Chapter 3: Initiation
"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.
Luigi immediately rose up and went out side to see what made the crash. He was trembling with fear of what he would find. What he saw was amazing.
He saw a space pod with ash all over it. The door was opening. He was scared that some kind of alien would come out and try to kill everyone. But that wasn't what he saw. It wasn't human whatever fell out of it. Luigi thought "It looks like some kind of monkey. Wait. That's Diddy Kong!"
Luigi proceeded to take Diddy to his tent and he managed to stop the bleeding. Soon, Diddy had regained consciousness. "Where… where am I?" Diddy asked.
"You are at the Freedom Shrooms Base." Luigi answered.
"Who are you?" Diddy asked.
"You know me. I'm Luigi. Mario's brother."
"I don't remember. Who am I?"
"You are Diddy Kong. You must have amnesia." Luigi told him.
"What is amnesia?" Diddy asked.
"It's where you can't remember anything. You should just get some sleep. Maybe you'll remember in the morning." After Luigi said that he went back to sleep. Diddy also went to sleep.
When they woke up, Mario screamed when he saw Diddy.
"It's OK, Mario." Luigi told him. "It is just Diddy Kong with amnesia."
"Oh." Mario said. They sent Diddy to Gathett's tent to see if he could help. They decided they would get to know Jack when he got up. Jack Toado was the one that was in their tent. They stayed there for 25 minutes and Luigi was tired of staying in there. He decided to leave. Mario followed.
"That Jack man needs to hurry up and wake up." Mario said. Then they heard someone yawn. They looked back and saw a regular sized brown toad walk out of their tent. It was Jack Toado.
Luigi decided to go talk to him. "Hi there, Jack. I'm Luigi."
"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Jack screamed at him.
Zang was walking towards them when he heard Jack scream. He started to run. Mario asked him "What is that Jack dude on?"
Zang answered "Nothing. He's just really pissed off because his parents were killed, his sister was killed, his three uncles were killed, and his best friend was killed all by Bowser. Bowser also took his brother hostage. He is always mad and can't get over the fact that his family is dead and they ain't coming back."
Jack looked at Zang and got even angrier. "I HEARD THAT, ZANG. SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO ANYBODY AGAIN AND I'LL BLOW YOUR DAMN BRAINS OUT!"
Zang got frightened. He walked away. Jack had an angry look on his face. He also walked away. Luigi and Mario thought Jack was an ass.
Soon after Grant came running towards them. "Hello Mario and Luigi. Grandmaster Gathett would like to see you two. Now."
Mario and Luigi nodded and walked to Gathett's tent. When they arrived, they saw Gathett and Diddy talking. "Hey guys." Luigi said.
Gathett then told the Mario Bros. "Diddy has recovered his memory. I just wanted to let you know. I also want you, Mario, to tell Diddy what happened at the concert. You know what I mean."
"Yes." Mario said. "Diddy, I'm sorry to say this but… but… but your uncle DK… your uncle DK is… is… is dead!"
Diddy looked down and closed his eyes. He tried to blink back tears.
"Bowser sent his army and the Koopa Troopa Army killed him." Luigi added.
Diddy, at this point, had burst out crying. He ran out of the tent and hid from everyone else so he wouldn't get embarrassed by everyone seeing him crying. "My uncle is dead. I'm gonna kill Bowser if it's the last thing I do. He will die. I will see to it." Diddy told himself. He ran back into Gathett's tent. "I'm ready to join the Freedom Shrooms."
"Wait a minute. I thought you said our Freedom Shrooms initiation was first thing this morning, Gathett?" Mario said.
"But I had to speak with Diddy. Your Freedom Shrooms initiation is right now. You too Diddy." Gathett said.
Gathett lead Mario, Luigi, and Diddy to the initiation chambers and gave them each some kind of sword. "The weapons that you just received are custom blades that we created known as Shroom Blades. You use them as melee weapons when you run out of ammunition for your guns. You will be using these against enemies. Robotic enemies. You won't die because if you are about to I will personally save you. Let's get started shall we? Mario will go first." Gathett told them.
Mario nodded and jumped into the arena. He looked around for his opponent. He then heard a loud bang as something hit the floor behind him. He turned around and saw a robot that looked kind of like him. It had a Shroom Blade.
Gathett then said "This is Mario Android. He will be your opponent. Fight!"
Mario Android charged Mario and started swinging his blade. Mario blocked or dodged every one of his moves until he got scraped on the cheek. He now had a large slice on his cheek with blood coming out. He got mad and charged the robot with a powerful fury. He unleashed a flurry of attacks and managed to chop off one of Mario Android's arms and stabbed him in the foot. It fell to the ground while Mario delivered the final blow.
"Bravo, bravo, Mario. You have passed the Melee initiation test. Next up is Luigi." Gathett told him.
Luigi entered the arena and saw Luigi Android. It had a blade. It charged Luigi but right as it was about to hit him Luigi attacked it very quickly and it exploded knocking Luigi out of the arena.
"How did you do that so quickly?" Gathett asked.
Luigi shrugged. "I guess I am a natural."
"IT doesn't matter. It's my turn now." Diddy said excitedly.
He entered the arena and charged Diddy Android. They fought and appeared evenly matched until Diddy Android kicked Diddy in the face which knocked him down. Diddy Android jumped up and came down with a fierce strike to the stomach of Diddy. Diddy bled really, really badly.
"That's enough Diddy Android." Gathett said as he grabbed Diddy. Gathett called General Grant to come and get Diddy. Grant came and took Diddy so he would be treated. Gathett then told Mario and Luigi "You both have passed the first round of initiation. You must pass it least two of the three initiation rounds. The first was melee combat, the second will be ranged combat, and the third will be vehicular skills. It will consist of three different types of vehicles. You must pass two of the three vehicle tests to pass that round of initiation. When Diddy heals he will take the other rounds of initiation."
Mario and Luigi looked at each other. Luigi asked "Have Ray, Raw, and Yo-Sho taken initiation yet?"
"Yes." Gathett answered. "Yo-Sho passed the first easily and the second barely. He easily passed the third. He passed all three. Ray passed the first and third but he failed the second. Raw however, passed the second but failed the first and third. He failed his initiation. Let's move on now."
Grandmaster Gathett proceeded to escort them to the gun course. He handed them weapons and said "These weapons you just received are Shroom Blasters. They work like M-16's. Give them back. I just handed them to you so you could see them. You don't get those yet. You get these." Gathett handed them tiny guns that looked sort of like pistols. "These are Semi-Automatic Shroom Magnums. If you pass they are yours to keep. Let's get this started. Luigi is up first."
Luigi entered the course and studied the area. Gathett said "Shoot the targets as they appear." One appeared on the left and Luigi shot it immediately. Two came on the right and he took the first one out first shot and the second one out third shot. One came on the ceiling and one on the left. He got the one on the left and then the one on the ceiling. "Good Luigi. That was great. Move to the next area. Let's see how good you can hit moving targets."
Luigi took out all of the moving targets easily. Gathett clapped and said "Move on to the next area. Here you need to use precision aiming and shoot lethal positions. Shoot each lethal position it least once. The lethal positions are the head, the chest, and the neck." Luigi shot one head, two necks, and four chests. "Move on to the next area. Neutralize these targets. Same as last area except shoot the knees, the arms, the feet, and the legs."
Luigi shot one knee, one arm, two feet, and two legs. "That was great, Luigi. Now try lethal shots on moving targets." That's just what Luigi did. He missed one but got all of then others. "Move on to the next area. This time use precision aiming to neutralize all moving targets." Luigi missed two but got every single other one. "You have passed this round, Luigi. Now it is Mario's turn."
Mario failed the course miserably. He hadn't passed yet. Luigi still had to do the vehicle test but he was already guaranteed a sot in the Freedom Shrooms.
"Why do I have to take the test if I'm already guaranteed a spot in the Shrooms?" Luigi asked.
Gathett answered "We have to see how good you can drive or pilot vehicles. Let's go."
Gathett took Mario and Luigi to the next area. "Your first vehicle will be aerial combat. You will fight other jets while you try to shoot them down. You go at the same time."
Mario and Luigi hopped into their jets and shot down all other jets. Their next vehicles were land vehicles. They had to race other drivers and win. They both lost the races. Mario was 1 and 1 so he had to pass the next one to join the Freedom Shrooms. The next vehicles were still land vehicles but this time they were for combat. They had Shroom Blasters equipped. They had to shoot other vehicles and take them out. They both passed that one.
Gathett smiled. "You have both passed and are now official Freedom Shrooms."
"YES!" Mario and Luigi screamed simultaneously.
They all then heard something beep. Gathett told them "This is my Tele-Com. It can zoom in like a telescope and communicate like a communicator." Gathett answered it and frowned. "There is trouble." He said. "Bowser is sending his army into Sasaban Kingdom, the kingdom next to Mushroom Kingdom. As Freedom Shrooms, it is our job to protect all Kingdoms on Earth. I'm sending Zang to lead this mission. Stop the invasion of Sasaban Kingdom. The Koopa Troopa Army will be there tomorrow. We will be there today to evacuate all citizens of where the army will strike first and plan to stop the attack there. It will take a few hours to get there but go now. I will tell Zang of this information. Go to him now."
End of Chapter 3.
Please review this chapter. I will post next chapter when I finish it if I have gotten two good reviews. This chapter didn't have a lot of violence in it I know but next chapter will. I needed this chapter to have a lot of violence in the next ones.
Next Chapter: Battle at Sasaban
