Adventure group: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Rosalina, Yoshi, Birdo, Toad, Toadette, DK, Dixie, Goombella, Fire Bro
Freezeflame Galaxy: The pale man/shapeshifter
Monster truck group: Koopatrols/Rebels
Hospital group: Goombario, Kooper (comatose), Bombette, Parakarry, Bow, Lakilester, Lakilulu, Koops, Koopie, Flurrie, Spike (aka Paper-Yoshi), Vivian, Bleck/Blumiere, Tippi/Timpani, Toadiko, Toadsworth, Professor Frankly, Boshi, Fly Guy, Diddy, Tiny, Toadessa, Toado, Toady, Dr. Nokano, Kallan, Bowser, Iggy, Morton, Lemmy, Ludwig, Larry, Wendy, Bowser Jr., Toadiana's mom and dad, Wario, Pauline, Mona, Jojora
Mushroom Corps.: Arfur, Kylie
Island group: Tatanga, Beldam, Marilyn, Roy, Doopliss, Dimentio, Mimi, Tadano
Moon: Grodus, TEC
Elsewhere: Professor E. Gadd (he's coming back very soon!)
"...So, you ready to do this?" Tadano asked to Mimi, ready to put their plan to action.
"Well, I'm gonna have to be ready. Let's not drag this out any further than we need to. We go in, we talk to our guys and try to reason with them, and no matter what happens, we must leave immediately after," Mimi stated.
"I know! So let's get this show on the road, shall we?" Tadano excitedly said.
Mimi exited the door first and put both her hands behind her back and Tadano forcefully grabbed them and she led the way towards the center of the weapon room. They were making it look like Tatanga captured an intruder and was sending her away.
"Keep walking, keep walking! You little fiend, thinking you could just sneak in here and try to disrupt my plans, huh!? I'll have you know that this will be the mistake that will cost you your life!" Tadano yelled to Mimi, acting like Tatanga, and bringing attention from some koopatrols to him.
"Uhh, Tatanga sir? What's going on? Everything okay? Who is this girl?" asked a koopatrol who approached along with a few others.
"I caught this pig-tailed freak snooping around in my storage room where that teleportation device is! She must've found out where we had the other device at and used it to get to here to do who the hell knows what! SHE'S GOING DOWN!" Tadano erratically spoke.
"Ummm please, whatever you do, don't hurt me! I'll do anything you want!" Mimi did her best to fake plead.
"Uhhh...why were you in the storage room anyways? I didn't see you walk into there!" asked the same koopatrol.
"And what's up with the clothes? Why are you wearing a white t-shirt and sport shorts? You just wake up from a nap or something? I'm so used to seeing you in your black attire!" pointed out another koopatrol. Mimi became incredibly nervous, not sure how Tadano is going to get through this easily.
"Who are you, my mother!? I wear what I want whenever the fuck I want! And why does it matter why I was in the storage room, HMMMMMMMM!? You better quit sticking your nose where it doesn't belong, slave! I own you so get your asses back to work or else you'll join pig-tailed freak here in a pit of snakes!" Tadano barked, freaking out the koopatrols.
"W-W-WAIT THERE ARE SNAKES HERE!? WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME!? I HAVE A PHOBIA OF SNAKES!" screeched one of the koopatrols.
"I don't have to tell you anything! Now get back to work before you wake up with snakes crawling on you, annoying pest!" Tadano angrily demanded, scaring off the koopatrols back to work.
"Nice work. That was brilliant," Mimi whispered.
"I have my moments," Tadano whispered back and giggled.
Tadano took Mimi upstairs and into a hallway. He had no idea where he was going, but he didn't care too much as long as he didn't run into Tatanga right then and there, which would make for a very awkward encounter.
"God, what a long hallway...and look, it splits off into two directions! It feels like we're in a labyrinth," Mimi said.
"Yeah, hehe. This would make for a fun game of hide and go seek," Tadano randomly commented.
"Uhh, you're seriously thinking about THAT right now?" Mimi asked, weirded out.
"Check out this view! Wow. We're literally in the middle of the ocean!" Tadano changed the subject and pointed to an alcove in the wall that made for an overview of the surrounding beach below. They saw a few koopatrols walking around, talking about, and carrying around some large guns and bombs, which scared the pair a little. Everything else in the view was just the sea extending out for miles on end.
"Woah...look at those weapons. We're gonna have to deal with that once we storm this island and try to kill Tatanga…" Mimi gulped.
"Ok, but I wanna be the one to kill him! No one else has the honor of doing it but me!" Tadano childishly declared.
"Umm ok fine! Geez. Let's just keep going," Mimi was getting more weirded out by his bizarre choice of words.
The pair went down the hallway to the right when they reached the split in the main hallway. They walked down a long corridor for a few minutes and started to turn a corner when they saw Tatanga and Roy talking to each other from slightly afar. The pair gasped and jumped out of view, not expecting to see them that easily.
"What was that? Did you hear that noise?" Tatanga asked.
"No...what kind of noise was it?" Roy asked back.
"I...nevermind. Doesn't matter. Anyways, everything is going ahead of schedule now, Roy! The weapon is to be completed sooner than expected so we should get the ball rolling in a matter of mere days!" Tatanga excitedly spoke.
"Awesome. So, once we begin the plan, then what? What comes after we kill off half the world and mind control the other half?" Roy asked.
"You'll see, Roy. I don't wanna spoil the fun for you because it's always better when things like this remain a surprise! Ha ha ha. Now then, Roy...I have to ask you. When your dad came here to try to kill me, did he attempt to talk to you at all? I'm asking because, well, it'd be pretty weird for him not to cause you're still his son and all!" Tatanga asked. Roy froze for a second, remembering the conversation him and his dad had, and how he wanted to go back with him at the last second but it was too late.
"Y...Yes, he did. He wanted me to go back with him but I said no. This is my life now and I told him to leave. I've made my choice," Roy lied and put on a bold face for show.
"Good! Glad that you stood up for yourself. That Bowser...he's the most pathetic person I've ever seen in my life. More pathetic than Mario! Everything he does in his life is a failure. He failed to successfully kidnap Princess Peach numerous times. Failed to kill Mario numerous times. Failed at being the supreme ruler of the world. Failed at being an adequate father. I'm surprised he hasn't killed himself yet!" Tatanga ranted about Bowser. The harsh words he said lit a fire inside Roy. While there was still some anger towards his dad, he hated that Tatanga was talking all kinds of horrible stuff about him and he had to try his hardest not to let his emotions show.
"Yeah...he's truly the worst...I wish I never grew up in that family…" Roy said, concealing his anger as he looked away from Tatanga.
"Well, don't worry about it too much right now, Roy. You'll get all the revenge you ever wanted very soon! Now then, I must do something in my room for a while then I'm gonna go down and check on the weapon. I'll talk to you later!" Tatanga said and quickly went into his room.
Roy was breathing heavily as he clenched his fists. Tadano and Mimi could see that he was beyond pissed. He stormed into his room and slammed the door.
"Wow...that was Roy. So, uhh, just judging by how he acted, I'm guessing he doesn't really hate his father?" Tadano asked.
"I'm getting that feeling too. I really think Roy is trying to force himself into this role but, eventually, he's not gonna wanna do it anymore…" Mimi said, feeling a little empathy for him. "Well...ok. This is our chance. I go into Roy's room first, then once I'm in, you go into Tatanga's room. If you get out before me, wait at this spot for me, then we'll head back the way we came. Got it?"
"Understood! Good luck!" Tadano excitedly spoke. Mimi took in a deep breath and approached Roy's door. Her body shook a little as her heart began to race. She had never felt more nervous in her whole life, whereas, Tadano was feeling the exact opposite about the whole situation. He was actually feeling a little excited and mischievous for his encounter with Tatanga. He could hardly wait.
Mimi took in a deep breath as she approached Roy's door. She had to do this now. She quickly turned the doorknob, rushed into the room, and shut the door.
"Damn. Girl has got guts!" Tadano said, being surprised at her sudden move.
"Hey! Don't come in here without-" Roy yelled as he turned around only to jump in surprise when he saw Mimi standing in front of him.
"Roy...please keep yourself calm. No one else can know that I'm here," Mimi said.
"Wha- how did you...Mimi, what the hell are you doing here!? WHY did you come here!? HOW did you even get here!?" Roy asked, still in major surprise.
"I got here through that teleporter in Northern Knight's Castle. I traveled here because I tagged along with a friend who was going to come here as well to visit Tatanga," Mimi explained.
"You came here with someone else!? WHO!? Do you not realize how dangerous this is!?" Roy angrily said.
"SHHHH! I know it's dangerous! And as for my friend...well, we'll get to that later! But, Roy, the main reason why I came here is because I really wanna try to get you out of this place. You don't belong here. I forgive you for what you did to Nastasia because I know it was an accident and I know that that accident was what broke you and made you join Tatanga!" Mimi said.
Roy rolled his eyes and scratched his head, clearly irritated. "Seriously now? First my dad, then YOU!? Look, Mimi, you wasted your time coming here. There is no going back now, especially after I killed Dry Bones. Everyone knows what I did and I'll never be looked at the same again! I made my choice, and there is no turning back from that choice!"
"Roy...I understand where you're coming from. And don't think for a second that I don't, because I do. I was in a similar place as you years ago when I joined Count Bleck's team to destroy all the dimensions of the world. I did awful things to innocent people and everyday I wish I could go back in time and undo it all, because it was something that I never belonged to in the first place. If you choose to leave now, we'll figure out the rest along the way! I know I did! It wasn't easy, but I found my place in life after that dark period!" Mimi empathized with him.
Roy made a small sigh and lowered his head. "Mimi...can I ask you a personal question? Why did you join Bleck's team in the first place?"
Mimi was a little caught off guard since she didn't expect him to ask that. "Uhh...well...long story short, I grew up with nothing but bad in my life. Had abusive parents. Grew up in a dangerous neighborhood. Had no friends. Took pleasure in tormenting others because it was all that I ever knew. Bleck lived in my neighborhood and saw my potential for evil, and told me his backstory, and I wanted in because I didn't give a damn about the world, just like he did.
This is why I KNOW why you're like this, Roy. I relate to you more than you know. The first time I saw you, I knew there was something interesting about you that I had to know. I couldn't help but develop feelings for you from when you told me about your life, because I've been there too. We have so much in common, and...um...those feelings haven't gone away, to be honest."
Roy slowly looked up to her after he heard that part about her feelings. It made his heart pound a little faster. "R-really? Even after everything that I did?"
Mimi nodded. "Yes. I really can't help how I feel. That's why I had to try this. Roy, this is your second chance at leaving this place! All you have to do is say yes and my friend and I will get you out of here! This is NOT where you belong and I'm pretty sure you know that as well!"
Roy made the tiniest smile at her. "I still have feelings for you too, Mimi. I just...if I do leave, what's gonna happen once-"
"Stop! Don't worry about AFTER. Just worry about getting out of this place. We can't predict the future, Roy. Hell, when I was with Bleck, I NEVER predicted that I would be where I am right now. I never thought I would become a better person. The same might happen to you too!" Mimi cut him off so she could try to make him think more positively.
Roy really admired her ambition, and it made him like her a little more. Roy took a minute to really dig deep in his thoughts about this. He was already hanging by a thread with Dimentio, who would definitely rat him out to Tatanga if he screws up one more time. Actually, who is to say that he won't tell Tatanga anyways? He hadn't thought of that till just now. Plus, Roy was never too keen on Tatanga's world domination plan. He only joined because he felt that there was nowhere else to go, but just because Tatanga's team was the only other place to go to at that time, does not mean that it was a good place. He really did want to go with his dad when he came here, but couldn't because the Koopatrols got in his way.
Roy eventually came to the realization that Mimi was 100% right. This wasn't the place for him. It was too risky being here and he hated the fact that Tatanga would be killing his family once his plan goes into motion. He still cared for them all deep down. He tried to push his care down so much, but in the end, it didn't work, because Roy started to cry.
"Please...t-take me with you...you're right, I want out of here…" he said through his sobbing.
Hearing that made Mimi smile greatly and she gave him a hug. "It's going to be alright. I promise you."
Roy nodded and smiled as well. The two faced each other closer than ever now and leaned in for a kiss.
"ROY!" Tatanga screamed, suddenly bursting into his room. "You'll never believe this, but- WOAH! WHO THE FUCK IS SHE!?"
Roy and Mimi shrieked. Roy grabbed Mimi hard by the wrists and made her face Tatanga. "This girl...sh-she used to be my friend! She tried to get me to go back home, just like my dad did! BUT IT'S NOT GONNA WORK, YOU UNDERSTAND!? QUIT TRYING TO FUCK WITH MY HEAD!" Roy made a panic move and put on an act for Tatanga.
"WAIT, WHAT!? ROY, I-" Mimi screamed in sheer fright.
"Are you fucking serious right now!? She must've been sent by your buffoon of a dad! Come on, we're taking her to the cell!" Tatanga impatiently yelled and led the way out.
"NOOOOOOOOO! ROY, STOP! HOW COULD YOU AFTER EVERYTHING WE JUST TALKED ABOUT!?" Mimi screamed more and began to cry.
MINUTES EARLIER…
The second Mimi went into Roy's room was when Tadano took his chance to meet Tatanga. He skipped on over to Tatanga's door and knocked on it. He couldn't wait to see his twin's reaction to seeing him.
The door opened and Tatanga made the loudest gasp in the world which made him nearly fall over. Seeing his twin brother was the very last thing he would ever expect to come across.
"Wha...wha...wha...you...Ta...what the fuck...no no no! This has to be Gekikara doing her magic shit again! GET OUT!" Tatanga yelled while backing away and grabbed at his own head out of anxiety.
"Huh? Who the hell is Gekikara? No. It's me, Tadano. I'm really real. See? Touch me," Tadano said and grabbed Tatanga's hand forcefully. Tatanga made another gasp and pulled himself away.
"God! This is just...I don't even know what to fucking say! How did you get all the way over here? I thought you were still stuck in that institution!?" Tatanga questioned.
"I had a couple of friends tell me what was happening and break me out of there. They're a part of that Super Mario man's group, and, well, I guess so am I if you're gonna continue doing this crap!" Tadano proudly stated. Tatanga scoffed a little at him.
"Oh, lovely. You joined those assholes. So, wait, does that mean you came all the way here to kill me then?" he asked.
"Nope. I came all the way here so I can help you snap out of it! You're really gonna take over the world, Tatanga? Why? And don't give me some dumb excuse like how hard you had it when you were younger, because remember, I was abused by dad and put in an asylum for years and you all rarely ever visited me and it's been years and years since the last visit!" Tadano raised his voice as he ranted on.
"Oh, fuck you, Tadano! I don't have to give you a single reason why I'm doing this! Just because we share blood doesn't mean I'm going to listen to whatever you have to say! Now go before I get my guards in here to take you to my cell! I'm not the same person I was when you last saw me. You came all this way for nothing!" Tatanga exclaimed.
"Really...no...you're definitely not the same person...you know, considering you killed dad and all…" Tadano lowered his head and changed his tone of voice to a slightly deeper, more taunting one. Tatanga noticed this and felt a little disgusted and confused.
"Yyyyeah...I did kill him. I was sick of my life at that point. I was sick of how he was treating me. Don't try to guilt me for that one, cause I know you thought about killing him too!" he said.
"You know, maybe I should've seen this coming," Tadano continued his odd change of tone with a nasty glare towards his twin. "You didn't help at all when dad abused me. Just stood there like a coward. Maybe...maybe you enjoyed watching me get hurt and scream for dear mercy? Maybe you liked that I was in physical and emotional pain? Maybe you got such a nice rush from that, that you wanted to be the 'abuser' of everyone else in the world.
I figured you out now. You're just like dad. You got his genetics within you. You became the very thing that you claimed to have hated in the past. How does that make you feel, my sweet brother?" he said this as he slowly walked towards Tatanga, further creeping him out.
"STOP! SHUT UP YOU FUCKING BASTARD BEFORE I KILL YOU WITH MY FUCKING BARE HANDS! THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING! LEAVE NOW OR ELSE!" he screamed at Tadano and started shaking all over.
"Oh? Does the truth scare you? Honestly, what would mom think of all this if she were here? Hmmmmmmm?" Tadano twisted his head to the side with a bizarre smile.
"Wh-why the fuck would you bring up mom for!? She left us out of the blue, remember!? She's just as bad as dad for not even saying goodbye to us and not knowing where she went to!" Tatanga yelled, getting more discomforted as each second passed by with his odd twin.
"The thing is...she's here with me. I brought her here. She knows everything you've done and wants to speak with you. If I can't make you come to your senses, then surely she will!" Tadano revealed. Tatanga's expression turned into total awe.
"Wh...you-you can't be serious, Tadano! H-How did you find her!? You're lying! You have to be! She could've gone to anywhere in the whole fucking world!" he refused to believe that he somehow found their mom.
"Wait right here. I'll go get her for you. She has soooo much to say to you!" Tadano wagged his finger at him and exited the room.
Tatanga just stood there, still in awe and confusion at everything. There's no way he found their mom...right? Tatanga realized that the possibility of seeing his mom again did spark a tiny bit of excitement in him, because he remembered her having a caring and giving soul, but he still can't ever forget her leaving all of a sudden and staying gone for years without a word.
Tadano came back in the room with a bright smile upon his face.
"Sooo, where is mom?" Tatanga asked.
Tadano shut the door. "What are you talking about? I'm right here," he spoke in a more feminine tone.
"HUH? What the fuck are YOU talking about!?" Tatanga became more confused than ever now.
"My my, I can't believe this is how you became, son. I...I'm so sorry! It clearly didn't help by me just up and leaving you and Tadano! But, I-I felt like I had no choice because your father was practically the devil!" Tadano cried still with his feminine tone. Tatanga realized he was impersonating their mom, which freaked the holy hell out of him.
"STOP! JUST...WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!? STOP PRETENDING TO BE MOM! YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO FUCK WITH MY HEAD!" he screamed in pure rage.
"Tatanga, dear, please calm down! What in the world has happened to you since I left? This isn't the Tatanga I know! Your father must've put some awful influence into your head. I knew I should've listened to my own mother when she said she got a bad feeling in her gut about him...I suppose that's what I get for eloping…" Tadano dramatically cried further. "The Tatanga I knew was beyond loyal to anyone that he considered a friend. Remember that time you and Tadano were just little kids and Tadano fell into a ditch because you two were playing in a field by our house? Somehow, you managed to get Tadano out of there all by yourself! Tadano was so joyful and ecstatic and he described you like a superhero! I think that was the moment you became the big brother to him."
"TADANO, YOU BETTER FUCKING STOP THIS BULLSHIT RIGHT NOW OR ELSE I WILL BLOW YOUR FUCKING HEAD OFF, DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME!?" Tatanga was beyond livid at this point and aimed his scepter at him.
Tadano sighed and sobbed into his hands. "There's...there's nothing I can do to stop all of this, is there? Not even your own mother can make you realize how irrational you're being. Please, my dear, sweet son...come with me. It's all going to be okay. Just drop this foolishness and I promise you that it'll all be okay," he extended his hand out for Tatanga to grab. Tatanga wanted to kill him so bad at that moment, but he also couldn't help but tear up a little. Tadano talked in the exact same manner that his mom did. He remembered his mom kindly disciplining him whenever he acted out as a child.
"P...please...just...go! It's too late for me to change! What's done is done! LEAVE ME ALONE!" he yelled through his sobbing.
Tadano's sobbing turned into crying as he hung his head in loss. "I...w-well...no one can ever say I didn't try...but, son...just know that I am so very sorry for leaving you all those years ago without a trace. I love you, and I always will until the day that I die."
Those words sent chills over Tatanga's body and it made him want to break into tears just like Tadano did. Whatever Tadano was doing, he made the perfect impersonation of his mom. It made him see his mom standing right there, talking to him.
"Go...I'm begging you...just...PLEASE GO!" Tatanga did his absolute best to hold in his tears as he quivered his lips and breathed more heavily.
"Ok, son. If that's what you want, I will leave. But...p-please remember, you always have a home if you decide to change your mind," Tadano calmed himself from crying and exited the room.
Tatanga's body shook as he dropped the scepter. He ended up bursting into tears and fell to the floor, unable to handle the emotions whirring inside him. Whatever the hell that was, Tadano made Tatanga realize that he still loved her deep down, and he didn't even think of the possibility of what his mom would think of what he's doing. He doesn't even know if she's still alive, but the chance of it happening made him the tiniest bit hopeful.
Tatanga barely managed to stand himself up and wiped his tears away with his hands. He recouped himself and became mad that Tadano did indeed fuck with his mind by putting on a bizarre act. He slammed open the door and saw that he was nowhere in sight. That was when he then burst into Roy's room.
Tadano hid around the corner of the hallway, where he was supposed to meet Mimi.
"I think that broke him, but it needed to be done. What else is there to do for Tatanga now?" Tadano spoke in his feminine voice still.
"I'll think of something, mom. I always do. Isn't that right, Toadie?" Tadano asked in his regular voice.
"Of course. You're the brains of this whole operation, Tadano. Whatever you want us to do, just say the word, and we'll get it done!" Tadano spoke again in a feminine tone but this time sounding huskier than his mom voice.
Tadano heard a bunch of yelling from the rooms. He peeked around the corner and saw that Roy was taking Mimi down his direction with Tatanga following along. He shrieked and ran further away from the scene.
"DOWN HERE! You made a biiiiiig mistake breaking into here and trying to get my friend out of this place!" Tatanga yelled as he led them down the hallway leading to the left. Tadano saw this and was clueless on what to do.
"M-MIMI!" he called out.
"TADANO! JUST GO! LEAVE ME! SAVE YOURSELF!" Mimi screamed.
"Huh!? Who the hell is that!?" Roy asked, looking down the hallway.
"I'll tell you later, now come on! Hoo boy, did you get yourself into some VERY deep trouble, little girl!" Tatanga cackled. Mimi cried as she figured that this was the end for her.
Wario was reading a magazine in the room where Yoshi and Mario were still on their patient beds while Peach was dozing off in her chair. He heard screams and the sounds of people running in the hallway that made him perk up his ears and look out.
"Huh? What the hell's going on?" he asked and walked over to the hall.
Yoshi heard the noises as well which woke him up from his sleep. "Is...is something going on?"
"That's what I'm trying to figure out...oh god, I've got a bad feeling about this…" Wario said in worry, knowing in his gut that something bad happened after everything he's experienced so far.
"Wario…?" Peach spoke, rubbing her eyes from her dozing off. Mario looked over to him as well.
"Wha...OH MY GOD! IT'S...IT'S BIRDO AND LUIGI!" Wario screamed in horror.
Mario and Yoshi jumped out of their beds the second they heard the names to go see what was going on, along with Peach. They all were in shock when they saw Luigi and Birdo being carried away on a stretcher along with a few other people, with Daisy, Boshi, Koopie, and Jojora following close behind.
"What in the...DAISY! WHAT HAPPENED!?" Mario shouted.
"M-Mario...that guy...f-from the prison place...he did this…" Daisy sobbed and cried into Peach's shoulder.
"WHAT? He's here!? Did he do that to Birdo too!?" Yoshi yelled as they all saw the aforementioned people being taken in to a room a few doors down the hallway.
"Bro, some kind of fucking weird magic shit hit Birdo in the head and I got her in here right after! What the fuck is happening!?" Boshi shrilled and shook Yoshi by the shoulders.
"BOSHI! IS SHE DEAD!? IS SHE DEAD!?" Yoshi screamed in his face and started to cry.
"I DON'T KNOW I DON'T FUCKING KNOW IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST!" Boshi cried as well and fell to the floor.
"I'm gonna go get everyone and tell them what happened! I'll be back!" Koopie said and ran down the hall to go round up the gang.
"Some really pale guy was out there and shot magic blasts everywhere! One of his blasts hit the wall outside and a few people got crushed by the debris! Was that the guy you all faced at Freezeflame Galaxy?" Jojora asked.
"Shit...that's him...oh god…" Mario gasped in horror as a couple tears fell down his cheeks. He had no idea how they were going to face him this time around.
"But, guys...that's not all...I saw Rosalina and Waluigi out there with that guy and...a-and-" Jojora was about to deliver the horrible news till she was cut off by Wario.
"ROSALINA!" he screamed. Everyone looked down the hallway and saw Rosalina with blood splattered all over her dress, looking in pure shock. The ceiling lights flickered as she walked under them. Everyone in the hall moved out of her way, as they sensed some horrifying energy coming from her.
"Oh no...Rosalina what-what happened!?" Peach asked, afraid to know the answer.
"Where's my brother at!? Rosalina!? ROSALINA!? D-DID HE…" Wario couldn't bear to finish that sentence, knowing the worst that may have happened.
"He...he came back...he knew where I was…" Rosalina said, still in shock, not paying attention to anyone else around her.
"You're talking about that man that tried to kill you, right!? Rosalina...there's blood all over you...is that from Waluigi!?" Mario asked.
"Yes...it was that man...he...he killed Waluigi...he's dead…" Rosalina answered, still not staring at anyone. The bomb that was dropped made everyone cry out in horror and sorrow.
"NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I-I-I DON'T BELIEVE THIS! H-H-HE JUST HAS TO BE HURT OR-OR SOMETHING! I WANNA SEE HIM!" Wario screamed in denial and tears and ran out the way towards the courtyard.
"WARIO, STOP! PLEEEAASE!" Peach cried and went after him.
Right after that happened, the rest of the gang quickly ran over and joined in.
"Hey, we're all here! What the hell happened exactly!?" Dixie asked.
"Waluigi is dead. Luigi, Birdo, and a few others were hurt by that man. I'm going to kill him myself," Rosalina stated, not seeming as shooken up as before.
"WHAT!? WALUIGI'S DEAD!? AND...oh god! Wh-who killed him exactly!? Are we all in danger then!?" Goombario yelled.
"That man we met from Freezeflame Galaxy, the one who imprisoned us all, he came back and killed Waluigi! We don't know where he is right now though!" Daisy said.
"FUCK! Well, we have to find him and kill him then! No way in hell are we letting him get away with this!" Wendy declared.
"NO!" Rosalina roared, her voice echoing throughout the hallway and scaring everyone. "I know how to find him, and once I do, I'm going to kill him. None of you are coming with me."
"Rosalina, just PLEASE listen to me! I know you're hurting right now and I know you want to kill that man, but we need to come up with a plan first before doing anything rash! We can't let you get killed as well!" Mario pleaded for her to stop.
"I SAID NO!" Rosalina screamed even louder this time, and magically made everyone in her vicinity fall down to the floor. "I'm doing this my way whether you like it or not. I'll make damn sure that bastard will pay." Rosalina then vanished in a flash of light.
"Damnit! We have no idea where the hell she's going now! What are we supposed to do? None of us here know any magic that could try to stop her, or at least figure out where she's going!" Diddy said as everyone got themselves back up on their feet.
"LARRY! That mimic power that Gekikara gave to you, you used it on Rosalina, so you have her powers! Think you can figure out a way to see where she's going?" Parakarry asked.
"I-I-I don't know!" Larry squealed, scared of getting involved with two powerful beings who are out for blood. "I'm not that advanced in my power! I just know how to move stuff and shoot blasts of magic!"
"Well, just try something! Get your mind deep into the magics and figure out where Rosalina is going! I'm gonna go check on my brother and Birdo, anyone else is free to come with!" Mario commanded and then went off to the room where they held the injured folks with half the group, while the other half went outside to check on Wario, leaving the Koopa family behind to try to help Larry.
"Larry...think like Rosalina, or even Kammy! You have the exact same powers that she has, so there HAS to be a way for you to use the magic to find her!" Bowser Jr. said in encouragement.
"What if it's a spell that he has to do though? I don't think he knows the words to make it work! I hear that sometimes you have to use Latin for certain spells!" Iggy said.
"I doubt it'd be that hard to get it to work. I'm sure all he has to say is something like 'Find Rosalina' or something close to it!" Morton said.
"Uhhhh...ok, I think I got an idea, but I'm gonna need a quieter place to do this. Follow me, guys!" Larry took the lead.
Wario ran out to the courtyard to find Waluigi. He was sweating all over while crying. He refused to believe that his brother had died. It wasn't possible. He spotted his brother lying against a tree in the distance. He sprinted over to him and found it harder to breathe properly the more he got closer.
"W-W-W-Waluigi…!?" Wario uttered, stopping right in front of him. There his brother lay, with a bloody hole in his chest. Wario still couldn't believe it. He wanted this to be a nightmare or something fucking with his head so badly.
"Wa...Waluigi...no...please...wake up! WAKE UP! YOU'RE NOT DEAD! THIS ISN'T HAPPENING! PLEASE, GOD, TELL ME THIS IS A JOKE! I CAN'T LOSE YOU! YOU'RE THE ONLY FAMILY I HAVE LEFT!" Wario fell to his knees and held Waluigi as he cried into his shoulder. Peach and Mona arrived at the scene, shrieking in horror as they saw Waluigi's body along with a few others that arrived after them.
"Oh my god...Wario...he's...he's gone...that man killed him…" Peach sobbed, trying to put some reality into his head, but she also understood why he was in denial.
"NO! HE'S JUST HURT! WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T ANYONE TAKE HIM INTO THE HOSPITAL!?" Wario furiously screamed in Peach's face. Peach sobbed even more, seeing the pain on Wario's face.
"Wario, please listen to me...your brother is gone. I know you love him and I know that this is the last thing on earth that you wanted to happen, but...he...he's gone," Mona said as she kneeled down to him and put her hand on his shoulder.
"STOP SAYING THAT! Th-there has to be a magic spell to heal him or...or, um, bring him back, right!? RIGHT!? HE CAN'T BE DEAD! HE JUST...can't be…" Wario then broke down even further and planted his face in the grass and cried the hardest he ever cried before. Mona cried with him as she didn't let go of him. Everyone else viewing the scene cried for Wario and Waluigi. It was beyond heartbreaking.
"Wario...we can't leave Waluigi outside like this. What do you wanna do with him?" DK tried to calmly asked through his tears.
"J...just leave me alone. Please. Leave me alone with him. I-I-I need to be alone with him!" Wario demanded. He lifted his head from the grass and stared at his brother again. He hated what he saw: His brother being lifeless. It disgusted him. But, he had to accept this horrible reality. He had to accept that Waluigi was killed by a monstrous, psychotic creature. There was no bringing him back.
"Ok, Wario. If...if that's what you truly want...we must respect that. Come on, you guys," Flurrie spoke with pure empathy for Wario and led everyone back inside with Mona being the last to go. She looked back and saw Wario still staring at his brother. She refused to go back and leave Wario all alone, despite his wishes in an emotional time. She walked back over to him and sat against a tree.
Wario looked at her frustratingly. "Mona, I said to-"
"I know what you said, but you really shouldn't be alone right now. I'm gonna sit right here. You don't have to talk to me or even look at me, but I'm not leaving you all alone," she stated firmly. Wario slowly looked away from her and back at his brother. The pain was too much to bear for poor Wario. It felt as if he had gotten hurt the same way Waluigi did.
Rosalina transported herself back to Freezeflame Galaxy, in the area where the gem was located out in the open. All her mind was focused on now was killing Waluigi's murderer. She had never felt so enraged in her whole life, besides the time that the same guy killed her lumas years ago. She could feel the rage and thirst for blood take over her whole body as her eyes went back to blood the second she spotted the pale man hovering over the lava.
"There you are! I just knew that you knew where to find me. Looks like me killing your little man activated all kinds of dark power within you, hmmm?" he taunted and giggled.
"SHUT UP! You may be an interdimensional creature, but that doesn't mean that I still won't be able to wipe you from existence! You took the one person that I've ever fallen in love with, that I truly wanted to be with for the rest of my life. Just...why didn't you kill ME instead!? Why not me over him!?" Rosalina screeched.
"Did you not hear me earlier? I want to make you suffer. I want to make you cry and beg for my mercy. I want to destroy you, piece by piece, until all that is left is a worthless and whiny little girl, begging for me to stop and end it all. Or...a preferable alternative would be this; my killing of your boyfriend would get you so enraged, so deep into your dark powers, that you become bad and join my side. Either one works out for me perfectly, of course," the pale man said with such passion and enjoyment from Rosalina's misery.
"Well, neither is going to happen! NEITHER! You should've killed me when you had the chance to, because now you're going to regret your choice!" Rosalina stated and prepared for the fight of her life.
"Really? Are you sure about that? Because, my dear, this is all reminding me of the time you became so induced with dark power that you inflicted pain onto your own Lumas and destroyed part of your own Observatory! They never looked at you the same way, did they? Gosh, I can only imagine what your friends are going to think once you turn on them!" the pale man continued to taunt and piss her off even more.
"I SAID SHUT UP! I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU! THIS ENDS NOW!" Rosalina screamed in pure anger, and then pounded her fists into the ground of ice she was standing on, creating an erosion that made a rogue wave of lava. The pale man narrowly avoided the lava wave by flying above it and then pointed at Rosalina.
"SERPENTS!" he yelled. Two snakes covered in ice formed from the icy path Rosalina was on and wrapped around both her legs, making her immobile.
The pale man flew down to her and clawed her chest, leaving bloody marks and made Rosalina scream out in pain. The ice serpents then bit into her legs, making her cry out even more.
"Hahaha! Yes! Become more enraged, my dear Rosalina! Give in to your dark power! It's been a part of you since the day you were born! All that someone had to do was trigger your rage within by hurting someone close to you!" the pale man shouted with glee.
Pain and agony spread throughout Rosalina's body, but she refused to give up. She refused to completely give in to the dark energy. She used both her hands to grab ahold of the ice serpents by their necks with all of her might, and then flinged them towards the pale man. Rosalina made one of them wrap around his neck, and the other one wrap around his arms and upper part of his legs. She then threw an orange magic blast at his head, making him dazed and sealed his mouth shut.
"I'm tired of talking! DIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!" Rosalina roared as she charged up a magic blast, but the pale man got the upper hand by magically vaporizing the ice serpents and unleashed a blue magic wave of his own from his now unsealed mouth, sending Rosalina crashing back down into the ice path. The pale man made a loud roar and moved his arms from right to left to make the lava wave appear again and crash on the ice path. Rosalina saw the wave coming straight for her and transported herself hovering above the lava pool. The lava wave melted half of the ice path.
Rosalina brought the lava pool into the air and shot it towards the pale man. He deflected it by forming a barrier around him, sending the lava back to Rosalina but she blasted the lava with a light blue wave of magic, turning it all into water. The pale man then telepathically brought in a small asteroid from nearby and shot it towards Rosalina. She used a magic blast to destroy it into pieces and then she magically turned the pieces into tiny firebombs which then all successfully shot at the man, knocking him away. Rosalina continued to beat him down by conjuring up a thunderbolt and shot him with it, making him cry out in pain.
"AGGGHHHH! Okay...not bad...guess I'm gonna have to play harder then!" the pale man huffed, a little surprised by how hurt he was getting. He transformed into the same fire and ice dragon that he turned into earlier; where his body was ice blue, and his head and neck were flaming red.
"Still feeling confident now, little girl? Not even all the dark power in the world can stop me! JUST GIVE UP!" he yelled.
Rosalina smirked. "Really? You sure about that?" She then put her hands over her chest and closed her eyes. "Goddess of Dark, give me all the power that I seek! Give me the strength to destroy this creature and upon havoc I will wreak!"
Suddenly, Rosalina's dress turned black and so did her hair. She opened her eyes and they too were still black. The man-turned-dragon was even more surprised at her change now.
"My goodness! Haha, I didn't think you'd actually go that far! Well done. Now then...submit to me or die! Don't ruin this perfect opportunity!" he yelled, not intimidated at all by Rosalina's change into the darkside.
"I submit to no one, you miserable pest. In fact, I have a better idea. How about we go for a little ride?" Rosalina spoke in a deeper and more echo-y voice. She then made a throwing motion with her hand, and from her hand released a silver chain that shot toward the dragon and wrapped around his neck. Rosalina tugged on the chain and threw him into the direction of a small asteroid, smashing into and destroying it. The dragon roared out in pain and then faced her, growling madly.
"Errrrggghhh….you...GAH!" he roared again and unleashed a wave of flames from his mouth directly at her. The flames hit Rosalina but had no impact on her.
"Hmm hmm hmm. Didn't see that coming, now did you?" Rosalina taunted. The dragon was in shock at her being unharmed.
"WH-WHAT!? How did that not have any effect on you? That's…that's impossible!" he cried.
"Maybe if you hadn't killed my lover, things wouldn't have ended up this way!" Rosalina taunted further. The dragon refused to take it. He flapped his wings which sent out an icy wind which also formed lots of tiny ice shards that hit Rosalina. All his move did was make cuts in her dress and skin, otherwise, it had no actual effect on her either.
"No! NO! What the hell is this!? Y-You have to be using a protection spell! You should be withering in pain by now!" he cried.
"This is all you, you turned me into something more powerful than I could ever imagine. And now...the very thing that you wanted to happen is going to destroy you," Rosalina stated. She let out a ferocious, animal-like scream, which sent out a ball of yellow magic from her mouth and shot the dragon with it. He was immobilized.
"AH! NO! ROSALINA, YOU ARE MAKING A GRAVE MISTAKE! WE CAN STILL RULE THE UNIVERSE TOGETHER AND BE THE MOST POWERFUL BEINGS TO EVER EXIST! PLEASE LISTEN TO ME!" he pleaded for his life, and really thought that he was going to be wiped from existence like Rosalina said she would do to him. He didn't think it would ever come true.
"The Rosalina you knew was gone. You put me in her place, and I must thank you for that. But, like I said before...I submit to no one. Your time in this universe is finished!" she stated then formed an enormous ball of dark matter in her hands. The man-turned-dragon screamed again, crying out for his life as he knew what was once unthinkable became real.
Rosalina shot the ball of dark matter at him, and a bright flash of light shone the second it hit him. Another scream from him was heard and then the flash of light went away. Millions of microscopic pieces of the man-turned-dragon spread out in every possible direction into outer space. Rosalina made a giggle at the wicked deed she had committed.
"What a fool, thinking that he could not die and rule over me. Now then...time to destroy the next being that thinks they're just as powerful. The one that started all of this chaos...Tatanga," Rosalina said to herself, and then disappeared in a flash.
EOC.
Hey, sorry for the 3 month wait for this update! Lots of craziness happened after the previous update so check my profile for more info! Anyways, next chapter will involve Rosalina trying to destroy Tatanga, but will the others be successful in trying to intervene? Will they also stop Rosalina from going further into the dark side? Someone is also going to die next chapter! Who do you think it could be? The next update shouldn't take as long as this one did, so it'll probably be up by the middle of September. Thanks for reading!
