Back in Bowser's Villa, Mario and Luigi are still held in Bowser's dungeon. As much as they wanted to get out of their prison, the spell placed on their cell presented a major obstacle.

Mario kept pacing back and forth for several days in a row; he didn't take being held in one spot very well. Luigi was sitting on the bench, deep in thought about the choices he made in his life that led him to this mess.

"Now I know how Peach feels when she gets kidnapped." Mario muttered while pacing back and forth across the cell. "I'm getting sick of being held in one place."

"Same here," Luigi replied, but continued. "But Kamek put a spell on our cell. How can we possibly get out of here if we can't use our powers?"

"Well, we need to think of something! Peach could be in danger by now!"

After much thought, Mario looked up at the ceiling in frustration, and then an idea sparked.

"You know, Luigi? Perhaps we don't have to use our powers to escape." Mario pointed to the ceiling and whispered Luigi his plan.

A hammer brother on patrol was walking past all the dungeon cells when he noticed the Mario Brothers were missing from their cell.

"Hmm, that's weird. The Mario Brothers may have powers, but I'm pretty sure invisibility isn't one of them."

The hammer brother used his key to open the Mario Brothers' cell and entered to investigate their disappearance. Next thing he knew, he felt himself being pounced and wrestled to the ground; the Mario Brothers were hiding on the ceiling, pretending to have escaped.

"Thanks for opening the cell, but we'll be needing that key."

Mario and Luigi ran out of the cell and quickly locked the door behind them, locking the hammer brother in their cell.

"See ya!" Luigi taunted as he and Mario ran off with the keys.

"Hey! Get back here!" Shouted the hammer brother as the Mario Brothers unlocked the dungeon door, prompting the hammer brother to radio in to the other minions.

"Attention all units! The Mario Brothers have escaped! I repeat, the Mario Brothers have escaped!"

Back with the Mario Brothers, they were already in the corridor that led from the dungeon while narrowly hiding from the other minions looking for them.

After a few minutes, the Brothers could not find any other exit other than through the throne room.

"Great," Luigi sighed. "The one place where Bowser practically lives, and we're supposed to go through him to get out of here. What did I do to deserve this?"

"We can't give up now! Although, Bowser is a huge threat since he has the Vibe Scepter, so now we need to find a way to take the scepter away from him."

"And then find Peach and get out of this place!"

"Right."

After a few more minutes, the Mario Brothers made their way toward Bowser's throne room, ready for anything that could happen.

Anything except a whole army of Hammer Brothers, Bowser, and Kamek expecting their arrival.

"Uh oh!" Mario blurted out as several Hammer Brothers tried to pounce on the brothers, but both of them dodged their capture attempts.

The Mario Brothers were doing a good job avoiding the Hammer Brothers for a while, but the tables turned when Bowser blasted Luigi with the Vibe Scepter's power, which weakened Luigi.

"Ugh, not again." Luigi complained groggily as he was struggling to stay awake while fighting the Hammer Brothers; it wasn't long before Luigi passed out.

"Luigi!"

Mario noticed his brother KO'd and was terrified, which gave a group of Hammer Brothers an opportunity to pounce on him, which they took. After a big fight, it ultimately took three hammer brothers to tie up the angry Mario and two hammer brothers to carry the unconscious Luigi.

Bowser walked up to Mario with a smug look on his face.

"Well, it looks like escaping wasn't such a good idea after all, was it?" Bowser taunted while the two hammer brothers are tying up Luigi.

"Let my brother go, you filthy son of a-!" Mario hissed, as he was vigorously struggling to get free from the hammer brothers restraining him.

"I'd keep my temper under control if I knew what was good for your brother, Mario." Bowser snapped, but then continued.

"Although, it seems like two heads are better than one when it comes to prisoners escaping, so I think it would be good to relocate your brother somewhere else."

"What?! No!"

Kamek used his magic to teleport Luigi and the two Hammer Brothers out of the throne room, Mario's eyes widening in terror for his brother's safety.

"Luigi! Where did you take him?!"

Mario turned his head to find Bowser aiming his Vibe Scepter at Mario.

"That's not your concern now, plumber."

Bowser shot Mario with the calm vibe, which made Mario pass out and limp. Bowser then addressed his minions.

"Okay, who thought it was a good idea to let the Mario Brother escape?!" Bowser snapped to his minions.

"Apparently, the troop that radioed in was tricked into unlocking the cell. Won't let it happen again." One minion explained.

"You darn well better not let it happen again! Otherwise you'll be fired, just like the troop that let them escape! Now, when Kamek teleports you to the cell, you're going to put Mario back in that cell, and keep guarding the cell to make sure he doesn't escape again, capeesh?!"

"Sir yes sir!"

"Good! I'm very glad we have an understanding!"

The hammer brothers were then teleported to the dungeon.

"I swear Kamek, sometimes I wonder why I have incompetent minions. Anything to report regarding Perry?"

"Yes sir, he is a Star Child."

"What? You mean the same group of kids I went back in time for?"

"The very same. He must've came from a second generation of Star Children that I wasn't aware of before. After I left Shriek Mansion, I did some research and confirmed that there was another set of Star Children born several years ago. Also, I just received a report that Peach and Perry escaped Shriek Mansion and are at Wavy Beach."

Bowser sighed.

"Well, now that I know this information, I suppose Perry is a more important target than I thought. Do whatever you can to bring him here and get Peach while you're at it as well. They are the Mushroom Kingdom's last line of defense before I can take it over."

"Yes sir!"

Kamek flew while Bowser sat back on his throne to calm himself down.