..
King:"For the Kingdom..For the Kingdom!"
That was the last we heard of the king..
The shy guys were at the hall, ready for anyone to come through and still looking for Peach..
Shy guy:"Still no sign of the target."
"Bowser's gonna be pissed."
"Bill's coming down."
Peach and Toad were at the corner. Toad holds up his gun and was ready..
Toad:"Wait here."
Shy guy:"Aw crap, that's just what we need."
Toad manages to get shots off the shy guys before they could even fire at him. He takes them down easily, before one points a gun at his head..
Shy guy:"Tell me where the girl is and I might let you live.(Toad takes gun)OK, you can go-"
Toad fires the gun and suddenly has a plan of his own..
Toad:"Princess, come on. I have an idea."
Peach comes out of the corner and sees Toad..undressing a shy guy...
Peach:"Um..Toad?"
Toad:"(shrugs)"
They make it down the maintenance hall. Peach is now wearing a shy guy's uniform as a way of disguising herself. The make it to the ventilation pipe. Peach steps her feet inside and Toad says his farewells to her..
Toad:"Alright, off you go, princess."
Before she could go, Peach takes Toad by the hand, concerned about him as well.
Peach:"(scared)Toad..what's going to happen to you?"
Toad:"Don't worry about me, Princess.(puts shy guy mask on Peach)Just get to the end of the pipe and keep going, Don't let anybody know who you are. If I get out of here alive, I'll find you. I promise! Now go!"
Peach is sent through the pipe, leaving Toad to deal with one more problem. Bullet Bill had found him and pointed a gun to him, ready for a fight.
Toad:"Bill..
Bullet Bill:"Toad... Now there won't be any question of who's the fastest gun in the mushroom kingdom."
Toad:"...There never was.."
The two begin a close combat gun fight. Both have manages to block every shot at each other, and even pointed their fingers like guns to each other. The two take hold of one another, and Bill headbutts Toad, backing him up. Toad leaves on his serious face while Bill has an evil smirk on him face.
The two hold their guns in their hands, ready to draw. They point their guns and Toad had seemed to of been empty, leaving Bill for the kill shot.
Toad was blasted to the ground, his glasses flew from him and he instantly started to cough up blood.
Bill stood over his defeated rival..
Bullet Bill:"You never did know when to quit, Toad."
Toad tries taking out something from his jacket. He reaches it out to Bill, who grabs his hand..
Bullet Bill:"Not so fast!"
Toad:"..This..is from the Princess."
Toad puts the thing in Bill's hand. When he opened it, Bill discovered it to be a wind-up gear. In shock, Bill opens up Toad's jacket to find a dozen Bob-Bombs attached to him, ready to blow...
Bullet Bill:"NOOOO-"
*BOOM*
Toad's sacrifice was an honorable one. Though, he took himself, his rival and half of the castle along with him.
It was the beginning of the end of the mushroom kingdom. But, let's head back to before, when all was still right with the world...
1 WEEK BEFORE INVASION DAY-
We find two plumbers at work, listening to the radio. They were wearing Red and green with blue overalls. The one plunging a toilet was called Mario, the other holding a wrench was Luigi. Mario was a proud plumber, but hates the war going on as it effects his work, Luigi was enthusiastic and wanted to something more, like help out the army. On the radio, it tells about what the army's doing right now..
Radio:"Reserve forces are setting up checkpoints in mushroom city as troops gather at the border. We will continue to bring you news as Bowser's aggression moves closer and closer to the mushroom kingdom."
Mario:"This war..it's bad for business."
Luigi:"We should be out there...fighting!"
Mario:"With what? Our plungers?"
Luigi:"Nah, we should join the army. I mean, haven't you ever wanted to be anything more than a plumber?"
Mario:"Hey! I'm proud pf being a plumber. I mean, someone gotta fix these toilets!"
Luigi:"You don't get it, do ya Mario?! If Bowser wins this war, there won't be any toilets left to fix."
Mario cared less and continues plunging. Luigi takes his brother by shoulder and tries to get him to agree..
Luigi:"Look. There ain't nothing wrong with being plumbers..but this is our chance to be heroes.."
Mario looks at his brother and starts thinking about it...
ON THE NEXT EPISODE-
Sergeant:"Private Mario! Private Luigi! Command has seen fit to send you on a special mission!"
To be continued...