No Such Thing
Chapter 11- The Attack
...Well, there it is, folks. Lo and behold, Dry Bowser pops in the picture. Guess he must have smartened up a bit and headed straight for the Mushroom Kingdom, and thanks to Toadsworth, they chose that moment to head out of the castle of all nights. But hey, everyone was expecting the Mushroom Kingdom to be the very last place Dry Bowser would search for the Koopalings, yet it is only the second place he chooses.
Let us watch and see what happens.
~KF
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If time had the ability to freeze, it definitely would have done so at that very moment. All eight of Bowser's children, the Mario Bros., Yoshi, Toadsworth, and Princess Toadstool were making it as if it could actually happen, thanks to their frozen looks on their faces as they were all wide-eyed with their jaws dropped.
Lemmy desired to pinch himself hard so that he could find out if what was happening was either real, or all in his head. Doing that action, it was unfortunate for him that it was a reality after all, and he didn't like it.
While the rest of the crew were standing as still as a statue, Dry Bowser took advantage of the situation. "FIRE!"
Hearing that single word, nervousness almost instantly entered Mario's system as he bawled up his fists and clenching his teeth with both eyebrows raised. He couldn't even have another moment to spare as he barely took off running from the castle. Around that time, cannonballs were already being shot from the cannons. It was the allies' cue that they needed to hurry and get out of the way. Unfortunately, Princess Peach's castle had to be sacrificed as Iggy, Wendy, and Larry had a close call. Promptly after they ducked and dashed off, the walls and the front door became Dry Bowser's targets accidentally. It was already a lot to take in simply because of King Koopa's presence.
Not long after hearing big bangs from the inside of the castle, servants of different colors immediately rushed out to be curious of what was happening just out of the now demolished front door, two of them were the Toad Bros., Yellow Toad and Blue Toad. Like the rest of the Mario crew, their jaws dropped and their eyes became widened. Not only that the castle was being attacked, but the attack itself was planned from the last person they wanted. And it was quite obvious that he felt the exact opposite than everyone else. Enjoyment and greed.
As soon as the second round of cannonballs were shot out of their cannons, the Toad group had to follow the actions of their friends as they couldn't soak everything in. At one point, Morton tripped and fell to the ground due to jerking his body in all directions.
"MORTON!"
Iggy was the nearest to his eldest younger brother as his left hand shot out to grab so that they could leap out of the way as the cannonball missed the two at almost the last possible moment to move.
"...T-Try not to head in all directions at once,... okay!?" Iggy gave him advice as their stomachs laid on the ground.
"..." Ludwig was watching them close. "That was too close... Had Iggy not saved him, our first sibling would have been lost..."
Mario was eyeing them as well. "I hope their okay..." Glancing at their skeletal father, a glare was shot in his eyes. Not because of the feeling of hatred, but because of the feelings of annoyance, frustration, and determination. He was annoyed of the sudden interruption, he was frustrated in the situation he was almost immediately dragged in, yet he was determined that he would soon stop him so that the Koopalings would no longer had to worry that he would be a goner.
He slowly stood on his two feet after with his glare still locked on.
Seeing his facial expression, the dry version of the king of the Dark Lands only folded his arms snickering. "You know, plumber, I wasn't actually planning on searching for you, I was seeking for the eight arrogant, ungrateful fools over there." He rotated his head to see his eight children. "But finding you and your team here, you all will be an added bonus to my list called 'Things to Obliterate', or in this case 'Beings to Obliterate'... Permanently."
The red-capped hero of the princess was not fazed one bit. "Finding it funny that you would plan to annihilate your own children, your own flesh in blood. You may not have flesh and blood now, but once you are saved, you will still regret of what your plan was while you were still dry. That being said, we are going to stop you and rescue you from the dark side whether you like it or not!"
"I prefer not, you sorry excuse for a fighter. The only thing you know how to do is to jump on people. Luckily," He raised a finger. "I happen to be much smarter than that lame, green-shelled joke of a ruler. I should be the one leading the Dark Lands, and not being his understudy. He will be my understudy forever!"
While he was arguing with the savior of the Mushroom Kingdom, Lemmy chose to be the only one to think that the current moment was just the right time to ask everyone else the definition of a word. "...What's an understudy?"
"...Fake Koopas... such slow learners, just like some of my own minions..."
"...Huh...?"
He had to be ignored. "DESTROY THE KOOPALINGS, TAKE AWAY ANYONE WHO IS USELESS IN STOPPING ME, AND DEMOLISH THIS... CASTLE... IT LOOKS LIKE SOME CHILD DAY CARE... NOW!"
Dozens of his minions, Koopa and Dry Bones' jumped out of the airship with some being armed by handheld cannons. Those were then shooting bullet bills and cannonballs from earlier. The ones that contained bullet bills weren't the ones that always went straightforward, they were the ones that were designed to home in on their foes.
Said bullet bills revealing that fact themselves, the group had to act even faster than they were before. None of them wanted to sacrifice the castle like they have just done, so while they were running they had to glaze at their surroundings to see what they can hit.
It didn't take long at all for the first soul to think of the right target, which was Roy. "Guys, can't we just give him his own medicine! Head to the airship, now!"
Luigi was closest to Roy, so his voice was loud and clear for him, in spite of the bullet bills and firing cannons. To top it all of, cannons from the castle started firing at long last. Had they learned that the Mushroom Kingdom was Dry Bowser's next location, they would have been ready to fire back a long time ago. But of course, things had to be the exact opposite.
He was planning to follow the burly Koopa's suggestion, though his arms were suddenly grabbed by two Green Koopas. He had the opportunity to knee both of them in the faces, yet two more Koopas had the upperhand as both of his legs were clasped, forcing all of his limbs to remain still. Before he could even think about it, he found being carried. The quartet of turtles had to hurry, since the bullet bill that was coming after Luigi was still going strong. They were heading straight for Princess Toadstool's castle, forcing the green-capped brother of Mario to be wide-eyed once more. Nevertheless, they steered away, but the bullet bill didn't have enough time to do the same. So the home of the royal princess was struck, yet again.
Mario at long last saw his brother now being carried to Bowser's airship while still trying to avoid being hit by his bullet bill. Looking back at it, he started to nimbly ran toward the airship, not only to save his only sibling, but to also make the rocket hit Dry Bowser's transportation.
When said bullet bill made its impact, the loud boom and the airship's movement was apparently unexpected to Dry Bowser, as one could infer that he was not paying attention to the plumber at all, hence why he was alarmed when he was on board.
"GRRRRR! MARIO, THIS ISN'T ALL ABOUT YOU! YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED HERE!" He pointed at him with his dry, index finger.
"You are mistaken, Koopa... Some of your minions were close to throwing Luigi on board. If you that won't let that happen, then you should feel the same if someone was after your children." His tone of voice was deeper. "But now, you understand little to nothing of how important family is important to you. If you're telling me that the real you does not give two craps about your children, then I would want to exactly why would you have them in the first place."
"Because, I didn't know that they would be so useless and impudent." The villain stared angrily. "That's why I do not give two craps about them, whatsoever."
That was it for the Dry Koopa. He chose to start a fight with his arch-nemesis while everyone else on the ground were desperately attempting to avoid being hit by cannonballs and being grabbed by Bowser's minions.
The last thing one of them wanted to ask was the well-known question: How could things possibly get any worse?
Unbeknownst to them, simply thinking about it was what triggered everything. Fire Bros., Hammer Bros, and Ice Bros., all leaped out of the airship to literally throw their weapons and powers at the allies, like they were already not having a hard time.
"This has become more disastrous then ever!" Toadsworth grabbed the royal princess as they headed back in the doorway of the castle. "We have to do something!"
"But, I'm pretty sure those Toads are firing back as fast as they can, Toadsworth!"
Adding onto the help, Yoshi's tongue was wrapping around minions one-by-one, subsequently being rapidly pulled into his mouth before they were all being laid into green, polka-dotted eggs.
Junior had decided that the best to do was to remain hidden and stay low. His idea would have been said out loud, but obviously it wouldn't work at all. Last thing he wanted it to be like was when he pointed some of the enemies' weak points at the time he and Mario were in the galaxy, even though they were already obvious in the first place.
He was hiding behind one of the bushes, since his shell was already green, it gave Bowser Junior an advantage. He at first thought of retreating into his shell, but then he wondered if he and the bush were actually shot at by the cannons.
Rethinking it over, the poor kid had no choice but to get out of his comfort zone and do things the hard way. The only positive thing about the situation was that he could at least see his siblings and the Mario crew to make sure their okay.
Ludwig was amongst of who observed the fight on the airship. Pausing for a bit, he actually managed to outsmart the homing bullet bills that were approaching him at such a rapid speed. He leapt in the air and hopped on each one until he made it on board. He presumed that it was just how Mario got on board.
Seeing a second 'foe', Dry Bowser opted that he didn't have enough to deal with them for the time being. "Get them..."
Regardless of the low grumble, a few of Koopas still heard their 'leader' clearly. Since they came out of seemingly nowhere, no one should have blamed them of the fact that they one simply stood while being dumbfounded. At once, both were literally thrown off the airship, it simultaneously taking off.
Back on the ground, Yoshi ran as quick as he could to catch Mario on his back while Ludwig was caught by some of Peach's Toad servants.
"Are you alright, sir?"
"LUIGI!" Peach shouted with her right hand thrusting forward.
One could not see how Mario wouldn't be flabbergasted of the events that just took place. Said flabbergasted look nimbly changed to a completely enraged expression. He didn't even ponder about when was the last time he was that angry. And Mario was not known to usually being in such mood. Thus, no one that was an acquaintance of him were never used to see him being that way.
"WE'RE GOING AFTER IT!"
... ... ...I am not even going to discuss everything in this chapter. I'll let your reviews do the talking...
What I can do is apologize for waiting about a month for the next chapter. School was my excuse. I'm a junior now, which means that after this chool year, I'll only have one more left. Wish me luck...
Questions:
1. Mario is not one that get angered easily. Which Mario game do you guys think he was last seen this angry?
2. What is going on through everyone's minds right now?