The Wario brothers wandered deep into the cave as they searched for a piece of the "Thingy". Wario held a flashlight while Waluigi was quivering with fear...
"What if that shy guy was right? What if there IS a ghost?" asked Waluigi with a hint of paranoia.
"Don't worry bro, 'cause I ain't afraid of no ghost!" replied Wario.
The "Ghostbusters" theme suddenly played briefly for no apparent reason.
"What the heck was that?" asked Waluigi in confusion.
"I had no idea." said Wario.
Wario and Waluigi continued wandering into the cave until they heard a strange noise.
"Woo-hooooo. Woo-hoooooooo..." said a strange voice.
"W-w-w-what was that?" asked a shaking Waluigi.
"It was probably just the wind." said Wario in an attempt to make his brother feel safe.
"Maybe you're right. Who cares about ghosts?" said a courageous-ish Waluigi.
"Woo-hooooo. Woo-hoooooooo..." said the voice again.
"Mommy!" said Waluigi as he leapt on Wario's arms.
"Get off me, you wuss!" said Wario as he let Waluigi drop on the ground.
"Woo-ho- Aw, to heck with this!" said the voice.
A creature came out of the darkness. It turned out to be a simple lantern ghost.
"A lantern ghost? I was afraid of a lantern ghost?" said Waluigi to himself as he got up on his feet.
"Yeah, that's right! I'm a puny lantern ghost. You got a problem with that?" said the lantern ghost.
"Why did you scare everyone off?" asked Wario.
"Scare everyone? I was just trying to give those tourists a tour guide of the cave but nooooooo, they just HAD to run away screaming like babies!" replied the lantern ghost.
"What about those that didn't come back?" asked Waluigi.
"Those idiots ran into deadly traps while trying to get out of this dump, as you can see." said the ghost as he pointed to the skeleton of an unfortunate adventurer that fell into a spike pit. "Well, either that or they died of hunger."
"Then why do you keep saying "woo-hoooo"? asked Wario.
"I was just happy to see tourists!" replied the ghost.
"Ahh, I'm relieved to know that you're not some sort of soul-eating ghost!" said Waluigi.
"Soul-eating? I just KNEW those morons would make up stories about me!" said the ghost. "Anyway, what do you want?"
"We're looking for a piece of something called the "Thingy"." said Wario.
"You mean this old thing?" said the ghost as he pulled a pair of big, red lips out of his pocket.
"Yes, that's it!...I think." said Wario.
The lantern ghost gave the big lips to Wario.
"By the way, how do we get out of here?" asked Waluigi.
"Oh, that's easy. You can just go back the way you came OR you can take the left path behind me, which is faster." Said the ghost.
"Where does the right path lead to?" asked Waluigi.
"Unless you want to end your life as a grilled-cheese, don't take that path." replied the ghost. "It's time for me to get out of here."
"Why are you leaving?" asked Wario.
"Because I've had enough of this place! No one ever comes to visit." said the ghost. "I'm going to take my retirement in some exotic place that has some attractive ladies. See you around!"
The lantern ghost walked away from Wario and Waluigi, leaving them alone.
"Well, time to go left!" said Wario.
The Wario brothers went into the left path. They soon enter a passage with a huge boulder stuck above the entrance.
"Hmm, this place looks pretty banged-up." said Waluigi. " We musn't make a noise or we'll be..."
Wario's nose suddenly started to twist up.
"A...A...A...ACHOO!" sneezed Wario.
"...squashed like pancakes." finished Waluigi.
Wario's sneeze made the cave rumble a little bit and the huge boulder got un-stuck and started to roll after the two brothers.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!" said Wario and Waluigi as they ran away from the giant boulder.
"Why do these things happen to us?" said Waluigi.
"Sorry, I couldn't help it!" said Wario.
Wario suddenly stopped running.
"Wait a minute, why am I afraid of some stupid boulder?" said Wario to himself.
Wario punched the boulder away, making it break in pieces when it hit the wall. Unfortunately, this triggered a rockfall.
"Nice going, genius. Now we're going to be flat like squashed goombas!" said Waluigi.
Wario saw a mine cart on some rails.
"Quick! On that mine cart!" said Wario as he pointed at the mine cart.
"Gee, talk about convenient." commented Waluigi.
Waluigi leapt into the cart while Wario pushed it. As soon as it started moving, Wario also jumped into the mine cart. The mine cart took them on a wild ride as it the tracks went in all directions. It even went into a loop! The ride continued until the brothers saw a sign that said "DANGER! Do not get past that point! We're not kidding!"
"Wario, hit the brakes!" said Waluigi.
"What brakes?" asked Wario.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" screamed Wario and Waluigi as they were about to crash into the wall.
The mine cart went through the wall, leading the two brothers outside a cliff.
"That was a close one!" said Wario.
"I'll say." replied Waluigi.
Wario suddenly saw a bird flying around them.
"Look at the little birdy!" said Wario in joy.
"Wario?" asked Waluigi.
"Yes?" replied Wario.
"Why is there a bird flying around us?"
"Uhhhh..."
Wario and Waluigi noticed that they were in mid-air.
"Uh-oh." said Wario.
The mine cart immediately started falling towards the ground.
"Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
End of chapter.