Super Mario 24

The following chapter takes place between 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM

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

Mushroom Castle - 1:00:00 PM

In the west tower of the Mushroom Castle, Yoshi and Birdo were set up and ready to go

Yoshi: Lock and load

Birdo: Let's do this

And with one more kiss they started to quickly walk down the stairs keeping an open eye out for any enemies. With the first flight of stairs cleared, they continued down the hallway

Birdo: Funny. Nobody's around

Yoshi: They could be anywhere.

As they walk, Yoshi pushed Birdo onto the wall and started looking over the corner. A whole mess of guards was coming their way

Yoshi: Damn, get ready

Birdo: Right

Birdo stepped out

Birdo: Hello boys!

Lead Troop: What the!

She open fired taking out the first line of four guards. She then hit the floor with Yoshi coming out of the corner finishing off the second line

Birdo: Hurry and grab all the ammo you can

They rushed down the hallway and proceeded towards the dinning hall. This place was huge for it had a second floor balcony surround it and a big chandelier in the center. It also was going to have a banquette after the queen was inaugurated with food and drinks everywhere, but it looks like plans change

Yoshi: Keep your eyes peeled

Birdo: Right

They proceeded to walk down the center of the room towards the other door when suddenly a whole bunch of troops hopped in like ninjas. They were surrounded

Troops: Surrender now!

Birdo: Damn! What do we do now?

Yoshi: Just a sec

Yoshi pulled out an egg grenade and quietly rolled it in the direction of some troops. With a loud BANG, the Troops started to scramble giving the two the advantage. They open fired quickly taking down a few, but others recovered quickly and started to fight back

Yoshi: Look out!

Yoshi tackles Birdo before she's shot and takes out another Egg Grenade and throwing it

Yoshi: Hurry!

Yoshi and Birdo jump behind a fallen table and cover their ears. Another loud BANG and bright flash filled the room. As they look up from their hiding spot they see half the dinning hall is destroyed

Birdo: What the hell was that?

Yoshi: Emergency's only

Troop: This way!

Birdo: Shoot! There's more coming this way

Yoshi loads up his FF Uzi

Yoshi: Let's move

And with those words they left the scene

Weapon's Testing Facility - 1:19:18 PM

Toad: And those are our new weapons

Mario: Cool

Peach: So what do we do now?

Mario: Well our first priority would probably be finding the 8th wishing star

Mallow: But how would we do that?

Mario: I don't know, but in the mean time we can try to take out King Boo

Toad: Well, if you're going to do that maybe you should stock up on some weapons

Mario: You're right. Let's suit up people!

Mario, Peach, and Mallow star suiting up. Mario takes the black armor plated overalls and slips them on with a red shirt under it. Then he grabbed a belt and strapped it on which held many fire flowers. Plus, a Bullet Bill Launcher strapped to the back

Mario: This is cool. It's kind of like my fire flower suit

Peach looks at her inventory and puts on some black spandex and put her hair into a ponytail. She then grabbed her utility belt equipped with fireball blocking umbrella and couple of fire flowers

Peach: Hmm. Something's missing

She took the barouche from her dress and put it on

Peach: That's better

Mallow really didn't take any kind of special armor but loaded up all kinds of weapons

Toad: Aren't you going to take any kind of body armor?

Mallow: Nah. There's nothing I really like in the selection

Toad: Oh, well take this

Mallow: What's this

Toad: It creates a shield around you so you can't take a few hits without getting hurt

Mallow: Cool. Thanks

Mallow equips it to his belt

Toad: Be careful though. It can only take a few hits

Mallow: Right

Mario: Looks like we're ready to go

Mallow: LET'S DO THIS! YAH!

Mushroom Castle - 1:26:11 PM

Yoshi and Birdo are carefully hiding in the shadows of the hallway making sure not to get notices. As they were about to step outside, a troop comes walking around

Yoshi: Wait...

The troop starts to look around and doesn't see anything so he picks up his radio

Troop: Nothing here

He proceeded to walk off as Birdo walks up behind him and holds up her FF Uzi

Birdo: Freeze

The troop lifts up his hands as Birdo steps in front of him

Birdo: Hand over all your supplies right now

Troop: Please, don't shoot

She shakes down the troop and takes all his supplies

Birdo: All right. Looks like I'm done with you

She takes aim and proceeds to fire

Troop: Please don't.

*Click* The FF Uzi was out of ammo

Birdo: Uh oh

Troop: He, he, he... Looks like I win

Birdo: Uh, no

Troop: We'll. Ouch

Yoshi came up from behind and knocked the guard out

Yoshi: Nice plan, but we need to take this a little more seriously

Birdo: We got the ammo, didn't we?

Yoshi: Yah, but that was still a little unorthodox

Birdo: What? Unorthodox?

Yoshi: Forget it. Let's just go

Birdo: Wait. Are you saying I'm careless?

Yoshi: What? No

Birdo: Then what?

Yoshi: It's just that you're acting ridiculous

Birdo: So, I thought you like that

Yoshi: Yes, but I don't want to see you get hurt

Birdo: That's so sweet

Yoshi: Come here

The two start to hug and kiss and soon fall into another room with the door immediately shutting behind them

Weapon's Testing Facility - 1:35:21 PM

Mario: So, is everyone ready to go?

Peach: Right

Daisy: Hey! What about me?

Toad: Uh Daisy. I think you should stay here. I don't think you've had enough field experience to go on a mission

Daisy: What? Okay, I'll stay

Toad: Hey Mario. Here...

Toad tosses him the keys to his van

Mario: Thanks, but I thought you'd be coming along too

Toad: No, my place is here. I keep you informed about the latest stuff going on

Mario: Right. See ya

The three run out the door and towards the van. As they ran out the door, they were shocked to find a hooded figure with a pitchfork standing next to car. Mario pulls out his star launcher

Mario: Who are you?

???: Hello Mario. I'm back

Mario: What the

Peach: Is that you.... Geno

???: You got it right

The hooded figure stepped closer, though no one could see his face. It was like an eternal shadow. The only body parts revealing themselves was a dark arms with gloves and big boots

Mallow: Geno. It's good to see you again, but what are you doing here like that?

Geno: This is my real form

Mallow: What's with your face

Geno: To tell you the truth, I have no real form. I'm pure energy, and so this hood, gloves, and boots help give me a figure. Though I can't stay for long

Mario: Why not

Geno: I can only live on star road. Coming down here without the proper host body is like slowly suffocating. I only have about 8 hours and then I have to leave

Mario: All right then, let's get going

Geno: Queen Peach. Come here

Peach: All right

Peach walks towards Geno

Geno: Hold on Peach

He holds his hands towards the broach and a sudden blast of golden light fills the area. Everyone is blown away while Peach and Geno start to float. A golden barrier forms above them as a piece of land starts to form. As Peach and Geno start to float back down to the ground, so does the bubble

Mario: Hmm, that place looks familiar?

The five look at it for a minute

Geno: Really?

Mallow: Where is it?

Geno: Somewhere around Barrel Volcano

Peach: Barrel Volcano?

Mallow: You have to be @#$%ing kidding me

Mario: That's only about an hour's drive from here. Let's go

Geno: Wait

Mario: What?

Geno: Queen. I don't think you should be coming with us

Peach: But...

Geno: Listen. I know a place where you can hide for a little while. It's half way between Here and Barrel Volcano

Peach: Why can't I just stay here?

Geno: King Boo's troops might accidentally come across this place. I don't want to take that chance. You're the only one who can revive the 8th star

Peach: Okay

Geno: Then let's get going

Mallow: I call shotgun!

Mushroom Castle - 1:50:42 PM

In the ballroom King Boo is talking with Bowser

KB: So Bowser, is it true that Luigi is working with you

Bowser: Yah

KB: Really?

Bowser: Yah. He wants to get revenge on his brother

KB: Get out of here

Bowser: Really

KB: Just a sec

King Boo picks up a phone and starts dialing. In a few seconds someone picks up

KB: Hello sky base

Troop: Yes

KB: You can stop now

Troop: What? But he's

KB: It's true. He's working for us

Troop: Oh. Okay. Troops, stand down

In the sky base a bunch of troops were beating up Luigi

Troop: Sorry Luigi. I though you were one of them

Luigi: No *cough* problem

Back at the castle, a troop runs up to King Boo

Troop: Sir, a Yoshi and a Birdo are crushing our forces

KB: What?

Troop: We've tried to take them down, but they're unstoppable

KB: Fine then. Load up on the heavy artillery. Take them down at all costs

Troop: Yes sir

The troop runs off

Bowser: I don't think this castle has many spare weapons

KB: Well, let's see

He turns to former King, who is currently tied up and gagged. King Boo removes the gag

KB: Tell me. Where do you keep your extra weapons?

King: Up yours

KB: I thought you might say that. So I'll just ask a good friend of yours

He picks up his phone and dials a number

KB: Hello. I was wondering if you could tell me...

Meanwhile, Yoshi and Birdo walk out from the room

Yoshi: This has been great, but we need to keep an eye on the prize. After we're done, we'll spend an entire weekend in the deserted parts of Yoshi Island

Birdo: I'll take you up on that offer

Yoshi: Let move

2:00:00 PM

TO BE CONTINUED...