Paper Mario one and a half
Chapter 6
"MARIO IN VOLCANO. PIRANHA DESTROY MARIO! MARIO DEAD!" said Lava Piranha in it's usual bad grammar.
"Bring it on, Lava Piranha, unless you can tell me where I can find Goombario." said Mario.
"GOOMBARIO IN SECRET PASSAGE. PASSAGE BY FORMER TREASURE LCOATION."
"So, somewhere near the area where Kolorado was trying to reach the treasure?" questioned Kolorado.
"Hey, that was a very valuable treasure! It was required for me to have it!" said Kolorado in a slightly whining voice.
"YES, GOOMBARIO THERE."
If only we could find out how to find the secret passage… Oh well! Bye, Lava Piranha!"
And the trio walked past him, angering the Lava Piranha, which was a mistake. For once Mario was right at the door space, he blew fire at Mario from behind and said, "YOU NOT LEAVE! I KILL YOU FIRST!". Realizing they had no choice, they went in combat against the Lava Piranha.
MARIO: 35/35 HP
BOW: 55/55 HP
KOLORADO: 25/25 HP
VS
LAVA PIRANHA: 120 HP
LAVA BUD ONE: 20 HP
LAVA BUD TWO: 20 HP
Mario used Jump on Lava Bud One! 10 damage!
Bow used Smack on Lava Bud One! 6 damage!
Kolorado used Shell Smack on Lava Bud One! 4 damage! Lava Bud One is dead!
Lava Bud Two uses Fire Spit on Mario! 3 damage!
Lava Piranha uses Fire Breath on Bow! 7 damage!
MARIO: 32/35 HP
BOW: 48/55 HP
KOLORADO: 25/25 HP
VS
LAVA PIRANHA: 120 HP
LAVA BUD ONE: DEAD
LAVA BUD TWO: 20 HP
Suddenly, a Reveal falls and reveals the status of the 2 enemies!
LAVA PIRANHA
HP: 120/120
FP: 3/3
ATTACK: 8
DEF: 0
LAVA BUD TWO
HP: 20/20
FP: 0/0
ATTACK: 5
DEF: 0
Mario used Jump on Lava Bud Two! 10 damage!
Bow used Smack on Lava Bud Two! 6 damage!
Kolorado used Shell Smack on Lava Bud Two! 4 damage! Lava Bud Two is dead!
Lava Piranha uses 4-Way Fire Breath on everyone! 8 damage to everyone!
MARIO: 24/35 HP
BOW: 40/55 HP
KOLORADO: 17/25 HP
VS
LAVA PIRANHA: 120 HP (1/3 FP left)
LAVA BUD ONE: DEAD
LAVA BUD TWO: DEAD
Mario used Jump on Lava Piranha! 10 damage!
Bow used Smack on Lava Piranha! 6 damage!
Kolorado used Shell Smack on Lava Piranha! 4 damage!
Lava Piranha uses Strong Fire Breath on Bow! 8 damage!
MARIO: 24/35 HP
BOW: 32/55 HP
KOLORADO: 17/25 HP
VS
LAVA PIRANHA: 100 HP (0/3 FP left)
LAVA BUD ONE: DEAD
LAVA BUD TWO: DEAD
REPEAT THIS PATTERN 2 MORE TIMES, BUT REGULAR FIRE BREATH ON BOW…
MARIO: 24/35 HP
BOW: 18/55 HP
KOLORADO: 17/25 HP
VS
LAVA PIRANHA: 60 HP
LAVA BUD ONE: DEAD
LAVA BUD TWO: DEAD
"AHHHH! LAVA PIRANHA CAN'T LOSE!" said Lava Piranha, and fell into the lava, emerging as this time covered in metal!"
Now known as Metal Lava Piranha, it suddenly started to glow and charge a Proton Beam! Our heroes braced themselves, and Mario transformed into Fire Mario, so he wouldn't take as much damage. Suddenly, 3 Max Jammin' Ultras fell and revived all 4 characters, Fire Mario, Bow, Kolorado, and Lava Piranha, to full HP and FP! Now, the volcano started to shake violently!
You see, the eruption was caused from the switch they pressed way back to the tombstone that had Goombario's name on it! As it shaked more violently, a rock fell on MLP, making it suddenly faint and go into the lava, but leaving behind the Proton Gun.
Taking the gun, they made their way behind the lava puddle, went through the opening, and went up the stairs in the next screen. They ran through the hole made from Bombette about 20 days ago, and they continued to the steps. Jumping up them, they at last arrived at the tall pedestal that held the treasure. Fire Mario put the Proton Strength on Weak and shot a blast at the wall, cracking it. After 4 more blasts, it blew apart, and our heroes walked into the unexplored part of the volcano.
This room was yet again dark. Fire Mario made a fireball and held it for light. This place was a steep tunnel that leads who-knows-where. They used the hook to scale the rocky steep room, and way at the top, they went through the opening to a small, lit-with-one-torch room. Just in case, Fire Mario swiped the torch, turned back into regular Mario, and they opened the door via means of pushing hard.
This next place was oddly enough a smooth, steep path going up. The wall next to them was normal, but the opposite wall had a lot of holes shining… sunlight! They peeked through the holes in the wall to find they were 20 feet above the ground. Wow, they were outside, getting ready to explore the upper part of the volcano!
Suddenly, the volcano started to vibrate, reminding the trio that the volcano is about to erupt! They ran up the slightly turned path until they reached the top, which contained a door. Mario opened the door at the top and they ran inside.
This room was very interesting! There was a grating they were standing on, a grating in the middle and a grating on the other side to the door! And below Mario recognized as the area where he fought Lava Piranha! It was at least 100 feet below! It looks like they climbed 80 feet on the little climb.
Anyway, Mario used Kolorado's hook to CAREFULLY swing to the middle, gigantic metal grating. After all 3 were on it, they walked up to the switch in the middle of the area. First, a bar appeared over the metal grating on the other side, but some laser beam shot a square around them, cutting the grating off, so they and the grating fell.
Mario thought quickly and came with a great idea. He turned into Fire Mario, told both of them to hold on to Fire Mario's shoulders, and he started to charge a large fireball. Right when they were about to hit the ground, Fire Mario shot the large fireball, and the sudden force caused them to shoot up, but about 10 feet below the grating, they stopped! Kolorado used his hook to connect to the metal, and they climbed up, safe and sound!
"That was close!" said Fire Mario with a sweaty face and panting. He turned back to regular Mario, and he and the other 2 walked to the grating on the other side, but the laser was following them! The 3 people ran, and Kolorado was swinging his hook to get ready. He threw the hook at the bar and it connected! However, the bar suddenly broke, and Kolorado lost his favorite weapon, the hook!
Kolorado ran and grabbed it, then looked back at Mario and Bow. The screen suddenly became slow motion, and Kolorado did a leaping jump to the lasers. He pushed them out of the way, but the laser shot directly at Kolorado. He was dead.
Or was he? The laser hit, but you could see Kolorado moving to the side, so the laser only chipped some of his shell off. The lasers suddenly stopped because it thought it killed the intruders, and shutted down. Mario and Bow ran up to him and both said, "Kolorado, thanks for saving our lives! That was amazing!"
"No prob! Don't worry about my shell, for it isn't that serious. Sure, it also cut my arm a little bit, but all I have is blood. No prob!"
And the team used a Dried Mushroom from his pack to cure his arm, and they continued, using the hook to first attach to the other grating. The next step was for them to jump down and hold the rope and climb up. If you missed, you were dead, so they got ready. After all 3 were safely across (Bow just floated), they went through the opening to a new room.
This room was a small hallway to an elevator. They entered the elevator and pressed the button to begin the climb. They went upwards, but much too soon, it stopped. They thought the elevator was stuck, but suddenly it shot forward and then upwards again! It finally stopped after its up, forward, up motion. They exited to yet again the main room, only 50 feet higher, where the grating was very small.
They looked up and realized they had about 100 more feet until the surface! The only odd thing was the fact that the volcano wasn't erupting!
"This is odd, why hasn't the lava start rising? It is about time, you know!" said Mario.
And if as to answer Mario's question, the very calm shaking came to the same violent shaking as when it started, and then it got twice as worse! Small rocks fell, and when Mario looked at the very hard-to-see lava, it got a little bit easier to see, meaning it was rising!
"Quick! We must go NOW! The lava is rising!" exclaimed Mario, so they ran across the stone bridge to the other side. Once they were on the other side, they looked down to see the lava about lets say, 20 feet high! They were 150 feet high, so they would be fine! They then entered the door to the next room.
This place was the same as the smooth path outside, except this one isn't nearly as smooth. Mario said that they should rest a bit, so they did for 10 minutes. For curiosity, Mario, Bow, and Kolorado ran back to the bridge and looked down and were shocked!
The lava has now covered the grating, meaning they only had 50 feet left! They head to the door, but by the time they did, they saw lava quickly approaching! Looking down, it was still about 45 feet away, but it was going up a lot slower. The lava was going up the "tube" the elevator was in, meaning it goes up faster! They ran back into the other room again.
In here, they darted up the very steep steps, using Kolorado's hook, of course! Finally, they slowly got to the very top of the place. Without much hesitation, they started pounding senseless on the door, but it wouldn't budge! From below, the lava sprayed out of the door and went up about 3 of the feet! They were still about 70 feet higher, so they would be okay, right?
The lava was about 153 feet high, and they were about 220, about 30 feet from the top. They finally pounded like crazy on the door, and once the lava was 50 feet lower, it finally gave in and smashed apart.
They already knew that the lava would rise a lot more quickly once the main mass was equal with the current one, and the small room would make it go up even quicker! They quickly ran in this room.
This was a large, circular room. In the middle of it was a pit about 1 foot deep, and once they walked closer, they gasped. There sat Goombario squirming tied with ropes and a blindfold on!
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This was Chapter 6! Yeah, finish it the day after Chapter 5! Hope you really look forward to Chapter 7!
