Warning: Physical Violence,

Peach shifted through the notes and maps that laid on her, once, organized desked and groaned. She rubbed her eyes tiredly as she looked over every map she had of the Mushroom Kingdom, marking down areas that were once taken controlled by Bowser, a task that was both long and tedious. Given the numerous times he attacked her kingdom, the princess had her work cut out for her. Peach was honestly surprised she remembered all the places the Koopa king had struck from main areas such as grassland, islands like Vibe island, to other realms like the Sprixie Kingdom and even other planets and galaxies such as the Honeyhive Galaxy. The former princess turned queen, took a small glance at the clock in her office, currently reading 1:35 am. Peach rubbed her eyes, desperately trying not to pass out from all the work. How could she when her brother-in-law needed to be found? Luigi was still out there, in Bowser's clutches doing god knows what to him. There was no time for rest, not until she marked out every possible location the vile Koopa king could have taken Luigi. She owed it to him, and her husband.

"Mario," Peach thought glumly. Not too long after she talked to him in the garden, Peach immediately had him go to their bedroom to sleep. After she made sure he was resting, she immediately went to work backtracking every adventure her husband went on and every place that was attacked by Bowser. A task that wasn't easy, but that wasn't going to stop Peach. It was the least she could do for him, especially after everything he and Mario did for her. Peach sighed and looked at the photo of her, Mario, Luigi, and Daisy on her desk sadly, regret emerging. The queen thought about all the times she took Luigi for granted and unintentionally mistreated him: The time she forgot to mention him when he, Mario, and their infant-selves saved her from an alien invasion, and when she knocked Luigi out of the way because she was excited to see Mario unharmed when they rescued him on vibe island. Peach wiped away the tears forming around the brim of her eyes.

"Luigi" Peach whispered, "I'm so sorry. I promise we will find you."

Luigi groaned as the light crept through the tiny window of his cell. His eyes were puffy and red from crying and the lack of sleep. The cold filthy floor made it tough to get comfortable, and the pain he endured from Bowser only made it worse. He prayed the Koopa king was in a much better mood and wouldn't come down to the dungeon.

*click*

The green hero wondered if he spoke too soon as he heard the entrance to the dungeon open, followed by the sound of footsteps. Luigi lifted his head to see it wasn't the evil tyrant himself but his minions: a Boomerang Bro, an Ice bro, and a Fire Bro, three Chargin' chucks, and three Hammer bros, one of them being the army hammer bro. He didn't say anything but locked eyes with Luigi, who did his best to keep a straight face. If he had to guess they were sent to keep an eye on him to make sure he didn't escape, or just to taunt him. Either way, the green superstar wasn't going to give them any satisfaction―No that would only give them more power over him, something he didn't want to happen. The silence soon shattered when the Arm hammer bro spoke,

"Well if it isn't Green Stache." He sneered and tilted he black helmet up, "Hope you slept well last night." Luigi said nothing and continued to glare at him. "Not talking huh?" The minion continued and turned to his fellow minions, "Being the chattier twin, you'd think he'd have something to say."

"Or at least something to cry about," One of the hammer bros jeered as the rest of the minions continued to laugh at Luigi who stayed silent.

"What's wrong greenie, cat got your tongue, or was it lord Bowser who took it?" One of the Chargin' Chucks joked as the minions laughed even harder.

Unamused by the immaturity, Luigi rolled his eyes and said in a dry tone, "Unless you're here to make my ears bleed from all of your corny jokes, what is it?"

The minions scowled at the comment as the Army Hammer bro pulled out the keys to Luigi's cell, unlocking the door and entering in with his comrades following him in. Luigi, without his demeanor changing, glanced at the villains as they surrounded him, staring at him with immense hate. Luigi felt a tinge of fear within his heart, and his adrenaline spiking up when he saw the malice gleaming within their eyes, but the plumber refused to show his foes his fear.

Without warning, one of the Chargin' Chucks grabbed one of the chains connected to Luigi's left hand and yanked him up. Luigi let out a startling gasp as he was pulled to his feet, and the chain connected to his right hand was grabbed by another Chuck. The two enemies held onto the chains and grabbed Luigi's arms, and kept their feet planted onto the chains connected to Luigi's ankles. Though futile, Luigi started struggling, determined to break free. He stopped when the Army Hammer bro walked up to him, laughing wickedly.

"Do you know what you're brother did to us the other day?" the hammer bro asked in a malevolent tone.

"No, enlighten me!" Luigi hissed.

The black helmet hammer bro grabbed the prisoner by the collar of his shirt, forcing him to maintain eye contact with him, "He busted into Lord Bowser's castle, and started tearing up the place, piece by piece, looking for you." Luigi couldn't help but smirk at that. He knew Mario was looking for him. The army bro noticed this and continued "As if destroying our home wasn't enough, he started beating up our fellow minions!"

"Oh wah," Luigi spat, "As if Big bro hasn't destroyed your crappy castle or pounded you guys before-"

*SLAP!*

Luigi felt his head abruptly turn to his left side. He bit his lip, holding in a whimper of pain and ignoring the burning sting on his face. The black helmet hammer bro growled at the young man's insolence. Though rather than yell at him for his smart-aleck remark, the minion calmed down and continued,

"As you probably can imagine, many of us are still sore over what happened, and with Lord Bowser's blessing, we plan to relieve some of that anger." Before Luigi could reply, the Army Hammer bro moved back and the third Chargin' Chuck walked up to the plumber and slammed his fist into his face.

Luigi's head jerked to the side again, only for his attacker to strike him repeatedly. After a few hits, the Chargin' Chuck stuck his captive in the throat. Luigi coughed up a bit of blood, feeling the burning pain emerging in his esophagus. He felt the other two Chucks let go of his chains and arms, causing him to drop straight to the concrete floor. Luigi immediately reached for his neck and continued to cough. He only had a short moment to catch his breath before the Hammer, Ice, Fire, and Boomerang bros surrounded him and began beating him. Luigi instinctively covered his head as he felt the Hammer, Ice, and Boomerang bros kicking him and the hammer bros hitting him with their trademark weapons. Luigi nearly let out a cry in pain when one of the Chargin' Chucks stomped on his leg and when another stomped on his back. The poor plumber's eyes widen in pain; his body was already sore from Bowser's assault, now it was doubling from the minions' attack. But he was determined not to give the same satisfaction as their boss when he pummeled him.

After a couple of minutes, the minions stopped and looked at the battered plumber, chuckling at him while he was catching his breath as he slowly lifted his head at the leading minion, who only spared him a glance before turning to his fellow minions, laughing at their own cruelty.

"Aw man, that felt great!" The Ice Bro said with glee.

"No kidding," The fire bro added, "Too bad it wasn't Mario though."

"Yeah, but at least Lord Bowser was kind enough to let us take our frustration out of Greenie here," The boomerang bro chortled.

"Maybe he'll let us have our payback on Red before he finishes him off." One of the hammer bros said hopefully.

"K-Keep dreaming." The minions looked down at their beaten captive who glared at them in defiance, "You . . . You think you can s-stop Mario. HA!" Luigi spat furiously, "He's going to c-come back strong, and the results w-will be the same. You guys end up getting the CRAP kicked out of you with your own weapons or shells, you waste of space LOSERS!"

The minions gasped at Luigi's remark. The Army Hammer bro was clearly the most furious at his disrespectful remark, "Little snot!" he shouted and gave Luigi a kick in his chest cavity, who in turn lets out a painful cry.

"AHH!"

Mario Jerked up out of the bed in a panic. He looked around the room for the sound in confusion, but he was alone in the room. Mario looked at the clock as it read 9: 45 Am; he really must have been tired from all the stress, especially if he was hearing things. Yet it still felt real to the young king. Sitting on the edge of his bed Mario buried his face into his hands groaning as he felt his heart ping painfully.

He shifted his head over to the nightstand to see the picture of him and Luigi when they still lived in New York. The king extended his hand over to the photo taking it to his quivering palms. He felt the tears well up again as he hugged the photo and whispered,

"Luigi . . . "

I'm Back. Sorry it took so long, I was in a slump for awhile

Anyway, new Chapter.

If you thought Mario was going through hell worrying, Poor Peach is practically working herself to death. I wanted to give Peach a part where she would reflect on the past a bit and her interactions with Luigi. I know they're good friends and while Peach is a good person she's not perfect of course, she's made mistakes. I view her as someone who when she realizes she's made a mistake that hurts people she goes out of her way to correct the wrong and try to avoid it in the future. I'm sure she has apologized to Luigi but sometimes, and this goes with everyone, we think about how we sometimes take people for granted and may have unintentionally hurt them: i know i have.

Poor Luigi faced hell once again with some scorn minions. I had them in this chapter because why not. Bowser wants to hurt Mario mentally and emotionally just like how he wants luigi to suffer physically and what better way then to let his minions take their hate out on Luigi. But Luigi's going to stand strong of course.

As for Mario, poor guy still is determined to find his baby bro.

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All characters belong to Nintendo.

Also: HAPPY Mario Day.

I run now from the angry fans now!