Super Smash Bros adventures chapter 15
With a mighty battle cry, Princess Shroob transforms into her strongest form and lashes out at Mario with her tentacles. Mario, being as quick as he is, leaps over them and Punches furiously.
"You'll have to do better than that if you want to defeat me." Princess Shroob taunts, and grabs Mario, hurling him away.
Mario slides to the edge of the tower where he skids to a stop. He moans in pain and stands again. Rubbing his hands together, he creates two balls of Fire and throws them at the Shroob princess.
The enemy raises her tentacles and forms balls of Shadow Energy, which she intercepts Mario's oncoming Fireballs with. Then, she relentlessly throws Shadow Balls at Mario, and the red clad plumber doesn't have many options since he's at the edge of the tower.
Mario pulls out his Cape and bats the energy balls away. "You'll never beat me, Princess Shroob!" Mario declares, and jumps forward to gain more battleground.
"Oh really?" the evil princess asks. Seeing Mario's plan to charge her, the Shroob catches Mario's foot with her tentacle and launches him away again. "Come forth, My Shroobs! Help your princess dispose of this plumber!" she calls.
To Mario's horror, six or seven Shroobs come through the other door on the tower. He gasps when he sees what they are carrying, a huge Bomb!
"Bombs away!" the Shroobs all cry as one, and chuck the massive bomb at Mario.
Mario quickly takes out F.L.U.D.D. and shoots a powerful blast of water, knocking the bomb back to the Shroobs. "Bomb-voyage!" Mario calls out as the bomb explodes, greatly injuring Princess Shroob and destroying her minions.
"That's it!" Princess Shroob declares angrily. She gathers her strength and summons hundreds of Flying Saucers! "This is the end, Mario. Let's see if you can stop this!"
Mario stares dumbfounded as Princess Shroob and the Flying Saucers channel their energy and combine it into a massive ball five times Mario's size. Having only seconds to act, the plumber does the only thing he thinks of. With a great effort, he musters all of his power. His body feels like it is in fire, and every muscle aches as he gathers his strength.
"Oh yeah! Hiya!" Mario cries as massive waves of Fire are released from his hands. The wall of fire grows in strength, and the heat is intense. Finally, the flames collide with Princess Shroob's energy, and it is a battle of wills, both combatants groaning, struggling to triumph.
Mario grits his teeth, as it seems like the space energy is overpowering his fire. Mario thinks he should give up. How can he possibly overpower this massive force?
But, then Mario looks over and sees Peach still lying there helpless, in need of a hero. Mario narrows his eyes, and with newfound strength, powers up his flames.
"What?" Princess Shroob cries in shock. "What is this? You're not supposed to be this powerful! Eeek!" she screams as she is hit with the force of Mario's fire and her own energy. The evil princess is slammed into the wall of her tower and falls to the floor.
"It's over! I've won again!" Mario declares, gazing at the evil Shroobs broken form.
Princess Shroob moans in pain, but speaks. "You've… think… you've won… but the master… has many more… surprises waiting… for you." She chokes out.
"The master?" Mario wonders, puzzled. "What do you mean?" he asks, running over to her to get a straight answer.
But, the princess only laughs weakly, a cold, evil laugh that sent chills down Mario's spine. "The… special one who… revived me… he will… bring… others… and they will destroy you!"
However, Princess Shroob has exhausted all of her strength, and turns back into a Poison Mushroom.
Mario quickly runs over to Princess Peach, who is not moving. "Peach! Wake up!" he calls out to her.
Nothing happened from Princess Peach.
"Peach! Please!" Mario begs. He listens to her chest. "I can't hear her heart-beat." Mario mutters, worry threatening to consume him. "No! Please wake up! Please!"
Meanwhile, back at the mansion, all the Smashers are enjoying lunch when a loud crash startles most of them. Luigi, Zelda, Robin, and a few others rush out to see Mario carrying Peach, and become shocked and worried.
"You found her!" Zelda exclaims. "But why is she-?" The princess doesn't get to finish her question because Mario is moving too fast.
"Mario, what happened?" asks Luigi, hoping to get an answer from his brother.
"No time!" Mario informs hastily as he runs for the infirmary, Luigi and the others following behind. Mario lays Peach on one of the unoccupied beds and calls for Sakurai.
Within minutes, Sakurai arrives at the infirmary and is inspecting Princess Peach. Mario is quickly explaining what happened with the other Smashers listening intently.
After a few tense minutes, Sakurai looks up, everyone waiting for his verdict. "I'm no doctor, but she seems to have been poisoned." The Smash host says with concern.
The Smashers mutter among themselves, but are immediately silenced when Mario punches the wall with fury. "It's all my fault! If I got to Princess Shroob's castle earlier, then Peach would be alive." Mario states furiously.
"Mario. Calm down." Sakurai commands. "I know you're upset, but we don't need anymore holes in the walls."
"Come on, Bro. Don't blame yourself." Luigi consoles, placing a conforting hand on Mario's shoulder.
Hot tears run down Mario's face. "There's no one else to blame, except for myself." sadly says Mario.
"Mario, please calm down." Sakurai says consolingly. "I know someone who can save Peach."
Mario becomes hopeful. "Who can help?" he asks, blinking away fresh tears.
Suddenly, the door to the infirmary opens and a man in a doctor's coat comes in. He looks just like Mario. "Hello everyone, it's been a while." greeted the doctor.
Mario stares in shock. "Y-You're back?" he sputters, not knowing what to think.
"We haven't seen you since the Melee tournament." Zelda remarks, puzzled.
"Doctor Mario was one of the new fighters for this tournament." Sakurai explains. "He just had a medical emergency to attend to and was unable to make the welcoming party."
"Can you save Peach?" Luigi asks the doctor hopefully.
"Let's see what I can do." Dr. Mario replies seriously. After a few minutes of examining Peach, the doctor looks in his bag and pulls out a large, blue and yellow pill. The Smashers watch as he puts the pill into Peach's mouth.
"What did you give her, Doc?" Luigi wonders curiously.
"A special anti-poison pill." The doctor says. "This pill can help any patient who has eaten a lot of poison mushrooms."
"So Peach is going to be Okay?" Zelda and Robin ask hopefully.
"She'll be awake in an hour." Doctor Mario replies, much to Mario's relief.
"I'll be going back to my office." says Sakurai, and he leaves the infirmary, leaving the others to watch over the Mushroom Kingdom Princess.
After a while, Link, Pit, Charizard, Little Mac, Roy, and Corrin visit the Smashers in the infirmary, having heard what happened.
"Is everything okay?" wonders Link.
"Yeah, Peach is going to be all right." replies Mario.
The others than notices the doctor in the room. "There are two Mario's!" Pit panics.
"Doc! It's been a while." greets Roy.
"It's good to see you, Roy." Greeted Dr. Mario, shaking hands with the red haired swordsman.
"Wait, was this guy in another tournament?" wonders Little Mac. "Yep, he was in the Melee tournament." replies Link.
"You two are like twins." surprisingly says Corrin.
"I wasn't aware of that." muses Robin.
Suddenly, Peach begins to stir in her sleep. "Mmm… Huh?" she says groggily, blinking in confusion. "What happened?" wonders Peach.
"You're all right!" Mario exclaims among excited cries from the others. The plumber is relieved, and begins to think that maybe things may work out after all. He is so glad to see that Peach is still able to make more memories in her life, and decides that though they can't be together, that maybe he could still make some friendly memories with her as well… Maybe…
"What… happened to me?" asks Peach, still slightly out of it.
"Mario saved you from Princess Shroob, and rio came and revived you." Luigi explains.
"Oh, really?" Peach asks, staring at her ex-boyfriend gratefully. "Thank you Mario, and welcome back, Dr."
Suddenly, the door to the infirmary opens. Mario thinks it is more Smashers coming to visit Peach, but his heart sinks when he hears the happiness in Peach's voice at the visitor.
"Prince Haru!" Peach cries with glee.
Everyone turns to the door and notices a green haired Prince, clearly not a Smasher. "Princess Peach! You're okay," greets the prince, who rushes to her bedside. Peach and Prince Haru hug each other, a gold engagement ring glinting on his finger. "Toadsworth told me what happened, my darling, and I hurried as quickly as I could."
"I'm so glad you could come!" Peach says, her blue eyes sparkling.
Everyone gazes at the touching scene and feels happy, except Mario, who stares, expressionless at the two. "This is Prince Haru? Peach looks really happy with him." Mario thinks enviously to himself.
"Thank you to whoever saved my dear Princess Peach." thanked Prince Haru.
"It's no problem." says Dr. Mario as Prince Haru hugs his fiancé again.
Mario turns and is about to storm from the room, dejected and angry.
"Thank you for saving me, Mario," calls Peach, waving at the plumber and not noticing his sour mood.
As painful as it is, Mario stops and turns. "You're… welcome, Peach." He chokes out, and makes a break for the door.
"Mario, where are you going?" wonders Robin.
"I need some lone time." Mario huffs, and exits the infirmary, leaving the others to stare in awkward silence.