Chapter 8 Entering the Abyss

John's P.O.V

I was on the ship that had taken me from my place of rule. I was looking over the edge of the ship that was suspending me in the air.

"I could've just flown here!"

I screamed at the clouds. I balled my hands into fists and struck the deck of the ship with my fist. Splinters flew from the impact of my fist. There was a hole in the deck now. Destroying things made me feel better.

"What's the matter my fine friend?"

Ivo called from the ship's cabin. I took splinters out of my hand as I walked to him. My glowing irises lighting my path as I walked to him. I took the last piece of wood out of my hand as he started to speak again.

"That was a great display of strength Abyss!"

He praised me. I just stared at him, which made Ivo fall silent.

"I thought that you were to address me by my real name, not by my vessel's name."

I stated. Ivo shifted uneasily.

"I am sorry my Lord. please forgive me!"

He practically cried as he kneeled on both knees begging for mercy at my feet.

"That's more like it Ivo!"

I smiled and laughed maniacally as he got up again.

"That's how you should address someone of my stature Ivo."

I told him.

"Now get back to your post!"

I shouted at him. Ivo nodded and went back into the cabin of the ship. I followed him since I was bored.

I could be doing so much more right now. I have all of this power, yet I can't use it.

I thought to myself as I tore the cabin door open. This caused the hinges to snap and the door to go flying off of the ship with the force that I had opened the door open with.

"Oops, I broke it."

I announced as I entered the room. Wind rushed through the room, causing howling sounds and throwing papers everywhere as I entered. I looked at what was before me. A single lamp was suspended over what looked like to be an oak table. Ivo was steering the ship when I had entered. We were flying pretty fast since I saw the Knots dial at 50.

"How fast is 50 Knots Ivo?"

I asked as I materialized a door where I had torn the door off of its hinges. The wind stopped howling through the room and the papers that were taken up in the breeze softly fluttered to the ground, where they stopped moving.

"50 Knots in Miles Per Hour my Lord?"

Ivo asked me. I looked at him crossly.

"It goes without saying Ivo."

I replied. He turned back to steering the ship through the turbulence of the storm that we were flying through.

"I heard that the King was going to be with us on this mission John."

Ivo started. I walked to the table and sat down. I growled angrily.

"Stop changing the subject and just tell me how fast we are going ok!?"

I exploded at Ivo. he started to shudder a little and I laughed to myself.

"We-we're g-g-going a-at 57 Miles Per Hour L-L-Lord John"

Ivo stammered as he gripped the helm of the ship. I looked down at the papers that were on the table. Somehow without knowing it, I had used magic to bring the papers from the ground back to the table I was sitting at. I looked at the papers that were on the table. All of them were displaying maps of our current area, maps of the United Islands, battle strategies for our invasion and finally, a cross section of the ship that we were flying in. the door burst open and I looked at the figure that was in the doorway.

"What are you doing here?"

I asked the figure that I had known all too well as the figure walked to the seat that was across from where I was sitting at. He barely fit into the room because of his size.

"I thought that you were supposed to be somewhere else right now."

I somewhat mocked the individual as he sat on the chair opposite of me. The chair sagged inwards from the sheer weight of the individual.

"I wouldn't press your luck young one. I still have the power to imprison you in that egg that your brother hatched from."

The individual told me. I studied him in the half-darkness of the room. He looked like a turtle crossed with a dragon. He had jagged teeth, spikes coming from his back, scaly hands that were tipped with sickle-tipped claws. He had horns that protruded from his head and eyes that had a base color of yellow, but had the vertical slit pupil color of Red color. His muscles bulged against the collars that ringed his shoulders, arms and legs. I could see the scratches that scarred the black metal rings, causing this individual seem much more sinister than I thought this individual was.

"King Bowser, how nice of you to join us!"

Ivo exclaimed from the helm of the ship. Bowser did not shift his gaze, instead he narrowed his eyes at me, causing my breath catch in my throat for a mere second.

"You didn't kill the Chosen One."

He stated with a extremely low, gravelly voice. He stared at me with his narrowed eyes that I felt could burn holes through me. I opened my mouth to speak.

"Allow me t-"

I started, but Bowser put his huge hand up to silence me.

"You have no excuse not to have succeeded in your mission John."

He overspoke me with a flat tone. I slowly rose from my seat. I could feel the evil within rise as it wanted to destroy everything within my sight, but I had already pledged my allegiance to Bowser and Ivo. after all, Bowser had taken me in and Ivo had saved my life. I slammed my fist onto the table, causing a hole in the table. When I did this, Ivo flinched and he jerked the wheel, sending me off balance. I slammed into the wall, but I was able to regain my balance. I was enraged now. I could see steam starting to become present from the edges of my mouth and nostrils.

"You don't have enough power to be angry yet John."

Bowser stated.

"You need to have much more power before you can really become a threat."

He finished. I walked past Bowser to Ivo who was shaking with fear. I looked out the windshield of the ship.

"How long until we get where we need to go?"

I asked Ivo. he shook his fear off and continued staring ahead.

"We will be at the King's castle in about 15 minutes."

Ivo replied with a steady voice.

"Good"

I replied with finality. I walked back down to where Bowser was sitting. When I sat down, I saw that he was looking through my papers.

"What are you doing with my construction papers?"

I asked tensely. He looked up from the papers he was looking at.

"Do you really want me to answer that truthfully John?"

He asked me with a raised eyebrow. Now I was concerned. I had never been scared before, but I didn't want to press the buttons of an individual that was about twice or three times my size.

"I actually would if you don't mind."

I replied with annoyance. I sat down in the the chair and looked across the table to see Bowser put the papers down. I could see flames licking the edges of his mouth and his nostrils expelling smoke and small embers.

"They're here."

He announced getting quickly up from his chair and walking quickly to the door. He pulled the door open so hard, the door snapped off of its hinges a second time. This time, the door went barreling towards Ivo, who had turned from steering the ship. He saw the door barreling towards him and started to shield himself from getting hit by the door. I threw a fireball at the door. The fireball hit the door and shattered the door into splinters right as it was about to impact Ivo. splinters went everywhere and smoke filled the room. I could see Bowser walk out of the room. Ivo started coughing and sputtering from the smoke. I took a deep breath of the smoke in the room. It was a good smell to me since I loved seeing destruction. I took a huge breath of the smoky air once more to clear the room of the smoke. Ivo stopped coughing. He looked at me and then to the splinters on the floor.

"H-how d-did you?"

He stammered as I started to leave the room. I was not able to stand being in the presence of someone that was so weak. As I was about to go through the door, but I stopped.

"Do you really want me to answer that question truthfully?"

I asked him without turning my head to look at him.

"I'd rather not ask about that kind of subject in regards to your current state of being."

He replied with a now even voice.

"Then I will explain all the gory details later."

I said with finality as I walked through the door to leave Ivo by himself. I walked across the deck of the ship, fighting the wind, the objects that flew across the deck of the ship and the somewhat cold that was creating frost on the ends of my scales. My host body could feel the cold sting of being so high in the sky, but being a ghost was really helpful sometimes.

Why is it that I chose this individual to inhabit? Why not one of the Enemy' s closest friends?

I asked myself as I descended down the steps to the ship's laboratory. With each step, I could feel the humidity leaving the air. This made it a little hard to breathe, but I didn't care.

"Where are you at?"

I asked myself quietly. I searched in the darkness for my weapon. I felt along objects in the darkness to see if I could find my way. Seeing that I couldn't, I materialized a fireball in my hand. An Orange glow filled the room. I was taken back in surprise when I found out what this room was.

"What are you doing here Abyss?"

A low growly voice asked me. I quickly turned to see Bowser right in front of me. My breathing quickened and I started to feel numb. I could tell that he was angry about something, as I could see his heart rate was high and that Adrenaline was flowing through his veins.

"I was merely looking for my weapon."

I stated flatly. Bowser shifted a little. It was then that I saw in the light that most of his shell was scarred and that some of his spikes were missing. He also seemed to be bleeding since I saw drops of a foreign liquid on the floor.

"How long does it take to find a sword?"

I would not wield a measly tin strip of something.

I Snorted to myself. I just now noticed that Bowser asked me his question quietly. Small embers, smoke and ashes fell from his mouth as he spoke. I started to walk past him, but he put out his huge hand to stop me.

"Are you going to answer my question?"

He asked me. I didn't answer. There was a moment of silence between us. For a second there was the sounds of rain hitting the ship, the crash of thunder and the beats of the ship's blades.

"I don't care what you need to do as long as you accomplish your task Abyss."

Bowser stated as he removed his hand from being in my way. I felt blades coming from the spaces in my hands. I smiled to myself and continued on my way, leaving Bowser in the Weapons Room/Laboratory. I walked about two steps before a huge impact rocked the ship. This sent me off balance and I slammed into the wall. This didn't phase me at all. I was now running quickly with the speed of the my host's body as well as my own speed. I ran up the steps and stopped in the heavy rain to see two individuals in a plane. This was annoying to me since I knew who these people were.

"Why is it always these two that are sent to fight us?"

I asked myself as I felt the changes associated with battle take over my body….but this time the changes were different. I kept my eyes on the airplane as it flew around the ship. The airplane was Red and Green in color. I could also tell that it was a BiPlane by the wing structure. I growled to myself when I saw the Shine Spite decal on the wings of the airplane. The airplane was firing Bullet Bills at the airship that I was on. Something started to send chills up and down my back.

"Ready to test the limits of your abilities?"

Bowser asked me quietly. I couldn't see or feel him arrive which was odd to me, but that wasn't my main concern at the moment. I felt a breeze of air travel up my back. I had the sudden urge to look up into the air at the moment. I knew why I had the urge to look when I saw the object that Bowser threw into the air. It was an invention that he had stolen from the Mushroom Kingdom not too long ago. It was the prized possesion of Doctor E. Gadd: the ForceField Generator. The object exploded into a bright Yellow light that blinded me for a brief second. I blinked my eyes once and saw a ForceField of Yellow color had surrounded our ship. I walked to the bow of the ship and looked off into the distance. I laughed to myself when I saw the castle in the distance.

"We are almost to the castle. All individuals on the ship prepare for landing!"

Ivo's voice rang out of the various megaphones on the ship. The airplane that was flying around the ship started to annoy me. The fact that it was firing bullets that did no damage to the ForceField and the fact that the bullets were causing annoying tinkling sounds when the bullets hit the ForceField didn't help my anger. I had not noticed the changes that had taken place, but I could feel them. I looked down at my Steel Toed Boots to see that claws had punctured through the steel portion of the boot, revealing black claws that were curved and sharp as sickles. I then looked at left arm to see I had gained a huge amount of muscle mass.

I could use this.

I thought to myself as I felt my bone structure change to bring the long horns, claws, sharp teeth and elbow blades that would change me into my "Battle Form". I didn't care for what King Bowser and Ivo called it. I had something that they didn't have and this was my transformation, not theirs; so they couldn't call it what they wanted to. I felt the numbness of the pain that went along with the transformation. My teeth grew in my mouth to become longer and sharper. I had horns growing out of my head. I could also feel my bone structure becoming more dense. I also now had a dark Purple and Black aura around my body.

"I'm going to enjoy this."

I told myself as the ship landed. The shield disappeared and I jumped off of the ship to survey my surroundings. Two more impacts resounded from behind me as I looked to the castle that was in my view.

"Like what you see Master Abyss?"

Ivo asked me. I looked at the castle in front of me. It looked like to me made of the standard castle-causing substance(bricks). They were covered mostly in moss and some were starting to degrade, as there were chunks missing from some of the bricks. There was a Red carpet leading up to the main entryway. There was no drawbridge or moat, but what I did see made me smile.

"I'd like to assume that you do like it by that amazing smile of yours Master Abyss!"

Ivo said to me. I looked down at him to see him start shaking again. I smiled cruelly and grabbed him by his neck to hold him in the air.

"You're right. I do like it."

I stated. Ivo was starting to struggle, which made me want to torture him more. I brought my face close to his. Ivo started to whimper in fear.

" Consider this your thanks from me."

I said with a maniacal laugh. I dropped Ivo and started to walk across the Red carpet that led to the main door. I could hear Bowser keeping pace right behind me. I didn't know why he wasn't saying anything, but I could conclude that he was anxious about something. I stopped in mid-stride and Bowser slammed into my back. I didn't move, but Bowser fell on his back. I quickly turned around and put my boot on his chest close enough to where my sickle-tipped claws were just centimeters away from his throat. He stared at me with narrowed eyes.

"What are you doing?"

Bowser asked furiously. He tried to move against my restraining hold, but couldn't even move my smallest toe. I smiled my full, jagged, cruel smile that struck fear in Bowser. His pupils shrank to tiny slits when I started to press down on his chest with my boot, causing the sickle claws barely draw blood from his chest.

"I want to know what exactly was going on when the airplane was flying around your ship, WHO was on that airplane any why they had access to Bullet Bills."

I told him seething with the uncontrollable rage that the Anti-Matter-Core gave me. I pressed harder with my foot down on his chest. I could hear bones cracking with the intense pressure my foot was producing. I could see tiny rivers of blood trickling down Bowser's chest.

"Let me up and I will tell you all that I know."

He said with a strained voice. Reluctantly, I took my foot off of his chest. As soon as I did that, Bowser took a huge breath of air. He was shaking from something.

Was it fear, anger, nervousness, or hatred?

I asked myself as he got up. I could see that he was obviously disturbed by the way he started walking immediately, taking giant strides to cover the distance left to the door. I started to walk again when I heard footsteps resound behind me once again. I looked over my shoulder as I continued to walk, but saw no one. I shifted my gaze back to the door, which was being held by Bowser. I stopped in the entryway of the door close to Bowser. I could see from the corner of my eye that He was giving me a disgusted look.

"I would advise watching the way you act around me "King" Bowser, I can do much more to you than you think."

I stated without looking at him. He stiffened and continued looking through the door. I continued walking into the castle. The door shut behind me causing a low creaking sound as it shut. I took in the surroundings of the castle's dark and dreary room. The only illumination that there was came from the dark aura that I was emanating. In front of me there was a staircase with two ways leading up to a single door that was covered with metal bumps. The door was a Red-Orange color and right above it was a insignia that I knew of too well. I looked away from the door and looked to my left. There was a hallway that had many doors on both sides of the hallway. At the end of that hallway was a dead end. I looked to the left and saw the same thing that was on the right side of the room. At this end of the hallway, there was a door that was unmarked. This piqued my interest, but I didn't go to see what the door led to. I shifted my gaze back to the room and looked for anything that was of use. I looked up at the ceiling to see a chandelier that was made of many different gems that sparkled with the natural light that came from the moon. Looking back down at the room, I noticed that there was a fireplace…..that had just been lit.

"Nice of you to attend this wonderful place."

A familiar voice said. I whipped around to see if anyone was behind me. There was no one behind me. I looked all around the room trying to see if anything was around. Finding nothing, I looked to the top of the stairs to see a weird-looking figure standing at the top of the stairs. The figure was covered in a Blue cloak that had a hood on it. The figure also had a Red shawl that was covering his his shoulders and neck. I had no idea why the figure had such clashing colors, but it bothered me for some reason. The figure also had gems that ringed his neck. These gems glittered in the soft Purple and Black light that I was emanating.

" And who are you?"

I asked in mock wonder. I sneered at the individual that was on the stairs. The figure snapped its fingers and immediately moved from where he was standing at the top of the stairs, to be placed in location three feet from where I was standing. It was then that I could see that this figure had a staff on its back.

"You have the audacity to ask me my name?"

The figure replied incredulously. I laughed a low growly laugh that made the figure twitch. I could tell that this individual, whoever this individual thought he was, had clearly not met me.

"You have the audacity to challenge me?"

I responded with a smile. I heard the heavy wooden door open once again. I turned to see who had entered the castle. I was about done with this individual, but what I saw had enticed me to leave this individual and take the next matter into my hands.

"They are here!"

A voice shouted.

"We need to get to the top of the castle as quickly as we can!"

The same voice wailed. I looked to see Bowser, Ivo and a badly beaten….thing. I didn't even know what this thing was, so I walked over to where the three were standing. The hooded figure followed me to where the others were standing as well.

"You have failed me for the last time!"

Bowser yelled at the thing. I could get a clear look at the thing now. It looked to be a bipedal turtle that had a Red shell on its back. It had scrapes and cuts all over its shell. Looking closer at it, I could see bits of bone protruding from the missing patches of scales. In these areas, there was blood leaking in rivers. Looking at the face of the thing, I could see that it had a similar facial structure of a yoshi, however, it was different in nose size. I could see the life leaving its eyes as Bowser continually tightened the hold on the thing's neck.

"Another failure your majesty?"

The hooded figure asked. Bowser turned from facing the thing. He smiled at the hooded figure and the figure nodded. Bowser turned back to look back at the thing.

"Do you know what we do to Koopa Troopa failures?"

Bowser asked with malice. The "Koopa" started to shudder and protest, but Bowser kept the thing in his massive hand. Bowser looked back to the hooded figure who was fidgeting with the staff that was on the individual's back.

"Have any great ideas Kamek?"

So that's who this is.

I thought to myself as the figure took the hood off of his head. His hands ended in pointed claws, very similar to how mine were. There were only two differences between me and this "Kamek" individual. The first one was that he didn't have as much power as me and the second thing was that he was not a strong as me, but what I could say about him was that he was very well versed in magic indeed. I could feel magic energy emanating from him.

"I have three your majesty."

Kamek replied. Bowser scowled at him.

"Why don't you just tell me them already!?"

Bowser yelled, causing the koopa shudder even more. Kamek sighed.

"The first one would be quick, but not painless."

Kamek stated. Bowser laughed quietly, looking straight at the koopa.

"And what may that be?"

Bowser asked. Kamek laughed a high, shrill laugh.

"The first one would be using that koopa as a "skipping stone" over the lava pit that you have."

Kamek started. This statement was responded to with a series of sobs by the koopa. Kamek took a deep breath.

"What about the second one Kamek?"

Bowser asked. I looked at kamek again. Now I could study his face. He was nothing that I had ever seen before. He looked like a yoshi that was crossed with a half-turtle and half goomba. He actually looked pretty intimidating in my opinion. I could also see that he had a ridiculous size of glasses that covered most of his face. The glasses were Bluish-Black in color. He also had fangs that went halfway to his chin.

Not as intimidating as I could be, but what could those fangs be used for?

I thought to myself as kamek started to speak again.

"This one is better than the first one your majesty!"

Kamek started.

"Just get to the point!"

Bowser roared, sending a huge jet of flame that almost reached the top of the castle. Kamek cleared his throat and started again.

"As I was saying, my second suggestion is that we make him into Turtle soup."

Kamek suggested with a mock shrug. The sobbing of the koopa became more pronounced now. Bowser and Kamek laughed together while the koopa cried for mercy. Bowser was obviously into the torture of his "Failures" because he was anxious to hear the third suggestion.

"The third one is relatively new to me, so I don't know if you'll approve of it."

Kamek's voice trailed off. To this, Bowser looked sternly with narrowed eyes at him.

"What is this new suggestion?"

Bowser asked with a bit of contempt in his voice. Kamek motioned to me with his head. This made me crack my knuckles in eagerness.

"I've always wanted know how hard it would be to break a koopa's shell."

I said menacingly as I walked over to the koopa. For some reason, Bowser had let the koopa go. I had also noticed that there was a battalion of koopas that were watching. They were assigned into rows by what seemed to rank or color. The first row consisted of five individuals that were similar in body composition as the one that was on the ground cowering in his shell. This row had koopas of green shell color, but what made these individuals special was the weaponry that they wielded. Each one carried a sledgehammer that was spiked on the sides of the hammer and they wore helmets that seemed to be very heavy, as the necks of these individuals seemed to be bulging with muscle mass. They kneeled before Bowser and Kamek. Next there was a row of larger, more bulkier versions of the koopa that was still cowering on the ground. These koopa's had red, cleated boots, were Blue in color, and had helmets on them. The muscle on these koopas astounded me since I thought that there were only the weak koopas that I saw when I entered this castle. These koopas knelt and now I could see the next row. The next row of koopas were similar in size and bulk, but lacked the armor that the other koopas that I had seen so far. I didn't know why the muscle mass of these koopas were concentrated in their arms, but I didn't care. These koopas kneeled and the next row came into view. This row consisted of koopas that had wings. Three of them were Red in color and the Other two were Green in color. These koopas were not very intriguing to me, so I didn't pay much attention to them, but the next row of individuals captured and kept my attention. This row was very vibrant and had very important-looking individuals in the line. They all wore masks of different colors and all of them were a different color. The first one in line wore a metal mask that only showed his eyes….which were similar to mine. He was a Maroon color and had cuts and bruises all over his body. The mask had cuts where the nostrils of the individual's nose was. This koopa was good in my eyes. He was menacing with his stance. He was square shouldered and was very strong-looking as muscles bulged from his arms and legs. His weapons were the best part about him because he was Dual-Wielding 20 Pound Spiked SledgeHammers. This one walked from his place in the line to stand by Bowser and took a sentry pose. I looked to the next one in line. This one was a deep Purple colored individual that was slender. All the muscle mass that he could have, he had. This individual had no mask, but his eye color was yellow with orange Irises. He had scars in a X pattern on his face. He had fangs that extended from the top of his mouth to his lower jaw. When he started to walk towards Bowser, he turned his back to me so I could see what weapon he had. He had two serrated machetes that seemed to be composed of a steel base with a titanium alloy. The blade was cut in such a way that made me marvel at its composition. Somehow, this individual was able to make Assassin Lizard spikes into the serrations. This one stood next to the Maroon colored individual. I then looked to the next one in line. This individual was blue in color. This one did not wear a mask, but had a bandanna covering most of his face. This one looked like a normal-looking koopa, but was much smaller in size and did not look too threatening. This individual was frail-looking and he walked with a limp towards the others that were standing next to Bowser in the sentry positions. The fourth one looked a lot like me. He was black in color and wore a mask that amplified his Red glowing eyes. Over the left side of his mask was a deep cut in the metal, giving this individual a menacing look. This one seemed to look normal, but when he moved, he astounded me with his speed. He moved so fast, that I was not able to see what weapon he could wield until he stood in his sentry pose next to bowser. The last individual in the line was something that I knew all too well.

"How nice of you to join us."

Bowser said with a laugh. The figure vaporized in the air and reformed right in front of Bowser.

"We have much to discuss King Bowser, but for now, make this execution interesting."

The figure said quietly. Bowser laughed again and motioning to me, he started to speak in a loud and booming voice.

"I will take option three Kamek!"

He declared. I looked at the trembling shell on the ground. I smiled to myself and I picked up the shell.

"My Elites and Kamek, accompany me to the top of the castle."

Bowser started. He looked directly at me.

"When you're done causing an example of this failure, you may accompany me to take part in battle if you so choose."

He said. After he dictated this, he opened the door and the Elites, the battalion, Kamek and the figure followed him into the castle. Now it was time for me to carry out what I wanted to do. I held the koopa in my hand. It wasn't heavy or dense. I tapped on the shell. It made a hollow thumping sound every time I tapped on it. I looked into the holes of the shell. In the hole where the head was supposed to be, I saw the fearful green eyes of the koopa, which made me smile.

"Where should I start?"

I asked the koopa. Sobbing came from the shell and a teardrop started to fall out from the shell. I threw the shell on the ground. I must've thrown it very hard since the shell shattered into pieces when it impacted the ground.

"Had enough yet Failure?"

I asked the koopa as it tried to stand up. I could see that the koopa had broken bones and now had new cuts, scrapes and bruises. I stomped on the ground and the koopa started to fall backwards slowly. There was Black lightning chains coming from the ground now. As the koopa fell backwards, I grabbed the koopa by the neck and threw the koopa up into the air.

"Hyper Beam!"

I shouted as the familiar surge of power flew through me. I could feel the temperature in my mouth grow as the energy concentrated in my mouth. I strained to keep the energy in my mouth as my cheeks bulged from the purge Dark Energy that I was about to expel. I opened my mouth and a dark stream of pure Anti-Matter that was electrically charged explode from my mouth. The stream streaked towards the koopa. I could see the tears streaming down the koopas cheeks as the stream impacted the koopa. There was an explosion of smoke and and I could see that the body of the koopa had exploded into pieces. As the pieces fell, I could see them melting from the pure Dark Matter that I had expelled. I saw the head of the individual had fallen at my feet. I picked up the head and to my surprise, the head of this individual was still alive. One of the individual's eyes was missing and the nose of this one had melted off, but somehow, he was still alive.

"It's a great thing that you're still alive."

I said with an evil smile. I pierced my nails into the head of the failure. His face started to wither and degrade into dust. As this happened, I could feel the soul of this individual enter mine to become fuel for my own ambitions. Seeing the head had withered to dust, I dropped the head of the individual and walked through the door to meet Bowser at the top of the castle. Knowing that time was limited, I sprinted up the stairs with my newfound power from this….thing.

Why does my bone structure feel so strong and dense?

I asked myself as I tore the metal door off of its hinges. I ran through the open door to see a battle raging in front of me. I smiled to myself and sauntered over to where Bowser was standing. He was standing with his arms crossed and a evil grin on his face. He shifted his eyes to look at me, but didn't move his body.

"Glad to see you could make it Abyss."

He said with a hint of joy in his voice. He motioned to the battle that was raging below. I just now noticed where we were placed in orientation. Were were on a 50-foot wall that looked similar to the castles I had seen before. We were standing in a three-foot-wide path made of solid cinder blocks. There were alterations in the height of the the walls.

These are probably where the archers are supposed to hide and counterattack with arrows.

I thought to myself as a stream of the the green hammer-wielding individuals prepared to make their next attack..

"On my command!"

Bowser shouted. The team took hammers off of their backs and took aim at something.

"Yes master!"

All of them replied in unison.

If only I had minions as powerful and trained as this.

I thought to myself as Bowser gave the fire command.

"FIRE!"

He shouted with such force that a jet of fire singed the middlemost's shell. There was no reaction and this amazed me. I looked over the edge to see three people that were glowing with a brilliance that made me shield my eyes from their brightness. I growled to myself when I saw the colors of clothing that these people wore. I detested the colors Red, Green and Pink and the fact that these people were here made me even more enraged.

I saw a blur of Blue flash by from the upper left side of my left eye. I looked to see what was occupying that space.

"Oh, it's just him."

I said unimpressed when I saw who it was. Kamek was hovering on a broom next to Bowser's head.

"The intruders are passing right through your defenses your majesty."

Kamek reported quietly. Bowser stomped on the brick floor so hard, the bricks cracked. A huge boom went through the area and shards of cinder blocks flew everywhere.

"Why don't you tell me something useful for once!?"

Bowser screamed once again. This sent Kamek flying off of his broom. He landed hard on the ground, crying in pain as Bowser put his foot on his chest when he landed. I could hear cracking of a bone as he started to put his weight on Kamek's chest. Bowser leaned forward so that his mouth was close to Kamek's ear.

"Do not fail me this time Kamek."

He started. Kamek started to whimper.

"Otherwise you'll end up like that failure that you just saw executed."

Bowser finished as he took his foot off of Kamek's chest. Kamek took a huge gust of air back into his body.

"Regeneration."

Kamek whispered to himself. I saw his ribcage reform back into its original shape with sick cracking sounds. Kamek snapped his fingers together and his broom appeared next to him. He got on the broom and took off towards the highest point of the castle. Bowser turned to me.

"You know who these people are don't you?"

He asked me with an evil smile. His eyes started to turn completely Red. He also started to gain some muscle mass as he started to walk towards the giant staircase that led to the top of the castle. This intrigued me because I knew this individual to be under my rank of power. I took only one step before the door behind me exploded into splinters.