The Primmer - Chapter 6
Escape from the Inferno
(Mario, Luigi, etc. are copyright Nintendo. Quinn Mario and the rest of The Primmer are copyrighted to Ironfoot.)
After glancing at both Palunto and Quinn Mario, Cain Laviand stood up from his chair and dew out a gun inside his white trench coat. "So, you're a servant of my grandson," grumbled Cain, cocking his gun. "It would be nice of you to bring him before us." Cain moved foreword towards Palunto, but Palunto moved backwards toward an enormous stained-glass window. "Too late for that, pops." The blue Yoshi said, and he smirked at the members of the room before he suddenly turned around and shot towards the window. The stained-glass window shattered upon impact, and glass particles shot up into the air. Quinn covered his eyes, as did the rest of the people around him. When Quinn could see again, he ran to the window, and spotted Palunto.floating down to the surface using wings. Quinn recalled in his memory that blue yoshi's had the ability to fly. Despite this advantage, Quinn jumped from the broken window and fell through the air like a speeding rocket. "Quinn! Are you insane?" shouted Cain, looking over the edge like a madman. Quinn was dropping, and dropping quickly. He seemed to be heading toward the flying Palunto.
At amazing speeds, Quinn shot towards Palunto, trying to think about how to tackle him. As the wind blew relentlessly in his face, Quinn glanced across the TMK coastline. Much to his surprise, enormous fleets of Yoshi ships were headed for the coast. Through the wind, Quinn could hear cannonballs being fired from the ships. In fact, one just flew past him, and it caught Quinn off guard. "Pay attention Quinn." Quinn said to himself as he got closer and closer to Palunto. After dodging several more cannonballs, Quinn could finally see the yoshi down below him, seemingly trying to direct orders. He kept pointing his finger towards the Courthouse, as if he wanted it attacked. He pointed at it again, but it would the last time he would see it again.
Because Quinn suddenly came over him, grabbed his neck, and because of the immence pressure involved, snapped it.
As the now dead Palunto dropped quickly past him, Quinn tried to think about how he was going to land without killing himself, for the ground was approching quickly. As he looked around to try to find a solution, something suddenly flew into his eyes out of Palunto's pocket. Quinn grabbed the object, and observed it. It was a feather, colored in white, black and reddish colors. However, almost instantly as he grabbed it, he felt something seamingly grow on his back. He felt his back, trying to search for what it was. He felt a silky cape of some sort, and as Quinn turned his head to look at it, he noticed that the strange yellow cape was making him slow down in mid air. The ground below him now came on slowly, and he landed softly. He nodded in satisfaction, and wondered how such a thin cape could slow him down in the air that much. His thought was suddenly interuppted by a huge explosion that seemed to rock the entire Mushroom Kingdom. He looked around, trying to find the source of the explosion. His question was answered when he saw the mighty pilliars supporting the Mushroom Kingdom courthouse start to crack and sway. The Courthouse itself started to rock back and forth, sending debris down to the Earth. Quinn now tried to run towards Courthouse bridge, thinking that Cain and the other senators may still be inside. As he climbed a short hill and ran along a sidewalk towards the Courthouse, he noticed a mushroom already running out of the building, handling a gun and seemingly trying to load it up. Nobody followed behind him as he crossed the bridge to the mainland of TMK. He wore a gold senate pass, and Quinn instantly knew who he was.
"Kinopio!" shouted Quinn, trying to get his attention. Kinopio looked up at Quinn and smiled, looking somewhat relieved. Quinn however, didn't like the look of things. The Courthouse was set to crumble from its foundation at any moment, and possibly take the bridge with it. Unfortunetly, As soon as he thought of this, the Courthose swung away from the bridge and broke from its foundation. At the same time, the pilliars that once held up the building broke from its foundations. Quinn heard the bridge starting to crack, and gave Kinopio a look of urgancy. Kinopio nodded, well aware that the bridge would crumble at any second. The mushroom picked up his running speed, hoping that he would make it to the other side on time. However, his hope vanished when he looked behind him. The bridge behind him was crumbling and falling 2 miles down to the ground below. Kinopio was just nearing the other side when the other foundation of the bridge broke. The entire bridge, with Kinopio on it, now began to fall. In a last ditch effort, Kinopio jumped toward the edge of the now broken bridge, knowing that he probably wouldn't make it.
But he did.
Quinn grabbed Kinopio's hand out in the air, and hoisted him up. He set Kinopio down on the ground, sighing to himself. Kinopio looked rather shaken. "I swear I just saw the hand of death." muttered Kinopio, looking at the bridge down below. "Well, no matter. We've got to get the hell out of here. Don't worry about everyone else, they made it out ok. Cain wants you to know that he's with the Princess and protecting her." The mushroom stood up and looked at the fleets of Yoshi warships. They were now sending out troops to the TMK mainland, and Kinopio looked worried. Quinn nodded and looked towards the TMK harbor. "Well, I don't know about you, but I came here to finish a mission, and that's what I intend to do." With that, Quinn started to walk down toward the harbor, trying to avoid any gunfire or cannonballs from the enemy fleets. Kinopio stood there for a moment, thinking to himself. The sun was nearly down now, and it was getting harder and harder to see every minute. However, at length, he ran towards Quinn, shouting "Where are we going?"
"We're going to Yoshi's Island, the current home of Leon Laviand." Replied Quinn. "My mission is to capture him somehow and bring him back to Europa. He is critical for Cain's mission in overthrowing the Laguarde dynasty." Quinn ducked from an oncoming bullet, which hit a building harmlessly. "We're going to have to get there as soon as possible." He just finished this sentence when a Doomship appeared and flew quickly towards the two. Both ducked as the ship flew by, nearly hitting them. Quinn quickly got up and ran towards the closest ship in the harbor, with Kinopio quickly following behind. "Great, and now we have Koopa's." muttered Kinopio. "Leon has definitely gone wack." "That's not just any Doomship." Said Quinn, while climbing into a cigarette-style boat. "That's Larry Koopa, and he's been after me ever since I landed on the Mushroom Kingdom coast this morning." Quinn thought to himself. "Only this morning." He looked at the black starry sky, remembering what had transpired that morning. He awoke from his thoughts when he heard an explosion near him. The Doomship was shooting at them. "Let's get going Quinn!" shouted Kinopio, while shooting at the Doomship with his gun. Quinn tried to find the ignition key, but reading everything in Mushroomian was a bit difficult. Kinopio, noticing his struggle, pointed to the ignition button. Quinn pressed it, and the engine immediately roared to life. He backed out of the dock and soared away from the TMK harbor. However, the Doomship followed, aiming for their boat and shooting at it. Quinn just picked up the speed, and swore he was at least going about 120 MPH. Still, the Doomship followed behind, apparently getting ready to shoot multiple cannonballs at them. Suddenly, a green fireball hit the side of the Doomship, and the ship stopped in its track in pursuing the speeding boat. Kinopio looked behind him, and saw that more green fireballs, coming from Yoshi's Island, were hitting the Doomship, which was now far behind.
"Perhaps Leon isn't using the Koopa's to attack The Mushroom Kingdom." Said Kinopio. "Someone is firing on Larry's Doomship." Quinn looked back quickly and saw the doomship struggling against the green fireballs, which were definitely coming from Yoshi's Island. "Perhaps." Sighed Quinn as he turned back around. "But I believe that something else is at work here. After I had killed Palunto-" "Thank God." The mushroom suddely muttered under his breath. Quinn looked a little annoyed, but continued. "After I had killed Palunto, I looked at the Yoshi fleets and noticed that there were more than the normal Yoshi's aboard. I saw the normal Yoshi species being tortured by another race of Yoshi for loading up cannons and firing them. This new race- I believe Palunto was one of them-had straight backs, unlike the normal dino who had the curved. They had human like hair, and wore a strange style of clothing. They also seemed to be much stronger than the normal Yoshi's we are used to." Quinn fell silent for a minute, looking at Yoshi's Island far ahead of him. At length, he continued. "Yes, Koopa's were also on the vessels, which leads to one of these two conclusions: Either Leon is using the Koopa's for his attacks against TMK or Leon has been brainwashed by the Koopa's themselves. Even though I believe Leon is the one responsible in the creation of these new "Hybrid" Yoshi's, Koopa magic is very hard to defeat." Quinn looked ahead again, steering the boat not towards Yoshi's Island, but to the western shore of it. Thoughts of his meeting with Roy Koopa days ago popped into his mind. "We'll have to find some way to get in." sighed Quinn, now thinking about what to do.
Kinopio looked out the side of the boat after listening to Quinn talking to him. On the western coast of Yoshi's Island, he swore that he saw a figure walking along the beach, wearing black clothing and a black cape. He seemed to hold a weapon that glowed a pale green. The mushroom wiped his eyes and looked again, but the figure was gone. "Well, I'm going to sleep." Kinopio said quietly, and he layed back his head and went to sleep.
To be Continued.
Escape from the Inferno
(Mario, Luigi, etc. are copyright Nintendo. Quinn Mario and the rest of The Primmer are copyrighted to Ironfoot.)
After glancing at both Palunto and Quinn Mario, Cain Laviand stood up from his chair and dew out a gun inside his white trench coat. "So, you're a servant of my grandson," grumbled Cain, cocking his gun. "It would be nice of you to bring him before us." Cain moved foreword towards Palunto, but Palunto moved backwards toward an enormous stained-glass window. "Too late for that, pops." The blue Yoshi said, and he smirked at the members of the room before he suddenly turned around and shot towards the window. The stained-glass window shattered upon impact, and glass particles shot up into the air. Quinn covered his eyes, as did the rest of the people around him. When Quinn could see again, he ran to the window, and spotted Palunto.floating down to the surface using wings. Quinn recalled in his memory that blue yoshi's had the ability to fly. Despite this advantage, Quinn jumped from the broken window and fell through the air like a speeding rocket. "Quinn! Are you insane?" shouted Cain, looking over the edge like a madman. Quinn was dropping, and dropping quickly. He seemed to be heading toward the flying Palunto.
At amazing speeds, Quinn shot towards Palunto, trying to think about how to tackle him. As the wind blew relentlessly in his face, Quinn glanced across the TMK coastline. Much to his surprise, enormous fleets of Yoshi ships were headed for the coast. Through the wind, Quinn could hear cannonballs being fired from the ships. In fact, one just flew past him, and it caught Quinn off guard. "Pay attention Quinn." Quinn said to himself as he got closer and closer to Palunto. After dodging several more cannonballs, Quinn could finally see the yoshi down below him, seemingly trying to direct orders. He kept pointing his finger towards the Courthouse, as if he wanted it attacked. He pointed at it again, but it would the last time he would see it again.
Because Quinn suddenly came over him, grabbed his neck, and because of the immence pressure involved, snapped it.
As the now dead Palunto dropped quickly past him, Quinn tried to think about how he was going to land without killing himself, for the ground was approching quickly. As he looked around to try to find a solution, something suddenly flew into his eyes out of Palunto's pocket. Quinn grabbed the object, and observed it. It was a feather, colored in white, black and reddish colors. However, almost instantly as he grabbed it, he felt something seamingly grow on his back. He felt his back, trying to search for what it was. He felt a silky cape of some sort, and as Quinn turned his head to look at it, he noticed that the strange yellow cape was making him slow down in mid air. The ground below him now came on slowly, and he landed softly. He nodded in satisfaction, and wondered how such a thin cape could slow him down in the air that much. His thought was suddenly interuppted by a huge explosion that seemed to rock the entire Mushroom Kingdom. He looked around, trying to find the source of the explosion. His question was answered when he saw the mighty pilliars supporting the Mushroom Kingdom courthouse start to crack and sway. The Courthouse itself started to rock back and forth, sending debris down to the Earth. Quinn now tried to run towards Courthouse bridge, thinking that Cain and the other senators may still be inside. As he climbed a short hill and ran along a sidewalk towards the Courthouse, he noticed a mushroom already running out of the building, handling a gun and seemingly trying to load it up. Nobody followed behind him as he crossed the bridge to the mainland of TMK. He wore a gold senate pass, and Quinn instantly knew who he was.
"Kinopio!" shouted Quinn, trying to get his attention. Kinopio looked up at Quinn and smiled, looking somewhat relieved. Quinn however, didn't like the look of things. The Courthouse was set to crumble from its foundation at any moment, and possibly take the bridge with it. Unfortunetly, As soon as he thought of this, the Courthose swung away from the bridge and broke from its foundation. At the same time, the pilliars that once held up the building broke from its foundations. Quinn heard the bridge starting to crack, and gave Kinopio a look of urgancy. Kinopio nodded, well aware that the bridge would crumble at any second. The mushroom picked up his running speed, hoping that he would make it to the other side on time. However, his hope vanished when he looked behind him. The bridge behind him was crumbling and falling 2 miles down to the ground below. Kinopio was just nearing the other side when the other foundation of the bridge broke. The entire bridge, with Kinopio on it, now began to fall. In a last ditch effort, Kinopio jumped toward the edge of the now broken bridge, knowing that he probably wouldn't make it.
But he did.
Quinn grabbed Kinopio's hand out in the air, and hoisted him up. He set Kinopio down on the ground, sighing to himself. Kinopio looked rather shaken. "I swear I just saw the hand of death." muttered Kinopio, looking at the bridge down below. "Well, no matter. We've got to get the hell out of here. Don't worry about everyone else, they made it out ok. Cain wants you to know that he's with the Princess and protecting her." The mushroom stood up and looked at the fleets of Yoshi warships. They were now sending out troops to the TMK mainland, and Kinopio looked worried. Quinn nodded and looked towards the TMK harbor. "Well, I don't know about you, but I came here to finish a mission, and that's what I intend to do." With that, Quinn started to walk down toward the harbor, trying to avoid any gunfire or cannonballs from the enemy fleets. Kinopio stood there for a moment, thinking to himself. The sun was nearly down now, and it was getting harder and harder to see every minute. However, at length, he ran towards Quinn, shouting "Where are we going?"
"We're going to Yoshi's Island, the current home of Leon Laviand." Replied Quinn. "My mission is to capture him somehow and bring him back to Europa. He is critical for Cain's mission in overthrowing the Laguarde dynasty." Quinn ducked from an oncoming bullet, which hit a building harmlessly. "We're going to have to get there as soon as possible." He just finished this sentence when a Doomship appeared and flew quickly towards the two. Both ducked as the ship flew by, nearly hitting them. Quinn quickly got up and ran towards the closest ship in the harbor, with Kinopio quickly following behind. "Great, and now we have Koopa's." muttered Kinopio. "Leon has definitely gone wack." "That's not just any Doomship." Said Quinn, while climbing into a cigarette-style boat. "That's Larry Koopa, and he's been after me ever since I landed on the Mushroom Kingdom coast this morning." Quinn thought to himself. "Only this morning." He looked at the black starry sky, remembering what had transpired that morning. He awoke from his thoughts when he heard an explosion near him. The Doomship was shooting at them. "Let's get going Quinn!" shouted Kinopio, while shooting at the Doomship with his gun. Quinn tried to find the ignition key, but reading everything in Mushroomian was a bit difficult. Kinopio, noticing his struggle, pointed to the ignition button. Quinn pressed it, and the engine immediately roared to life. He backed out of the dock and soared away from the TMK harbor. However, the Doomship followed, aiming for their boat and shooting at it. Quinn just picked up the speed, and swore he was at least going about 120 MPH. Still, the Doomship followed behind, apparently getting ready to shoot multiple cannonballs at them. Suddenly, a green fireball hit the side of the Doomship, and the ship stopped in its track in pursuing the speeding boat. Kinopio looked behind him, and saw that more green fireballs, coming from Yoshi's Island, were hitting the Doomship, which was now far behind.
"Perhaps Leon isn't using the Koopa's to attack The Mushroom Kingdom." Said Kinopio. "Someone is firing on Larry's Doomship." Quinn looked back quickly and saw the doomship struggling against the green fireballs, which were definitely coming from Yoshi's Island. "Perhaps." Sighed Quinn as he turned back around. "But I believe that something else is at work here. After I had killed Palunto-" "Thank God." The mushroom suddely muttered under his breath. Quinn looked a little annoyed, but continued. "After I had killed Palunto, I looked at the Yoshi fleets and noticed that there were more than the normal Yoshi's aboard. I saw the normal Yoshi species being tortured by another race of Yoshi for loading up cannons and firing them. This new race- I believe Palunto was one of them-had straight backs, unlike the normal dino who had the curved. They had human like hair, and wore a strange style of clothing. They also seemed to be much stronger than the normal Yoshi's we are used to." Quinn fell silent for a minute, looking at Yoshi's Island far ahead of him. At length, he continued. "Yes, Koopa's were also on the vessels, which leads to one of these two conclusions: Either Leon is using the Koopa's for his attacks against TMK or Leon has been brainwashed by the Koopa's themselves. Even though I believe Leon is the one responsible in the creation of these new "Hybrid" Yoshi's, Koopa magic is very hard to defeat." Quinn looked ahead again, steering the boat not towards Yoshi's Island, but to the western shore of it. Thoughts of his meeting with Roy Koopa days ago popped into his mind. "We'll have to find some way to get in." sighed Quinn, now thinking about what to do.
Kinopio looked out the side of the boat after listening to Quinn talking to him. On the western coast of Yoshi's Island, he swore that he saw a figure walking along the beach, wearing black clothing and a black cape. He seemed to hold a weapon that glowed a pale green. The mushroom wiped his eyes and looked again, but the figure was gone. "Well, I'm going to sleep." Kinopio said quietly, and he layed back his head and went to sleep.
To be Continued.