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When the boys were nineteen years old, they got a job with the local construction company, since their parents were unable to afford college tuition and neither of them got full scholarships, or even partial scholarships. Unfortunately for Luigi, he never got a scholarship for all of the athletics he had been doing, and they both worked at the construction company for a few years.
Mario was currently dating a girl named Pauline, whom he had known in high school. Occasionally, she would visit him at the construction company. However, one day, while she was visiting, an ape named Donkey Kong escaped from the zoo and captured Pauline. Mario rescued her, but she was forever frightened from the incident. The two later eventually broke up, and left on good terms.
Neither brother spoke of Luigi's visit to the other world to anyone else, worried at the thought of being deemed insane, as many Earthlings believed that alternate worlds did not exist. But it did clear some things up for them. Both of them had odd powers, powers that were not from this world, like their endurance and speed. They had always felt as if they hadn't belonged, like they were... different.
They left the construction company, as it had very bad memories for Mario. They were jobless for awhile and then started their own plumber business, Mario Bros. Plumbing, and managed to live off of the money they made from it. They were decent at fixing pipes and leaks, and they soon became very good at it. More and more people were starting to use their services.
However, their lives were turned upside down by one phone call. There was nothing suspicious about the phone call, as it had rung on an ordinary working day. The client, on the other hand, was a bit strange.
"Hello?" said Mario, holding the phone to his ear.
"Is this Mario Bros. Plumbing?" an odd, creaky, but definitely male voice said. "I am in need of your services. I live 31 Wiz Street, and the underground pipes underneath my home have sprung leaks and are infested with some odd creatures that appear to be the cause of the leaks. Some friends recommended your excellent service, and I can hope that your services are satisfactory enough for me."
"Don't worry, sir, we'll take care of it for you," Mario replied.
The voice was silent for awhile, before saying, "Thank you." And it hung up.
Mario turned towards his brother. "Well Luigi, let's head for our next job!"
Even though the caller had talked about odd creatures affecting the pipes, they were startled with the strange, turtle-like and fly-like creatures coming out of the pipes. They were almost half the size of the brothers. Both brothers were able to jump on them and knock them out for a good while, before kicking them away. In fact, they got so efficient at it that they began having a contest to see who could defeat the most.
Mario kicked a few of the Spinys away, making sure that he was not hitting their spiked top. Most of them were slow, but every once in awhile, an extremely fast one would appear, which would take more effort to subdue. He felt slightly spooked out, especially since he could swear he saw a few fireballs heading towards him and Luigi. He shook his head and continued attacking the strange creatures.
"Waaah!" Luigi screamed, dashing over and hiding behind Mario. He pointed a very shaky finger at something white floating his way. "G-ghosts!" he screamed, pulling his hat over his face. Indeed, there were ghosts; they were appearing out of nowhere, and they looked like the Boos that Luigi had described to him in their childhood. He stared at the Boos for a few seconds before turning around. He nearly jumped.
Mamma mia! And that's not all, Mario groaned, staring at the massive army of Spinys, Fireflies, and Boos heading their way. He calculated his chances; Luigi was paralyzed with fear, and even if he hadn't been, there were too many to take on. And these critters looked nasty. There's no other way; we've got to run!
"Luigi, into the pipes!" he shouted, grabbing his brother and pulling him along into a green pipe right behind them. He ran through the maze of pipes, Luigi finally recovering enough to run. They emerged in another section of the underground pipe maze. At the opposite end, another army of Spinys, Fireflies, and Boos were arriving.
Both of them looked around frantically before seeing another pipe. This pipe was different from all the others. While it looked normal in outwards appearances, it was the only pipe in the entire room (and possibly place) that pointed down. They stared at it for awhile, and then at the enemies, and slowly backed up.
Luigi headed backwards even after he had bumped up against the pipe, too anxious to get away from the Boos. In doing so, he tripped and fell right into the pipe. With a yell, he disappeared into the darkness. As he fell, Mario heard his voice grow softer and softer until it could no longer be heard. The plumber knew that there was only one option.
"LUIGI!" Mario screamed. Forgetting everything else, he plunged right into the pipe after his twin brother. After traveling down the dark black pipe for who knows how long, he fell out of the other end, which appeared to be floating in the sky. He fell through the sky onto some soft sand. Groaning, he looked up, and froze as he heard another groan. Luigi was getting up and shaking the sand out of his ears.
"Luigi! You're okay!" gasped running over to his brother as the one in green picked himself up. Oddly enough, neither of them had any broken bones or even bruises. "Come on, let's get out of here and go back to where we were." The two brothers got up, and as they began to walk, they suddenly found themselves facing the business end of a spear. As they turned around, more spears began to appear in all directions. They looked up the ends of the spears until they saw some very short people with odd hats that looked like mushrooms.
"Freeze!" one of the short people said. He appeared to carry himself with higher authority than the others, and the brothers could only assume that this was the leader. He had a white hair, and carried a stick in his other hand. Despite the fact that Mario and Luigi both thought that he looked very familiar, they couldn't quite remember him. Either way, they were too busy focusing on the spears aimed at them.
Mamma mia.
So, um... I'll stop there for now. But I will do some more chapters.