Scene 2:Business is War
Scene 2, Chapter 7 – Fake
Heroism
"Some
intruder that was. He was a wimp."
"Who
was it?"
"Some
stupid Shy Guy called Anti Guy."
"Anti
Guy!? You idiot! Did you kill him?"
"Of
course. My bodyguards threw him out the window."
"You
idiot! Anti Guy is one of the strongest Shy Guys ever! If not, the strongest!
He can probably withstand a 200-floor drop without dying! Next time, know who
you're dealing with, Snifitson."
"Sorry.
Well, I didn't know you're the Mushroom Kingdom expert."
"Don't disappoint me, Anti Guy…"
"Don't disappoint me, Anti Guy…"
"Don't disappoint me, Anti Guy…"
Anti Guy sprang up. "AHH!" he screamed in pain. He felt like a wreck. Every single part of his body hurt almost as bad as the pain the Slingshot causes. "Where am I?" Anti Guy looked around. To the north he saw an entrance to Snifit City. So he was kicked out, was he? To the east and south, he saw a thick swamp. "That must be the swamp Elder Guy told me about."
To the west, it was so empty, it was almost creepy. But Anti Guy saw something. He saw something—the air, the ground—shimmer. Then the shimmering darkened and a vortex-like thing appeared. Then it disappeared. "Totally messed up," Anti Guy muttered to himself. This island was messed up. He wanted to get home, but he had to stop Snifitson from destroying his home. Maybe he could live here. Nah.
Anti Guy looked next to him. Lying on the ground was the Slingshot, some ammo, and a lemon candy. It looked like someone saved him. Suddenly Anti Guy had flashbacks. He saw himself falling down from the AAI Tower. Then he landed on a cushion on the street. Of course it hurt from falling 200 floors. If he hit the concrete, he'd be living, but forever crippled. Then he remembered Dennis Domino standing next to him saying, "Don't disappoint me, Anti Guy." Dennis then put Anti Guy in his rich car and drove him outside of Snifit City and let him recover. Good thing he did, because the police would've thrown him jail easily.
Anti Guy picked up the lemon candy, opened its wrapping and ate it. Oh, how he loved lemon candy! He felt most of his energy come back to him, but he was still a bit sore.
He decided to go to the swamp. If he was to get any farther, the swamp could give him more answers than being chased around in the city. And he definitely didn't want to go to the weird twisted place at the west.
The swamp was definitely unpleasant. Anti Guy could stand the place though. In the distance, he heard a scream. He ran over to check what was happening. When he saw close enough, he hid behind a tree. In an opening, he saw a Piranha Plant being attacked by four Fuzzies.
Suddenly, Anti Guy devised a brilliant plot! It would work, hopefully. As long as the Piranha Plants had any sense of honor…
Anti Guy jumped out and said, "Hey! Why don't you pick on someone who's closer to your size!" Two of the Fuzzies jumped to attack Anti Guy. Anti Guy quickly knocked them out with some shots from the Slingshot. The other two stopped attacking the Piranha Plant and split up and attacked Anti Guy from two sides. Anti Guy shot down one of them with the Slingshot and punched the other one hard as it prepared to bite him. Too easy. He wished he'd be doing that to Snifitson and his bodyguards though.
The Piranha Plant, now free, began to trot back south casually.
"Hold it," said Anti Guy.
It spun around. "Oh! You saved me! Hehe, look at that! Well, thank you. Bye bye!"
"Wait a second."
"Oh! You wanted something?" Piranha Plants weren't exactly the nicest creatures. They never really associated with Shy Guys much either.
"I saved your life, didn't I?"
"Yes, you did! Thank you! Goodbye!"
"Well, don't you think you could do something for me in return?"
"Perry Piranha at your service! What would you want me to do? I'd do anything in return for the Shy Guy who saved my life." Of course Perry was faking some kindness to Anti Guy. Though, he couldn't turn around now. After all, Anti Guy saved his life.
"Do you have a high position here?"
"What do you mean? The Royal Piranha Family? I have connections… some."
"Do you know Mr. Snifitson and Snifit City?"
"Of course I do."
"Then all you have to do is tell him that the Royal Piranha Family needs to talk to him about something. And tell him to follow you there."
"Oh that's no problem at all! I was expecting something much bigger! Thank you, Shy Guy sir!"
Perry trotted off to Snifit City. When he was a distance away from Anti Guy, he muttered under his breath, "Damn you."
Scene
2, Chapter 8 – Exile
"Now that we have
everything settled Snifitson, there is one more thing I need to ask of you."
"Wait. I want to
ask you something first."
"What?"
"Who are you?"
"If you must
know…"
"Oh my god…"
"Rebuild me…"
Perry Piranha trotted down Snifit City with ease. Some of the Snifits knew him. "Hey, Perry, what up, my homie?" said some Snifits to him. Perry responded casually. He couldn't associate though; he had a job to do.
Perry reached the AAI Tower and saw many things were a wreck. It must've been that Shy Guy. What was he up to anyway? Dozens of police guarded the tower. Some knew Perry, however, and let him in. Anti Guy was lucky to find Perry in trouble. Anti Guy was also very devious. Perry realized that and hated Anti Guy for exploiting him.
The police let Perry into the tower. A guard was lying over the desk. "Okay…" said Perry. He went to the elevator and pressed the up button. Eventually, the elevator came down to the lobby and Perry walked in. He pressed the button for floor 66. The elevator jetted up silently. This was not the first time Perry's been here.
The elevator reached floor 66. Perry walked out. Some scientists were running to and fro. Some said hi to Perry. After all, he was one popular Piranha.
Perry got into the next elevator and went to floor 132. When he got out, he went in the final elevator to floor 198. When that elevator opened on the 132nd floor, another Snifit walked in as well as Perry. Perry recognized him. He was Dennis Domino, a very popular Snifit. He was also very influential and powerful, but not as much as Snifitson.
Dennis stared at Perry. He thought, What is this Piranha Plant doing in here?
They both got up at floor 198. They walked to the stairwell and said nothing to each other. Below them, they both saw the smoldering remains of the gun turrets and dead guards lying here and there. Perry instantly thought of Anti Guy. Dennis already knew that it was Anti Guy.
Dennis walked up to his private office and went in. Perry continued to Snifitson's office. The top floors haven't been touched, Perry noted. Two bodyguards stood at the door.
"What do you think you're doing here, Perry?" asked one of the guards.
"I need to see Snifitson for something important. It's about the Royal Piranha Family."
"Very well. You may pass."
Perry walked in. Snifitson came out of a dark room, and he was holding a case. Something was obviously inside it. "Ah, Perry, what brings you to my humble abode?"
"There's an emergency. The Royal Piranha Family needs to talk to you." Perry was quite blunt about it.
"Oh? What's the problem?"
"They'll explain it when you get there. I'm just a messenger. Do you have time?"
"Yes."
"Follow me then."
They both walked out of the office. Snifitson stopped for a second and talked to one of the bodyguards. He gave him the case. "Here. Give this to Snifenstein at the android lab. They're looking for some developments. You don't need to tell him what to do. He'll find out."
"Yes sir."
Snifitson beckoned to the other guard. "Come with me."
The guard nodded.
Perry, Snifitson, and the bodyguard walked out of the tower and through Snifit City. It was an odd sight.
Dennis looked out the window and saw them walking out of Snifit City. "Good job, Anti Guy," he said to himself.
Scene 2, Chapter 9 – Battle
in the Swamp
Perry led Snifitson and his bodyguard through the swamp up to one point. Then Perry stopped.
"What's the meaning of this?" asked Snifitson.
All of a sudden, Anti Guy came rushing out of nowhere and did an acrobatic flip on the bodyguard. The bodyguard was stunned, but turned around to attack. Anti Guy dodged a punch and kicked the bodyguard hard in the mask. Then he finished him off with the Slingshot.
"It's
you again!" screamed Snifitson.
"Yes it's me!" said Anti Guy.
Perry was shocked. "I can't believe this! You want to get Snifitson? You should've told me! I knew there was something fishy about a Shy Guy asking me to do this!" He ran to a large mushroom and pushed it over to reveal a cannon. After all, the swamp was heavily defended.
Anti Guy quickly twisted around and shot Perry. Perry hissed and fainted. "He served his purpose," said Anti Guy. "Now it's only me and you, Snifitson."
"What do you want with me, fool?"
"You know damn well what I want! You're going to take over the Mushroom Kingdom. You'll find out that that's a big mistake."
Before Anti Guy could respond, Snifitson took out a pellet and hurled it at Anti Guy. It barely hurt him. All of a sudden, smoke started to come out of the pellet and a giant spider mech appeared! It wasn't big at all. It was only big enough for the pilot, the body, and legs. Attached to the body was a pair of lasers. The glass cockpit was opened.
Snifitson laughed. "You wanted to know what AAI is about? This is what we can produce! You're nothing compared to the power that we can create!" He jumped into the mech and closed the cockpit. "You must know… Business is war."
Two of the eight legs began spearing Anti Guy. Anti Guy dodged and dodged until he got away. Then he fired one at the glass cockpit. The shot just bounced off! Snifitson laughed and began firing his lasers at Anti Guy.
Anti Guy cursed his luck and dodged the laser fire. He had an idea. Avoiding the legs and lasers, Anti Guy ran straight at Snifitson. As the front legs dived at him, Anti Guy dived under the mech.
"Damn you, Anti Guy!" said Snifitson. He pressed a button and a needle came under the mech. Anti Guy dodged it and kicked it hard. It broke off. Then Anti Guy kicked the bottom of the mech. Unfortunately, Anti Guy didn't deal with metal much, and he ended up hurting himself.
"Ow!"
"Ha, you idiot!" All eight legs began to spear at Anti Guy at the same time.
Anti Guy, seeing he was in danger, dashed out of the mech. The legs closed in the center and tangled themselves. Snifitson cursed in anger. Anti Guy devised a new plan. He ran around the mech and pushed (more like rolled) it in to the cannon. Then he opened a compartment in the cannon and took out some matches. "Consider your career over, Snifitson," said Anti Guy.
He lit the fuse and finally Snifitson exploded through the air straight to the Black Forest. Anti Guy could hear him screaming curses of revenge. "Now it's all up to Dennis Domino," said Anti Guy to himself.
Perry hissed. Anti Guy kicked him and headed to Snifit City.
Scene 2, Chapter 10 –
Domino's Decision
As Anti Guy reached Snifit City, he snuck past some guards and saw a store selling televisions. Those were new to him, so Anti Guy watched them. On the screen, he suddenly saw Dennis Domino. He listened to him talk.
"Unfortunately, today, the one person who I ever felt truly close to, Mr. Snifitson, was assassinated."
People all over the city froze. They listened to their TVs and others gathered around the front of the AAI Tower where Domino was speaking.
"So, let us all have a moment of silence for him." Seconds passed. "Anyway, he left me to receive all his money and everything he owned in case of his untimely death. It isn't unexpected that a Snifit with so much wealth and power would be targeted."
People started muttering things to each other.
"So, from now on, I will be the CEO of AAI. All his money now belongs to me. And let this be start of a new era of peace and prosperity with me as your leader!"
The crowd cheered.
A reporter asked Dennis, "What about the Putrid Piranha Corp stationed in the Mushroom Kingdom that we've heard about? Have you wired the money?"
"Of course I have. The attack will start tomorrow morning. Expect the Mushroom Kingdom and everything around it to be owned by us as well."
The crowd cheered.
Then the reporter asked, "Do you know who assassinated Snifitson?"
"Yes. Unfortunately, it was that dark Shy Guy, known as Anti Guy, who intruded in the city this morning."
The crowd started muttering some more. "Then he must be punished!" one Snifit said.
"He must be dealt with!"
"Death to Anti Guy!"
The crowd started screaming.
"Silence!" said Domino. "He'll be dealt with. My Snifit Elite will make sure to that." A group of highly armored and highly trained Snifits walked out of AAI. They were about as powerful, or even more powerful than Snifitson's bodyguards.
Anti Guy had to do something fast! Not only was he a wanted criminal now, the Mushroom Kingdom was in danger! He shouldn't have made that deal! Now he was only worse off. He had to contact the Mushroom Kingdom, but how?
Dennis Domino finished up his announcement and went back inside the tower. He went to the 200th floor to his new office. The leader of the Snifit Elite just messaged him. Dennis turned on the vid-phone and a picture of the leader came up on the monitor.
"What should we do now?" asked the leader.
"I want you to send most of your men to hunt down Snifitson and kill him."
"Roger that. What do we do about Anti Guy?"
"Kill him."
Scene 2, Chapter 11 – Snifit
Elite
Thousands of angry Snifit City citizens spread out to find Anti Guy. Running out of options, Anti Guy hid in a nearby alley to think of a plan.
"All Snifits are traitors," he muttered to himself. "I was better off with Snifitson around. Now I need to figure out how to warn the Mushroom Kingdom so they can at least can be ready."
All of a sudden, the citizens stopped looking for Anti Guy. There was some attraction coming out of the AAI Tower. Anti Guy was still thinking. What was a way of communication? They didn't have those telephones or whatever they were called. Mail would take too long. Besides, Snifit City is after him and he was probably wanted at Shy Town as well. He was running out of ideas until he turned around and saw he was facing a huge tower—not as big as the AAI Tower though.
There was a sign on the tower that said "DI Radio, from the Flower Region to the Mushroom Region." Of course! Radio was the answer. The Mushroom Kingdom at least had to have radio. He ran around to the entrance. No one noticed him because they were all talking to each other. He heard some voices saying, "What's a Toad doing here?" and "Why are we getting all these foreign freaks?" Obviously, Snifit City was a very xenophobic town.
As soon as Anti Guy entered the tower, he wasted no time. He ran straight up the stairs without attacking anyone. Of course the people inside noticed him and called the police. The police forwarded it to the Snifit Elite, and within seconds, the Snifit Elite spread out in the tower searching for Anti Guy.
Anti Guy jumped up the stairs, about four at a time. In no time, he saw two Snifit Elites below him, jumping five at a time. As Anti Guy was between floors, he whipped out the Slingshot and shot one guard directly in the mask. He hissed slightly, fell down to the bottom, then started hopping again. The other Snifit Elite took out his machine gun and started firing at Anti Guy.
Anti Guy dodged the bullets as best as he could, then grabbed on to a rail. He spun on it rapidly, dodging the bullets. As he got enough momentum, he launched himself up several levels. Soon he came to a door and went in. There was a guy working on his station.
"Please don't hurt me," he said. He held up his arms.
"Does this broadcast to the Mushroom Kingdom?" asked Anti Guy.
"Yes, this broadcasts oldies like the Super Mario Bros theme!"
"Then let me say something."
"Just please don't hurt me," said the Snifit and backed away.
As soon as Anti Guy picked up a microphone, a Snifit Elite busted through the door. The Snifit screamed. The Snifit Elite alerted the other members of his position. There weren't many, however, because the other half of the team was hunting Snifitson. He aimed his machine gun at Anti Guy.
Anti Guy quickly grabbed the Snifit and hurled him at the Snifit Elite. They collided and fell down the floors. Anti Guy stood to the side of the door and waited for more Snifit Elites. Soon, the Snifit Elite that was shot by Anti Guy came up. He ran into the room and saw nothing. Suddenly, he saw a foot right into his mask, and went flying down the stairs. He crashed into another Snifit Elite who was going up the stairs. Finally, the last two Snifit Elites came together. They stood at the sides of the door, counted to three, and then ran in. Unfortunately, they ran into each other, so Anti Guy charged into them at the same time, and they went flying down the stairs.
Anti Guy was satisfied with his victories and went back to the mike. Time was running out, and the police were probably going to come in.
Scene 2, Chapter 12 – The
Broadcast and the Dreams
Anti Guy picked up the microphone. "Attention anyone in the Mushroom Kingdom! You're under attack! I repeat: you're under attack! Putrid Piranhas are all over and are heavily armed! You probably have no chance, but defend yourself!"
Anti Guy looked around. Police began to march in the building. He hurried up and tried to get out as much information as possible. "They come from the west! Domino Island in the Flower Region! Their technology, incredible!"
He began to talk in fragments now. The police were coming up the stairs! "Dennis Domino. Initiated attack! Twenty-three hours! No spears! No rocks! Use… technology! The Shy Guy's Toy Box! You will lose! Find ways of… escape!"
He breathed very hard, the police barged in through the door. Three of them seized Anti Guy. "Ah! Get off me! Get… defense… NOW!" One of the police turned on the Super Mario Bros theme song to shut him up.
Word quickly spread around the Mushroom Kingdom. General Guy gathered his troops. However, many citizens didn't really believe Anti Guy's screams about the technology and thought the battle would be a breeze. Mario was all gung ho about it and said if he could take Dark Mario, the Putrid Piranhas from Domino Island (wherever that was) would be wimps!
Anti Guy quickly flipped out of their grasps, took out the Slingshot and shot one of them in the mask. This time, it sliced through the whole body and killed him. Anti Guy flinched at the sight. The other guards froze at what Anti Guy did. While they were stunned, Anti Guy jumped out the window.
Anti Guy flew down to the ground at an extreme speed. As he reached the bottom of the tower, he kicked off its side, flipped, and landed on his feet with some minor pain. Immediately, he dashed out of the city with a slight limp. He left by the south exit.
Seeing as how the swamp borders would be a safe place to stay, Anti Guy went there to recover. In the west, he saw trucks—that had "AAI" on them—appearing out of the dark void. What was going on?
Anti Guy built a bed of leaves and lied down on them. The Slingshot laid right next to him. He then fell asleep.
In his dream, Anti Guy found himself as an invisible ghost. He saw a Shy Guy that looked exactly like Hey-Ho raiding a kitchen. He then grabbed a chef—who seemed to be a relative of Chef Torte—and threw him to… Dr. Myco! The names just came to him.
He heard Dr. Myco say, "Good job, Slasher. We only need a few more now. The world will be mine then!"
Slasher replied, "Yes, master…"
The scene shifted. Anti Guy found himself in another place. A Toad child picked up a knife and pointed at his head. Then he moved it around in gliding motions. His eyes were fixed on the tip of the blade. In another hand, he held a small Shy Guy toy. The Shy Guy dropped out of his hand and he glided the knife down to his heart, he pulled the knife back then sent it plunging straight toward his heart. Before it made contact, another hand grabbed his hand that held the knife. The knife dropped, and the hand that stopped him began to slap him hard. It was evidently his mother. She started screaming angrily at him. Anti Guy could only make out, "…like your father…" in her screams.
Anti Guy woke up and screamed. It was only a dream. He looked to the right, a dark Shy Guy with a red mask and evil eyes glowing green grinned menacingly at him. Anti Guy screamed again. He shook himself and looked again. The evil Shy Guy that somewhat resembled Anti Guy disappeared.
Relieved, Anti Guy fell back to sleep. He found himself in another dream. This time, he was a ghost on a large platform. Hey-Ho was using the Star Rod against the ugly Specter (Dark Mario) who was using his power obtained by his wish from the Wishing Star. The two beams collided into each other.
A teal Shy Guy who Anti Guy identified as Slasher put his hands on the Star Rod along with Hey-Ho. The Star Rod's beam strengthened, but was then overwhelmed by the dark energy again. A white Bandit, who Anti Guy identified as Gene Myco, slowly walked forward with Dr. Schizo dragging on his foot. Gene clutched his father's gun.
The Thermal Bros who were watching the battle decided to join after what Specter did to Cicle. Torch fired a fireball at Specter's oversized eye; Cicle fired an ice ball. Distracted, Specter's beam weakened. Finally, Gene was at a good range from Specter. He aimed the gun directly at Specter's eye. Dr. Schizo was begging him not to. The trigger was pulled and Gene shot Specter in the eye. His beam weakened even more. Hey-Ho and Slasher powered up the Star Rod as much as they could, and Specter was sent to his death as he crashed into the Wishing Star.
Suddenly, words formed in his head. 'Where do people go when they die?' Then the old Shy Guy appeared and said, 'Do you believe in Legend? Like the evil power that resides here? Do you? Do you? Do you?'
Anti Guy woke up.
END OF SCENE 2: BUSINESS IS WAR