Chapter 9 Wrestling Ruckus

Begrudgingly and reluctantly, the Koopalings gave their interdimensional doubles a tour of their castle. Larry in particular was very upset about this. Not only did they imply that they were holding their siblings captive, but the attitudes of the Kootie Pie, Cheatsy, Bully, and Kooky were just rotten to the core. It not only made Larry uncomfortable, it made him downright angry.

The tour didn't start off that bad, though. The Koopalings had collectively decided to keep their interdimensional doubles in places where they would not be seen by anyone of importance (i.e. Bowser and Kamek). So, they mostly stuck to the east wing. Or, to be more specific, the Koopalings' bedrooms. The interdimensional doubles had remained relatively silent as they were showcased the sleeping chambers of the male Koopalings. It wasn't until they got to Wendy's bedroom that things started to go downhill.

"Ooh!" Kootie Pie said once she entered Wendy's pink walled room. Her eyes roamed over Wendy's belongings; from her bedspreads and curtains to her jewelry box and makeup kit. "This place is so pretty!"

"Oh, thank you," Wendy said. She did sound genuinely appreciative of the compliment. Kootie Pie went over to the jewelry box and started to rummage around.

"Hey!" Larry said. "That's not yours!"

Kootie Pie was so absorbed with the box that she seemed to be completely deaf to Larry's scolding. The deeper she got into it, the more insanely greedy she seemed to become.

"Wow!" she said with a gasp. "Emeralds! Opals! Moonstones!?" She giggled fiercely as she took a humongous diamond ring out of the box and slipped it snugly on her finger. "I think that this is just too good to not steal!"

"Steal?" Wendy asked in shock. "But...but...those are mine!"

"And I'm your interdimensional double," Kootie Pie said. "So, the way I see it, what's yours is mine!"

Roy stepped forward, gritting his teeth.

"That is so not true!" he said. "Those gems don't have your name on them!"

"They don't have Wendy's name on them either," Bully pointed out. Roy turned toward him with an even angrier expression.

"Did I ask you!?"

As the two stared each other down, Cheatsy giggled.

"Wow," he said sinisterly. "Looks like the two meatheads have made each other upset."

"Hey!" Larry exclaimed angrily as he stared into Cheatsy's beady eyes. "No one calls my brother a meathead except me!"

Cheatsy laughed.

"Okay," he said. "And I assume that no one calls you useless except you too?"

Larry felt so angry he felt like he wanted to rip Cheatsy's heart straight out of his chest. He lunged at Cheatsy, and together they wrestled on the ground. Larry quickly found out that while Cheatsy wasn't the strongest of Koopas, he was very aggressive. Larry could see that Cheatsy was gritting his teeth, he could hear that an ugly, guttural noise was escaping from his throat. Larry punched him in the face, causing his eyelid to swell to the size of a walnut.

"Alright, break it up,break it up!" Ludwig said as he pried the two of them apart. Larry looked at him defiantly.

"But Ludwig, he called me useless!"

Ludwig leaned forward and whispered into Larry's ear:

"I know. But they have Iggy, Lemmy, and Morton. Do you really want to screw up our chances of getting them back?"

Larry sighed. Ludwig was right. Larry looked at the power suppressor that was locked onto Ludwig's chest. He knew that until that thing was taken off, they had no real options of fighting back.

"Okay," he said. Ludwig smiled.

"Good." He turned toward Kooky. "Your sister can take whatever she wants. As she said, what is Wendy's is hers."

Kooky cackled.

"Yes. It is indeed."

Larry winced at the tone that Kooky had decided to use. His dislike for these guys was growing with each passing minute. He hoped, for the sake of both his sanity and his missing siblings, that someone came up with a plan sometime soon.

...

That night, Larry was having difficulty sleeping. This was mostly due to the fact that Cheatsy had gotten the brilliant idea to steal his bed and sleep in it. What's more, he was letting out world shaking snores, snores that rang in Larty's ears.

This is ridiculous, Larry thought. I can't even sleep in my own bed?

Larry was more than upset at this point, he was downright peeved. Cheatsy had no right to steal his bed! It was his bed! This was just wrong, Larry didn't care what anyone said!

Finding that he could not stay un the room much longer, Larry quietly got up and tiptoed out into the hallway.