Chapter 16: The Cave of Mini Bluey
(It
was afternoon. The zookeepers were heading up the mountain looking
for Luigi when they saw something move in the distance.)
Nicky:
Hey! There goes one of the yoshis now!
Vicky: Get a stinkbomb
ready and prepare to ambush.
(Meanwhile, Luigi and friends were
still hiking on the mountain.)
Waluigi: Dang it, Luigi! We're lost
again!
Luigi: Well, quit being stupid so I can
concentrate.
Blacky: If we don't move fast enough, the zookeepers
will surely attack us.
Orangey: Their smoke cloud will make it
nearly impossible to do anything. And with my brother gone,
I...I...I... (quickly) I don't know what to do.
Sushie: Is there
anything we can do?
Yosheta: Yeah. Don't do Dark Stare...
(Oshi
laughs.)
Waluigi: Hey!
Yosheta: But seriously, I may be the
youngest yoshi here, but even I know that an attack that doesn't do
anything is useless. Now Hyper Burn on the other hand...
Oshi:
Hyper Burn could take out the zookeepers in one hit!
Luigi: Now,
Oshi. I don't always believe that raw power is a great strategy.
Here's an example. Mario's Freeze Blaster isn't the strongest attack
around, but the fact that it immobilizes enemies makes it a good
move. Sometimes I...heh heh...wish I could do that.
Oshi:
Immobilizes? What's that?
Mario: If someone is immobilized, they
can't move.
Blacky: Oh, I get it. While Hyper Burn can do a ton of
damage on the spot, Freeze Blaster can do a bit of damage and keep
the enemy from moving, allowing you to get even more hits in and hurt
them even more.
Luigi: That's correct.
Wario: But freezing
isn't the only way to immobilize enemies.
Luigi: What do you
mean?
Wario: Well, I can immobilize enemies too. Can you say
"paralysis"?
Luigi: Oh yeah. That's right. Electrical
attacks can immobilize too. Then again, it doesn't work ev-
Sushie:
Hey look! A river!
(Up ahead there was a river. It wasn't a very
big river. In fact, it was quite calm, but it was still a river.
Luigi and friends ran up to the river and drink from it.)
Oshi:
Mmm...pretty good.
Waluigi: It's not in a bottle, but I'd say this
is some nice water. Hey. That reminds me.
(Waluigi opened his
suitcase and took out a water bottle. He filled it with water and
gave it to Luigi.)
Waluigi: This may prove useful.
Luigi: You
actually thought of something smart.
Mario: Now that we've had
something to drink, where do we go now?
(Luigi looks
around.)
Luigi: How about the cave over there where the river is
coming out of?
Blacky: We could use a rest. Let's go.
(Luigi
and friends walk upstream and into the cave. The inside of it looked
kinda like Blacky's cave. On the left was a pile of leaves and a pile
of fruit. It wasn't the usual bananas and watermelons. Instead, there
were kiwi, star fruit, grapefruit, and raspberries. On the right was
the river. A small waterfall came from the high ceiling and into the
river. The floor was a little muddy and had footprints in it. Luigi
noticed this.)
Mario: Great! A cave with a plumbing system! Let's
rest in here!
Luigi: WAIT!!!
Mario: What?
Luigi: There's
footprints in the mud. Someone lives in here.
(Luigi takes a good
look at the footprints.)
Luigi: And these may hold a clue that we
need. You guys rest outside.
Mario: Okay. But if the zookeepers
attack, you better help or risk losing another yoshi.
(Mario and
the others stayed outside while Luigi took out a piece of paper and a
pencil. Luigi drew a map of the cave with the river, the fruit pile,
the leaf pile, and the footprints, then he stares at it for a few
minutes.)
Luigi: Oh...dear...God...!!!
(Luigi ran out of the
cave.)
Luigi: Why, God, WHY?!
Pinky: Find out anything?
Luigi:
Look at this!
(Luigi show everyone his map.)
Luigi: Check this
out. First, two sets of footprints enter the cave.
(Luigi points
to two sets of footprints that lead into the cave.)
Luigi: Then
there was a struggle.
(Luigi points to some scrambled sets of
footprints by the fruit pile.)
Luigi: And then three sets of
footprints leave the cave.
(Luigi points to three sets of
footprints leaving the cave.)
everyone: THREE?!
Luigi: Yes. I
came to the conclusion that the first two of them, the ones that
entered the cave, were people and the last one was a yoshi. And also,
look what I found.
(Luigi pulls something out of his pocket and
gave it to Mario.)
Mario: What a pretty, sparkly rock!
Luigi:
Huh? No no no! I meant this!
(Luigi took the rock from Mario and
replaced it with something else.)
Mario: A used stinkbomb?
Pinky:
Which means...
Luigi: The yoshi that lived in here was
captured...by the zookeepers!
Yosheta: Mama, what if it was
dad?
Sushie: We're screwed...
(Later, everyone was settling
down in the cave. Mario made a campfire outside using a Fire Flower
and was roasting hot dogs over it. Bluey saw this and became
interested.)
Bluey: What are you doing?
Mario: Cooking hot
dogs.
Bluey: What are hot dogs?
Mario: Hot dogs are something
that we eat.
Bluey: May I try one?
Mario: Sure. Everyone has to
eat.
(Mario pulled the hot dog off the stick and gave it to
Bluey.)
Bluey: Gulp! Mmm...I could get used to this! That was
good!
Mario: Try one of these too.
(Mario toasted a marshmallow
and gave it to Bluey.)
Bluey: Gulp. Mmm...a little sticky, but
good.
(Soon, the sun was setting and everyone was enjoying hot
dogs and marshmallows.)
Luigi: Dang it! I got marshmallow stuck in
my mustache again!
(Well, almost everyone.)
Waluigi: What's
wrong, Luigi? Got sticky marshmallow stuck in your mustache
again?
(Luigi tugs on his mustache.)
Luigi: Shut up. I'm not in
a very good mood right now.
Blacky: Well, Luigi. What should we
do?
Luigi: I dunno. I'm kinda tired.
Sushie: Red alert! Red
alert! Someone's goin' up da mountain!
Mario: What?! Right
now?
Sushie: Ya look down there and ya tell me!
(Mario looked
down the mountain and saw someone was climbing up surprisingly fast.
Mario couldn't tell who it was because it was kinda dark now.)
Mario:
Oh man, I hate heights... EVERYONE RUN INTO THE CAVE!
(Everyone
but Sushie and Pinky run into the cave. Sushie dives into the river.
Pinky stands there, thinking.)
Sushie: Pinky! Run! What if it's a
zookeeper?
Pinky: I don't think it's a zookeeper. They don't come
out when it gets dark. Huh?
(Pinky watched as a light blue yoshi
appeared.)
Pinky: It couldn't be... Mini Bluey?
Mini Bluey:
Boy. I thought I was lost. Thank goodness you made this fire,
Whitey.
Pinky: Mini Bluey, it's me, Pinky.
Sushie: Well, I was
wrong.
(Sushie dives underwater in embarrassment. Luigi and
Yosheta realize who the newcomer was and came out of the cave.)
Mini
Bluey: Pinky, what are you doing here? I told you to stay with Blacky
and the rest of the herd.
Pinky: Well, you were gone for so long.
I got worried and I'm with the herd right now.
Mini Bluey: You
should have stayed home!
(Pinky and Mini Bluey looked like they
were going to fight, but instead they rub against each other with
love.)
Yosheta: Aww...
Pinky: By the way, the egg I laid
hatched and you now have a beautiful daughter. Come on out,
Yosheta.
(Yosheta ran up to Mini Bluey and rubs against him. I
guess this is the way yoshis hug. Luigi stands there, watching the
happy reunited family.)
Yosheta: Oh, dad. I'm so glad to finally
meet you. My name is Yosheta.
Mini Bluey: Yosheta, huh? What a
great name! Did you think of it yourself, Pinky?
(Mini Bluey
noticed Luigi, who was still standing there in awe.)
Mini Bluey:
Wait a minute. What is THAT thing?
Luigi: Oh! Uh...er...um...well
I'm...er...uh...
Pinky: That's just Luigi. He's the leader now. He
tends to be a bit nervous, but he's a good leader. When he gets mad,
he actually shoots fire.
Mini Bluey: He looks a bit weird. He
doesn't have a tail.
(Luigi's face turns bright red. Pinky
whispers something to Mini Bluey.)
Mini Bluey: He's a human and he
never had a tail? I'm terribly sorry, Luigi.
Luigi: Don't worry
about it.
Mini Bluey: Oh, where's Whitey? She said she'd stay
here.
Luigi: Whitey? Who's Whitey?
(Black ran out of the
cave.)
Blacky: Whitey is my mate. She's a rare white yoshi. After
Mini Bluey disappeared in the mountains, I sent her after him. Being
born in the mountains, I thought she was a good choice. By the way,
Mini Bluey, we haven't seen her. Where was the last place you saw
her?
Mini Bluey: She was in the cave, eating.
Luigi: Uh
oh.
(Luigi took out his map.)
Luigi: Whitey was dinonapped!
