I'm back from the Bahamas from the Atlantis resort! I was thinking all about this fanfic during the trip, so I was able to make this chapter in rough draft form. Anyway, please enjoy!
Chapter 12: Falling Panel
"This is the order we're going to die," said Peach, showing the picture to DK. DK looked at the picture Peach had printed out. The order they were standing next to each other:
Bobbery Yoshi Mario Jolene DK Peach Daisy Pennington Ms. Mows Luigi Koops
"But why is it Bobbery, Yoshi, and then Mario? Mario didn't die yet, at least not before Jolene and Pennington," said DK.
"If someone escapes death, they're bumped to the end," pointed out Peach. "You pulled Mario out of the wardrobe from getting killed by the sword." She started to make a list.
Bobbery Yoshi Jolene DK Peach Daisy Pennington Ms. Mows Luigi Koops Mario
"Cross out Bobbery, Yoshi, and Jolene. They're dead," said DK.
DK Peach Daisy Pennington Ms. Mows Luigi Koops Mario
"When the car exploded, the engine was supposed to smash and kill you," said Peach to DK. "You were moved to the end."
Peach Daisy Pennington Ms. Mows Luigi Koops Mario DK
"Now Pennington is crossed out. But when the chandelier fell, Daisy, Mario, and I were supposed to die. But in what order?" said Peach, as she thought of something. She made six possible lists:
Ms. Mows Luigi Koops DK Peach Daisy Mario
Ms. Mows Luigi Koops DK Daisy Peach Mario
Ms. Mows Luigi Koops DK Peach Mario Daisy
Ms. Mows Luigi Koops DK Daisy Mario Peach
Ms. Mows Luigi Koops DK Mario Daisy Peach
Ms. Mows Luigi Koops DK Mario Peach Daisy
"Either way, Ms. Mows is next," said DK. "We need to stop her from dying."
"But what if we save her?" said Peach. "When she's saved, Luigi will be next. We have no idea where he is right now." She trembled at their predicament.
"Either way, we have to…wait, Koops?" asked DK. "Don't tell me that he's alive." Peach looked up in terror.
"I've never actually thought of that," gasped Peach. "This means that Koops is still alive somehow! That's impossible."
"Maybe it doesn't," said DK, not believing it. "But I really think it does. We need to save Ms. Mows no matter what."
They went outside to Peach's helicopter, but were surprised to see someone they had thought had perished. They had just talked about him, and whether he might die if they had saved someone. The person let out a sigh of relief, as Peach and DK were filled with slight hope. It was Luigi.
"I traveled a long way to come here," he exclaimed. "I made it!"
"Luigi!" called Peach as she and DK ran to him. He was full of mud and sewer material. "Where did you go? Tell us your story!"
"Well," started Luigi, "I was last in the elevator when it suddenly dropped. I tried to cling to the wall as best as I could, and was hurt by a piece of metal. But I survived, and stayed in it for a few hours. I decided that I couldn't sit in an elevator for the rest of my life so I climbed up the shaft, but found a secret passage."
"Neon Heights!" realized DK.
"Yeah!" said Luigi. "I found a lot of Rogueport people staying in a small building, and they said that they would be killed if they went out. I didn't really listen to them."
"They…died?" asked Peach.
"No, no. I snuck them out in a large garbage truck, and escaped! I then found out, by a scientist in the group that you guys would later on be killed by death, because the survivor would revive the others, putting a scratch in death's design. Also, the survivor and others, like me, were supposed to die somehow, but did not, so would die later on. I was then sent to prison, and was released more than a week ago. I got a bit lost in the way to the Mushroom Kingdom, and was desperately trying to find you guys. Do you know who'll die next?"
"Ms. Mows, we'll have to go to her place quickly," said Peach, as the three of them went into the helicopter to the M.K. Department Store Mall, where Ms. Mows said she was going with Daisy. It was the mall where the Japanese restaurant was where Yoshi had died. The building was a four story building, and Ms. Mows and Peach were on the fifth floor in a store called Lookafit Clothing.
"Put on the red dress," said Ms. Mows to Daisy in the clothing store. Daisy picked up the red dress from the display table.
"I'm sorry miss," said a toad clerk. "Those are not on sale and are restricted to touching. Look at the sign." He pointed to a glass sign that said "Do Not Touch."
"Whatever," said Daisy, scowling at him. "I think we should stay here for a while and not buy anything."
"I need to see if this fits," said Ms. Mows. She reached and grabbed a brown glass bracelet on a tall shelf, just as Peach, DK, and Luigi arrived. The clothing shop had no doors, it was a place to enter, such as Build-a-Bear Workshop.
"Ms. Mows!" cried Peach. "You're next on the list!" As she said this, the cash register man fell and knocked over a statue which broke into pieces, spilling fruit punch all over it. "Damnit!" hissed the cash register man, as he went to pick it up. Peach saw it as a sign.
"Luigi!" said Ms. Mows surprised. "Where've you been?" She started walking towards them, but a small noki with a shopping cart crashed into her, throwing her into the shelf and causing materials to fall. As she was on the floor in slight pain, a glass panel from the very top of the shelf fell down and smashed her, leaving a bloody and gory mess. Daisy shrieked and ran in terror, as DK and Luigi stepped away, too shocked to speak.
"Ms. Mows!" screamed Peach, as the other shoppers ran away in fright. The shopping cart knocked over a glass pitcher full of fruit punch, which got in contact with a hanging wire. Peach saw a single T-shirt on top of the cracked glass pane and the victim, which said "LOOK." Only "OK" was showing.
"This is not ok!" hollered the clerk, as everyone got out of the store. The whole store started to spark, as the lights exploded with glass. Luigi and DK were standing below the shop sign, as Peach made her way out of the store, as it died out. The place looked destroyed, and all the sparking stopped as the place was covered with debris and darkness. Customers passing by stopped and stared at the sight.
"We were too late," said Luigi softly. "We should have stopped the death."
Just then, the huge letters of the store name, Lookafit Clothing, started to flicker slightly. Peach saw two of the letters jolt, which were right above Luigi. The letters were O and K (the type of letters such as in Toys R Us if you understand what I'm saying).
"Luigi!" shouted Peach, as Luigi looked up and saw the two letters come off the sign. He quickly jumped back and dodged them, as the two letters hit the floor with tremendous force and shattered, making everyone jump. He had escaped his death.
"Let's get out of here," said Peach nervouslyonly toDK, Luigi, and Daisy, as police and security arrived at the scene. They didn't see the four of them.
"With Ms. Mows dead, who's next?" asked Daisy fearfully, as Peach pulled her list from her pocket.
"According…" but she stopped talking, as she saw someone at the elevator. The person had his arms folded, as a menacing grin appeared on his face. Peach gasped as the others gasped at the person they had thought they would never see again.
"Hello, again," said the person, as the person laughed in a way that made them all shiver.
The person was Koops.
Dum dum dum! Koops is alive! That's no good, if you expected him to be dead! I'll put up the thirteenth chapter soon. I don't think anyone liked Ms. Mows, so I killed her off.
