(For the person who had been wondering, Geno was Guardian #2.
Now, here's the next (short) chapter, written in a hurry but I at least hope soneone likes it!)
Somewhere in Space
Exor was hopelessly lost…
Smithy had told him the way to get to Earth, but Exor and Mack had been too busy whispering about Bowyer's funny way of talking that he had instantly forgotten what Smithy had told him. Was he supposed to turn left at Jupiter, or was it Mars?
Their plan was simple: take over the Earth. Simple, Exor had thought, but what if the Earthlings have a nice welcoming committee?
After their meeting, Exor had confronted Smithy with his fears. "Don't worry," Smithy had told him, "Just choose a dark and dreary place to station our factory and I'll do the rest."
A dark and dreary place, Exor repeated to himself. It certainly would help if I could find the way to Earth…
And, suddenly, he saw it! The blue-green-brown planet that was his target. There was only one thing standing between him and the planet: this weird little satellite that was shaped like a star. Exor ploughed right through it, though he barely felt a thing.
Once he entered the atmosphere, he searched for a dark and dreary place. There, he thought, looking at Bowser's Keep, That looks good!
BAAAAANG!!!!!!! BOOOOOOM!!!!!!
Exor landed.
The broken stars that had fallen with him also landed.
Though he didn't see it, three figures were also thrown from Bowser's Keep…
Rose Town
"Help! Help! Help! Mario, HEEEELLLLP!"
"Bwa, ha, ha, ha! Save your breath, Princess! He's not coming! I made sure he was busy with the longest and most tiring plumbing job ever!!! HA HA HA! YOU'RE MINE!"
"Not so fast! Untie the princess from that lamp at once!"
"Eh? Who're you?! Why should I listen to you?!"
"Because if you don't, you'll be sorry!"
"Sure… TRY ME!!!!"
"Of course! Are you sure? Give up now, while you're ahead, Bowser!!"
"No way!"
"You're asking for it! SUPER STAR SHOT!!!"
CRASH!!!!!!!
"……….Uh, uh, oops…"
"Gaz!" A mushroom woman rushed into the room, and saw that her son, while playing with his toys, had knocked down a lamp. "Gaz!" she said again. "What happened here?!"
"Um, um, uh…" Gaz stuttered, "Bowser kidnapped Princess Toadstool and tied her to that lamp, and Mario wasn't there to save her. So Geno came. But, when Geno fired his special gun to get Bowser, he accidentally hit the lamp instead… What's that, Geno?" Gaz held the toy up to his ear. "Mom! Geno says he's really sorry!!"
His mother rolled her eyes. "Whatever… just get a broom and clean this up, Gaz. That will also be a few weeks out of your allowance!"
"But, Mom!!!" Gaz protested, "It wasn't me! It was Geno! He doesn't know his own strength!"
"Clean it up, Gaz, and I don't want to hear any more about it being Geno's fault, OK?"
"OK," Gaz muttered.
Gaz had just finished, and was just about to put his toys away, when they heard a commotion outside. "What's that? A shooting star?"
"Shooting star?" Gaz raced outside and looked up. "Oh, wow!!! Mom, you gotta come see this!!"
"Hmm?" his mother stepped outside. "Wow! That's very pretty."
"It's getting closer," and old mushroom man observed. "You don't think it could crash into the woods, could it?"
"It might," a younger man said. "Oh, look! It is! It is!"
The townspeople watched as the star crashed into the nearby Forest Maze. Gaz's mother braced herself, expecting a minor earthquake or something, but nothing came.
"Wow!! Mom, do you think that could be an alien spaceship!" Gaz was jumping up and down excitedly. "Mom! Come on! Let's check it out!"
"No way," she held him back, "It'll be dark soon, and I need to make dinner for us and the people staying here."
"Aw… hey, what's that?" Gaz pointed to a smaller object coming down from the forest.
Another mushroom man had noticed it too. "Oh, that's strange, it looks like an arrow…" he stared at it, as it came closer.
"Oh, dear, look out," his wife warned, "you don't want it to hit anyone!"
"Well, I need to chop some wood—Ooh!"
The arrow had hit the man! "Oh, it doesn't… huh?! What the—?! Oh! Help! I can't move!!"
"Eh? What happened?" Gaz asked. "Mom, do you think…"
"I think you should go in!" His mother grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and dragged him inside. "I don't know what's happening, but it's dangerous!"
Gaz watched out the window as a shower of paralyzing arrows came, hitting many of the scrambling people outside. "Whoah! Where are those arrows coming from?!"
"I have no idea," she muttered, "but, for goodness' sake, stay inside until it's over with!"
"Ok… It's time to play 'Save the World' again!" Gaz ran upstairs to his room, stopping once again to look out the window. "Wow, that's so weird… I wonder who's doing that…?"
Forest Maze
"Bowyer, sir," a Flunky reported, "There's a town just at the edge of this forest!"
"Nya, so there is, is there not? Nya! The name if this town, what is it?"
"Rose Town, sir."
"Nya, 'sir' you will call me not! Nya… This spot is good, is it not? The town I cannot see, though… Closer we must move!"
"What do you want to do?" another Flunky asked.
"Nya, that is obvious, is it not? My aim I must practice, by shooting at this town, NYA!"
"Great idea!" A Flunky exclaimed. "Do you have enough arrows?"
"Many arrows I have, yes. Now, Flunkies, patrol the forest you must, make sure a person gets in our way must not, nya!"
It took a moment for that last command to sink in. "Oh! Patrol the forest for people! Got it!" The Flunky turned to the others. "You heard Bowyer! Let's go!"
Seaside Town
He looked lost.
The stranger to their town kept walking into stores, coming out much too soon to have bought anything. In fact, the village elder noticed that he was completely empty-handed. So what was he doing? Asking directions?
After the stranger came out of the health food store, the village elder himself went up to him. "Is something wrong?" he asked.
The mysterious gray mushroom man immedeately asked, "Are you the elder of this town?"
"Yes… why?"
"Ah, there you are!! I have been asking everyone in the town where you are, but no one would tell me…"
"Can I help you?" the Village Elder asked again.
"Well, uh, you, see…" the mushroom man stumbled, "I'm here to check… I mean, a survey, about… the electrical… yes, the electrical service in your area!"
"Electrical service?"
"Yes, we've been receiving complaints. Would you mind telling everyone in town to come to this shack?"
"Uh… why would you need to go into a shack?"
"I… I… I left my papers in there."
"In that shack? But it's locked…"
"Oh, you see, my assistants and I picked the lock…"
The Village Elder just stared at him. "May I… see?"
"Certainly!" The mushroom man led him to the shack, and opened it. Several other gray mushroom men were inside. The Village Elder just stared. The gray mushroom man finally pushed him in and shut the door.
"HEY! What are you doing?!" He pounded on the door.
"Oh, you are so guillible!!" the mushroom man turned around and faced the people who had come out of their houses and shops to see what was going on. "Everyone, in the shed!" he shouted. "This town now belongs to us, the Smithy Gang!"
"Yaridovich, you're a genius!" one of the evil gray "mushroom men" told their leader once they were done. "Posing as the Village Elder is a great idea!"
"Yes, that's why Smithy trusts me," Yaridovich gloated. "So.. we got everyone right?"
"Yes, everyone!"
"Good! Eee hee hee… Contact Smithy, please, and tell him our mission's accomplished!"