Chapter 11: Busted!

by Waluigi911

"Guys!" Mario tried to awaken the unconscious comrades, "Wake up!"

"Shut up!" a Kremling said to him, "The pot is almost ready."

Mario looked at the ordinary ropes and smiled slyly. As soon as the Kremlings looked away, Mario began burning the rope with an ignited finger; soon, Mario was free. As soon as Mario freed himself, the Kremlings turned around.

Mario tossed a fireball onto the ropes that held Marth; Prince Marth regained consciousness just as the ropes released him. Marth fell to the ground just as a spear stuck the steak that he was tied to; Marth looked up to see several angry Kremlings. Prince Marth felt for his sword, but found that it was gone; it was then that he noticed a very proud and smirking Kremling holding the sword. The Kremling ran to the prince and thrust his sword at Marth; Marth rolled out of the way just as the blade pierced the ground. The minute the saber cleaved the grassy earth; Marth thrust his right foot into the Kremling's stomach. The Kremling released his hold on the sword's hilt and grasped his stomach with both claws; Marth took this opportunity to stand up and pull the sword out of the soil. Marth turned to see Mario and Luigi motioning for him to follow them; he rushed to their side.

"We can't fight them," Mario stated hurriedly as he began to run, "We have to ruuun!"

Luigi and Marth followed Mario into the shrubs with the Kremlings close on their tail; they soon lost sight of Mario, but they were following his trail. They suddenly came upon the end of the trail and were pulled to the side by someone. Thinking it was a Kremling; Luigi was about to shout when he realized it was a gloved hand.

"Mario—" Luigi began to exclaim.

Mario put his hand over Luigi's mouth, "Sh!"

They both crouched down behind a boulder and watched dozens of Kremlings rush by into the jungle; just as the rest of the parade passed them; they heard a familiar noise.

"That's-a DK," Mario and Luigi said in unison.

"Hey! That's-a my line!" they both snapped at each other… in unison…

"Hey!" they repeated the process.

"Shush! Do you want the Kremlings to hear you?" Marth interrupted their quarrel.

"Okay," they both replied to him… in unison, they gave each other dirty looks.

"Ha!" the brothers laughed in unison and pointed at each other, "Your face is dirty."

Marth cleared his throat and drew his sword.

"Let's-a go!" the Mario Brothers quickly went back to the Kremling campsite.

Upon arrival to the campsite, they could tell that there were six Kremlings left. They heard Donkey Kong's weird noises again. This time it sounded a lot closer, in fact, it sounded like DK was in the campsite beyond the light the fire cast.

"Mario," Prince Marth began giving orders, "you take those two. Luigi, you take those two. I'll take those two. Understood?"

Both of the brothers nodded.

"Then let's go!" Marth cried as he entered the campsite.

The Mario Brothers also exited the brush shouting in unison, "Let's-a go!"

Prince Marth quickly advanced upon his two select Kremlings and drew his sword; Marth took a running jump and slashed one Kremling as he sailed over its head. The green crocodilian hit the ground instantly dead, as it had received a blow to its head. The other Kremling tackled Marth as soon as his feet touched the land; the force caught Marth by surprise and he let go of his sword. Marth watched in horror (while he fell) as the sword stuck itself in a tree four yards away. The Kremling had his arms wrapped around Marth so that the prince couldn't escape; just before they hit the ground, Marth somehow freed his left hand and placed it on the ground. Using all his strength to push up, Marth got the heavier Kremling to land on the ground instead of him. This surprised the Kremling and caused him to let go; the moment the Kremling released Marth, the prince ran to the tree that held his sword and pulled it out. Marth turned around to see the Kremling charging him; Marth sidestepped and let the Kremling run into the tree. The dazed Kremling didn't last long though, as Marth finished him with a combo.

Mario sent a volley of fireballs upon one Kremling before he sent his fist into the other Kremling's face. The burned Kremling shouted in pain and angrily charged Mario; seeing this, Mario quickly jumped out of the way. Unable to stop, the Kremling rammed his companion into a tree. The crushed Kremling fell to the ground dead.

"Flabby!" screamed the burned Kremling, "NOO! I shall avenge your death!"

The Kremling turned around and snorted angrily as he charged Mario again; Mario waited for the right moment and whipped out his cape and hit the Kremling with it. The Kremling was suddenly spun around and ran into the tree before he could stop; it fell to the ground unconscious.

Mario danced around for a short moment before flashing the "peace" sign while shouting, "It's-a me a Mario!"

Luigi ran up to his two Kremlings, stopped, stuck out his tongue, and made that spitting noise. The angered Kremlings immediately ran at Luigi; Luigi began to run around the campsite while taunting them and making fun of them with his words. The Kremlings soon became enraged and did all they could to get to him. Seeing this, Luigi jumped over the boiling, hot pot that was meant for him and his friends. Without eve noticing it, the Kremlings ran straight into the cauldron. The boiling hot water and burning logs for heating the water caused them to cried in agony as they quickly began running around like mad. Luigi picked up a large stick and held it near the ground as a burning Kremling ran by. By hitting the stick with the feet, the Kremling tripped and tumbled head over heels into the other Kremling that happened to be in his path at the time. Acting quickly, Luigi ran by them and hit each of them on the head with the stick he held in his hand; the Kremlings passed out.

Luigi spun around and stopped while holding up the "peace" sign as he shouted, "It's-a me a Luigi!"

"Hey! That's-a my line!" Mario called from the other end of the campsite.

Before Luigi could reply or Marth could interrupt the argument about to ensue, DK called. Peering through the darkness, Marth could see something shiny.

"Follow me!" Marth said as he rushed to the location.

Marth soon found that the shiny object was a bar of Donkey Kong's cage reflecting the moon's light.

"DK!" Mario exclaimed

"Donkey Kong!" exclaimed Luigi.

"DK!" repeated Mario.

"Donkey Kong is-a here!" Luigi added, "Huh!"

"He's the leader of the bunch!"

"You know him well!"

"Okay, guys!" Marth interrupted their rap, "Business come before pleasure. We're going to have to break up the dance party to rescue the gorilla in distress."

"Ruh! Rah!" DK fiercely rattled the cage door.

Marth performed a special move with his sword to break the lock on the door; the door swung open allowing the Kong to lumber out to freedom. DK motioned for them to follow him as he shambled through the woods; the rescuers followed.

As they journeyed through the trees and bushes, DK began to ramble on in the language that the others couldn't understand.

"Wait! I think I have one of those translator thingies in my pocket," Mario stated as he reached into his pocket.

Mario pulled out a set of earphones and put them on.

"Uh ruh?" DK stopped.

"Yes," Mario replied.

"What did he say?" Luigi and Marth asked Mario in unison.

"Hey! Are-a you two in-a cahoots!" Luigi exclaimed.

"Shut up," Marth quietly replied.

"Why?"

"I have a sword and I'm not afraid to use it."

"Okay."

Marth turned back to Mario and repeated the question.

"He asked me if it worked," Mario answered.

DK began rambling on again in his animal noises.

"He says that King K.Rool captured him," Mario explained to the others, "King K.Rool kept mumbling about some sort of prize… and DK likes Candy Kong."

The instant Mario said that, DK spun around and picked up Mario while grunting his language.

"Okay! I'm sorry! DK didn't say that!" Mario said quickly.

DK put him back down and continued on the journey. Soon, they reached the edge of the forest and peered through the bushes to see a large, metal building. Several wire models of men and women were patrolling almost all of the area; spotlights on the building were also scanning the area. Suddenly, a spotlight fell on the four all-stars and all attention focused on them.

"Busted!" Luigi and Mario quietly said… in unison…

To be continued...