Chapter 4: Joining the search - Part One.
The Diamond City looked like one big junkyard by the time Katya, Toadette, Waluigi and Luigi got there. Some of the biggest buildings reduced to large piles of rubble. Some buildings were still on fire from previous blasts from air fighters.
"Erm, I hate to say it but I don't know where abouts we are," Toadette said jumping on top of a small pile of rubble.
"Well only one of us has actually been here before," Katya said. Luigi nodded in agreement.
"We are on top of the WarioWare building," Waluigi said dryly. Toadette looked down at the floor as if to see Wario or Mario beneath her feet.
"How can you tell?" Katya said.
"Well one...you asked that transporter thing to take us here and secondly there's the 'W' from the WarioWare sign," He answered a little too rudely before stalking off. Katya looked at Toadette and Luigi who just shrugged back at her. Shortly they followed Waluigi, who didn't really have any idea as to where he was going.
"Any one have a plan?" Luigi asked.
"Yeah! I plan to leave you here," Waluigi said bitterly.
Before Luigi could respond to his rival, Toadette butted in.
"Shut up! You two are pathetic morons at times! Just button it, the sooner we find someone the sooner we can go back!" She said all in on breath with an angry face. Waluigi looked down at her from some height, given the fact that he towered over her and laughed at her.
"I say we split up, I'll go with Luigi and you can go with Mr. Comedy over here," Toadette said hotly to Katya. Katya realising they would not get anywhere if Waluigi and Luigi were in the same vicinity she complied. The foursome agreed to meet back up in an hour and then set off in pairs.
Toadette and Luigi trudged off together leaving Katya and Waluigi behind. When they stopped Toadette's angry face subsided.
"How do we begin to look for Mario and Wario?" Toadette asked.
"Well we don't get caught by them!" Luigi whispered quickly as he pulled Toadette into a small gap in a knocked down wall. Luigi and Toadette watched as two air fighters hover past.
"This is going to be harder then I first assumed. Say, aren't they headed in Katya and Waluigi's direction?" Luigi said to Toadette and she nodded in reply.
"I hope their ok," She whispered.
Meanwhile, no aware of the fast approaching air fighters Waluigi and Katya start to search through the rubble of WarioWare.
"This will take forever," She said.
"We'll be quicker if you shut up," He retorted.
"You really are a piece of work aren't you? Seriously. No one had to come out and find your brother did they? All people are doing is trying to help and all they get is some biting remark from you!" Katya snapped. Why did Toadette go with Luigi and leave her with the insufferable Waluigi.
"Well, I never asked you to look," Waluigi growled.
"Fine, didn't want to be stuck with you any way... git" Katya said and threw down a piece of rubble towards Waluigi's feet. He ignored her. Feeling he was a hopeless case Katya started to set off in the direction of Luigi and Toadette. She didn't get very far before she saw the two air fighters heading in her direction. Swearing to herself she realised there was no hope of her getting back to Waluigi in time she could only pray that he would over hear the planes ahead.
Ducking out the way she crouched down in a shadow. She went cold with fear. She was alone and didn't know what to do. She stayed crouched for a very long time. How long she could not possibly say. Eventually their came a time when she felt that it was safe. Moving from the shadows she stepped out onto the path she originally set out on. Instead of heading in Toadette and Luigi's direction she went back in the direction of Waluigi.
She started to breath heavily as fear took over. She kept hearing noises and started to panic. Her eyes started to play tricks on her she kept imagining that she could see things. She heard a clattering noise behind her which made her jump. Standing still she tried to locate the noise.
"Go away, go away, go away..." She whispered to herself.
A pair of arms from behind wrapped around her. She screamed as loud as she could. A hand was placed over her mouth as she tried to struggle free.
"Shush woman! It's me" Came a familiar whisper. The hands released her and she spun round to face Waluigi.
"You moron! What the hell are you trying to do to me!" She hissed whilst trying to catch her breath.
"Sorry for coming to your rescue," He said with a sly grin.
"My..My rescue? I did not need rescuing you idiot!" She hissed back at him with anger.
"You do now," Came an unknown voice as she felt herself being whacked around her head.
Toadette was digging her way through a pile of rubble when a blood-curdling scream pierced the dark air. Toadette felt sick, she recognised that scream. The look on Luigi's face said he knew whose scream it was too.
"Katya!" Gasped Toadette.
Without another word to each other they sped off in the screams direction. When they got to where they wanted to be they stood in horror as they watched the lifeless forms of Katya and Waluigi being taken away by four soldiers. They watched as the soldiers disappeared out of sight with their friends. When the coast was clear they went to the spot where their friends were kidnapped.
"I can't believe this!" Toadette said frantically.
"Hey! Is that...?" Luigi said pointing to the floor. He bent down and picked something up.
"Katya I love you!" He exclaimed. Toadette gawked at him.
"Odd thing to say," Toadette said. Luigi grinned at her and showed her the transporter.
"Katya must have dropped it. But still no need to declare your love to her. Think about Daisy, tsk," Toadette said sensibly.
"It was a figure of speech any way hold on, we're going back,"
Toadette touched the transporter and Luigi said 'E. Gadd's hideout base' and then they vanished into the night and returned to the base.
