Kamek huffed as he arrived at the meeting place Bowser had mentioned, carrying a sleeping Bowser on the back of his broom.

"Uh, Kamek?" Peach asked.

"Oh, hey Peach, nice to see ya," Kamek said in between puffs.

"Whyare you carrying Bowser? I thought he said you going to wake him up," Peach asked.

"I tried, but he's sleeping heavier than usual!" He replied.

"Mayyyyyybeeeeee heeeeeee's... taking a power nap?" Toad suggested.

"Master Bowser doesn't *huff* power nap. I've raised him since he was two. He *puff* didn't power nap back then, either. Never has," Kamek snapped back.

He dropped Bowser on the ground with a loud THUMP.

"My job here is done. Goodbye," Kamek said, then flew away.

"Now we-a just have to wait for the Lumas," Mario said. "Aaaaand wait for Bowser to wake up."

"BOWSER! WAKE UP!" Toad yelled.

"Toad!" Peach said scornfully.

Bowser groggily swiped at Toad, who jumped back to avoid the Koopa King's claws.

"You should know better than that, thinkin' that you can just get away with yellin' at me," Bowser mumbled. He was obviously very tired, and the evidence wasn't hard to see. Just one glance at him and you could tell that he was tired. He then proceeded to go back to sleep.

Peach lightly poked Bowser's cheek and whispered, "Bowser..."

Bowser opened up his eyes a little and grunted, "Mmm. What."

"We would appreciate it if you be a little more awake while we wait for the Green Lumas to come," Peach said.

"Yeah? Well, too bad," Bowser grumbled back, closing his eyes again.

"Come on, Bowser," Peach said.

Bowser snorted out a puff of smoke before grunting, "Nope."

"Please?" Peach asked.

"Nope," Bowser once again replied.

"What about defeating Rexebris? What about befriending the Willbender?" Toad asked, "What about getting that escapee back to his home?"

Bowser's eyes widened. He had forgot all about that.

"OK, fine," He mumbled, getting up.

A green swirl appeared in the sky, in almost the exact same place as it was the previous night. The swirl opened up into a portal and the Green Lumas came out, just like last time.

"HEYA GUYS!" Crocodile shouted.

"Are we late?" Emerald asked frantically. "I hope we're not late..."

"Late, shmate. Does it really matter? We're standing outside, in the dark, and you're caring about being late?" Bowser asked angrily.

"U-um, yes." Emerald stammered.

Bowser snorted smoke out of his nostrils. "Of course," he muttered.

"So is everyone here?" Lime asked.

"Yep!" Mario replied.

"OK then!" Lime shouted. "Let's go find that escapee!"

Rexebris sat on his throne, tapping his claws on one of the arms. It had been two days since Morton, his new heir, had escaped, only leaving behind his shell. He had figured that Morton had escaped through the window, seeing as that was the only way to not disturb anyone. He had sent out several squadrons of his troops to find him, but so far, no traces of the Dark March's new prince had been found.

The doors burst open, breaking Rexebris away from his train of thought. A squadron of Koopa Troopas ran up to him.

"King Rexebris! I think we've found something!" One of the Koopa Troopas said quickly.

"What is it?" Rexebris replied, standing up.

"We've found some footprints near a river! They look like they could be his!" The Koopa Troopa reported.

"Follow the footprints, then!" Rexebris yelled their orders. "We cannot have the prince absent forever!"

The squadron saluted and said, "Yes, King!" They then ran out of the castle to find the footprints and follow them.

Rexebris sat back down in his throne and sighed, partly happy and relieved, and partly worried. He didn't have much hope in some Koopa Troopas finding and bringing back Morton, but given the situation, he had to put his trust into them. But the fact that some evidence of Morton out there and alive - it filled Rexebris with happiness.

'Morton will make a excellent leader - if only he'd listen to me...' Rexebris thought.

A Hammer Bro. entered the room and said to him, "King Rexebris, the Sledge Bros. are now ready for the raid."

"Exellent," Rexebris said with a smirk, then told the Hammer Bro., "Tell the crew to lift off immediately!"

"Yes King!" The Hammer Bro. saluted, then jogged back to the corridor from which he entered from.

"Well this is just fantastic," Kamek muttered, looking at the now empty area where the Koopa Troop's Chain Chomps would be. "Kidnapping Morton just isn't enough for that creep, is it?"

The sound of footsteps echoed down the hallway as Larry made his way over to the Chain Chomp area.

"Oh, hey Kamek, didn't know you were here," Larry said to Kamek, making the Magikoopa jump a little.

"Hi Larry, I assume you're on Troop Count?" Kamek asked, regaining his composure.

"Yeah," Larry replied, looking out at where the Chain Chomps would be. "How come the Chain Chomps aren't here?"

Kamek looked at the room and said, "I have a feeling Rexebris stole them, but then again, how am I meant to know?"

"But isn't taking Morton a bit much?" Larry asked, confused as to why the actions taken by Rexebris were even taken.

"Too much. The only reason why he would do that is to have more numbers," Kamek replied.

"Right," Larry said, concern written all over him. "I'll just have to put down that they were stolen. Or just went missing." He quickly jotted down a number, presumably zero, and a note beside it.

"Well, see ya later, Kamek," Larry said, walking away. He stopped and turned around to ask Kamek, "Where's Dad?"

Kamek hesitated before saying, "He's... checking up on things. Should be back soon."

Larry nodded and ran back up the stairs.