Samus awoke. Her head ached and she could see that her visor was cracked. Nothing serious or vital, but something that needed to be repaired. As she stood up she remembered that she had been hit unconscious. She looked around and saw nobody. Who ever caught her wasn't too bright. They were smart enough to put her in a cell but not smart enough to remove her weapons. She aimed at the door and fired.
The door was blasted and Samus emerged. She saw the culprits, glowing, humanoid wireframes. One noticed her and charged and Samus took no time to shoot it. The moment it was hit it short circuited, popped, and collapsed to the floor. Not only were they stupid, but weak too! She ignored it and moved on. The wireframes continued to attack her and she continued to kill them. It was confusing. How could this ship be overrun with these things? They weren't smart or strong, and didn't seem capable of infiltrating a ship and annihilating its crew. She rounded the corner and found a weapons supply closet. She found a large explosive and carried it over her shoulder.
She walked it to the loading dock and found a score of wireframes standing around her ship. She took her time destroying all the wireframes. She took her explosive and activated it. She tossed it into a crowd of Wireframes, climbed in her ship and flew off. Behind her, the dilapidated cruiser exploded as Samus flew off. She went into her interplanetary encyclopedia, checked her scans of the wireframes, and of course had no data on them. Curious. She decided to find the nearest planet and set her courses for it. Maybe the inhabitants knew something of the cruiser.
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Luigi woke up to a quiet house. Mario had left, and Luigi had found himself alone in their house. He went downstairs to prepare himself breakfast. It was at this moment that he happened to glance over in the direction of the kitchen table. There he saw a folded up piece of paper. Luigi sat down at his table and unfolded the letter.
"Dear Luigi,
I have left for the castle. I should be back by lunch.
Signed, Mario"
Luigi placed the letter down on the table. He reached for his cereal and began to eat. Time passed however, and no sign from old Mario. Lunch time came and went and Luigi began to get worried. He went out back and called for Yoshi.
"Yoshi? Yoshi, are you there?"
The small green dinosaur poked its head out from the bushes. Luigi approached it.
"Yoshi. Have you heard anything from Mario?"
Yoshi shook its head. Luigi looked towards the direction of the castle, then back at Yoshi.
"Do you…mind giving me a lift to the castle?"
Yoshi nodded at crawled from the bushes. Luigi mounted it and then they took off for the castle. The castle itself seemed to be of an entirely different character. Dark clouds, rain. It seemed to be a sort of foreshadowing of the conditions inside. They quietly approached the main door and entered.
Their worries outside were well founded. The inside looked more like the scene of a large scale war than the main hall of a castle. They approached the throne room with caution and slowly entered.
"M-m-Mario?"
No Mario, but a strange cloaked man stood by the throne. In the throne itself sat Peach. The cloaked man didn't seem happy.
"Now my dearest princess, the secret of your kingdom, the power of your land; it lay with those blasted stars of yours, do they not?"
The princess looked both frightened and furious towards the strange man. Her voice was shaky and nervous.
"T-t-those don't belong to you. Y-y-you have n-n-no use for them."
The man laughed. He stood in front of the throne, and put his hands on the arms of the chair, his left hand gripping furiously.
"That isn't the point, Peach! Those stars unlock access to unheard of powers and worlds! Such power must belong to me and me alone."
Peach looked at him square in the eye, "N-n-no."
The man stood up, angered, "So…be…it." A beam sword generated in his hand, and he raised it towards the princess.
"No!" Luigi jumped into the room, Yoshi behind him. The man looked over, disappointed.
"Argh. You're still alive." He leaned his face back and looked closer at Luigi. "My mistake," He muttered, "I thought you were the other fool for a second."
Luigi stood, attempting to be strong. However, he was shaking uncontrollably.
The man approached him. "You're nervous, aren't you?" He laughed, and continued to approach Luigi. "You have a good right to. Trust me, I defeated your brother and conquered your castle. You can't defeat me. And as soon as Peach forfeits her power, this pitiful kingdom will be no more."
Luigi continued to stand tall. The cloaked figure continued to babble. "You're nervous, shaking. Why do you even fight? You are and forever will be known merely as 'the brother of Mario.' Attack me, fight me."
Luigi began to twitch, not out of fear but out of anger."
"Fight me!"
Luigi lunged at the man, but it was pitiful. He merely deflected him in a single blow, sending him flying across the room. He laughed. "Honestly, Luigi. If I told you to jump off a bridge…"
He turned towards Peach and raised his arms. Luigi lay against the wall, half conscious. Yoshi stand in the doorway, angry but not stupid enough to attempt an attack. The man began to laugh as stars began to appear. From every corner of the room, as well as entering from areas outside, stars floated into the room and surrounded the strange cloaked man.
Then, one by one, the stars collided at him. He had the minor invincibility for a while, but as stars continued to collide he grew even more powerful. He soon outgrew the minor invincibility. His power became enormous and his form changed. Soon he was no longer a strange cloaked man, but a large, angry looking man. He towered at seven feet, his muscles tugging at the black fabric of his cloak. His eyes now lusted for power, not the ill-mannered eyes he used to show. His face still remained in shadow. Everything on him changed.
All except…his hands.
Yes his hands. Still gloved. Still white. His right hand lay at his side, his left twitch and spasm.
He turned toward Luigi and glared at him. His focus then changed to Yoshi, then to Peach.
"You…all of you. You will leave. Leave...now."
Luigi stood up. He held his arm in pain and struggled to mutter his words. "No…I will-a not let you-a take this Kingdom."
The man looked over towards Luigi. His eyes glared stronger. "So be it. If you do not want to leave willingly…I will make you leave." He raised his hands as Luigi, Yoshi, and Peach lifted off the ground. He flung his arms at the wall, and they flew straight through it.
"So be it. I have other matters to attend to."
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"Starfox trying to contact General Pepper We are currently attempting to try and locate the missing Battle Cruiser. We have made our way to the edges of the Lylat system where it was last contacted. We will make our report when we have found more data. Until then…
Starfox out."