A/N: Sup, it's me Twanny Bizzle…How ya doing, folks? Anyways I come to you all with an update to one of my favorite stories, Mario & Luigi: A Date with Destiny, I'm not gonna lie, the last chapter I wrote was kind…Blab…But I promise this one will be WAY, WAY, WAY, much better. Now please…stay and enjoy, finally Chapter 26: Castle Seize: The Peach and The Pig
Disclaimer: I don't own anything Nintendo related.
Chapter 26: Castle Seize: The Peach and The Pig
Peach and Toadian were still inside the yellow stained covered laboratory, Princess Peach was trying, frantically, to wake up both, Toadsworth, and Professor E. Gadd. "C'mon, you two, wake up. Please." she said, while shaking Toadsworth and Prof. E. Gadd.
Toadian was standing in the doorway looking around for any kind of intruders that would come by. "M-Ma'lady, have you had any luck in waking them, yet?"
"No…Not yet, Toadian." Peach sighed, disappointedly. "But, don't you worry, I won't give up that easily." she then looked over toward Toadsworth and started rocking him. "C'mon, Toadsworth." suddenly, she noticed that he was beginning to stir around a little. "TOADSWORTH…" she said, while sighing outta relief.
"Ma'lady, are you okay? What's going on?" Toadian muttered, while slightly turning his head toward Peach.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Toadian, I didn't mean to startle you. It's just, Toadsworth is beginning to regain consciousness." Peach said, happily.
"Oh! That's great news." Toadian said, giving Peach the thumbs up. "And don't you worry, I'll continued to keep watch for any intruders, okay?"
"Urh…Uh…W-What happen." said a groggy Toadsworth. He was just about stand, but he suddenly felt some pain coming from his head. "Oooh…My-My…My aching head…" he grunted.
"Take it easy, Toadsworth. Let me help you up." Princess Peach said, while slowly lifting Toadsworth of the ground.
"Oh…I sincerely thank you, Princess." Toadsworth said, while barely standing up on Peach's side. "Uh…What a day, what a day…"
Peach just smiled. "I'm just glad to see that you're up and about, again. I really worried about your health." But her smile quickly faded away, when she started back looking around the room. "Toadsworth, what happened in here? Why is the laboratory covered in yellow stains?" she asked, with a serious look on her face.
"Hm. I'm not really sure myself, Princess." Toadsworth said, sighing, loudly. "My memory isn't all that clear, but when I came here, I saw the strange stains, too. I tried asking what was going on, but the Toads were all running around the place. They were shouted something, but I couldn't really understand them." he then started digging around inside his pocket. "That's when Professor E. Gadd came up to me, and handed me this container." Toadsworth handed Princess Peach a huge container. "The professor told me, that the person who was responsible for this, was after what was inside that box, he also told me to deliver it to you." he then said. "Then suddenly, a huge smoke cloud filled the room, I couldn't breathe nor see." he then shrugged. "After that, everything else is just blank…"
"Huh, wh-what is it?" Peach asked, while staring strangely at the container.
"I'm not sure, Princess, he was really secrete with it, but he said you would know what to do with it, when you see it." Toadsworth then opened the container, the Wind Culex Crystal was lying inside the box.
"Oh! It's the Culex Crystal!" Peach gasped, while covering her mouth with her hands. "What do I suppose to do with it?!"
Toadsworth just stared at Peach. "How can you not know, Princess? Isn't obvious? Professor E. Gadd, must want you to keep it safe from the bad guys; who's after it, you know, until Master Mario, Master Luigi, and the young Misses, returns."
"No, Toadsworth, you don't understand, I can't do this." Peach said, she had a really concern look on her face. "There's a guy name Fawful somewhere in the castle, he's also after the Culex Crystals."
"Fawful?" muttered a mystified Toadsworth. "Wasn't he Cackletta's creepy attended?" Toadian then walked over to Toadsworth and handed him his cane. "Thank you, youngster." he then looked back at Peach. "Why would he be after the crystals."
"I-I really don't know, but Fawful tried attacking me back by in my room, he said that he wanted something called the Bean Bean Crystal, but I think meant the Culex Crystal, the only reason I was able to escape was, Toaden came and fought him off for me." Peach said, while holding her hands close together. "And that's not the only weird thing, either. Earlier today, I saw Wario, I think he crashed through my window, I thought he was about to attack me, too, but instead he just started chasing a Toad around."
"Wario, too?" Toadsworth said, while scratching his head. "Do you think he's helping Fawful search for the crystals?"
"I don't know…" Peach said, shrugging. "I don't think Wario's really into stuff like that…He's too greedy to be helping somebody search for something valuable."
But what Princess Peach, Toadian, and Toadsworth didn't know was, Wario was sitting up in the air vents, digging in his nose, watching them as they continued their conversation.
"Hm…This is SO boring, if I wanted two people talk to each other each I could of looked at the little freak all day." Wario sighed. "Err. Dammit! I wish the other Toads didn't pass out so fast. I couldn't even get a chance to terrorize them like I really wanted." he then sighed, outta annoyance. "Warrrhh…what a downer. Maybe, I'll just harass Peachy down there and her two little Toads snots."
Wario then looked back down at Peach and the two Toads and noticed the White Culex Crystal lying inside the container. "Hm. That's some rock…It's looks sorta familiar." he then looked at the Culex Crystal on his waist and then at the one inside Peach's container, and once more at his. "…!" Wario's brain started back clicking and he suddenly remember where he saw that gem. "ARRR! Now I remember! That's that Wind Culex Crystal the freak was blabbering on about." Wario then turned his butt toward the air vent, while laughing. "Wahahahaha! They're gonna like this display of WIND, I'm about give them. Fart Fume!" Wario then started farting into the air vent.
"I think we should wake the professor now, guys." Peach said. Peach then started smelling something weird. "Sniff…Sniff…What's that smell?" she then turned toward the two Toads. "You guys smell that, too?"
Toadian and Toadsworth looked at each other and then started sniffing around. "Hm. Sniff…Sniff…" Toadsworth then quickly held his nose. "Eh, this stench…How repulsive." he said with sheer disgust in his voice. "But…Still, this smell…It's sorta familiar…" he thought to himself
"Sniff...Sniff…Ew…Yeah, yuck, I can smell it now." Toadian gagged, while holding his nose. "Uh…Uh…What's going on? Where is that smell coming from, Princess?"
Peach stood there with her hand over her nose, looking around the room. "I-I don't know but…" suddenly, she looked up and saw that yellow smoke was beginning to get release from the vents. "W-What the?" she then turned toward the two Toads and pointed upward. "Look, guys! There's smoke coming from the vents." Toadian and Toadsworth looked up, the room was beginning to get filled up with a stinky yellow gas. "Uhh…It's everywhere, now…" Peach muttered, while coughing uncontrollable. "I-I can barely breathe…"
"Wahahahahahaha!!" Wario cackled, hysterically, while looking down at Peach and her Toads. "That's enough, Fart Fume, for awhile." he said, taking his butt from the air vent. "I think it's time for my grand entrance." he then made a 'W' sign with his arms. "WARIO!" he laughed, kicking through the vent.
"Princess! Ack! Ack! W-Where are you?!" coughed Toadian, while walking through the smoke. "Don't move. I'm coming…Just hold on…" As Toadian continued to walk through the smoke, only one thing kept going through his mind. "I promised the captain, that I'll protect you with my life. And I'm planning on keeping that promise."
Suddenly, Toadian heard Peach's voice. "Toadsworth?! Toadian?! Where are you guys?!"
"Princess?!" Toadian said, while looking around. "I'm coming, just wait!" Toadian then started running through the smoke, he eventually found her, she was sitting on the ground, coughing, loudly. "Princess?! Hold on! Here I come!"
Peach lifted her head and saw Toadian running toward her. "Toadian…" she sighed, outta relief. "I'm so…cough…cough...I'm so glad to see that you're alright." she said, hugging the little Toad guard, tightly.
"Uh…Um…Y-Yeah…I-I'm glad to see that you're alright, too, Ma'lady…" Toadian stammered, nervously, while blushing slightly. "…Y-You're squishing me…Ma'lady…" Toadian face was all red, due to the lack of air. "I-I can't breathe…"
"Wha…Huh?" Peach looked down at Toadian, and blushed outta embarrassment. "Oh…I-I'm so sorry, Toadian." she said, while letting him go. "Are you okay? I guess I don't know my own strength." Toadian just gave her the thumbs up. Peach then looked around the room. "Hey? Where's Toadsworth?"
"Huh? Toadsworth?!" Toadian said, lifting his head. Oh! I-I forgot all about him." he then turned toward Peach. "We'll look for him together, okay? I don't want get separated from you. I promise the captain, that I'll protect you with my life."
"Toadian…" Peach muttered, while watching as Toadian grabbed her hand, and the both of them then started running through the smoke, searching frantically for Toadsworth.
Meanwhile, Toadsworth was right in the middle of the thick smoke, coughing, loudly, and uncontrollably. "Cough! Cough! Cough! Blast this confounded smoke! Cough! Cough! Cough!" he grumbled, while walking through the fog. "I can't see a blasted thing in this fog. How am I every gonna find the Princess."
Suddenly, Toadsworth remember where he saw this smoke. "Auh! I-It was Wario! He was the one who knocked everyone out the first time! He must be after the Crystal!" he then started looking around. "I've got to find the Princess. I fear that she's in grave danger!" he then ran quickly through the smoke, shouting Princess Peach's name.
Peach and Toadian were still walking through the smoke, Toadian had place a cloth over Peach's face, cause she could breathe better. "Don't worry, Ma'lady, we'll find Toadsworth." Toadian had a serious look on his face.
Peach just smiled, and nodded. "Don't worry, Toadian, There's no doubt in my mind, that we won't find Toadsworth." Peach smiled, while following behind the Toad. "You've really matured, Toadian, since the last time I saw you."
Toadian just blushed. "Thank you for the kind words, Ma'lady." Suddenly, both Peach and Toadian heard shouting coming from behind them. "Ma'lady, did you…?"
"Yes, I did…" Peach said, quickly interrupting him. "It's Toadsworth, and it's coming from behind us." she then looked over to Toadian. "C'mon, Toadian."
Peach and Toadian followed Toadsworth's voice, until they finally spotted him. "Look?! There he is!" Peach squealed, as she pointed at Toadsworth. "Toadsworth! Toadsworth!" she shouted, as her and Toadian ran toward him.
"Huh?" Toadsworth muttered, turning around to see Peach and Toadian. "Princess, I'm so glad that I finally found you two! There's something I have to tell you, that I just remembered." he said.
"Something you just remembered?" Peach said, still running toward Toadsworth.
"Yeah, it's about what happened early in here." Toadsworth shouted back. He was almost over to Peach, when he noticed that the roof was beginning to crack. "Whahuh?" he said staring up at the roof.
Suddenly, Wario came bursting out from the roof. "Look out below!" he chortled, while falling and crushing poor Toadsworth. "Wahahaha! Now that's what I call an entrance!"
"Uhh…The irony…" uttered Toadsworth, as he slowly lose consciousness.
Peach and Toadian stopped right in there track when they saw Wario, he was sitting right on top of an unconscious Toadsworth. "Oh my! Toadsworth!!" Peach shrieked, while covering her mouth.
"Whah? Ew. What was that?!" Wario groaned, while looking around. "I think I sat on something. Err… It's all squishy…"
Peach was staring at Wario with an angry expression on her face. "WARIO!" she yelled, getting his attention. "What's the big idea squishing Toadsworth like that?!"
As Peach continued to call herself scolding Wario, he just stared at the Culex Crystal, that laid inside the container. "Shut up, Peachy!" he growled.
"Huh? Well I never!" Peach said, rolling her eyes.
Wario just smirked, as he pointed at the Culex Crystal in the box. "Now, if you know what's good for you, you'll handover the Culex Crystal without a fight. Warhahahah…" he chuckled, while slowly approaching her.
Peach couldn't believe what she just heard, that came outta Wario's fat, disgusting, pig like mouth. "Y-You want the Culex Crystal?" she stammered, while backing away from him. "B-But why?"
"Who cares why, just give me the damn crystal!" Wario retorted.
"What?! Are you mad?!" Peach then looked down at his waist and noticed the yellow Culex Crystal strapped around him. "You have a Culex Crystal?!" Wario didn't say nothing, he just kept walking closer and closer to her. "It was you?! You were the one who knockout all these Toads!"
"And they saw all blonde hair boards are dumb." Wario retorted. "Now, enough talking, Peachy, just give me the gem, Dammit, I don't have all day, ya know?"
Toadian gulped, as he watched, as Wario approached Peach, menacingly. "C'mon, Toadian! You've got to intervene, before Wario totally hurts the Princess." he nervously said to himself.
"S-Stop it r-right n-now, M-Mr. Wario, sir!" Toadian nervously said, jumping in front of Peach, placing his arms in front of her. Wario just stood there staring at the timid little Toad. "T-That's right…D-Don't talk a-another step…O-Or it will be y-your la…la…last…" he said, nervously staring at Wario.
The hold room grew temporary quiet, as everybody focus there attention on the little Toad guard. "…You've gotta be kidding me!" Wario blurted out, while laughing, uncontrollably. "What can a two-bit snot, like you, actually do to me?" he then started back walking toward Peach. "C'mon, Peachy! Give me the crystal."
Suddenly, Toadian came at Wario and swung his fist, but Wario sidestep him, effortlessly. "Uh… Hey! I said, not to take another step!" Toadian said, getting up off the ground. He then quickly ran in front of Peach.
Wario looked down at Toadian and sneered. "Why you, little pest! Get lost!" Wario then flicked Toadian outta his way.
"TOADIAN!" Peach shrieked, as she watched Toadian get sent into the hallway. "Oh…no…Toadian." Peach then went to go to his aid, but Wario quickly lunged in front of her. "Wario?!" she muttered, falling on the ground.
"Wahahahahaha…" Wario chuckled, heartily. "I know you didn't forget about little Ol' me?" he said, standing over Peach. "Now give me the Culex Crystal!"
"NEVER!" Peach shouted, closing the container and then placing it behind her back. "I'll never give you the Culex Crystal, you horrible man!"
Wario just chuckled. "Wahahahaha! I'm glad you said no. It's would have been boring if you'll agreed." he then started to reach out to Peach. "I just love doing things the hard way! Wahahahaha!"
"Hrmmmm…" Peach grunted, while squinting her eyes.
Suddenly, Toadian came from behind and jumped on his back. "NOOOOO! You stay away from the Princess!!" he shrieked.
"Huh, Toadian?!" Peach muttered, opening her eyes, to see Toadian on Wario's back.
Wario then growled, as he tried grabbing Toadian, but the tricky little Toad would just move around and avoid him. "Wah?!…ARRRR! Why you little...!" he then started snickering. "If you want to play hero, that's find with me!" he then jumped high up in air, you could see the Culex Crystal on his waist glimmering, slightly. "Oh, Yeaaaah!!" he laughed, as he came plummeting down to the ground, with Toadian on his back.
Wario was going down so fast, you could Toadian's mouth flick backwards. "Uh…I think I'm gonna be sick." Toadian grunted, while holding tight on Wario's overalls.
Wario GroundPound into the ground, making a huge earthquake. The earthquake was so massive, that it sent both Peach and Toadian hurtling outta the laboratory and into the hallway.
Meanwhile outside, Bowser Jr. and Kammy were still trying to find away to get the Bean Bean Cruiser off Bowser. "Just…Hold on, Papa, we'll get you from under there." Bowser Jr. whimpered.
Kammy, who was still walking around the huge aircraft, then said. "But, Junior, me, nor you, have the physical strength to move this…thing of your father." she then sighed. "I fear that, your grogginess, is forever bound under that…ship…" she said, overdramatically.
"ERRR! Shut up, you festering old, decrepit hag!" Bowser Jr. snarled. "You don't know what you're talking about! My papa's strong enough to free himself on his own…" But deep down Bowser Jr. wasn't sure, his dad had been under the Bean Bean Cruiser for sometime now.
But, just when all hope seemed to be lost, Bowser Jr. and Kammy noticed that the large airship was beginning to move. "Kammy! Kammy! Do you see that?" Bowser Jr. hollered, jumping and pointing at the ship.
Even Kammy was surprise to see that airship was moving. "Oh my word, it's certainly is moving, isn't it?" she gasped.
Suddenly, the airship was seen completely lift up off the ground. "AROOOOOORRRR!!" roared Bowser, loudly.
"PAPA!" shouted Bowser Jr.
"Your bulkiness!" yelped Kammy.
Bowser smirked, cockily, as he stared down at Kammy and Bowser Jr. "Grahahahahaha!!" he chortled, loudly, holding up the giant airship. "I bet you two thought it was game over for, The King of Koopas, huh?" he boasted.
"I knew you wouldn't let us down, your huskiness!" Kammy said, sucking up as usual. "I told junior not to worry, yep, I said; don't worry, Junior, your father is a very powerful man, lifting up an airship is just a walk in a park."
Bowser Jr. just stared at her, annoyingly. "You're bald-faced lie, Kammy!"
Bowser was still holding up the airship, as he laughed. "GRAHAHAHA! Yes, yes, I know…I…am…awesome!" he then turned toward the castle door. "Now, onward to the castle, I have a Date with Destiny!" You could hear crickets chirping the background, from Bowser's obviously unfunny pun.
Suddenly, the castle yard was felt by the aftermath of the earthquake Wario made earlier. "What the?! What's going on?!" groaned Bowser, as his knees buckled, wildly. Bowser then noticed that his grip on the ship was beginning to loosened. "Oh no! Oh no! OH NO! Not AGAIN!!" the ship then, once again, fell on top of him.
"WHOAAA!!" Bowser Jr. and Kammy said in unison, as they fell to the ground.
"Are you okay, Junior?" Kammy said, looking over to Bowser Jr., he nodded. "Wait…?" she muttered, looking around. "Where's Lord Bowser?"
Bowser Jr. sighed and tapped Kammy on her shoulder. "I'll give you a guess." he said, sarcastically, pointing at the Bean Bean Cruiser.
Up Next: Castle Seize: The Great Escape.