Chapter Ten: Battle on the Bridge
Kamek was leading the Koopa Cruiser across the skies of Dinosaur Land. He used his wand like an intercom to communicate with the Koopas on the Cruiser.
"We have found no signs of them on the Twin Bridges, Cookie Mountain, Soda Lake, or Vanilla Heights! We are now going over the Forest of Illusions. Keep a good eye out! There are illusions and this forest is big!" Kamek yelled over the intercom.
"Yes, sir!" a Koopa said over it.
The amount of time it took to search the Forest of Illusions and later Chocolate Island, took equal amount of time for Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi to find the cave entrance. Kamek had just led the Koopa Cruiser over Yoshi's Island when he saw them enter the cave…
"Land this on the mountain and follow my signal!" Kamek said.
Inside, Mario and Luigi were in the room where the Emerald could be seen on a ledge up high.
"I can't-a reach that!" Mario said.
"I can..." And with that, Luigi performed a Triple Jump and Scuttled (air-kicked) up, reaching the ledge.
"I have it!" Luigi said. He jumped down.
The three left. As they were crossing a stone bridge which lead back outside, they found a battalion of Koopas, blocking their way at the entrance. Kamek was on his broom, floating above them.
"Attack!" the Magikoopa yelled.
The Koopas ran over to Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi in furiously.
"Uh oh!" Yoshi said.
"Attack!" Mario yelled.
Mario left Luigi and Yoshi to fight the mindless troops and then proceeded to confront their leader.
"Bowser made a deal with us to do this! Does this mean this was a trap?" Mario asked.
"No, but since they have extraordinary powers and could be used to rule the world, I do not trust you," Kamek said.
"The Ancient Gems?" Mario asked.
"Yes."
"So Bowser tricked us?" Mario asked.
"I guess," Kamek said.
Mario Super Jump Punched the Magikoopa, causing him to fall off of his broom. Mario grabbed a near by fire flower, and used it to incinerate Kamek's broom.
"MY BROOM!" Kamek yelled.
He fired the Basic Spell (Triangle, Square, and Circle) at Mario. Mario leaped over it and punched Kamek. Kamek launched an freezing spell at the plumber, but missed, causing it to freeze one of the troops instead. The Italian smacked the Koopa's eyeglasses off afterwards.
"My glasses... I can barely see! I need to perform the vision spell..." Kamek said as he stepped on his glasses.
Mario shoved him off of the bridge. Kamek fell into the dark unknown below.
Meanwhile, Luigi and Yoshi had just finished off the rest of the Koopas.
"Bowser tricked us..." Mario said.
"We suspected it," Luigi said.
"I know. We have to get to him - fast. We need to stop by our house first to get the Ruby before he breaks in and steals it," Mario said.
The three left the cave and noticed the Koopa Cruiser on top of the mountain. They climbed to the top of the mountain and boarded the cruiser, and took control of it, using it to fly away from Dinosaur Land.