Mr. R began furiously tugging at his mask, desperate to get it off. If he succeeded, getting out of here would be easier than beating Glass Joe.
In about five minutes, he had half of the mask off his face, and another five minutes would cut it! 'So… close…', he thought while wincing due to the magical strain, 'Almost there. I… can… break… free'.
Suddenly, the door opened, and Count Bleck came in without Mr. R's knowledge. "Hi Mr. R. How are- wait. What are you doing?! BLECK!!! Stop that, or there WILL be consequences!" Mr. R didn't care. He wanted the mask off, to be free again. To go home!
"Nastasia! He's resisting orders", Count Bleck cried as Nastasia raced into the room. She tried to restrain him as best she could, but a quick Super Arm sent Count Bleck's secretary flying through the wall!
Mr. R raced out of the room, having enough of the mask off to regain most of his will, and he was making a beeline to Peach and Bowser to free them ASAP. "MR. P! MR. S! STOP HIM!", Count Bleck bellowed.
Mr. S and Mr. P rounded the corner to stop their friend, ready to please the count again, but that didn't go over so well. Mr. S was squished by Gravity Hold and Mr. P got a mouthful of Hyper Bombs.
Count Bleck turned to see Mr. L at the end of the hallway and shouted, "What are you standing there for, green dip-wad?! Catch the blecking robot!" Mr. L sighed and tried to stop Mr. R as best he could, and, by the luck of the stars, managed to pin him down.
"BLECK! For my sake, what a mess', Count Bleck murmured, 'but, how?! What Mr. R is your reason for acting this way". Mr. R stared blankly at Count Bleck, thinking, then turning to Mr. L and mouthing, "tell him that it was a malfunction. That I glitched a little". Mr. L said just that but Count Bleck wasn't having it.
"Well, if that's the way you want to play, I guess that I'll have to start my dark-world portal up early". Nastasia, who had recently returned, and Mr. L gasped, Mr. S and Mr. P looked scared at their master, and Mr. R began to try and get up again. "Oh no you don't', Nastasia claimed, holding Mr. R down with the blunt end of a spiky pole, 'you're not going anywhere. Count Bleck has you right where he-".
"Halt in the name of assist trophies, vile fiends", a couple of familiar voices yelled from across the hallway!
Everyone's heads whipped around to see the edgy hedgehog and ultimate lifeform Shadow, the psyenergy-user Isaac, the dragon-borne Tiki, the spirit-purifier Yuri Kozukata, the red echidna Knuckles, the shovel-wielding warrior Shovel Knight, the white midget Bomberman, the ghosts from PAC-MAN, and the A-Rank Maverick-Hunter Zero, who was leading the charge.
Mr. P, Mr. R, and Mr. S looked shocked at their former friends, and Count Bleck looked similarly. "What the-… Where the-… Why the-…? How did you get in here?", Count Bleck stammered frantically. "It was simple, really', Zero remarked, 'we got a little help from, oh, I don't know, your mortal enemy".
Count Bleck looked appalled to see Mr. Videogame himself step out from behind Zero's giant boot, and the red plumber snickered, "Well-a, surprised to-a see me"? Nastasia stammered, "but, but Mr. R killed you! How did you escape the lava?"
"You really want to know', Mario questioned, 'oh well then. You see, he never really killed me. More like, he dropped me onto a nearby platform out of sight".
Count Bleck and Nastasia gave Mr. R death stares as the count took the needle out of his secretary's hand and placed it about a millimeter above Mr. R's chest after knocking him out with the part that wasn't sharp.
"Stay away from my minions!', Count Bleck threatened, 'or I send blue boy here to the Realm of the Lost right here and now". Mario and the assist trophies stood very still, well, all but a few did that. You see, during the entirety of the past few minutes, Bomberman, Tiki, and Yuri had been searching for Peach and Bowser, and he had just found them.
"ALRIGHT!", Bomberman hurrahed in his adorable voice. The princess and the turtle looked at Bomberman and the anime girls, their eyes wide with glee. "Well, what're you waiting for', Bowser gestured, 'bust us, or blast us, out". The little white guy did just that. KABLAM! Went his bombs! The Princess of the Toads and the King of the Koopas were free! The quintet raced off to help Mario and the others, knowing that they would need back-up.
Angel is out! Oh, and I miss you guys! Where did you all go? Please comment! I hope to see you soon!