Soon enough, the two brothers had fallen on the ground. Waluigi got his head stuck in the ground while Wario was sitting, dizzy and disoriented.
Waluigi managed to get his head out of the ground and went to Wario.
"Wario! Are you okay? Quick! (holds up three fingers) How many fingers am I holding up?" asked a worried Waluigi.
"January." said the dizzy Wario.
Wario shook his head to get a hold of himself.
"Boy, that was a close one." said Wario.
Shylington ran up to them.
"Thank goodness you are alive! I was beginning to think that you would never come back!" said Shylington with relief. "Did you get the piece of the "Thingy"?"
"We sure did!" said Waluigi as he held up the piece of the "Thingy".
"So, what did the ghost look like?" asked Shylington.
"Lame." replied Wario. "By the way, how did you get back here so fast?"
"Back? You are at the front of the mine." said Shylington. The three of them were indeed in front of the mine's entrance.
"Huh? We got ALL the way to the bottom of the mine and we wound up back here?" said a confused Wario. "Whatever. I'm outta here."
"Thanks for everything!" said Waluigi as he waved to Shylington.
"You are welcome! Best of luck on your quest!" replied Shylington, who waved back.
Wario and Waluigi walked away from Empty Town and headed towards the desert. 30 minutes later...
"Man, I'm thristy!" said Wario while he was sweating. "You got any water left in that gourd of yours?"
Waluigi pulled a gourd out of his pocket and twisted the cap open. He started to drink the gourd's contents until he realized that there was sand inside it instead of water. He immediately spat out the sand.
"Unless you consider sand being a liquid, no." replied Waluigi.
"There's GOT to be water around here somewhere..." said Wario.
At that moment, Gomango suddenly showed up.
"Hello, gentle manly men!" greeted Gomango.
"Oh no, not you again..." complained Wario as he slapped his forehead with disbelief.
"I have heard your plea of thirsty-ness and I have just the thingy for you dudes!" said Gomango.
The grinning salesman opened his suitcase and a dozen of water bottles popped out of it.
"These are bottles filled with spring water that is fresh like fresh new underwear and they are all yours...for a price."
"How much is it?" asked Waluigi.
"Oh, it just costs a measly...50,000 coins!" replied Gomango.
"What? Impossible! I want it for 10,000 coins!" said Wario.
"Gack!" cringed Gomango. "I won't take it for that price! That's barely the price of the gift-wrap!"
"Let me take care of this, brother." said Waluigi to Wario.
Waluigi went to Gomango.
"40,000 coins and it's our final offer!" said Waluigi while pointing up.
"Ohh, you're tearing me apart...but it's a deal!" replied Gomango.
Wario gave the 40,000 coins to Gomango, who immediately gave the bottles to him.
"That is all for today. See you next timey!" said Gomango.
Gomango put on some rocket-powered clown shoes and started hopping towards the sunset...
"Ah, finally!" said Wario as he held firmly one of the bottles.
Wario and Waluigi drank the bottles' content and immediately spat it out.
"Eww, that's gross!" said a repulsed Wario.
"That isn't water, it's vinegar!" said Waluigi.
"That cheapskate ripped us off!" said Wario as he clenched his fist.
"Let it go, Wario." replied Waluigi. "And besides, he's gotten too far away from us by now."
"You're right. We'll just have to find some water ourselves!" said Wario.
The Wario brothers kept walking until they stumbled upon a water spring.
"Wow, talk about convenient." commented Waluigi.
Wario started to drink out of the spring water...using his mouth.
"Hey! Leave some for me!" protested Waluigi.
Soon enough, they got back on their way. The two brothers eventually stopped near a mountain with a sign that said "Way-up high Mountain" in front of it.
"Gee, this place looks high..." said Waluigi. "Do we really have to climb this mountain?"
"Well, it doesn't look like there's any way around it so we'll just have to climb it." replied Wario.
"It's not like I don't want to climb it, it's just that...I have a fear of heights." said Waluigi.
Wario stared at Waluigi.
"Oh, fine! Let's climb up that stupid mountain." complained Waluigi.
Wario and Waluigi climbed up the mountain and reached the top.
"Ohh, that was painful." complained Waluigi.
"That's nothing. Now we have to go DOWN the mountain." replied Wario.
"I hate you." said Waluigi.
"What did you just say?" replied Wario.
"I hate you. I mean you manage to get a castle, lots of money, some hot women and what do I get? A whole lot of nothing!" complained Waluigi.
"Well, maybe if you didn't lay around all day long doing nothing you'd get something nice every once in a while!" replied Wario.
"Well, you're no different, Mr. "I'm so perfect"!" said Waluigi.
"Skinny toothpick!"
"Fat pig!"
"Ugly duck!"
"Tub of lard!"
"Rotten eggplant!"
"Garbage can!"
"Ugly mustache!"
"(gasp) THAT...was a low blow!" said a shocked Waluigi. "You'll pay for that!"
"And what are you gonna do about that? Slap me with your gloves? Pinch my nose?" teased Wario.
"I eat fat guys like you for breakfast!" replied Waluigi.
"Really? Well, I'll hurt you so bad that it won't even be funny!" said Wario.
"Bring it on, bro! Bring it on!" challenged Waluigi.
The two brothers got into a ball of dust, punching and kicking, biting and scratching, pinching and spitting. However, they started rolling down the mountain while doing this. As Wario and Waluigi rolled down the mountain, they bounced off a few rock formations like a pinball hitting bumpers. They eventually rolled off a cliff and fell down towards the ground...
CRASH!
Wario and Waluigi sat on the ground, holding their heads in pain.
"Wario, you can get what you want. I just want to stay alive long enough to lie on a warm, soft bed." said Waluigi.
"Speaking of which, I think that night is going to fall." said Wario.
"AAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I'm falling! Helllllllp!" screamed a voice as night litterally fell.
CRASH!
Wario pulled a flashlight out of his pocket and turned it on.
"We need to find a place to sleep in before the wolves eat us." said Wario.
"Wolves? We have wolves here?" asked a frightened Waluigi.
"Yeah, sure. Anyway, let's just find a place to sleep before it's too late." said Wario.
"Okay." replied Waluigi, shaking like a leaf.
They followed a path until they stumbled across a dark place.
"This should make a nice spot." said Wario. "Let's use the sleeping bags!"
Waluigi unfolded the sleeping bags. After that, the two brothers got in their sleeping bags.
"Good night, Wario!" said Waluigi.
"Good night, Waluigi." replied Wario.
They fell asleep and had an uneventful night...
End of chapter.