Chapter 2: Son of a Peach

In the middle of the Mushroom Kingdom lay a large castle. The castle belongs to Princess Peach. Usually the castle is rather empty, but today they celebrate Luigi and his daring rescue of Mario. In the great hall of the castle the townsfolk listened to Luigi's daring adventure in Luigi's Mansion. Mario sat next to Princess Peach, always on his guard for any perils that frequently came down onto the Kingdom. "And then-a Bowser fell- a down and began to spit-a huge-a fire. I was never afraid of him and I pulled out my vacuum. I shot a spiked ball at his head-a and out came King Boo. I caught him like-a dust bunny." The toads cheered at the end of the story. Luigi pulled out the vacuum nozzle and turned it on. He spun in a circle then turned it off and twirled the nozzle like a baton and placed it behind his back.

Just then the doors flung open and a lone toad ran into the great hall, "There's a huge vortex outside the castle and it's sucking everything in!"

Mario jumped from his seat and began to run to the doors. Luigi stopped him before he could make it, "Where-a are you-a going? You still haven't fully recovered."

Mario was wrapped in a yellow cloak that Princess Peach gave him, "I think I know what's-a happening. Stay here and keep the princess safe."

"Wait a second. I-a better go. I am better equipped than you are in case it's more ghosts."

"It's-a probably not. You must-a caught them all. Besides, you got the last adventure, this one's mine."

"Fine, but I call Luigi Kart."

"Deal," Mario began dash to the outside. Moments passed in the castle. The toads were hiding wherever they could, one waited right next to Peach, and Luigi paced back and forth. Another toad entered the room, almost petrified, "Bowser has returned. Everybody run!!" Toads were cowering behind Luigi.

Luigi took out his flashlight revealing the figure of Bowser. He froze in fear, his green hat falling off his head and his hair-sticking straight up, "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!"

"Suka suka, do not fright Luigi, it is I, Professor E. Gadd." The professor entered the room wheeling behind him what was Bowser. "After your battles I checked out the roof and found Bower's corpse still on the roof, so I'd thought you'd like it as a souvenir."

Luigi picked up his hat and placed it back on his head, ".I knew that. Really I did." He looked up at Bowser's remains still shivering, "It's the thought that-a counts."

"Oh, Luigi," The Professor spoke again, "I saw your brother running out of the castle. I tried to talk to him but he blew right past me. His yellow cloak smacked my face. It hit me with such force, it nearly spun me around." Professor Gadd adjusted his glasses, "So it looks like a storm's brewing outside." Just then the roof to the castle was ripped off. The vortex covered the sky. Professor Gadd stared at it, "That would make good suction for my poltergeist 4000."

Everything in sight was being pulled in. A faint voice was heard somewhere in the distance, "We have to get the green one down there." The vortex pull became stronger.

Princess Peach's chair began to move, "That's not good." The chair was being sucked into the vortex, "Somebody help me! I'm too important to be captured.again." She grabbed a hold of the nearest thing, Toad. Peach held on tightly as both became easily sucked in.

Luigi was having a fit, "This is-a bad. If Mario finds out about Peach, I won't get Luigi Kart. I wonder if I can beat the Master hand again?" He took off his vacuum and shrugged his shoulders as he dove into the vortex, head first. Professor E. Gadd just smiled and wave as Luigi went into peril he did not have to go through. Though he had his glasses on he did not notice that the last thing that got sucked into the vortex was Bowser's corpse.

Back in the abyss, the hands had chained everyone down while they were unconscious, except for Luigi. He could only stare at the sight of two hands. He couldn't tell them apart.

"Look what came with us through the vortex," the one on the left said.

The one on the right looked down at their victims, "I'm not sure who the girl is, I've never seen her before. I've never battled her." Luigi recognized the one on the right to be the Master Hand. "And this weird one, the one that looks like a large turtle."

Luigi looked around and saw Bowser's corpse Great, of all the things to get sucked in.

The Master Hand was puzzled, "I have never seen him either."

The other hand spoke again, "I think the green one might know." He turned to Luigi, "If you wish your friends to remain alive for the moment, you will tell me what this is."

Luigi wanted no harm to be bestowed upon the princess, "That is Bowser's corpse. He is.was my brother's greatest enemy."

"Corpse.was.let's see if we can change that was into an is," the other hand began to float over the corpse. A flash of light covered Bowser, but quickly disappeared.

All of a sudden his left claw began to move, "When I find that plumber I'll crush his skull and burn his hat." He let off a quick fire breath. He looked around and saw the two floating hands, "Talk about your extra large"

The Master hand looked over at the other glove. The other glove was not too happy, and began to have spasms. Bowser took a heavy beating and was sent flying near Luigi. About 10 male and female wire frames came out with chains. The other hand stopped his spasms and floated back up, "Chain this one extra tightly, he's a feisty one." He turned toward the Master Hand, "We have to cool him down; that fire breath might break the chains."

The Master hand took some time to think, "I think I know a place, It might be difficult to get to but we need to restrain this one." The master hand opened up another rift and off they went leaving behind a conscious Luigi with Mario, Peach, and Bowser all unconscious

{The Hands' plan continues in Chapter 3}