Luigi III presents a novelization of the flash series by Alvin-Earthworm.

SUPER MARIO BROS. Z

Episode Two:

Warriors from Another Dimension

(part two)

Bowser emerged from the smoke without a scratch.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" Bowser laughed. "PATHETIC! That little fireball technique is useless against the NEW me! Let me show you how it's done. Prepare to be schooled!" Bowser drew in his breath. The fireball grew almost twice his size. It was so large, that when it was released, it wasn't a fireball; it was a beam of flames.
Mario had no way to dodge. He was hit by the flames. His fire power was lost and he fell to the ground.

Of course, the one time Bowser could actually succeed in landing on Mario, he didn't even try. He only laughed. "Oh how the mighty hath fallen!" he said. "But we all knew I would win in the end. Now it's time for my favorite part of the game…" Bowser began charging another Super Fireball. "…SUDDEN DEATH!!!!" The fireball grew to three times Bowser's size.

"Mario is down for the count!!" Lakilarry exclaimed. "Is this the end!? Has Bowser finally won!?"

It wasn't over yet. Several hundred feet above Lakilarry's position, something was happening. It suddenly got dark. Within the darkness, there was a flash of light. Electricity began surging in the center of the light. There was an explosion of light.

Out of nowhere, a large metal capsule appeared. The capsule fell, of course. It fell so fast that flames appeared around it. Of course, as fate would have it, the capsule had appeared above Bowser.

"Adios Mario!" Bowser called out. He prepared to release the fireball…

…when the capsule landed on him with such a great force that he would've been crushed beneath its weight if it weren't for his metal power.

Being metal, of course, Bowser wasn't crushed by the capsule, which flew a short distance across the track.

"Wha…what the?" Bowser stuttered. Before he could even think about what happened, the metal encasing his body cracked. One crack became many, and soon the entire metal armor shattered. "What the heck was that!?" he yelled. Then he noticed that something was wrong. "SHOOT! WHAT HAPPENED TO MY METAL POWERS!?"

Luigi saw this as a moment of opportunity. He called out to his brother. He pulled out a Magic Feather and threw it to Mario.

Mario woke up and saw the feather slowly falling to the ground. Mario said to himself that it's just what he needed. He jumped into the air and grabbed the feather, and a yellow cape materialized around his neck.

This wasn't just a cape, of course. It was a magic cape, which gave Mario the power he needed.

Bowser saw this, and realized that he was in trouble. Mario moved so fast that it looked like he warped.

"Where did he go!?" Bowser asked no one in particular. Mario suddenly appeared in front of him and punched him in the face, knocking him across the track. Mario quickly made his way around Bowser and punched him in the other direction. He did it again. Then Mario appeared above Bowser and punched him to the ground. Bowser bounced up and Mario punched him down again. Mario then began to kick Bowser around in different directions. He punched Bowser into the air, then appeared up there with him and punched him across the sky. Mario then began to spin. While he was spinning, his cape and fists hit Bowser with a rapid speed. When he was done spinning, Mario spiked Bowser to the ground. Mario prepared to finish Bowser when…

"Hold it right there, Mario!" a voice called out. Mario looked to the source of the voice.

Kamek was holding Princess Peach at wandpoint.

"Surrender yourself this instant, or else I'll turn your precious princess into a Goomba!" Kamek said.

Mario wasn't about to risk the princess. He made his way back to the ground and surrendered. Bowser jumped over to him.

"How very resourceful of you, Kamek." Bowser said. "Even the mightiest of heroes give up when there's a hostage involved. Now just hold still Mario. I'll make it quick and painless." Bowser charged up his fireball once more.

It still wasn't over yet though. The metal capsule that had fallen earlier suddenly opened in a puff of smoke. A black and blue blur burst out of the capsule and knocked Kamek into the sky.

"What the-!?" Bowser stuttered. "Kamek!? Where did you go!?"

No longer having any reason to surrender, Mario sped behind Bowser and knocked him across the track. He landed face first in the pavement. Mario appeared behind Bowser and grabbed his tail. He spun Bowser around and around and then released him into the air.

Mario said so long to Bowser, and Luigi even came up and waved his hat goodbye.

Bowser flew into the air and well away from the track. He crashed into a TV camera that had a birds-eye few of the track.

Mario and Luigi both celebrated the victory. However, the excitement was cut short when Luigi was frightened by something. Mario looked over at what appeared to be two hedgehogs, one blue, one black with red stripes on its head.

"Hey there!" the blue one said. "You wouldn't happen to be Mario, would ya?"

Mario nodded.

"Cool!" the blue one said. "I guess we're in the right place then."

With the timely appearance of a strange capsule, Mario once again triumphed over the wicked Koopa King, Bowser. But who are these two strange individuals? Where did they come from? Are they friends or foes? And what could they possibly want with Mario?

Find out in the next action-packed episode of

Super Mario Bros. Z!

to be continued…