Author's note:Well, here's the next chapter! I hope you'll read the next part, too!

Chapter six!

Rescue Mission

The next day, as the doctors said, Luigi was able to get out of the hospital. Peach was worried. Daisy had said she'd be there to welcome Luigi back, but the Sarasaland Princess hadn't been seen in a day! Peach walked up to Mario. "Mario, I'm worried about Daisy." She told him. "I haven't seen her since we got out of the hospital." Mario nodded. "I'm a bit concerned, too. Daisy wouldn't miss Luigi's 'welcome back' party unless she absolutely had to. Something's wrong." He said. Peach lowered her gaze to the floor. It was unlike Daisy to miss out on anything. "I'm going to see if she's in her cabin." She anounced. The Mushroom Princess headed towards where her sister was staying.

"Daisy?" Peach called as she knocked on the door to Daisy's cabin. "Daisy, are you in there?" Peach opened the door and a chill imediately ran down her spine. Something was wrong. Horribly wrong. She instinctively closed the door and headed down the hallway back to the dining room. She wasn't concious of her movements. Why is Daisy missing? What happened to her? The questions went throughout the Mushroom Princess's head. She had to find her sister. She paused. She realized where she was standing:Right outside of the door to Bowser's cabin. Peach quietly opened the door. She heard Bowser's cackling and Daisy's voice. "Let me go! I'm not gonna help you!" Daisy hissed through her clenched teeth. Peach knew her sister was in trouble. Only she could help the Princess of Sarasaland. She backed up and left Bowser's cabin. She headed back to the celebration.

"Was Daisy in her cabin?" Mario asked. "She.....wasn't." Peach replied. "Mario, Bowser has Daisy!" She blurted out. Mario gasped. "We have to save her!" He said. "Save who?" Luigi asked, overhearing the conversation and walking over to them. Peach lowered her gaze. "Daisy's been captured by Bowser!" She told him. "What!?!" Luigi demanded. "Then we have to save her! Let me help!" Mario shook his head. "Settle down. I'll save Daisy. I'm not sure if you're strong enough yet to--" He was cut off by Luigi. "I'm strong enough! I don't care! I have to save Daisy!" The green-clad racer anounced. Peach smiled and nodded. "Let's go then." She said.

"Princess Daisy, you will help me. You have one last chance. Help me sabotage Peach, or I'll blow this entire ship and the people onboard to smitherenes. Choose." Bowser cackled. Daisy gave him a dirty look. "What are you? Some kinda cartoon super-villain?" She laughed sarcastically. "And what kind of word is THAT? 'Smitherenes'? You sound like some little kid obsessed with cowboys." Bowser glared. "Shut up! I may have had an obsession with western movies when I was a kid, but I----HEY! Don't try to side track me!" He snapped. "You just blew your last chance! I hope you like dying!" He readied to press a red button. "I hope YOU do, too." Daisy laughed. "If you destroy the entire ship, you'll die, too." Bowser paused in silent anger. "JR.!! YOU DIDN'T TELL ME ABOUT THAT!!" He finally shouted at Bowser Jr., who was just entering the room. "You blame everything on me!" Bowser Jr. complained. Now's my chance. Daisy thought. The Princess of Sarasaland felt through her pocket. Bowser and his heir would soon be done arguing. She had to act fast. She had a knife in her pocket for emergencies. She gripped it tightly and started cutting at the ropes that bound her to the chair. "Fine! Just forget it!" Bowser said. He then saw what Daisy was doing. He grabbed the knife away. "You just blew your only chance of escape!!" He informed her. What will I do?! Daisy thought worridly.

Meanwhile, Luigi, Mario, Birdo and Peach were running towards Bowser's cabin. "I don't remember the cabin being this FAR." Peach commented. They rushed through the dining room and went down the stairs that were in the kitchen. That was where all the cabins were. Bowser's was at the very end of the hallway. They reached it and kicked down the door. "Beware, Bowser!!" Mario shouted, pointing at the king of the Koopas. "We're here to get Daisy back!" Bowser cackled. "If you want her back, you'll have to beat me, Mario!!" He informed him. Peach put her hands in a worried, praying-type position as Mario rushed towards Bowser. But a stream of Green Fire beat him to the King of the Koopas. "Luigi!" Daisy gasped from the chair that she was tied to. Luigi kicked Bowser down. "Mario, you handle Bowser. Peach, you help me untie Daisy. Birdo, you take care of Bowser Jr.!" Luigi commanded. Birdo saluted, then grabbed Bowser Jr. by his hair. "What're ya gonna do NOW, pip-squeak?! Nyah nyah!" Birdo taunted. "Lemme go!!" Bowser Jr. pleaded. "Not so funny when it happens to you, eh?" Daisy laughed as Peach and Luigi untied her from the chair. Daisy got out of the chair and smiled. She placed her hands on her hips. "Thanks, guys." She said to her saviors.

"Don't celebrate yet." Bowser said, clearly furious. "Now that I have your attention, I may as well reveal to you what I am planning. But, later. Come to my castle after you race Waluigi Stadium. Come, if you dare." Bowser breathed fire at Birdo. The pink dinosaur jumped and released Bowser Jr.. Bowser Jr. giggled impishly and Bowser cackled maniacally. "All five of you, come. No more, no less. Just you, Mario, Luigi, Birdo, Peach, and Daisy." The five of them slowly back out the doorway. They shut the door behind them. "What could Bowser be planning?" Daisy wondered aloud. "It's nothing as simple as kidnapping Peach again. That'd just be stupid. What are his real intentions?" "I thought I defeated Bowser a long time ago!" Mario complained. "How could he come back to life this time?!" Luigi shrugged. "We've already had a rematch with Tatanga, and soon Bowser. I hope King Boo isn't next." He said. Everyone was silent. They were actually a little worried about Luigi's words coming true. What if King Boo DID come back? King Boo was a very difficult fiend, from what they all had heard from Mario and Luigi's stories. Suddenly, Daisy tripped over something.

"ACK!" She cried out as she fell flat on her face. Laughing was heard. They all turned to see Wario and Waluigi laughing so hard they could barely breathe. Mario glared at his nemisis and shook his head, while Luigi helped Daisy back to her feet. "Hahahahaha!" Waluigi laughed. "I'm sure the girls would've LOVED to see THAT! 'Specially Crazy!" The three girls and two heroes looked confused. "Who is......Crazy? What girls?" Daisy asked. It seemed as if something were trying to surface in her memory. "Uhhhh......n-nobody." Waluigi lied, realizing what he had said. Wario hit his brother on the back of the head. "You moron!" He hissed through his clenched teeth. "We can't let them learn about the girls! Not yet! Not 'til our plan is in action!" Wario looked over his shoulder to see that Daisy, Birdo, Peach, Luigi and Mario were staring at him, suspicious looks on their faces. "Uhhh....y-you didn't hear that!" Wario told them. "C'mon, bro! Let's run for it!" The Wario Bros. raced off.

The Toadstool sisters crossed the finish line of the Daisy Cruiser in first place, Bowser's Koopa King Kart right behind them. When they finished the course, they nearly collapsed. It had been one hell of a race. Bowser nearly beat them, Wario nearly blew them up, Mario nearly cooked them, and the shrooms kept knocking Peach and Daisy off the back of the Bloom Caoch with their Super Mushroom. Daisy let out a sigh of relief. "I'm glad that's over." She said. "But it's not over." Peach reminded her sister, her expression serious as she leaned on her bar on the back of the kart. "We've still got Waluigi Stadium to complete, then eight more courses." Daisy lowered her gaze. "No." She said. "I have a feeling it'll all be over soon. We won't....finish...." Peach looked confused, but she said nothing.

"Alright!" Waluigi shouted. "My course is next! You losers'll never be able to beat me! NEVER!" The dark rider began laughed triumphantly until Luigi got annoyed and pushed him down. "HEY!" Waluigi shouted. The two began wrestling. Daisy sweatdropped. "Boys....." She grumbled. "Princess," Birdo began. "you're always so annoyed by most things." Daisy glanced sideways at Birdo. "Your point being.....?" She asked. "Well," Birdo started to realize that she had made a mistake. "maybe you should join in on the festivities." Daisy's eyes turned into flames. "I would NEVER LOWER myself to SUCH A LEVEL!" "Right on!" Peach shouted at Daisy from the back of the crowd. Daisy smirked, then put on her head phones.

"3.....2.....1....GO!" Lakitu shouted. The Bloom Coach took off with a Double Dash. Daisy grabbed a Mushroom from the Item Box and used in in timing so she knocked Wario off the back of the car and stole his Item, a Bob-omb. She waited until Bowser's kart was in the perfect position, then she threw the Bob-omb behind her. The Koopa King Kart blew up, causing Bowser to drag on the ground. "Switch!" Peach commanded. "Is Bowser Jr. even OLD enough to drive?" She muttered under her breath. Hearing this, Daisy smirked. She sped up until the kart was going as fast as possible. She spun around the corner and onto the speed ups, where Peach grabbed a Fake Item Box from the Item Box hovering in the air. Peach dropped the Fake Item Box right infront of the Wario Car so it crashed. "Looks like we've got some new competition." Peach commented. Daisy nodded and swerved the kart around a corner and began dodging the Piranha Plants.

Then, Peach's hair caught on fire. "Dammit!" Peach shouted, trying to put out the fire in her hair. Daisy was surprised that Peach cursed. She swerved around the next corner, careful not to drive the kart into the mud. She drove the Bloom Coach across the speed ups and made the jump. Peach grabbed a Banana from the Item Box and dropped it right where the kart landed, in hope of other karts hitting it by accident with no way to avoid it.