Chapter 23: The Final Battle!

Vicky: Nicky! Get your leg outta there! NOW!
Nicky: What do you think I'm trying to do?!
Vicky: Meowth...a little help please.
(Vicky and Meowth try to pull Nicky's leg out of the steering wheel as the captives continue to watch.)
Birdo: I said it once and I'll say it again... What a retard!
Redy: When will Luigi get here?
Luigi: Luigi is here now...
Redy: Huh?
(Silverstone, who still had Luigi on his back, stepped out from behind a pile of crates. Both of them looked like they were ready for action.)
Redy & Birdo: Wow! Who's that?
Luigi: Shhh... Quiet.
Silverstone: I'm Silverstone. Luigi and I have come to save you. Hi Whitey.
Whitey: Shi Yoshi. [Hi Silverstone.
Redy: You know him?
Whitey: Shi. Yo Yoshi shi shi yo Yoshi[Yes. Is Luigi that guy on Silverstone?
Redy: Yup. That's him.
Luigi: Be quiet before someone-
Meowth: What's that noise?
Luigi: Hears us!
Silverstone: Wuh oh!
Vicky: So! You thought you could steal the yoshis, did you?
(Vicky pulled a stink bomb out of her pocket. Luigi saw it and jumped off Silverstone with fists flying.)
Luigi: No! You wouldn't dare!
(Vicky threw the stink bomb, but before it landed...)
Silverstone: Crystal Kick!
(Silverstone kicked the stink bomb in mid-air and turned it into harmless crystal.)
Redy: Cool! How'd he do that?!
Whitey: Yo yoshi, Yoshi[You rule, Silverstone!
Luigi: Hey! Lemme try something!
(Luigi ran up to Meowth.)
Luigi: I've never done this before, but... Pyro Kick!
Meowth: MEOWTH?!
(Luigi kicked Meowth and set him on fire and he went flying. He lands somewhere on the beach.)
Birdo: Sweet! I never saw him do that before!
Whitey: Yoshi shi yoshi yoshi. [That oughta hurt tomorrow.
(On the beach, it turns out that Meowth unluckily landed in front of Waluigi. He picks up the cat with one hand and glares at him.)
Meowth: Hey! It's you! You're the one that gave Vicky's laptop a virus! Uh...you're not gonna use Dark Stare again, are you?
Waluigi: Naw. I got something even better! Er...um...Laser Point Flash!
(Waluigi used his free hand to pull his laser pointer out of his pocket and shines it in Meowth's eyes.)
Meowth: Ooh! Ah! Ow!
Waluigi: Heh heh heh... That's for scratching me!
Sushie: Ouchies!
Wario: Hey Waluigi! What are you doing?
(Wario, Mario and the other yoshis ran out of the forest and onto the beach.)
Waluigi: I was just...uh...beating up on this troublemaker. Right Meowth?
Meowth: Uhhh...
(Waluigi shines the laser pointer in Meowth's eyes again.)
Meowth: Ah!
Wario: Cool! A Meowth! Can I hit him too?
Waluigi: Sure!
(Waluigi drops Meowth and Wario stomps on him a few times, then he backs away and...)
Wario: Lightning Slam!
(Wario charges at Meowth. When he slammed into him, the cat got electrocuted. Everyone makes a sour face.)
everyone: Ooo...
Pinky: That had to hurt!
Blacky: Wow! You paralyzed him, yellow Mario!
Mario: That was cool, but where's Luigi?
Purpley: He went onto the ship with Silverstone. He's so brave...
Yosheta: Who's so brave? Silverstone?
Purpley: No! Luigi is!
Parakarry: Holy cow! Look at the ship!
Mario: Uh...where'd it go?
Luigi: Eee hee hee hee hee hee...
(Luigi, did you blow up the ship?)
Luigi: Yes! I used so many fire attacks that the ship spontaneously exploded!
(Bad Luigi! You're not supposed to do that! Rewind!)
Luigi: Darn...
(Everything goes backwards really fast. After a few seconds, it stops.)
Purpley: He went onto the ship with Silverstone. He's so brave...
Yosheta: Who's so brave? Silverstone?
Purpley: No! Luigi is!
Parakarry: Holy cow! Look at the ship! (There was a violent explosion on the ship and Vicky, Nicky, Luigi, Silverstone, and the cage containing Redy and Whitey were sent flying. All of them safely land on the beach.)
Nicky: Vicky! What was that all about?!
Vicky: Oops! My bad! That was a real bomb!
Luigi: Yo Lame Brains! You want a piece o' this?!
(Luigi charges up a Hyper Burn.)
Vicky & Nicky: AAAHHH!!!
(Luigi fires, but the zookeepers barely managed to evade the attack.)
Redy: Somebody! Help!
Whitey: Yoshi[Silverstone!
Luigi: Silverstone! Go get the yoshis out of the cage! I'll handle these two myself!
Silverstone: Right!
(Silverstone runs over to the imprisoned yoshis.)
Silverstone: Don't worry, Whitey, I'll get you and your friend out of here in no time.
(Silverstone tries to break the lock, but fails.)
Silverstone: Drat! If only I had the key. Wait a minute...
(Silverstone looks at Luigi, who was trying all his fire attacks on Vicky and Nicky. They seem to be better at evading than attacking though.)
Silverstone: Crystal Tears!
(A shower of crystals started to fall. The zookeepers had a very hard time avoiding the attack, but unfortunately, so was Luigi. Luigi charged up another Hyper Burn and refused to move, letting the flames protect him from the sharp shards.)
Luigi: Hey Silverstone! Would you mind watching your aim?!
Silverstone: Sorry!
(Before the downpour ended, Silverstone plucked a crystal out of the air and used it to pick the lock. The lock fell onto the sand and the cage door opened, freeing the yoshis.)
Redy: Thank you, pretty silver yoshi!
Whitey: Yooshi, Yoshi[Thanks, Silverstone!
Silverstone: Follow me guys. I'll get you back to the herd.
(Redy and Whitey follow Silverstone back to the other yoshis. Back with Luigi, he was charging another Hyper Burn.)
Luigi: All right, you good-for-nothing hobos! Let's see you dodge this one!
Silverstone: Hey Luigi.
Luigi: Uh...Silverstone?! I'm kinda busy right now! What?!
Silverstone: I just wanted to tell you that Redy and Whitey got out okay.
Luigi: Okay. That's nice, Silve-
(Before Luigi could finish what he was saying, he shot the Hyper Burn that he was charging in some random direction and fell to the ground, panting.)
Vicky & Nicky: Um...
(Both zookeepers "sweatdrop".)
Silverstone: Wuh oh. That can't be good.
Mario: What the heck happened?!
Waluigi: That wasn't pretty...
Purpley: Luigiiiii!
Parakarry: I better see what wrong with him.
(Parakarry flew over to Luigi and put a hand on his back.)
Parakarry: Yowch!
(Parakarry quickly withdrew his hand, which was now kinda red.)
Parakarry: Sushie! I've got a job for you!
(Sushie bounced over to Luigi and Parakarry.)
Sushie: What's da problem?
Parakarry: I think Luigi overheated himself with that last fire attack he did. Could you cool him off?
Sushie: Sure thing.
(Sushie leaned back and sprayed some water skyward which then showers on Luigi and creates a "cube" of water around him. Luigi got on his feet again.)
Luigi: Thanks Sushie. I needed that.
Vicky: Why do we stand around and let stuff like this happen?
Nicky: Cause we got nothing better to do?
Vicky: Where's Meowth anyway?
(Under Wario's butt...)
Meowth: Someone...help...me...
Wario: Shut up, you stupid chair. I wanna watch the fight!
(Parakarry and Sushie return.)
Mario: What was wrong with Luigi?
Sushie: Oh, he just overheated himself with all those fire attacks.
Silverstone: Ah.
Parakarry: He should be fine now.
(Mario quickly looks at the battle.)
Mario: Uh...I think you spoke to soon.
(Vicky is now holding a Pokéball.)
Vicky: Hey Mr. Pyromaniac! Try dealing with this! Go Pokéball!
(Vicky tossed the pokéball and it opens, revealing a large purple cobra.)
Luigi: Ack! An Arbok!
Nicky: Uh...Vicky? I think you're going a little too far with this.
Vicky: Can it, Nicky! Arbok! Use your Wrap attack on him! Show him what- for!
(Luigi was too scared to think clearly so he did the only thing that came to his mind...run. Unfortunately, Arbok quickly went after him and soon it had Luigi trapped in its coils.)
Luigi: Urk!
Nicky: Vicky! Stop this at once!
Vicky: Shut up, Nicky!
Nicky: I'm not gonna work with you if you keep this up!
Vicky: Arbok! Use Toxic! Show no mercy!
(Mario and the herd watch the fight in horror.)
Pinky: Where did that snake come from?!
Purpley: Oh no! It's hurting Luigi!
Waluigi: Whoa! Check out his face!
Sushie: Crap! Da Water Block wore off!
Mini Bluey: How'd it go from peach to green?
Mario: Mama mia! Luigi's been poisoned!
Nicky That's IT! I'M NOT WORKING WITH YOU AGAIN! NO MORE!
(Nicky runs into the forest.)
Parakarry: Where's Nicky going?
(Back to the battle.)
Vicky: Keep Wrapping, Arbok! Don't let him move! Let the poison take him down!
Luigi: Can't...move...
(Luigi couldn't do anything. He couldn't move his arms which prevents him from doing Hyper Burn, not to mention his other fire attacks. Luigi just sat tight and waited for the worst to come. Suddenly, a chilly blast of ice came out of the blue and hit Arbok in the face and froze the giant snake's body.)
Luigi & Vicky: What the?
(The hero and the villain turned toward where the ice came from and saw Mario doing a little dance of joy.)
Mario: Whoo hoo! I got him! Yeah!
(Realizing this was the time to act, Luigi pried himself out of Arbok's frozen coils and landed on the sand, then, with the little strength he had remaining, he reached into his overalls pocket.)
Luigi: I hope I still have it...
Mario: Hey ugly zookeeper!
(Vicky angrily turned toward Mario, who was shaking his butt at her.)
Mario: Yoooo hooooo! Can't catch me! Can't catch meeeee!
Vicky: Wanna bet, Fatso?!
(Vicky started to chase Mario around the beach.)
Mario: Wheeeee!
(While Mario kept Vicky distracted, Luigi pulled out...)
Yellowy: Hey everyone! Luigi has a heart fruit!
Silverstone: What's a heart fruit?
Purpley: Eat it, Luigi! Eat it and whack that zookeeper!
(Luigi shoved the heart fruit in his mouth and started to chew it.)
Luigi: Mmm! This is good! Yum!
(Instantly, Luigi regained all his energy and his face returned to its normal color so he's no longer poisoned. Oh, and he's sparkly too. At this time, Vicky caught Mario.)
Mario: Oh crap!
Vicky: Now I've got you, Blubber Buns!
(Suddenly the ground shook and Vicky almost fell down. Mario saw that Luigi did a Hip Drop near Vicky, causing the ground to shake.)
Mario: Luigi! You're all right!
Luigi: Hey you! Get your filthy, yoshi-stealing hands off my brother!
Vicky: What?! I thought Arbok had you Wrapped up!
(Luigi points to the chilled cobra.)
Vicky: Dang! Well, where's Meowth?
(Wario quietly walked up to Vicky, dropped a fainted Meowth by her feet and walked away.)
Vicky: Double dang! Fine then! I'll fight you by myself! (Vicky release Mario and he ran away like a chicken with it's head cut off, then she gave Luigi a swift kick to the chest. Luigi didn't even flinch!)
Vicky: Triple dang! He-he's invincible!
(Luigi pulled a yoshi egg out of thin air.)
Luigi: Let's end this...
(Luigi threw the egg at Vicky. When it hit her, it exploded, sending Vicky and Meowth sky high!)
Vicky: Looks like we're blasting off again!
(Vicky and Meowth turn into a star and Luigi's invincibility fades away. Luigi looks at the star.)
Luigi: Heh heh heh...
(Mario and Blacky ran up to Luigi.)
Blacky: Well done, Luigi! You got rid of the zookeepers!
Mario: Yeah! Way to go!
(Luigi puffed out his chest with pride, but then he remembered something...Birdo! Luigi quickly looked at the sea and saw that the zookeepers' ship was gone. It must've sunk after the explosion!)
Luigi: Oh dear God. I wasn't ready for this. Wait a minute. Purpley! Kiss me!
Purpley: What?
Luigi: KISS ME!
Purpley: Well...okay...
(Purpley shrugs and kisses Luigi.)
Luigi: I hope this works...(quickly) Whoo woo! Here I go!
(Luigi dashes toward the water, jumps in and swims away.)
Waluigi: Dang! That guy don't give up without a fight, does he?
(Everyone looks at the water for a silent minute.)
Pinky: Where the heck is he?
Blacky: I hope he didn't stay under there for too long.
Wario: Hey! Maybe he has a really hefty air supply!
(Mario was about to smack Wario, but then he had second thoughts.)
Mario: Wario, you say some of the dumbest things, but this time I hope you're right.
Purpley: (whispering) C'mon Luigi. You can do it. I know you can...
(Another minute passes by...)
Silverstone: Ah, shoot.
Parakarry: Well, he tried his best...
Sushie: Wait! Why am I still here?! I'm goin' after him!
(Before Sushie could hop into the water, Luigi and Birdo washed up onto the beach. Luigi was hugging Birdo and both of them were gasping for air.)
Mario: Are they all right?
Blacky: I sure hope so...
(Everyone ran up to Luigi and Birdo and waited another quiet minute for them to respond. Birdo was the first of the two to speak.)
Birdo: Luigi...you saved my life.
Luigi: Uh huh...
Birdo: And Redy and Whitey are free. Oh! And you found Mini Bluey! Um...where are the zookeepers?
Luigi: They're gone...I beat 'em.
Mario: Correction Luigi. You beat one of them. I saw the other one run into the forest.
(At that moment, Nicky slowly made his way through the crowd and walked up to Luigi.)
Redy: Eek! Unwanted visitor!
Whitey: Yooooo! Yoshi shi yoshi yoshi yo[Aaaaah! He's gonna catch me again!
(Whitey jumps into Blacky's arms.)
Birdo: Get away from us!
Nicky: Wait. Please. Let me speak. First, I must apologize for my sister's behavior. I think she is evil.
Waluigi: You think?! You THINK?! What do you take us for? Fools?!
Luigi: Yeah! Scram! Beat it!
Nicky: This isn't what you think. My name is actually Nicholas Sugimori. My twin sister is Victoria Sugimori. Uh...does anyone here watch the Pokémon cartoon?
Wario: Are you kidding? Luigi loves that Pokémon stuff!
Nicky: Really? Okay. You should understand this then. This may be a bit shocking, but I play the role of James from Team Rocket. Vicky is Jesse.
Luigi: I thought you looked familiar...
Mario: That would explain the Team Rocket uniform you wore once and the Meowth Wario sat on.
Nicky: Anyway, I took that job because I love animals. Especially the fire Pokémon, Growlithe. That's also why I'm a zookeeper. So I can be with lots of animals. It seemed like an okay job until I met you, Luigi sir. You've shown me that keeping animals in captivity is wrong. I don't wanna be a zookeeper anymore.
(Nicky helped Luigi and Birdo get up.)
Birdo: So I take it that you're not evil on purpose. But if you didn't want to catch us, why didn't you just tell Vicky that?
Nicky: Well, that's the problem. She's not the agreeable type. She thinks that violence with animals is fun.
Luigi: Hmm...
(Flashback to when Arbok had Luigi Wrapped up. Nicky yelled at Vicky and ran away. End of flashback...)
Luigi: So that's why you ran away. Because you don't like violence. At all.
Nicky: Yes. But I wish I stayed and helped you instead. Anyway, I don't wanna be a zookeeper anymore. I still want to work with animals though. Can someone think of a decent job for me?
Parakarry: Hmm...how about being a vet?
Sushie: Yeah. You'd be helping lots of animals.
Nicky: That's sounds all right, but I get grossed out easily.
Luigi: Well, how about working in a pet shop then?
Nicky: No! No more trapped animals!
Luigi: Actually, you'd be helping those trapped animals find better homes where they'd be happy.
Nicky: Say, that sounds pretty good to me. I'll do it! But there's one problem...
Mario: What?
Nicky: My sister is gone and my ship is too. I'm stranded here!
Luigi: Um, Wario?
Wario: Yeah?
(Luigi and Wario whispered to each other for awhile.)
Wario: Aw all right. Nicky, you can use my life boat. Follow me and I'll get it ready.
(Wario and Nicky walk away.)
Luigi: Blacky, go fetch some food for him.
Blacky: Okay.
(Luigi gives Blacky his empty backpack and he walks away.)
Luigi: Sigh...I'm exhausted.
Birdo: You've been through a lot. I can tell.
Redy: Thanks for saving us, Luigi.
Whitey: Shi. Yooshi yo. [Yes. Thank you.
Luigi: ...Pardon?
Whitey: Yooo[Hmmm?
Luigi: Oh no. Not again.
Pinky: Hee hee. Luigi still doesn't understand yoshi speak.
Purpley: Too bad that's the only way Whitey can talk.
Luigi: Oh. I see.
Nicky: Hey! Luigi!
(Nicky was now in a little boat in the water.)
Luigi: Don't take off yet! I've got some stuff for ya!
(Blacky returned. Luigi snatched the backpack from him. Then he walked up to the boat and dumped all the food out of the backpack into the boat.)
Nicky: Gee, thank you.
Luigi: Just go that way and you'll eventually reach the Toad Town Port. And if you see any islands, don't be afraid to stop and ask for directions. One last thing...James is my favorite character in the Pokémon cartoon! So can I have your autograph?
Nicky: Sure.
(Nicky took out a picture of himself and a pen. He wrote some stuff on the pic and gave it to Luigi.)
Luigi: Thanks.
Nicky: No. I must thank you. If I ever see Vicky hurt another animal, except Pokémon again, I'll tell her that you'll use that nasty fire attack on her. And now I must leave. Farewell!
(Nicky starts to row the boat away. Luigi waves goodbye to him.)
Luigi: Goodbye! See you later...hopefully in a pet shop!
(Luigi walks back to his friends.)
Purpley: Is he gone?
Luigi: Yup. I got rid of him.
(Everyone cheers.)