Mario, Luigi, and Olli emerged from the cave, tired, fatigued, and in pain from all the beasts that lived in the cave. They were even too tired to search for their missing friends. As they looked around, however, they were glad that they had taken the cave route, as above it was a mass of thorns that seemed to extend for eternity.
"Alright. I'll do it," Olli gave in to an argument that did not exist, "I'll find Will and John. I'm the newcomer, so it's only fair."
"No!" Luigi exclaimed, "But you are right. We need to find our friends. I'll go with you."
"What?" Mario groaned, "If we keep it up like this, we'll die before we find them."
Luigi pulled his brother behind him as he and Olli reentered the cave. Luigi could hear the patter of footsteps, and ran ahead to find the source.
"Wait!" Mario called, "Aren't you scared?"
Luigi smiled, "The one thing I'm not scared of is an adventure," and with that, he ran into the depths of the cave. He felt safe, because all the beasts in the cavern had already been defeated, so he proceeded with little caution.
As a gunshot rang throughout the cave, followed by a scream, Luigi fell to the ground, cowering. Afraid that Mario would see him like this, Luigi quickly stood and brushed himself off. He raced to the source of all the loud noises, and eventually encountered two groups about to go head to head.
"Don't shoot that gun off unless you intend to use it on me," Cameron challenged.
"You want me to?" the speedy man from earlier placed his gun on Cameron's forehead, "Because I will. There's nothing to stop me."
Olli arrived on the scene, and upon seeing it, cried, "Bill, put it down. Don't do anything you'll regret."
"Shut up, clown," Sierra retaliated.
"Please," Olli approached Bill, "Please, Bill. Come on."
Bill slowly lowered his gun, and just when Olli thought Bill was done, he swung around and planted his fist in Cameron's face.
She felt the blood dripping from her busted lip, and pulled a wand from her pocket."
"Ooh, a magic wand! I'm terrified!" Bill taunted Cameron. Cameron's friend, Carrie, stood back and watched in amusement as this spectacle occurred.
"Yep. Just a magic wand," Cameron responded before waving the wand about in the air.
As she did so, stalactite fell from the top of the cave, hitting Sierra on the head. The sight was rather comical, even Luigi thought so.
Bill shouted at Cameron as Sierra fell to the floor, seemingly dead.
"That's the first game over," the boss said to himself, peering into the screens. As he looked, he noticed something highly disturbing.
"She died," he gasped, looking into the left screen, "It's really there! The stone that killed her is actually right there next to her." He then began to speak to the players.
"Players, please remove your glasses and evacuate the gaming room immediately."
"Players, please—" was all that everyone could hear, before a harsh static cut the message off.
Mario disregarded it as he set up camp for the night, right outside of the cave. It sure would be nice if anyone would help me, he thought bitterly. He had located blocks in which tents were stored, as well as other necessary supplies. Olli sat near a fire, comforting a distraught Bill.
Why is no one listening? the boss asked himself, I guess I'll have to go out there myself.
He walked over to the doorway leading to the game room and tried to open it, but to no avail, "Who locked the door? I need the key. Immediately."
The workers all exchanged glances and shrugged.
"Sorry, sir, but none of us locked it."
Then, the boss heard a whisper through the door, "The game isn't over yet. You can have them all back when I'm done with them."
The boss, disturbed, sat back down and gave his best effort at trying to reprogram the game.