Adventures of the Super Mario Bros.

By Nintendoman01


Disclaimer:

I do not own Super Mario or its associated characters; they are the property of Nintendo. I make no profit from this story and just do it to kill time and have fun. I do, however, own all OCs unless otherwise stated.

Author's Note:

Here's an idea I've had on the backburner for a while. I'm a huge Sonic fan, but I'm an even bigger Mario fan; those two games were my childhood. As with Tales of Sonic, this is my own personal take on the Mario mythos, taking a little bit of everything from each continuity; the games, cartoons, comics, movies, etc., with my personal twists here and there.

Constructive criticism is appreciated, but NO FLAMES. If you don't like it, don't read it. It's that simple.


- Prologue -

Pipe Dreams


Our story begins in the basement of an old apartment building in Brooklyn, New York. This building belonged to Mario Mario and Luigi Mario, the twin owners of the local plumbing business, Mario Bros. Plumbing, which they operated out of their home. Inside, Mario, the elder of the two, sat on the couch, bored as his brother Luigi went over their tools.

"Alright, I think that's everything in my case," Luigi said at last, his tools all neatly laid out, arranged by size and type. "How about you, Mario?"

Mario's were just in a large pile as he just tossed them out of his tool box and onto the table.

"Yeah, I guess," he said casually.

"Mama Mia, Mario…" Luigi sighed. "Do you always have to make such a mess?"

Mario just shrugged.

"You know, being a little more professional wouldn't kill you."

"I am professional."

"Mario…"

Mario sighed in response.

"Sorry Luigi. It's just, I can't help but think… is this really where I want to be in life?"

"What do you mean?"

"I was the top runner on the track and field team back in school. I had a full ride to wherever I wanted. But Dad gets hurt, has to retire, and you and I get shipped off to the Brooklyn Plumbers Academy to take over the family business."

"It was either that, or we'd lose it to Scapelli Construction and end up on the streets."

"I know, I know…" Mario sighed. "I just... I wanted to be something more. I wanted to make a name for myself, not be stuck under sinks for the rest of my life."

"C'mon, it's not so bad. The pay's good, at least."

"Sure, sure." Mario slumped on the couch, sighing

Just then, the phone started ringing, prompting Mario to get up off the couch and answer it.

"Mario Brothers Plumbing. You clog 'em, we clear 'em." He paused as the caller explained the situation. "We're on it." He then hung up and turned to Luigi. "Clogged sewer beneath Times Square."

"Alright. Let's a-go."

Mario just sighed as he rolled his eyes.

"You know, it's stuff like that there that got you stuffed in lockers when we were kids."


Later, in the sewers, as the brothers worked, Luigi talked with Mario.

"You know what your problem is with this job, bro? You hate routine."

"Is that so?" Mario asked.

"Yeah. You've worked a lot of jobs since high school. Carpenter, sports coach, referee... heck, you even tried getting a job as an intern at Manhattan General. You were so good at all of them, but you always lost interest and quit."

"They weren't challenging."

"Exactly. They got mundane and boring. And that's just not you."

"I was just hoping that one day I'd do something big. Something important. Something monumental." Mario finished tightening one last bolt. "Alright, I think that just about does it. Time for the moment of truth."

He turned a valve. The water began running, and when it did, they heard a chorus of strange sounds. It didn't sound like pipes, more like... animals?

"What the…?" Mario let out. "Those don't sound like rats."

With a watery explosion, numerous bizarre creatures burst out of a nearby pipe, resembling giant crabs, turtles, and flies. They surrounded the surprised Mario Bros., Luigi scared stiff while Mario stood firm.

"Ack!" Luigi cried. "M-M-Monsters!"

"So the pipes were being blocked by giant animals," Mario mused. "Mishap at the nuclear plant, maybe?"

"W-what are we gonna do?!" Luigi cried.

"Only one thing to do."

He brandished a plunger from his belt. The creatures all stared blankly, exchanging looks before bursting into laughter. That quickly ended when Mario threw the plunger like a javelin, sticking to a turtle's face before he jumped into the fray, punching and kicking.

"Way to go, Mario!" Luigi cheered. "Show those monsters who's boss!"

Something tapped his shoulder. Luigi stiffened, turning around to see several more monsters right behind him.

"M-M-MARIO!" he screamed.

Mario turned and saw the monsters closing in on Luigi.

"Luigi!" he shouted. "Hang on, bro!"

He stomped on one turtle, forcing it into its shell before throwing it at Luigi. Getting his brother's intent, Luigi kicked the shell at the beasts, knocking them over like bowling pins. As they looked over the downed critters, Mario slapped Luigi on the back.

"They look a little shell-shocked, eh bro?" he quipped, getting a dirty look. "Bad puns aside, we need to focus on what's important here."

"Like what?"

"LIke where exactly these things came from."

"What do you mean? We should leave that to the NYPD, or the army."

"And tell them what? We got attacked by killer turtles and crabs? They'd think we're crazy."

"Mario, we're plumbers," Luigi objected. "We can't go looking into monsters!"

Mario got a gleam in his eye. Luigi stiffened.

"Oh no... I know that look."

Mario was already heading into the sewer, flashlight in hand.

"Mario, come on!" Luigi objected. "We're not trained for this sort of thing! We unclog toilets, not fight monsters!"

"Well, I'm going," Mario said with finality. "You can come too, or you can stay here. Alone. With them."

Luigi looked back at the downed monsters before running towards Mario.

"Wait for me!" he shouted.

The two walked along for a bit, eventually arriving in an old subway station, long abandoned. In the wall across from them was a strange-looking green pipe, from which one of the giant turtles was emerging.

"So this is where they came from," Mario mused.

"That doesn't look like any pipe we learned about at the academy," Luigi remarked.

Mario tapped it with a wrench. "It's metal, but... a strange metal."

He got down on his hands and knees, looking inside. "Can't see the bottom. It must go pretty deep."

"Careful, Mario," Luigi warned.

"Relax. I'm just gonna take a-"

He lost his grip and fell in with a scream.

"MARIO!"

Without even thinking, Luigi dove in after him. The pipe began to glow, then it closed it on itself and vanished, taking the two Brooklyn plumbers with it…


Author's Note:

And there we have it. Mario and Luigi are headed for the Mushroom World. Next chapter showcases their arrival in New Donk City, and the birth of two heroes.

Scapelli Construction is from the live action Mario movie; yes, I'm using some aspects from it here. As for Mario being a track-and-field athlete, that's my explanation for why he can pull off all those crazy jumps and acrobatics.

Please R&R. Until next time!