Super Mario 24

The following chapter takes place between 5:00 AM and 6:00 AM

On the day the King of the Mushroom Kingdom will hand over his power to Peach.

Forest Maze Hideout - 5:00:00 AM

Through the darkness, Mario runs from tree to tree as he heads to the hideout. There were about a dozen koopa troopas surrounding the complex armed to the teeth with fire flowers.

Mario: Mama Meya. How am I going to get past this?

He started thinking long and hard while kicking around a stone, and then out of the blue he came up with something. He started playing hacky sac with amazing moves as he bopped it into the air and nailed it towards another part of the forest. This picked up a troopa's attention

KT1: What was that?

KT2: I don't know. You go check it out

KT1: Why should I check it out?

KT2: You're closer

KT1: Oh.

The koopa troopa walks over to the location being careful. He pops his head in and starts looking around

KT: Hmm. Nothing here

Mario: Got you

With his hammer, Mario drove the troopa's head right into the ground

Mario: Now let me see what you got

A single fire flower was all the troopa had

Mario: I guess this will have to do

Being careful not to get caught, he lifted the petals of the fire flower to be more shaped like a rose making the fire flower a silencer

Mario: Let's get ready to rumble

*** Mushroom Castle - 5:09:41 AM

The cops throw Mallow with Yoshi into the jail cell

Tim: You disappoint me Mallow. I thought you were one of the good guys

Mallow: I am. Mario is innocent I tell you

Tim: Save it for court. I hope you hang

Tim walks off as Mallow turns to Yoshi

Mallow: Hey Yoshi

Yoshi: Ha, so you're here too. How did that happen?

Mallow: Mario needed some help rescuing the princess. Of course that dumbass Tim keeps going on with his witch-hunt

Yoshi: You mean Mario is innocent

Mallow: Of course, Bowser and Wario just set him up

Yoshi: If only Tim would listen

Mallow: You know I never really liked that guy. He's always acted like an asshole

Yoshi: You're telling me. I wonder why the king puts up with him

Mallow: Well, his determination and quick thinking is what keeps is what pulls the Kingdom through tough times. But he has an ego and keeps thinking he's always right

Yoshi: Wait till the king realized that he screwed up big time. That asshole will be out of here for sure.

The two give each other a high five and start to laugh as the three advisors observe them on tape. Tim's eye starts to twitch heavily

Henry: Hmm. Usually the bad guys confess when they don't know that they're being watch

Don: He's got a point. Maybe we were wrong

Tim: So they think I'm a dumb ass, huh? Well I'll show them an asshole

Tim walks off

Don: You know, after this experience, I think he truly is an asshole

Henry: We have to inform the king

Don: Wait, I want to see how this turns out

*** Forest Maze Hideout - 5:16:16 AM

The swarm of guards made it hard for Mario to aim, so he started getting a little closer by falling to the ground and crawling. Then out of nowhere, one of the guards turned around and looked in Mario's direction. Though it was dark, and so it was hard to see if anyone was out there. This was Mario's chance, so he took aim with his silencer and fired knocking the guard on his back.

Mario: All right

Another guard came by to see what was going on. Taking notice to the fallen guard, he took extra guard with his fire flower.

KT: Who's out there!?

Mario fired another shot, taking out the second guard, and then started running for the door. But a rock got in his away and Mario tripped turning off the silencer and firing a shot. All the guards took notice

KT1: Hey, who's that?

KT2: Mario!

KT3: Get him!

With all he was worth, Mario ran for the door, which a koopa troop was in the middle of opening from the inside. Mario shoved him out of the way and shut the door. He then aimed his fire flower at the control panel and made sure the door wouldn't open for a while

KT: Don't worry, there's other ways in

Reaching into his pocket, Mario pulls out that ba-bomb Wario gave him. He flips open the back and starts messing with the timer. It is reset from 5 seconds to 1 hour until detonation. He then puts the key in and puts it into an air vent.

*** 6:22:40 AM - 0:59 until detonation

Mario: I hope this is enough time

He then runs off down the hallway to find Peach. But trouble wasn't too far ahead, several troopas were heading his way, and they weren't happy. This time, instead of being armed with Fire Flowers, they were armed with Bullet Bill Launchers.

Mario: Wow. I've got to get my hands on one of those

Mario turns the silencer back on and takes aim. With three shots the troopas were taken down and Mario got his hands on one of those launchers. Suddenly, a whistling noise started heading his way. Turning around, Mario started to freak out and hit the ground as a bullet bill flew over his head and blew up the wall behind him

KT1: Did I get him?

KT2: Maybe

In the smoke, Mario went through the crack in the wall and made a break for it. Though he still found himself lost in the facility

Mushroom Castle - 6:30:32 AM

Mallow and Yoshi are still in the prison cell.

Mallow: You think Mario is doing all right?

Yoshi: Yah, I think so

Suddenly Mushroom Guards led by Tim walk up

Yoshi: What do you want?

Tim: Well, since we have reasons to believe the two of you are working for Bowser, I need to make sure you're not hiding anything. Guard! I want you to take these two every kind of search you can think of. And I mean EVERY

Yoshi and Mallow's eyes widen

Yoshi: That's it! You are so dead when I get out of here

Tim: Guards, you have your orders

Tim grins and starts walking off whispering in their ears

Tim: That's what you get for calling me an asshole

Mallow and Yoshi are dragged off to a room marked 'Private'

Mallow: Mario owes up big time for this

Yoshi: I hear that.

*** Forest Maze Hideout - 6:37:17 AM - 0:44 until detonation

Like a Monty mole, Mario crept through the ventilation shaft looking for Princess's prison cell. The shaft soon came to an end and he found himself in a narrow hallway.

Mario: With the way that shaft was aiming, it would appear that I'm underground

KT1: (Down the hall) So I told the guy, you can kiss my.

Mario: Oh crap

Mario started running down the hall towards some unknown location. To his left, a door left open by some careless guard. With no other choice, Mario hopped through it and shut it quickly listening for the guards to pass by. It was some luck though that they continued talking right in front of the door, so Mario turned around and observed the room

Voice: What are you doing here!

Mario: Oh man, not now.

Mario had found himself in a weight lifting room with the Koopa Kid Morton Koopa Jr. working out.

Morton: Ah Mario, we meet again. How long has it been?

Mario: Not since our last encounter in Dinosaur Land

Morton: Too long. So you're trying to rescue the princess, huh?

Mario: You got it

Morton: Ha, well then.

Morton jumps up into the air and launches a mighty kick just missing Mario. Wilding his hammer, Mario tries to counter but Morton jumps all over the walls like a rubber ball.

Mario: Damn, are you on some kind of sugar rush?

Morton: Please, I've been training all these years for my revenge for my pathetic defeat against you. I've trained in marshal arts for years, and those skills couldn't even defeat you

Mario: You have a lot of rage in you. Do you want to talk about it?

Morton: Up yours!

The two clash again and continue to fight

*** Forest Maze Hideout - Control Room - 5:46:50 AM - 0:35 until detonation

Bowser stands there working on his computer when footsteps are herd. Spinning in his chair, Bowser turns around to see who it was. The person could not be seen in the shadows, but Bowser knew he was there

Bowser: How many times have I told you not to do that? Listen, Mario is on the base and I think now is the time for you to destroy him

????: Yes

Bowser: I know for sure, you will not fail me

????: Yes

Bowser: Go now, he was last seen in the lower levels

????: Yes

Sounds of footsteps lead to the exit of the room as Bowser goes back to his computer

*** Training Room - 5:50:23 AM - 0:31 until detonation

There stands Mario and Morton, both kneeling and panting because of the fight

Mario: I must say, you're fighting skills have improved. But I have no time for this Morton: Too bad

They continue to clash until Mario finally finds an opening in Morton's attack. Morton launched his right hand and Mario ducked. His face was open and Mario performed an uppercut with his hammer breaking Morton's jaw, and throwing across the room Koing him instantly

Mario: That was interesting. How much time do I have left?

Looks at watch

Mario: Mama Meya! That isn't much

Suddenly, at the door of the weight room guards were trying to break in. Mario had the door locked ahead of time and tried to find a way out. With luck, he found that the room had a ventilation shaft and Mario climbed through it with ease. It only took a minute and Mario was home free running down the hallway to find the princess. Suddenly, a shadowed figure was at the end of the hall way

Mario: Who's there?

Mario took a closer look and there he stood. Luigi.

Mario: Luigi? What are you doing here? I thought Wario had you

Luigi: I escaped. It was easy with what you can do with your resources

Mario: Oh, well I'm glad you're here. Do you know where the princess is being held?

Luigi: Sure I do. It's just down this hall

The two run down the hall with Mario as the lead. Suddenly, Luigi runs up and nails Mario from behind making him fall to the ground and black out. The last image he saw before everything went blank was Luigi grinning with an evil smile

Mario: Why.

Luigi: .

With Mario KOed on the ground, Luigi picks up a radio

Luigi: I have Mario in section 4-D. Request a pick up crew

A bunch of troopas ran down the hall and carry Mario away as Luigi walks down the hall in the opposite direction.

6:00:00 AM - 0:21 until detonation

TO BE CONTINUED.

For anyone who's confused, everything will be answered in the next chapter so hold tight.