Chapter 2: Freedom Shrooms

They turned back around and saw Yoshi lying dead on the floor. Mario was 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 xs angrier than he was at Luigi. He then snapped. He would now kill Bowser with every thing he could. He would make him suffer. And thus begins Mario's Rampage!

Mario was still pissed so he snuck around to where the Koopa were currently at. He snuck up behind one of them and choked him silently. He took his M-16 and snuck back. He whispered to Luigi "Go get your own gun and find Ray."

Luigi nodded and went to get his own gun. He tripped and fell on the ground. He closed his eyes since he new he army heard him. He heard the Koopa Troopa Army begin to fire. When he opened his eyes he thought he was dead but he wasn't in front of the army any more. He looked up and what he saw surprised him.

"Ray!" Luigi screamed. The spiked Mohawk haired teenager was standing right above him. "Thanks for saving me." Ray nodded and handed Luigi an AK-47. Luigi smiled at the thought of stopping Bowser. But then he frowned at the thought that it was unlikely. How could just a few people stop a whole army?

When Luigi looked up again Ray was gone. He heard Ray scream "Die you sons of bitches!" Ray was firing at the Koopa. They couldn't shoot him. He then was about to get shot but he jumped out of the way. All of a sudden Mario jumped out and started firing. Luigi was getting behind so he jumped out and attacked the Koopa with his machine gun. He, unlike Mario and Ray, didn't know how to work a machine gun. He didn't know how to aim and he accidentally shot a civilian in the back. "Oops." Luigi said.

Luigi then got shot in the chest right beside his heart. It knocked him out. Mario fired at the Koopa who were near Luigi and took them out. At this point Yo-Sho got tired of sitting around hiding so he and Raw got their own guns. They helped out in the fighting off of the army. It was only one regiment so it wasn't that hard to take them out until reinforcements arrived. Now there were a total of one regiment and a half.

Mario, Yo-Sho, Raw, and Ray were the only conscious one fighting back. They didn't stand a chance until the other wall blew up. That distracted everyone including the Koopa. Out of the smoke bullets came so Raw, Ray, Mario, and Yo-Sho ducked down so they wouldn't get hit. The bullets seemed to be coming from several different guns. When the smoke cleared there were about fifty people firing at the Koopa. Mario and the others that were fighting the Koopa crawled over to the good guys who were defeating the Koopa. They got up and fired at the Koopa as well. They took out most of the Koopa and the others retreated.

After it was over a huge man wearing black with a red bandana on his head approached Mario. "Who are you dudes?" He asked.

Mario answered "I'm Mario. This is my brother Luigi. This is my friend Ray. These two are members of the Yoshios, Yo-Sho and Raw. You?"

"I am Zang, Supreme Commander of the Freedom Shrooms." He answered.

Mario looked puzzled. "Who are the Freedom Shrooms?"

"We are a secret organization who saves Mushroom Kingdom at times like these. We also save many other kingdoms that you may have never heard of. We've been fighting Bowser for years. He has attacked other kingdoms with this powerful army. They are so scared of us. Come with me." Zang told all of them.

Zang proceeded to lead Mario, Luigi (who Mario was carrying), Raw, Ray, and Yo-Sho to the Shrooms. When they arrived, all they saw was a bunch of tents. "What happened to this place?" Ray asked.

Zang was about to answer when an unknown voice said "I'll answer that. We don't have enough money." They all looked around to see who said that. They finally saw a blue toad wearing black just like the other Shrooms. "I am General Grant, General of the Freedom Shrooms."

"Cool." Luigi said (he was conscious at this point). Luigi didn't think it was that big of a deal.

"Our leader wants to speak with your leader. Who is he?" Grant asked the group.

Mario stepped forward. "You see, we don't really have a leader. We just met each other at the concert and fought beside each other. I'll go though."

"Follow me." Grant told Mario.

Grant and Mario walked off into the distance until they disappeared from sight. Raw then told the others "Dude. You guys are weird, dude. What the hell does your leader want with our leader, dude?"

Yo-Sho answered "Let's just wait and see. Hey Zang. What is your leader's name?"

Zang looked at him. "Sorry, can't do that. Our leader can't reveal his identity to just anybody. Then they'd possibly take him out and we can't let that happen. Wait until he says he wants to meet with you."

Everyone stood around for hours until they saw Mario walk back alone. "Hey Mario!" Luigi screamed. "What'd he want with you?"

"He wanted me to join the Freedom Shrooms. He isn't finished with me yet. He had to talk in private with General Grant. He also wants to speak with Zang right now too. Go Zang." Mario answered.

Zang nodded and ran off. Mario just now noticed their surroundings. It was a desert wasteland with pools inside of the city. Outside was just nothing except cacti and sand. Mario walked over to one of the pools and started to drink. It was the best water he had ever tasted. He continued to gulp down fir what seemed like hours. Later on Grant and Zang walked back and looked at Mario.

"He wants to see all of you now." Zang said.

"All of us?" Yo-Sho asked.

"Yeah."

"Damn!" Yo-Sho screamed. "I was just getting comfortable and now I gotta walk down. Let's just go get his over with."

So Zang and Grant led Yo-Sho, Raw, Ray, Mario, and Luigi down to the leader's room. It was a huge tent. They walked inside and saw a toad. He was the tallest toad they had ever seen. He was the size of Mario. They were all fascinated except Mario who had seen him already.

He began to talk. "Hello. I am Gathett, Grandmaster of the Freedom Shrooms. I would like you all to join the Freedom Shrooms. Do you accept the offer?"

"It depends." Raw said. "What rank do we start in?"

Gathett then told him "You will all start out the lowest ranks. Let me explain the ranking system. The lowest is New Recruit. You stay that for 48 hours. Then you become Old Recruit and your first chance to attempt a promotion is in 72 hours after that. Then you become a Low Soldier, then a Mid Soldier, then a High Soldier. After that you will advance to Commander Level 1. There are three levels of Commander. I don't think I need to explain that." Gathett paused to take a sip of his drink. "After a Commander you will become a General Level 1. That has the same levels as Commander so I don't need to explain it. The only rank above that is Grandmaster which is the leader of us. Level 3 Commanders are known as Supreme Commanders and Level 3 Generals are known as Supreme Generals. Level 2 are Mega Commanders and Generals. Levels 1 are just known as Generals and Commanders. You will start out as New Recruits. Will you join?"

"I'll join!" Mario and Luigi screamed simultaneously.

"I guess Raw and I will join just to avenge our band." Yo-Sho said.

"Answer for yourself and not me!" Raw told Yo-Sho. "I'm gonna have to think about that." And with that Raw left the tent ad walked out of the city.

"I'll be a Freedom Shroom I guess. My home boys did get killed by the Koopa Army. I'm in." Ray told Gathett.

"Then that's settled. You will each report to your initiation first thing tomorrow morning. Go get some rest." Everyone except Gathett left the tent for their own tents.

"Where are our tents?" Mario asked Zang while Grant was walking away.

"You, Mario and Luigi, will be in the same tent as Jack Toado. It is to your left. Ray and Yo-Sho will be in that tent over there. Now go to your tents and get some rest." Zang answered.

Everyone slept like babies through the night until Luigi was woke up by a loud crash.

Chapter Complete.

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