"WHAT?! What do you MEAN you aren't able to contact Lord Crump?!" Grodus yelled.
"As I said, we're unable to contact him for some reason. We're investigating on why and learn if he succeed or not." An X-Naut PhD said.
At this moment, an X-Naut walked into the room. "Sir Grodus, I have urgent news regarding Lord Crump and the Shadow Sirens." He walked over to them.
"This better be good!" Grodus exclaimed.
"Unfortunately it isn't. The Crystal Star in Boggly Woods has been taken by Mario and his group. And Lord Crump along with the Shadow Sirens were defeated by Mario and Co. Marilyn received minor injuries while Beldam was given heavy injuries by the Silver-haired man." He said. "Vivian, meanwhile, was benched."
"Ugh! How could this have happened?! What kind of people are we dealing with?!"
"Adding another note, it appears Mario has gain some new allies in the progress." The X-Naut added
"Oh for the love of!" Grodus palm face.
"But we did learn something about few of Mario's companions."
"Okay, tell me who they are!"
"The Black Hair Tachi-wielder is named Rean Schwarzer, and he's a military student and officer from Erebonia."
"Erebonia? That nation I had you all look and get information?"
The X-Naut nodded. "Yes, Sir. We stole some information from their government agency back in Erebonia. I believe he and his companion are investigating on who. Fortunately, they don't know it was us."
Grodus rub his beard. "I see... And what of the other?"
"The Silver Hair one is named Levi Sullivan. What we know about him is he's a graduate from the same Military Academy as Rean Schwarzer."
"That's not enough info! But never mind that for now! Tell me, did Lord Crump get the Crystal Star?"
"No sir. He ran away screaming and left the Crystal Star unguarded where the enemy grabbed a hold of it."
"Of all the… you have GOT to be kidding me!" Grodus complained. "We only know three locations! One was in Hooktail's Castle, Boggly Woods, and one we found in Rougueport! We need to get the other four before they can. If only we can somehow get the map from their dead hands... Keep searching for them! Don't let Mario and his party get their hands on it before us! And we need to boost our morale no matter what! You are dismissed." He said.
"Right away, sir!" The X-Naut said as both of them saluted and walked away while Grodus turned away, grumbling to himself.
"I'm really starting to loathe those Mario Bros and his two companions, Rean Schwarzer and Levi Sullivan…"
Meanwhile…
(Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door ost - Peach's Theme)
Peach walked out of the bathroom, feeling refreshed. "This place may stink, but that was the best shower I ever took!" She said. "Still, it doesn't beat my walk-in shower at the castle." She said as she sat down on the bed and then sighed. "Still… I wonder how everyone's doing at the castle? Of all the times to get kidnapped, it had to be before the Mushroom Ball. Oh, how I love dancing with Mario." She said, thinking of all the memories every time the Mushroom Ball came, as she then looked over to her pokemon. "Well, I'm sure Mario and the others will come before the Mushroom Ball starts… though, I'm the one who usually hosts the Ball, so maybe it'll be postponed until I make my return." She mused.
Suddenly, the door in front of them opened up, startling all of them. "Was that TEC doing? What does he want now?" Peach wondered as she walked out while Lei and Shurei followed her as they wandered into TEC's room. "Hello, TEC!"
(BGM ended)
"Hello, Princess Peach. I'm glad you come."
"Did my message get to Mario?"
"Yes. I confirmed it got to him safely."
"Oh good, so what do you need?"
"Well, I couldn't help but overhear that you were missing a dance."
Peach's eyes widened. "Wha- Are you KIDDING ME?! YOU BEEN EAVESDROPPING ON ME?!"
"I am sorry, Princess Peach. But I have been ordered by Sir Grodus that I have to keep you under surveillance."
"Azu…" Azurill quietly said.
"Fle..." Flebebe sighed.
"Yet while this seems... strange to me. But Would you like to dance with me?"
"Wait, what? Uh…" Peach pictured herself trying to dance with a super computer. "How is that possible? You're a computer, you're literally stuck to the wall."
"Allow me to fix that." TEC said as a hologram of Peach appeared before her.
"Yah! Is that me?" Peach asked. "Um… it's going to be weird dancing with myself. Do you know who Mario looks like?"
"Yes, actually." TEC said as the image changed to Mario. "Will this suffice?"
"Yes, but…"
"Princess Peach, may I have this dance?" TEC asked.
(Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door ost - TEC Waltz)
Peach sweatdropped. "Oh, sure." She said as the two of them started to dance while Peach's Pokemon looked at each other weirdly, wondering how it was possible that Peach would be dancing with a hologram, but Peach did seem to have a smile on her face since she was dancing with Mario despite the fact that it was TEC, of course, Ralts can feel Peach's is happy as he cooed, and then the song ended and Mario disappeared.
(BGM ended)
"Thank you, Princess Peach. I had a lot of fun." TEC said before he paused. "Wait a moment… fun? How curious... How can a computer have fun?"
"Uh, TEC?"
"Never mind. You can go ahead and send a message to Mario if you want."
"Oh, okay." Peach said, noticing that TEC is acting strange while she was typing it out and then she finished. "Alright, send it away!"
"Understood." TEC said. "It has been sent, you may return to your room."
Peach walked to the door with her Pokemon following her. "You sure are a weeeeeeird computer, TEC." Peach said and walked off.
"Creeemie!" Peach's Alcremie waved goodbye and her fellow pokemon walk/floated off after Peach to her room.
"Goodnight, Princess Peach." TEC said. "Strange. Why did she call me weird? I am the world best and perfect computer."
(BGM ended)
Meanwhile, with Bowser…
(Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door ost - Bowser's Theme)
Bowser walked across Petal Meadows. "Okay, I'm pretty sure it's just up ahead here, right?" Bowser asked as he was joined by the others.
"Yes, your Nastiness. Peach was probably located at this spot." Kamek said.
Crow whistle. "Damn, look at this place. I should remember this spot so me and Morg can have some couple times."
"Yes, yes good for you lover boy. Anyway, Onward!" Bowser said as they walked forward while Mona look at Hooktail's castle.
"Huh, that's an interesting-looking castle. I'm surprised Bowser didn't notice it. Let's hope he doesn't compare it." Mona said as she catch up to the others.
(BGM paused)
(Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door ost - Bowser's Quest - World 1-1)
"Ready to roll!" Bowser said as he strolled on ahead.
"Hmm, something about this feels familiar…" Kamek mused as Bowser jumped up and stomped on a poor Goomba as he hit a ? Block and grabbed some meat that popped out, to which he happily ate and got himself bigger. "What in blazes!"
"My word! Look how big you've gotten, Your Nastiness!" Kammy exclaimed.
"Coming through!" Bowser said, charging ahead as an X-Naut saw him.
"Big monster! CHAAAAAAAAAARGE!" He yelled, only to get stepped on. "Ow…" He groaned.
"You know that was a stupid thing to do, right?" Crow asked as he walk by the stomped X-Naut
"I'm guessing he's one of the brawns type." Mona shrug, following her colleagues and boss as Bowser hit another ? Block and ate another piece of meat, where he got as giant as he possibly could and then suddenly became invincible and charged ahead, destroying everything in his path.
"Okay, you're all seeing this, right?" Roman asked in surprise.
"Yup!" Neo said via a sign as Bowser broke through the brick walls and destroyed a random flagpole that was suddenly there.
(BGM ended)
(Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door ost - Bowser Stage Clear)
"Bwahahaha! World 1-1 is complete!" Bowser said as he charged forward… but found himself stuck between the castle that refused to budge. "Mmph! Why! Can't! I! Bust! Through! This! Castle!"
"Ha!" Crow laughed as he was recording a video to show to his friends, girlfriend and formal classmates later.
(BGM ended)
"Okay, I'm going back to the usual style before this happened." Kamek said, summoning his broom and flying around the screen, as magic poured out of his wand while doing so.
(Resume Bowser's Theme)
"Oh?" A Koopa turned around. "Welcome to Petalburg where we- AIYEEEE! IT'S BOWSER!" He screamed and ran off.
"…What in blazes what that all about?" Bowser asked as he turned around. "I could've sworn I was in a Mario Bros scenario."
"Ah! I knew it was on the tip of my tongue." Kamek said.
"Mario Bros what?" Crow asked as Mona his fellow human colleague shrugged.
"Lord Bowser, over there!" Kammy pointed to a window where they saw Peach on the window.
"Bingo!" Bowser exclaimed as he hurried over to her. "Hello, Peach! Your King is evil and Awesomeness is here! He said, while Peach said nothing but kept on smiling. "Aww, you don't have to be bashful about it! You're coming with me back in my castle."
"Seems like she lost all words when she saw your presence!" Kamek said.
"Indeed! She seems to be silent with glee!" Kammy nodded
"Awesome! I wouldn't mind a silent princess for once. Could give my ears a break." Bowser smirked
"So it's settled. We get her out of here!" Roman said.
"Hold on. I don't think that's Peach." Crow said while recording with his Rotom Phone
"Yes, I agree. Wait, why are you recording still?" Mona asked
"What are you two talking about? Come on Peach, let's go!" Bowser said.
"NOOOOOOOO!" A Koopa yelled. "THAT'S MY TREASURE! YOU CAN'T HAVE HER!"
"Buzz off pal, this one's mine!"
"BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE MY LIMITED EDITION, ONE OF A KIND PRINCESS PEACH POSTER!" He yelled, quickly taking it off the wall.
"P-POSTER?!" Bowser yelled as the Koopa took off.
"HA!" Crow laughed.
"I thought so." Mona pinch her nose.
"Ouch… that hit hard." Kamek said.
"Saw that one coming." Neo said.
"It feels like we're the only smart ones around here, aren't we?" Mona asked her two colleagues, Crow and Neo who nodded in agreement
"Great… just great… I'm now the guy who talks to posters…" Bowser groaned.
"Would you like to drown your sorrows with a picnic?" Kammy asked.
"…Yes."
"Great! I know of a good spot!"
(BGM ended)
Meanwhile, with Bowser Jr…
"Excuse me! Have you seen my papa anywhere?" Bowser Jr asked as he was in a small village.
"Sorry, haven't seen him." A Koopa said as he walked away.
"Come on, he can't be hard to miss!" Junior complained. "Hey, have you seen King Bowser anywhere?" He asked a lone Toad.
"Nah, can't say I have. Not that I care." He said and walked off.
"What's his problem?" Junior said. "Um… has anyone seen my papa anywhere! Or Roman, Crow, Mona, or that cute ice cream girl. Or what about Kamek or Kammy?" He asked as no one had an answer.
"Hey, I know where your dad is." A voice said.
"Huh?" Junior turned his head to see a robed Shy Guy. "You do?"
"Of course. He's King Bowser, isn't he?"
"Yeah."
The Shy Guy pulled out a poster. "Rumor has it that your father was last seen in this location."
Junior took the poster. "Glitzville?"
And that's the wrap for Peach and Bowser's scenario. Well such for you Bowser. You should have noticed that Peach would never be happy to see you of all places. Well on some cases.