Daddy's Back

Chapter Two: King Morton Koopa's Revival

A few hours later Ludwig finished and Bowser had called upon the whole family to watch his father's resurrection.

"Ok where's the machine that will bring my dad back Ludwig?" Bowser asked excitedly as he looked around the room.

"Umm...? King Dad?" Ludwig pointed at a big grey dome shaped machine after getting his attention.

"Doesn't look very high tech to me?" Bowser spoke instantly as he examined it from a distant. Bowser always told himself not to go near Ludwig's machines until they were tested or were definitely safe. Probably a fear from past experiences.

"All right then so everything is ready now, all you need to do is push that button!" Bowser's eldest son explained excitedly as he pointed to a big red button on the machine.

"Ok then!" Bowser growled as he walked nervously to the machine, "I'll push it?" He took a very long deep breath and slowly pushed the button then stepped back.

The machine smoked and flashed a bright red light and then it suddenly stopped. The door slowly opened and smoke poured out the machine. The Koopa family stared into the machine with suspense filling their brains. Slowly a figure appeared under the smoke. He looked almost exactly like Bowser except a lot bigger, his shell was grey instead of green, his scales were brown and he also looked darker and appeared a lot more evil looking than an of the Koopa family including Bowser could have imagined. King Morton was alive! Slowly he took a few small steps out the machine before falling unconscious on to the floor.

"DAD!!!" Bowser panicked as he ran over to him, holding his head up.

Ludwig ran over to Morton and checked his pulse, "king dad he's just unconscious don't worry he probably got no energy at the moment and he's also most likely a bit dramatised as well, just let him rest?" Ludwig explained to Bowser who was over reacting and dramatised as well.

Bowser carried Morton over to the infirmary room and laid him in one of the bed while all the koopalings and Anna gathered around it waited for him to wake up. Bowser stayed on a seat next to the side of the bed holding Morton's hand, feeling it trying to make sure his father was really there and that it wasn't a dream.

However Morton just laid there with a tormenting smile while breathing slowly and loudly, making him sound a bit like Darth Vader from the Star Wars movies. Finally after some time Morton woke up, as he opened his eyes, he saw Bowser first then Anna and then the koopalings.

"AHHHHHHHHH!!!" Morton shouted in his deep voice while in shear shock as he instantly jumped up.

"What's wrong Dad?" Bowser asked dumbly.

"DAD?!" Morton replied in shock and then gulped, "I'm having a nightmare I must be?! Wait I'm in hell?!" Morton laid down and held his bulky hands over his eyes

"What...? No Dad you're alive and well" Bowser laughing gently.

"NO?! This can't be happening?" Morton laughed insanely. He carried on laughing until he'd had enough then he tried to calm down before he sat at the side of the bed. "So who are you?" he asked Bowser still very confused.

"Dad it's me...? Your son Bowser?" Bowser answer a bit worried that he didn't recognise him.

"Huh?!" Morton paused and thought a bit, "WOAH?! Bowser you were a kid a minute ago but look at you? You've grown up...? Somehow?" he replied in confusion as he looked curiously at his aged son.

"Yeah?" Bowser replied back embarrassingly. "Ludwig what's wrong with my dad?!" Bowser whispered trying not to let Morton hear him.

"I made sure grandpa kept his memories, so as far as he knows he was killed about an hour ago. So I'm pretty sure he'd be confused. I'd be confused!" Ludwig explained smartly as Morton listened into it.

"I was revived?" Morton asked in shock.

"Yes" Ludwig answered proudly.

"So Bowser are you gonna introduce me?" Morton asked his son as he looked interestingly at Anna.

"Oh yeah?" Bowser replied embarrassingly again, "this is my wife and mother to my seven children, Anna" Bowser introduced his wife proudly.

"Hello Anna?" Morton spoke politely kissing her on the hand.

"Then there's my kids and your grandchildren, firstly the oldest of my children and the smartest as well, he's the one who brought you back to life and his name is Ludwig Von Koopa!" Bowser explained standing over Ludwig and holding his shoulders.

"Hey Ludwig?" Morton replied shaking Ludwig's hand.

"The two next to Ludwig are the twins Iggy and Lemmy Koopa. Iggy is the weakest of my children but is not to be taken lightly and Lemmy is the funny one. He spends most of his time on a ball, he has very good balancing skills!" Bowser explained as he walked over to the twins.

"Um...? Iggy and Lemmy, ok then hello kids?" Morton said trying to take all the information in slowly and making sure it was the right info.

"The next one along is Wendy O' Koopa she is only female koopaling of all seven maybe a bit spoiled and loud but cute. Then next one is Roy, he is the strongest of my children even though he's not the oldest. Then the second from last is Larry he is the youngest but like Iggy he's not to be taken lightly, he's the trickiest of them all!" Bowser took a deep breath.

"Ok Ludwig, Iggy, Lemmy, Wendy, Roy, Larry and who's the last one, he looks quite familiar I could swear I've seen him before somewhere?" Morton asked suspiciously.

"And finally the last one of my children, I named him Morton Koopa Jr after you, maybe you've seen him before because he looks just like you only younger. I'm absolutely one hundred and ten percent sure that he has something to talk to you about!" Bowser finished with a small joke about how Morton Jr.'s could go on forever.

"Looks like you've got quite a big family now?" Morton replied slowly in surprise as he stared from face to face.

"So Morton can you get up?" Anna asked in concern. Morton replied by trying to get up but he could barely stand as he staggered a bit.

"Well grandpa hasn't walked in his new body so maybe he has to get used to it or something?" Ludwig's explaining turned to laughing as Morton fell over.

"AH! I NEED SOME HELP HERE!" Morton demanded loudly, since he hated making a fool of himself. Bowser immediately pulled Morton up and helped him walk around the room until he'd got the hang of it again. "Thanks son?" Morton thanked Bowser in confusion, the shock from earlier still hadn't passed that his son was grown up and almost as grown as him.

Now that Morton could walk fine, he decided walk around the castle so Bowser tagged along, mostly to spend time alone with him.

"So Bowser is this your castle then?" Morton asked curiously. Morton knew it wasn't his castle from the shape of the corridors and windows.

"Yeah Dad" Bowser replied proudly, looking at the creepy architect on the wall which he hadn't ever really paid attention to until now.

"It's way bigger than mine!" Morton stated in amazement. Before he died he thought that there couldn't be a bigger castle that his own built but now he was standing in one.

"Yeah I kind of got it build for you!" Bowser explained quickly after, before stopping and looking down at the floor in embarrassment as Morton stared at him curiously.

"So where is my castle then? Is it still standing?" Morton asked excited as he stood impatiently for an answer.

"It's about a hundred and fifty miles to the south!" Bowser answered expecting some shock from Morton.

"WHAT!!!" Morton replied in shock, while his eyes bulged out and he almost fell over.

"Well I couldn't stay there!" Bowser explained, "I had to get away from it, too many memories". There was a long silence and they started to walk through the long corridors again, "you know what, I didn't stay there long after you died" Bowser mentioned.

"So is it exactly the way I left it then?" Morton asked in surprise.

"Yeah Dad exactly" Bowser answered calmly, trying to look away from his father as they walked. But when he glanced at Morton he was trying to look away as well.

"Can we go see it?" Morton asked instantly with excitement.

"Yeah, if you want to?" Bowser replied a bit confused, but it was understandable that Morton would want to visit his old castle.

"Can we go right now?" Morton asked slowly, not too sure if Bowser would do the walk, but he died before doomships and other transport was invented so he didn't know any better.

"Now!" Bowser asked back in a bit of a shock. "What's the rush?!" Bowser asked curiously, staring at Morton twitching his fingers.

"Don't ask me why coz I can't tell you until we're there" Morton replied simply, he had an evil plan brewing in his head but was waiting for the right time to hit Bowser with it.

"Ok then I'll prepare the doomship and then we'll go!" Bowser explained as Morton looked at his son in confusion for another countless time that day.

"What's a doomship?" Morton asked in complete and utter confusion.

"Um...? It's some flying wooden ship thing that Ludwig made a couple of years back. They're quite useful when travelling around!" Bowser explained, not too sure how to describe them himself.

"I thought we were walking?" Morton explained embarrassingly rubbing the back of his head.

"No, no, no!" Bowser replied funnily, waving his finger left and right in front of his father.

Bowser got his doomship ready and soon he and Morton took off for Morton's old keep, they didn't take anyone else with them because Morton claimed he wanted some time alone with his son to talk about very important matters, no doubt it was his plan.

On the way there Bowser gasped the air as it blew in his face, "I still can't believe you're alive?"

"Yeah? Neither can I?" Morton replied, obviously worried about something. "BOWSER LOOK AT THE CASTLE IT LOOKS EXACTLY THE SAME, DO YOU REMEMBER THE GOOD OLD DAY IN THERE!!!" Morton shouted excitedly leaning off the edge of the doomship but being careful not to fall.

"I never forgot about it?" Bowser replied, very nervous to see what condition it was in.

"Bowser how long have I been dead?" Morton asked curiously. He looked at Bowser who was trying to work the question out in his head.

"Um...? About 20 years?" Bowser answered after a little think then he shrugged his shoulders.

"Hey Bowser I'm only...? Five years older than you now" Morton laughed giving Bowser a little nudge on the arm.

"Oh yeah? That's kind of weird?" Bowser laughed back gently, rubbing his arm.

Finally the doomship landed next to the castle. Morton jumped off it and ran across the door bridge to the main gate. He stopped and took a deep breath then opened it slowly. The place was silence but Morton could still hear memories from the past haunting him. Morton stood quietly and said, "I've done some bad things in this place!"