Mario Kart Crisis
Disclaimer: I don't own Mario Kart. Okay? Enough questions.
A/N: Well, starting working on the next chapter, but then realized Daisy was on the brink of death, and I completely forgot about that. So I saved that as chapter 4 and we're going to actually be at Daisy's spot now.
Chapter 3: Close Death, Caring Daisy
Daisy struggled. The foot wasn't coming out. She was going to crash. And a tree was next to her. What the hell was stuck on the gas pedal?…Oh, her foot. There had to be a way. She reached for a shell, but her dizziness prevented her from doing so. She was going to…
"Yah! Hammer Throw!" Redsia tossed her weapon at the kart wheel, loosing Daisy's foot. The vehicle smashed into the tree, sending some metal everywhere. Once all the smoke and dust--and snow, for that matter--had cleared, the two ran over. Thank heavens. They began to pick her up, and she grunted a bit. Redsia gasped at what she saw and Tahjra winced. A huge chunk of metal was impaled in her stomach, reddening the blonde-colored dress. Some more was on the other side, bits and pieces here and there. There was a cut across her neck, probably caused by the explosion. However, nobody expected the piece that did this to be stuck at the end of the cut. This was one beat up princess.
Redsia took off the heavy coat she was wearing, revealing a pink long-sleeved shirt that was decorated with lace in some spots. The girl tore at a sleeve until it began to rip. She made it into what looked like a long streamer, and Tahjra just stared, blushing a bit.
"She needs water for her wounds. Get me some snow." She gave him a hard stare.
"Umm…Redsia there's some--"
"Clean snow! Now! Please!"
The boy nodded and went away from their area a little bit. Redsia ripped off the other sleeve and covered up some other wounds here and there. She heard a growl.
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Tahjra hurried to an area with clean snow. Some pine tress dotted this place here and there, and to the right was a dead wolf, and a Koopa shell, though the bottom had fallen off. The boy took it and bean to shovel snow it. It became full very fast. He noticed something. Some important-looking Lakitus were buzzing around, looking for someone. Tahjra heard them say Daisy, and "If she's alive, or at least not brutally hurt, she'll be in trouble. This is the seventh time!"
It was replied with, "And Yoshi, too! These fools can't help these people! It's legal for us to go through these places an it should stay that way! I swear if I see her with any of these…" he scoffed a bit, "Frappe people, I'll kill them! The Organization covers it up well, anyways!"
"Let's go look for her now. If these people are going to be distractions, we'll kill 'em."
Tahjra hid behind a tree as they flew past, taking an alternate route to the princess and Redsia, who were now in even more danger. For a little distraction, he tossed a rock near them, but his aim was off; people should just say a Lakitu was going to lose more than a few brain cells. He didn't mean to whip it at the thing, but what works, works. The cloud-driving thing swaggered, and then crashed into its partner. IT fainted after this, so the remaining one looked for the perpetrator. It came towards the tree…Tahjra threw another rock into a pine tree opposite his direction, and so the Lakitu went to punish the "criminal". Seeing his chance, the boy ran back to the two women.
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"Save…yourself." Daisy ordered weakly to Redsia, who was battling a grand total of five wolves.
"No! I can't! Tahjra will come soon--you'll see!--and he'll help us out! Hang in there, please!"
Daisy smiled. A seemingly innocent girl was putting on her fighting spirit, no matter how brittle it may have been. So she had to fight too. The princess tossed a red Koopa shell in the direction of the animals, and it homed in. Tossing them up in the air, Redsia landed a Piercing Blow on the one closest her--needless to say, it died. The Red Shell soon vanished, but three wolves were still left. At least it had worked a little bit; most of them were weak and the shell even succeeded in killing on animal.
It was at this point Daisy noticed the oil from her machine, and how the wolves were soaked in it,(and how Redsia was not) and the strange-yet-familiar-looking flower next to her. She tossed it to Redsia, "It's a Fire Flower! Use it!"
Redsia nodded and did so. A flurry of flames hit the hellhounds, which efficiently exploded. The size was much more surprising than this alliteration ever was, or will be. There was now one left. It was bleeding massively, but even so, it lunged at the red-haired girl, who winced for the impact. It never came. Redsia looked up. Maybe she had died. It was all white around her, and--
Wait. This wasn't heaven. She opened her eyes a bit more. The wolf had a stick lodged into its cranium, and was dead.
"Are you all right?" Tahjra helped the girl up.
"Y-Yes." She looked at him, "Thank you."
"We've got to move fast." The boy replied, "These things on clouds…I think they were looking for Daisy."
"You're right…we have to go…somewhere…" Daisy got up. She staggered towards the two. Tahjra let the princess lean on her and Redsia carried the two buckets of water from so long ago. They were going to the place they knew. The place they called home.
They sped up the pace, and after fifteen minutes, spotted the Lakitu. Tahjra threw a pinecone to a random tree, so the thing immediately went over to it. This gave the three to hide beneath the branches of a massive pine tree. It required a little digging through snow (then covering it back up, as to not look suspicious.), as the tree was much larger than it appeared. The base of it was well hidden--he snow did its job. Redsia performed a little more healing, using bits of unnoticeable snow to put on Daisy's wounds. The Lakitu came close to their hiding spot. Redsia stopped using the snow, and immediately shut up. No throwing pinecones now. Daisy tugged on Tahjra's coat.
"Run…run now…" she whispered to him.
"What? No!" He whispered back.
"Please…you're both too young to face death. These Lakitu will kill you."
"And they'll throw you out of the races because you're helping people like us!" Redsia suddenly burst in silently, "It's not fair, and we are not leaving! We need to hurry."
"But that Lakitu thing or whatever is right out there…" Tahjra replied, "How can we--"
Daisy lifted a weak arm and pointed to the direction opposite of the Lakitu. Snow.
"Yeah, so what?" the boy asked.
"It's a way out. We have to dig silently, or it will catch us." Redsia whispered.
The three moved to the chosen spot without making any noise. The Lakitu randomly circled around the tree. It must have known. It stopped at the opposite direction of the people, who were silently digging.
"We…we have to cover up our footsteps." Daisy suddenly said.
"What?" Redsia asked.
"We've been…leaving footprints everywhere. They'll know where we went, and slaughter your village. I won't let that happen. So, please."
"My hammer." the red-haired girl suddenly said.
"What?" Tahjra asked.
"I can use it to dust away our prints. But you'll have to carry the water. And Daisy. You are strong. You can handle this." She suddenly hacked away the rest of the snow with her hammer, "My left arm is too weak, and I swing with my right, so I'll end up spilling the water. Please, Tahjra."
"Of course." Tahjra hoisted Daisy's arm upon his shoulder and grabbed the buckets as well. Awkward walking position. He looked at Redsia. She seemed scared. He asked, "What is it?"
She was near tears, "Do you think we'll die?"
"What? No!"
"But…But I don't know if I can do this. It's with a hammer. If I had a broom, I could do a much better job."
"You'll do fine. Please, Redsia…don't cry."
"You are a…brave girl. Don't let…that fear…take you down." Daisy stared at the girl, "You will do fine. I know so…" The princess began to turn a bit blue,
"Hypothermia…" Redsia stopped her tears and put on her strong suit again. She was a very strong deck of cards when she wanted, and it was the time to use her courageous queens and pull out an ace. She continued, "We need to move fast. Hurry. NOW."
Tahjra nodded and made sure the Lakitu was preoccupied. It was now searching the tree that was assaulted via pinecone again. Tahjra and Daisy exited, followed by the brave red-haired girl, who was covering up the prints quite nicely. After about another ten minutes (with some chat in between, much of which focused on Redsia "really strutting her stuff" (this was from Tahjra) and "He means well…You're doing great…" (from Daisy), the crimson-haired girl saw the hell-on-a-cloud coming towards them. It hadn't seen them yet (Surprise, the thing with the goggles can't see far?), but was coming in their direction. Fast. Redsia nudged Tahjra.
"What?"
"Go hide under that tree. Now."
"What?"
"GO!"
Tahjra looked at her funny, but went. She covered his tracks neatly. It was coming fast. She still had many prints to go. It came closer, still not noticing her. She finally got them done, and lunged into the tree shortly before it came near her. A miracle…it hadn't noticed them. Daisy was more blue now, and Tahjra looked exhausted. Redsia felt horrible. All she was doing was covering up tracks. Time to make a move. What makes a girl a woman. And so…
"AIEEEEEE!" the girl screamed insanely, thrashing the thing with her hammer after the first successive hit. She kicked it (and even bit it at one point) and smashed it and even tried a new technique, Power Smash--a move that required a little more force, but was paid off in much more power of the hit--and was successful. Now for the cloud. She threw her hammer at it, causing some damage. But succeeded in taking it down. It began to flee, which made the girl proud. Daisy, who came out with Tahjra supporting her, informed that they were a bit far from where Lakitu were sent out, so they'd be safe. After some more traveling, the three made it to the village. Daisy was now in critical condition and seldom spoke. Redsia screamed out.
"We're heeeereee! Miss Golds! Miss Golds! Please, help!"
Many people came at once, and one woman approached Redsia closer than the others. Miss Golds. Tahjra's mother.
A/N: A cliffy! Well, now we know Tahjra's last name, and Daisy just might die. After all, those two were heavily dressed in coats and such, but Daisy was not. Will she be saved, And what of those Lakitu? Questions need answering, and don't worry, they'll get there.
Random Fact of the Story:
Goldes is the name of a continent in my other story, The Court Case.
