Toad ran all the way up the stairs to the fourth level without looking back once. He knew his fate, and that he had to duel Darth Wario by himself or else they would never escape. He reached the fourth floor and found a dark black door that stood out amongst all the rest at the end of the corridor. He ran towards the door, but it was locked. He removed his Koopa armor and took out his beam sword. He pressed the button on the handle and the laser-like sword popped out. He cut a hole in the door and stepped through.
Inside the room was the machine, which glowed a bright green, but nothing more. He walked up to the machine and with one swing of his beam sword he cut the machine in half. With his work done he turned around and saw Darth Wario stepping into the room with his beam sword in hand. He too pressed the button on the handle and a yellow beam shot out.
"Did you honestly think that you could escape me?", asked Darth Wario. "I could sense your presence almost immediately. I'm guessing that you brought some company, judging by all that ruckus that just went on down in the prison. Oh well, I'll kill them after I take care of you, assuming of course that the Koopa Troopers don't get to them first." He swung his yellow beam sword which clashed with Toad's blue beam sword as Toad attempted to defend himself.
"You seem to overestimate your chances Darth Wario", said Toad calmly, despite the battle that was taking place. "After all if you strike me down I will only become more powerful than even you can imagine".
"What is that supposed to mean?", Darth Wario demanded, but Toad just grinned and swung his beam sword.
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As the door began to break open, Luigi set the Princess Peach down, who was too terrified and shocked to move. The three warriors removed their Koopa helmets and grabbed their Koopa blasters, getting ready for the attack that was coming.
"Hey", cried a shocked Peach, "You guys aren't Koopas."
"Congratulations Sherlock", yelled Luigi sarcastically, "We're here to save you. But right now we're having trouble saving ourselves, so I suggest that you take cover somewhere. I don't think that these Koopas coming in are part of the Welcoming Committee." The door burst open and one by one, dozens of Koopa Troopers poured in.
"Eat this slime ball", Luigi screamed as he fired the first shot and took out a Koopa Trooper. Mario and Link began firing as well. Suddenly, a blast knocked the blaster right out of Luigi's hands.
"Never liked that gun anyway", he muttered as he whipped out his dual blaster pistols that he always carried around with him. But he was too slow. Peach had picked up one of the guns and shot the Koopa Trooper right before the Koopa could kill Luigi. Luigi looked back in shock, but as a shot whizzed right by his left ear, he snapped back into reality and started firing at the Koopas who were filing in through the door and into the room.
Finally, after all of the Koopas had been killed Link cried, "We have to get out of here. The only reason we lived through this battle was because the Koopas had to enter into the room one at a time in a single file line, because the doorway was too small. But we should get out of here before more reinforcements come. We might not be so lucky next time."
"Follow me", yelled the Princess as she led them into her prison cell where she showed them an air vent. She fired at the vent several times and then crawled into the ventilation shaft. Luigi followed her with no problem, as did Link. But as Mario crawled in he was too fat and got caught in the opening.
"Help", cried Mario to the retreating backs of Link, Luigi, and Peach. The three of them turned around and saw that Mario was stuck. Link crawled back towards Mario, as Luigi and Peach watched on in anticipation. Link crawled over and tugged on Mario, but could not get him through the opening.
"Ya need to cut back on the pizzas tubby", yelled Link as he strained to get Mario through the vent.
"You guys only have fifteen more minutes", came the voice of Ness through the intercom system in Link's Koopa helmet, which was by his side. Mario and Link looked towards the helmet in horror, realizing the terrible fact that they had to get through the shaft, escape the Koopas, and return to the ship in just fifteen measly minutes.
The footsteps of more Koopa Troopers filing into the room could be heard as Link pulled harder to get Mario through the shaft. Link gave one final tug and Mario came flying in to the hole. But as he did so his helmet was knocked to the floor and fell with a loud "CLANG". One of the Troopers looked over and ran towards the prison cell.
"There in the ventilation shaft", the Koopa cried to his comrades. He fired a shot into the shaft just as Mario turned the corner in the nick of time. The Mario, Link, Luigi, and Peach crawled as fast as they could through the narrow pathway. Luigi, who was in the lead, looked down through one of the iron barred covers and saw Ness and Kirby sitting in the room, and although they had their suits on, he could tell it was them for it was the same room that they had been in before. He kicked down the barred cover and dropped down. Kirby gave a frightened cry, and without thinking shot his blaster at Luigi…
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Darth Wario blocked Toad's swing at took a swing a swing of his own, which was likewise blocked. Toad tried to bring the battle closer to the ship, so he backed out of the room and jumped off the ledge where he fell to the first story, remarkably unharmed. Darth Wario jumped down to the first floor as well, and he too was unharmed. Being Superstars they were able to withstand such large drops.
Toad back flipped over Darth Wario and slashed at his back, but Wario, showing unexpected agility, spun and blocked the shot just in time.
'Where is Mario?', wondered Toad in his head, 'He must see this now. I'm not sure how much longer I can keep this up for'…
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The blast grazed Luigi's left shoulder, sending him reeling backwards just as Mario dropped through the hole. He yelled, "Don't shoot Kirby. It's just us." Kirby put his gun down and Ness spun around in his chair. Peach dropped down through the hole, followed by Link. They ran to Luigi's aid, and patched up his shoulder.
"You're lucky that you had that body armor on", said Link, "Otherwise it could have been really bad. But instead you only got this little scratch that barely qualifies as a flesh wound. Luigi just grasp his shoulder trying to stop the bleeding, and scowled. He didn't think that it was just a 'little scratch'.
"Kirby wants you to know that he's sorry, but you scared him", said Ness to Luigi. Kirby nodded. "But we have to get out of here", Ness added, "The hour is practically over. When you don't return to your shift in the first five minutes they'll send someone out to look for you guys. You guys have to ditch the suits and we've gotta get out of here now." They ran towards the ship which was now guarded by nothing but the Koopa Captain and two other Koopa Troopers. All of the other troops were in the prison or in the vents looking for them.
Luigi and Mario pulled out their blasters and snuck up behind the Koopas and took them out. Mario turned around to signal for everyone to board the ship. As he did so he saw Toad and a mysterious cloaked figure fighting with beam swords in the room behind the group. He ran towards Toad in an attempt to help him, and as he did so Toad looked over at Mario.
'Good', thought Toad, 'He has come.' Then he blocked Wario's beam sword and pushed his beam sword against Wario's with all his might. As Wario went stumbling backwards Toad pressed the button on his beam sword's handle, thereby having the beam retreat back into the handle. He then laid the sword on the ground and closed his eyes. "You have lost Darth Wario", he muttered as he stood there.
At first Wario didn't know what to do. Why had Toad stopped fighting? But he could not pass up an opportunity to strike down his opponent. He charged at Toad and slashed his chest open with his beam sword. Toad fell to the floor and vanished, leaving nothing but his cloak behind.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!", screamed Mario, pulling out his blasters. But before he could do anything, Luigi grabbed him by the back of his shirt and dragged him onto the Centennial Eagle which took off immediately.
"Why didn't you let me save Toad?", Mario screamed at Luigi once they were onboard.
"Don't kid yourself", Luigi snapped back. "Toad was already dead and you know it. That man would have killed you too. If Toad, a Superstar, could not beat him what makes you think you would have stood a chance. The last thing that Toad wants you to do is die." Mario secretly agreed with this statement but did not want Luigi to know that. So Mario was silent for the rest of the ride back to the rebel base where they would drop Peach off.
Luigi steered the ship into the rebel's spaceport, expecting a warm welcome, but that was not to be…
Inside the room was the machine, which glowed a bright green, but nothing more. He walked up to the machine and with one swing of his beam sword he cut the machine in half. With his work done he turned around and saw Darth Wario stepping into the room with his beam sword in hand. He too pressed the button on the handle and a yellow beam shot out.
"Did you honestly think that you could escape me?", asked Darth Wario. "I could sense your presence almost immediately. I'm guessing that you brought some company, judging by all that ruckus that just went on down in the prison. Oh well, I'll kill them after I take care of you, assuming of course that the Koopa Troopers don't get to them first." He swung his yellow beam sword which clashed with Toad's blue beam sword as Toad attempted to defend himself.
"You seem to overestimate your chances Darth Wario", said Toad calmly, despite the battle that was taking place. "After all if you strike me down I will only become more powerful than even you can imagine".
"What is that supposed to mean?", Darth Wario demanded, but Toad just grinned and swung his beam sword.
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As the door began to break open, Luigi set the Princess Peach down, who was too terrified and shocked to move. The three warriors removed their Koopa helmets and grabbed their Koopa blasters, getting ready for the attack that was coming.
"Hey", cried a shocked Peach, "You guys aren't Koopas."
"Congratulations Sherlock", yelled Luigi sarcastically, "We're here to save you. But right now we're having trouble saving ourselves, so I suggest that you take cover somewhere. I don't think that these Koopas coming in are part of the Welcoming Committee." The door burst open and one by one, dozens of Koopa Troopers poured in.
"Eat this slime ball", Luigi screamed as he fired the first shot and took out a Koopa Trooper. Mario and Link began firing as well. Suddenly, a blast knocked the blaster right out of Luigi's hands.
"Never liked that gun anyway", he muttered as he whipped out his dual blaster pistols that he always carried around with him. But he was too slow. Peach had picked up one of the guns and shot the Koopa Trooper right before the Koopa could kill Luigi. Luigi looked back in shock, but as a shot whizzed right by his left ear, he snapped back into reality and started firing at the Koopas who were filing in through the door and into the room.
Finally, after all of the Koopas had been killed Link cried, "We have to get out of here. The only reason we lived through this battle was because the Koopas had to enter into the room one at a time in a single file line, because the doorway was too small. But we should get out of here before more reinforcements come. We might not be so lucky next time."
"Follow me", yelled the Princess as she led them into her prison cell where she showed them an air vent. She fired at the vent several times and then crawled into the ventilation shaft. Luigi followed her with no problem, as did Link. But as Mario crawled in he was too fat and got caught in the opening.
"Help", cried Mario to the retreating backs of Link, Luigi, and Peach. The three of them turned around and saw that Mario was stuck. Link crawled back towards Mario, as Luigi and Peach watched on in anticipation. Link crawled over and tugged on Mario, but could not get him through the opening.
"Ya need to cut back on the pizzas tubby", yelled Link as he strained to get Mario through the vent.
"You guys only have fifteen more minutes", came the voice of Ness through the intercom system in Link's Koopa helmet, which was by his side. Mario and Link looked towards the helmet in horror, realizing the terrible fact that they had to get through the shaft, escape the Koopas, and return to the ship in just fifteen measly minutes.
The footsteps of more Koopa Troopers filing into the room could be heard as Link pulled harder to get Mario through the shaft. Link gave one final tug and Mario came flying in to the hole. But as he did so his helmet was knocked to the floor and fell with a loud "CLANG". One of the Troopers looked over and ran towards the prison cell.
"There in the ventilation shaft", the Koopa cried to his comrades. He fired a shot into the shaft just as Mario turned the corner in the nick of time. The Mario, Link, Luigi, and Peach crawled as fast as they could through the narrow pathway. Luigi, who was in the lead, looked down through one of the iron barred covers and saw Ness and Kirby sitting in the room, and although they had their suits on, he could tell it was them for it was the same room that they had been in before. He kicked down the barred cover and dropped down. Kirby gave a frightened cry, and without thinking shot his blaster at Luigi…
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Darth Wario blocked Toad's swing at took a swing a swing of his own, which was likewise blocked. Toad tried to bring the battle closer to the ship, so he backed out of the room and jumped off the ledge where he fell to the first story, remarkably unharmed. Darth Wario jumped down to the first floor as well, and he too was unharmed. Being Superstars they were able to withstand such large drops.
Toad back flipped over Darth Wario and slashed at his back, but Wario, showing unexpected agility, spun and blocked the shot just in time.
'Where is Mario?', wondered Toad in his head, 'He must see this now. I'm not sure how much longer I can keep this up for'…
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The blast grazed Luigi's left shoulder, sending him reeling backwards just as Mario dropped through the hole. He yelled, "Don't shoot Kirby. It's just us." Kirby put his gun down and Ness spun around in his chair. Peach dropped down through the hole, followed by Link. They ran to Luigi's aid, and patched up his shoulder.
"You're lucky that you had that body armor on", said Link, "Otherwise it could have been really bad. But instead you only got this little scratch that barely qualifies as a flesh wound. Luigi just grasp his shoulder trying to stop the bleeding, and scowled. He didn't think that it was just a 'little scratch'.
"Kirby wants you to know that he's sorry, but you scared him", said Ness to Luigi. Kirby nodded. "But we have to get out of here", Ness added, "The hour is practically over. When you don't return to your shift in the first five minutes they'll send someone out to look for you guys. You guys have to ditch the suits and we've gotta get out of here now." They ran towards the ship which was now guarded by nothing but the Koopa Captain and two other Koopa Troopers. All of the other troops were in the prison or in the vents looking for them.
Luigi and Mario pulled out their blasters and snuck up behind the Koopas and took them out. Mario turned around to signal for everyone to board the ship. As he did so he saw Toad and a mysterious cloaked figure fighting with beam swords in the room behind the group. He ran towards Toad in an attempt to help him, and as he did so Toad looked over at Mario.
'Good', thought Toad, 'He has come.' Then he blocked Wario's beam sword and pushed his beam sword against Wario's with all his might. As Wario went stumbling backwards Toad pressed the button on his beam sword's handle, thereby having the beam retreat back into the handle. He then laid the sword on the ground and closed his eyes. "You have lost Darth Wario", he muttered as he stood there.
At first Wario didn't know what to do. Why had Toad stopped fighting? But he could not pass up an opportunity to strike down his opponent. He charged at Toad and slashed his chest open with his beam sword. Toad fell to the floor and vanished, leaving nothing but his cloak behind.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!", screamed Mario, pulling out his blasters. But before he could do anything, Luigi grabbed him by the back of his shirt and dragged him onto the Centennial Eagle which took off immediately.
"Why didn't you let me save Toad?", Mario screamed at Luigi once they were onboard.
"Don't kid yourself", Luigi snapped back. "Toad was already dead and you know it. That man would have killed you too. If Toad, a Superstar, could not beat him what makes you think you would have stood a chance. The last thing that Toad wants you to do is die." Mario secretly agreed with this statement but did not want Luigi to know that. So Mario was silent for the rest of the ride back to the rebel base where they would drop Peach off.
Luigi steered the ship into the rebel's spaceport, expecting a warm welcome, but that was not to be…