I keep getting reviews asking me to update my fanfic. There's no need to be so demanding. Writing a fanfic takes time. Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate your support. I've gotten many reviews so far. I wasn't really expecting this fanfic to get this popular.
Anyways, in this chapter, our heroes are going to visit Gusty Gulch, which is being attacked by a monster that the Boos ended up creating. Rest assured that Tubba Blubba and the Boos will make up...eventually. If the ending parade's anything to go by the Boos and Tubba Blubba eventually made peace.
Chapter 25: Gusty Gulch
Not long after entering the gulch (which as its name implied was very windy), our heroes came across a village full of Boos.
"Lady Bow? Is that you? We didn't think you would be visiting given all the horrible things that have been happening around here." noted one of the Boos. It was a living nightmare.
"We're here to stop the monster that's been terrorizing this peaceful community." answered Bow.
"What?! You're going to take him on?! But you'll get gobbled!" bellowed the citizen of Gusty Gulch. He didn't know anyone that had a bigger appetite than Tubba Blubba.
"Relax. I brought Mario with me...and he also has friends." answered Bow. If the great Mario couldn't defeat Tubba Blubba, then who could do the job?
"I hope you know what you're doing!" exclaimed the Boo. He wouldn't want Bow to get consumed by Tubba Blubba. She was a celebrity around Gusty Gulch.
"Of course I do!" shouted the Boo with bows on her head, as her name would imply.
"Well, if you're looking for him, he's taken residence at the castle not far from here. Mind you, I'm not sure if you can even scratch him. I know that some of the Boos got the bright idea of trying to fight back against him...they're in Tubba Blubba's belly now." said the citizen of the gulch.
"His invincibility does pose a problem." answered Lincoln. Until they could find out his weakness, there was no point in trying to fight him at all. If he caught them, they would likely be forced to run.
"Still, I do wonder what he's hiding in his castle. It is rather spacious." acknowledged the Boo.
Mario nodded.
"We also received a visit from one of the Koopalings the other day...he said that if he wanted Tubba Blubba to stop eating us, we were going to have to join the Koopa Troop..." said the Boo.
"Didn't Larry already try that?" questioned Lisa.
"By the way, there's a teenage girl who showed up at our village recently...unlike us, she doen't seem to be afraid of Tubba Blubba. She was dressed in red." said the ghost.
"A girl dressed in red? Wait a minute..." stated Lincoln.
He had a suspicion of who that girl was.
If he was right, he might have found one of his siblings.
Now that he thought of it, didn't Mario also dress in red? Personally he had more in common with Lana but it was still an interesting connection between him and his older sister.
Curious, Lincoln decided to look around.
As it turned out, he discovered Lynn, who was playing basketball.
"Alright!" exclaimed Lynn. Once again, she had managed to get the basketball through the hoop.
If she ever got back home, she would probably do well at the basketball tournament.
Lincoln's eyes widened in surprise.
"Lincoln, is that you?" asked Lynn.
"Yes, it's me!" answered Lincoln.
Lynn rubbed Lincoln's hair with her fist.
"Whoa! Take it easy!" exclaimed the boy.
"I was wondering where you and my sisters were..." stated Lynn.
"I've managed to find all my younger sisters...but I'm still looking for my older ones. But at least I've managed to find you." noted Lincoln.
Lynn looked around, and noticed that what Lincoln was saying was true.
She was glad to see her younger sisters again, though she was still wondering where her four older sisters were.
"Yeah...there's not much to do here. I was thinking about leaving, but the Boos were worried that some monster called Tubba Blubba would eat me if I left the village." said Lynn.
"I'm afraid he's real!" exclaimed the boy.
"Really? I also heard that he was invincible...that seems kind of unbelievable if you ask me." answered Lynn. Lynn may have been a good sports player, but that didn't mean that she wasn't invincible when it came to sports games.
"Yeah...we're trying to figure out a weakness that we can use against him. We think he might be hiding something within his castle." stated Lincoln.
"Well, it certainly beats just sitting around here in this literal ghost town. Count me in!" exclaimed Lynn, stretching out her hand.
Lincoln gave Lynn a high five.
Suddenly, they noticed that Chuck Quizmo was nearby.
"I wonder what he's doing in this ghost town..." questioned Goombario.
"Ready for another round of questions?" asked Chuck Quizmo. He had tried asking the Boos, but it didn't seem they were in the mood to answer questions while Tubba Blubba was looking for Boos to eat.
Lincoln shrugged. Why not?
Lincoln's siblings and Mario and his partners appeared.
Chuck Quizmo asked his first question.
"Question 1...how many sisters does Lincoln have?" asked Chuck Quizmo.
Lincoln of coursed piped in. He of all people would know the answer to that question.
"10!" exclaimed Lincoln.
Personally he thought that question was rather easy. However, he wondered why exactly he had so many sisters in the first place.
"Correct! Here is an Ace Savvy comic book!" shouted the worm.
Lincoln got an Ace Savvy comic book.
It was always nice to read about Ace Savvy's adventures.
"Question 2...what weapon is Bowser currently in possession of?" asked Chuck Quizmo.
Mario piped in.
"Yes?" inquired the worm.
Mario answered the question.
"The Star Rod? Very good!" exclaimed the worm.
Mario received lots of spaghetti.
He leapt into the air with delight.
"Question 3...how many Koopa Bros are there?" asked Chuck Quizmo.
Lana pressed the buzzer.
"Yes, Lana?" inquired the worm.
"There are four!" exclaimed Lana.
"Very good. Of course, I heard that you fought the four of them, so you would probably know that. As a reward, you get a new set of overalls!" shouted Quizmo.
Lisa remembered how they tried to impersonate Bowser...and failed miserably. King Boo was WAY better at impersonating Bowser. He gave Luigi an awful fright.
"Awesome!" shouted the wrench-wielder.
"Question 4...if for whatever reason you're going on a stealth mission, whose your gal?" asked the worm.
Bow raised her hand.
"Yes?" inquired Quizmo.
"That would be me...I can turn both myself and other people invisible." explained Bow.
"Correct!" exclaimed the worm.
"What are you going to give me though? I'm already rich..." pointed out the ghost girl. Sometimes being rich was boring. She was glad that she was going on an adventure for a change.
"I'll give you a hint to your mission...you should look for the key to the mill near Tubba Blubba's castle..." explained Chuck Quizmo.
Bow nodded.
Something told her that Tubba Blubba was hiding something within that mill.
The only question was what exactly WAS he hiding inside that mill.
"Question 5...how did you get to Mt. Rugged?" asked Chuck Quizmo.
Lincoln recalled doing that in the last chapter. There had been a Star Spirit located in the desert. Bowser had made sure to hide it pretty well to make sure Mario and his friends couldn't find it. It was pretty impressive...even if they did manage to find it anyway.
Bombette recalled blowing up a rock so that she and her friends could keep moving forward.
Lily buzzed in.
"Choo-choo!" exclaimed Lily.
"Correct. You used a train to get to Mt. Rugged. As a reward, you get a toy train!" exclaimed the worm.
"That seems appropriate." answered Lisa.
Lily received a toy train.
She began to pretend she was a train engineer.
"Well, I think that's all the time that we have for today. If you need me I'll probably be at another town..." noted Chuck Quizmo.
Chuck disappeared.
Curious, the party noticed that there were Goombas up ahead. Apparently, they were working for Bowser.
However, for some strange reason, they were colored green, not brown like the normal Goombas.
Lincoln wondered why that was.
Goombario at that very moment decided to give them a warning.
"Be careful! These Goombas are hyper!" exclaimed Goombario.
On closer inspection, these Goombas seemed to be jumping around.
"They're acting like my sisters around chocolate..." noted the boy. He had seen them munching on candy bars before.
"We certainly love our chocolate!" exclaimed Lana. Of course, she wasn't really picky about her food, though she wouldn't eat a peanut butter and sauerkraut sandwich.
Lily pulled out a chocolate bar and began eating it. It was questionable how she was able to consume the chocolate considering she was lacking in teeth.
"If they're hyper, what does that mean?" asked Kooper.
"They can hit us with devastating attacks...however, they need to charge themselves up first." stated Goombario.
"Something tells me my ability to hide is going to come in handy." answered Bow.
"It sure is." nodded the Goomba.
Sure enough, one of the Hyper Goombas was starting to charge themselves up.
"Here I go!" exclaimed the hyperactive Goomba.
"Take cover!" warned Goombario.
The party leapt out of the way as the Hyper Goomba dashed towards them.
It crashed into a rock.
"Ow!" exclaimed the Hyper Goomba.
He needed to watch where he was going.
Shortly afterward, the bonus to his attack wore off.
"Whew!" shouted Lily. She was worried that hyperactive Goomba was going to hit them. It was pretty fast.
Another Hyper Goomba got ready to charge as well.
However, Lynn kicked a football at the Hyper Goomba.
It him directly in the face.
"Oof! What was I doing again?" asked the Hyper Goomba.
The Hyper Goomba stopped charging.
"That seems to be an effective tactic..." noted Lisa.
"Sometimes it's better to be athlete instead of a genius..." stated Lynn.
"If you say so." answered the girl.
Suddenly, they noticed Tubba Blubba up ahead.
"I'm feeling famished..." noted Tubba Blubba.
Nearby was a Boo, who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. His eyes widened upon noticing Tubba Blubba.
"Nooooo!" exclaimed the nearby Boo as the invincible glutton grabbed him.
Tubba Blubba swallowed the Boo whole.
Mario's partners gasped in shock, except for Bow.
He then let out a burp.
"Tastes like cotton candy!" exclaimed the enormous Clubba.
"Whoa! He's huge!" shouted Lynn.
"It's best that we keep our voices down so that he doesn't spot us." warned Lisa. He was working for Bowser, after all.
"That's second nature to me..." noted Lucy.
"Well, obviously, but it's not second nature to Lynn..." answered the bespectacled teen.
Lucy nodded in agreement.
Fortunately, they managed to avoid being spotted.
Tubba Blubba began to head back to his castle.
"Time for me to head back to my room." said Tubba Blubba.
Personally he wondered where the third Star Spirit was.
They could see Tubba Blubba's castle out in the distance.
"Goodness, Tubba Blubba is huge." remarked Kooper.
"See why the Boos are so frightened of him? I don't think he was that big before." answered Bow.
"Well, Bowser did make the Goomba King huge..." noted Goombario.
Up ahead were Hyper Paragoombas.
"I'm so hyper today!" exclaimed one of the Hyper Paragoombas.
"More of these hyper enemies..." noted Lisa.
Lucy decided to scare them.
"Boo!" exclaimed Lucy.
The Hyper Paragoombas gasped and all of a sudden, they weren't feeling so hyper.
"That should make things easier for us." noted Lincoln. How many hyper enemies were there in Gusty Gulch, anyway?
Sure enough, there were more Hyper enemies nearby.
This time, there were Hyper Spiky Goombas.
"I just love having my caffeine!" exclaimed the Hyper Spiky Goomba.
One of them charged towards Mario with his spike.
"Mamamia!" exclaimed Mario. That really hurt.
Lily gave Mario a mushroom. Fortunately, eating mushrooms allowed Mario to heal himself. Did they really have powerful healing capabilities?
"I'll help!" shouted Kooper.
Kooper launched himself at the Hyper Spiky Goombas.
The Hyper Spiky Goombas were knocked away.
Eventually, they managed to reach Tubba Blubba's Castle.
If they were going to find the key, they were going to have to avoid being spotted, especially not by Tubba Blubba.
"Here goes nothing." said Lincoln.
Well, it looks like our heroes have found Lynn Jr...that's the first of Lincoln's older sisters...there's four more left to go. Hopefully our heroes can find them. They'll need their help if they want to keep moving forward.
For now, it's time for them to search Tubba Blubba's castle. The good news is that many of the guards are sleepyheads and aren't cut out for guard duty. The bad news is that other guards are alert and are definitely good at their jobs. Luckily, Bow can help our heroes stay hidden.
Hopefully they can defeat Tubba Blubba so that no more Boos end up being consumed. Don't you feel sorry for the poor guys. Then again, they basically did end up creating their own villain. Believe it or not, he's actually a sympathetic character.
Adios!