Chapter 10: Escape Plan Gone Wrong

"Toad, Toadsworth!" Daisy asked, "What are you guys doing here?" She was happy that she finally had somebody down here to talk to besides II Piantisimo, but she didn't know why they seemed so surprised to see her.

"Princess Daisy, we thought that you were dead!" shouted Toadsworth. "When we saw that shark take you away from the boat, we just assumed you were eaten. But now we all know that Bowser is up to no good once again. What have you found out?"

Daisy told them all everything she had heard when she had gone through the secret passage; Toad and Toadsworth were both shocked by this news, and II Piantisimo wasn't even listening, but was just running around stupidly. "Memory chips, Daisy?" Toad asked curiously. "What are those for?"

"They are probably using them on all of the villagers", replied Toadsworth. "Just incase any of them saw what Bowser and his friends were up to." He then reached into his pocket and grabbed a crumpled up piece of paper, smoothed it out, and showed it to the rest of his companions. "I was able to grab one of the maps lying on the floor before we were brought in here. I think it will help us get out of here."

Toad grabbed the map from Toadsworth's hands and stared at it for a few moments, but then finally shouted "I found a way out! If we just go through here, then go up these stairs, through this door, and then-"

"Toad, stop screaming!" Toadsworth said to Toad, "Besides, you're looking at the map upside down and have forgotten that the only way out of this place is through the secret passage that our purple friend has showed us. By the way, what is your name sir?"

Pianisimo finally stopped running and looked at Toadsworth. "I am II Piantisimo, would you care to join me in a race?" Toadsworth then stared at him awkwardly and laughed, as if he though II Piantisimo was joking.

"Don't be stupid, my fellow," replied Toadsworth, "this is no time for a race. Daisy, do you see any ways that we can get out of here?'

"Actually, there is something we could do…" she replied, "but it would be risky. That tunnel I was in before leads to the control room for this submarine. If I go down there, I could disable this jail cell so we can all escape, and maybe do something so that the guards don't catch us. It's a risky plan, but it's the only plan we've got. Who's with me?"

They all though about it for a minute, and then Toadsworth answered: "Well, since it doesn't involve me doing too many dangerous tasks, I'd say that it is a perfect plan! But we should act quickly; we have to warn Mario of Bowser's plan so that he can be stopped!"

"Let go of me you creep!" Peach screamed angrily, "Why do you want us? What are you guys doing here!

"Quiet, Princes!" Bowser screamed loudly. You may have escaped from me earlier today, but now I finally have you and your little friends. And you thought you could stop me! HA! Too bad Mario trusted that little Noki. There's no way he survived that fall…"

"You think Mario died in that fall, sir?" one of the Koopas asked, sounding scared, "He is a very strong-"

"Shut up, minion!" yelled Bowser, sounding furious. "Mario fell right in to one of the biggest waterfalls on the island. No one could have survived that fall. Now stop talking! We're almost there."

Peach had no idea where she, Nino, and the Zoshis were being taken. They were on a part of the coast she had never seen before. But then again there was a lot of seaweed and driftwood along the beach, so Peach doubted that many tourists would want to come here. She looked around here and saw that Nino was walking a few feet in front of her, his hands tied behind his back just as hers were. "Nino, do you know where we are?"

"Well," Nino whispered, "we're still near Noki Bay, but we're in a completely different part of the island than the tourists see. This is where most of the poor villagers lived who weren't struck with wealth from all of the tourism the island receives."

As Nino was talking, Peach could see some small shacks lined up farther away from the beach. She had always though the entire island was one big paradise; she had never realized that there were people here who didn't live in one of the sunny coastal cities, but were forced to live in shacks because they had no money.

"Quiet, you two!" one of the koopas shouted. "Sir Bowser, we have arrived at the submarine, and we are ready to board."

The group watched as the submarine rose out of the water, and then they all got in a tiny boat that took them to the enormous structure, and finally entered. Peach and her companions were immediately taken down the stairs, and were lead by Bowser to what looked like the bridge of the sub. "Is everything doing according to plan, Kammy?"

"Yes Bowser," Kammy replied, "Your son has just taken an army of Koopas to complete their mission, and we have sent a few of our men to search for Mario and the Noki. We still have her son, Pablo, and he is starting to wonder where she has gone."

"What is happening?" Peach asked. "What mission? I want to know what is going on around here!" Just as Peach had stopped yelling, she turned around to see that the pilot of the ship was beginning to panic.

"Sir, I've lost control of the ship!" he screamed, sounding horrified. "Someone must be down in the control room! If I can't get this ship back, we're going to crash!"

"WHAT!" Bowser yelled. "Who would do something like-"

But then he smiled and said to Peach, "I guess some of your friends have decided to try and escape! Too bad they're about to crash the sub and kill us all! Bowser ran out of the room and down a flight of stairs faster than Peach had ever seen him run. Thinking this would be her only chance to get out of here and that no one would try and top her because everyone around her was panicking, Peach ran out of the room. After running down an empty hallway for a few minutes, she could hear voices around the corner in front of her, and thought one of them sounded a lot like Toad's.

"Toad, is that you?" she asked quietly. "Who's there?"

She turned the corner and found that Toad and Toadsworth were arguing loudly and running farther away from Peach. "Toadsworth, wait! It's me Peach!"

"Oh my goodness, Princess Peach!" Toadsworth esclaimed. "Whar are you doing down here! Actually there's no time to explain. Our plan has gone horribly wrong!"

"What plan?" Peach asked, sounding confused, "Are you the ones that are causing the sub to crash!"

"Yes, but it wasn't supposed to happen! Quick we have to find a way out of here before it's too late!"