Life After Death: Chapter 12
The Avenger
Mario spotted something out in the open. It looked like Luigi's hat. Yet, it was covered in blood. Mario fell to his knees in disbelief and cried. Just then, a small yellow hand reached over to grab Mario's shoulder. "He's not dead you know. Some koopa's just attacked him and he ran away." Mario angrily turned around to that comment and choked the koopa. "What do you mean by attack?" Mario angrily replied while gritting his teeth. The koopa backed away in fear of being killed. "Hey, look all I'm saying is he's not dead so you won't throw a hissy fit and go crying back to your home." Mario seemed offended at this comment but decided not to take it personally. Mario just gave a wicked smile and replied "so why are you helping me? Is this only for your benefit?" The koopa looked at him, he knew he couldn't lie to Mario. Mario was his only chance of freedom. "Look, Bowser has controlled me for over twenty and a half months. That's practically two years. Living in fear and starvation. The koopa kind never used to be like this until he came along. The sacred king Bowser, who was only announced King because of that wench Kammy who killed the original king to be. Please, you are the only one who can beat him. Please release me from his graspe. Release us from his leash." Mario sat there wondering, of all the traps in the past. Of everything, this was the least expected character to trust. Millions of bad guys have always made the mushy gushy excuse toward the hero's before. Mario did not want to become any more of an issue to that wart hog king. "I am sorry. I have no intention of helping you. If you are truely afraid of his graspe, then maybe she shouldn't run from him at all." Mario walked away feeling terribly wrong for sending that koopa back to his death house. Yet, Mario wasn't ever going to trust anyone who socialized with the enemy except Kate.
Luigi sat down from walking so far. Luigi couldn't wait to see Mario again. He was so excited to see Kate. Yet Luigi had been thinking more of Kate, than his own brother. He quedtioned what she looked like now. He questioned if she was still wearing the same dress. Luigi hardly thought of Mario. It was as if, Mario was just an animal on the road, and whenever that car came, Luigi would run across the road and pick it up away from harm. Where as Kate, was the deer that pranced around the road, where everyone would stop and look at it's grace. To Luigi Kate was like a sister. Or perhaps, maybe more than that. Luigi only knew that when he thought of Kate, and her long blonde hair, he was so caught up in a world of confusion that Mario didn't seem to exist in his mind anymore.
Kate sat out infront of the Royal Chambers. She was given a chance to walk to the hallways, but the minute she headed out the door, it was jail time. Kate tried to concentrate on one way she could get out without practically killing herself. Kate thought of suicide for a moment, but that would only hurt Mario and Luigi. Plus she would never forget that it was an unforgivable sin. She would go straight to the pits of hell, where no one would cut her slack, and let her go down hallways. For minute Kate looked at the bright side. This guy wasn't so bad after all. He never made her do chores, she could easily sit anywhere she wanted in the castle, plus the food was free and delivred straight to her. Perhaps he was doing her a favor. Yet that's when it clicked her head. That thing was trying to make her love him. He was trying to earn respect by kidnapping her, and then spoiling her. Something about that made a shiver go down Kates spine. A spirit appeared right beside Kate. It was Peach's soul. "Do not let him bring you down child. He did that too, to me. If he can not make you flexible for you to love him, he will make you fragile, and break you." While saying this, the soul vanished through the cieling. Peach's soul was so much nicer and kinder then the spirit. Yet that was because, Peach's soul was never touched by Bowser's discusting curse. Her spirit on the other hand was haunted for days upon days of living like a sour rat. when he wanted Peach, he got Peach. She had no where to run but into a stone wall. Perhaps that's what created such an earie and yet depressing spirit. Peach's soul had only witnessed it's surroundings, and wished to protect Kate. Sadly Kate was deeply afraid of what might happen. Sure, Peach had no where to hide, but atleast Kate had somewhere to run. Not to many guards had been paying attention to her. She had been calm the whole time she was there, perhaps they didn't think that she would try something. Or perhaps they believed that they already had her in their trap.
Mario walked away still questioning the poor koopa's fate. All of a sudden Mario felt so idiotic. He was so caught up in thinking of Luigi that he could have followed that koopa to Bowser's castle and realease Kate, then search for Luigi. Mario looked around. 'Maybe she'll be okay for a while. Should I look for Luigi for get Kate first.' He thought to himself in silence. All of a sudden it hit him. If got Luigi, Luigi would only get hurt again. So if he got Kate first, atleast she would be out of the way. That was the best plan yet, so Mario headed back out to the woods to find the castle. Where it was, had to be the hardest question.
Luigi was almost ontop of a huge hill. He could practically see everything. Luigi looked down to see some type of forest with atleast twelve different open paths. He seen something red running across one of the paths. It was small and red. All of a sudden it clicked his head. Luigi yelled at the top of his longs. "MARIO! UP HERE!LOOK UP HERE!" As Luigi shouted, Mario stopped to look up at a green hill. Mario couldn't see anything, all he seen was a green hill, until he realized the voice. Mario practically raced up the hill hugging his brother and crying while being reunited once again. Luigi gave Mario a strange look. "Where's Kate?" Luigi asked. Mario simply looked at Luigi and put his head down. "On the way here, we were looking for you, and I lost her." Mario tried to say inbetween sobs. Luigi's face went pale. He looked at Mario. "What do you mean by lost her?" Luigi asked, almost worrying to death. "She's been kidnapped again." Mario replied turning his head, trying to stay strong. Luigi couldn't believe that Mario just lost her like that. In his own hands, Kate was taking away in one swoop. How would they ever save her if Mario couldn't watch out for her, just one minute.
Kate sat there once again. There were absolutly no guards around. Kate tried not to think of escaping. That was until Bowser walked down the hallway to see her. Something about him made Kate's mind yell 'Run.' Reacting quickly to what might have happened if she hadn't run, Kate got up and split. She couldn't bare to think of something that ugly coming up to her again. Bowser was so disgusting, it wasn't even funny. When he noticed she was running away from him, he followed and chased her down the hallways. He almost got a chance to grab her arm, but when she seen him that close, she moved even quicker. She went from running, to practically trying to avoid him. She cut so many corners, she started to believe that she had lost him. Kate looked around. She was unaware of the area in that castle. She didn't know how to get back. Kate looked behind her and seen a window glassed door that looked as if it lead outside. She quickly pulled it open when a black fog overwhelmed her. Bowser stepped out of the door and laughed maniacally. "I see you have failed the test. I will either make you go into that cell for days, or you can..." He whispered in her ears and her face turned from curiosity to complete discust. Hopefully he wasn't serious about that. Bowser grinned evily. He turned around to show her something but when he turned around she was gone. Kate sat in a nearby corner trying not to get noticed. Bowser simply walked away and searched in all the other hallways. "So you want to play hide and sneak?" was the last thing Kate heard from him before she tried to sneak out again. She seen the same window glassed door, but this time nothing was in it. She opened the door and continued her escape root hoping to find either Mario or Luigi along the way.
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