(Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door ost - X-Naut Fortress)
"Crump, explain to me again HOW did you lost the Crystal Star again! First, you lost it back at Bloggy woods and now you lost it again at Keelhaul Key!?" Grodus growled.
"It's not my fault! Mario and his group are a lot stronger then we antipated! Each time they go on the next location, they gain new allies along the way! And this time, I lost a pirate woman with an eyepatch!"
"So you're telling me that you lost to a woman?"
"She's a lot stronger! She literally sent a Squad of X-Nauts off the ship and even call forth lighting!"
"Lighting? She can use magic?"
"No, I think she can manipulate the electricity or something, I don't know! Every one of these guys can either use magic, or project fire or something! And to make things worst, they even knew I was coming along, they decided to go along until I show my hand! They're a lot smarter than they look. I believe the one name Levi and Rean is the smarter ones of the group."
Grodus palmface. "Isn't that FANTASTIC! First, not only Mario and company are stronger than they look, but now they multiplying, and they're more formidable with both brawn AND brains! Ugh! Why can I have those amongst my X-Nauts?! Crump, you're on standby until further notice! This will be your last chance to correct this mistake. Do I make myself clear?"
"Y-Yes sir! I'll take my leave!" He quickly shut off the video chat while doing so.
"This is unbelievable." Grodus grumbled. "X-NAUT!"
An X-Naut came running in. "Yes, Sir Grodus?"
"Send the Shadow Sirens after the Mario Bros and company again. They CANNOT get another Crystal Star, and tell them to stay vigilant with Rean Schwarzer and Levi Sullivan."
"As you command, sir!" The X-Naut saluted and ran off.
"Hmm… we have one, they have five… I must take some countermeasures. Espcually with the minds of those two if they have that much insight." Grodus quietly said before walking off.
(BGM paused)
With TEC and Peach
"All right Tech, what do you want me to do this time?" Peach asked as she just came in.
"It seems it's predictable at this point. I would like you to do something a bit more dangerous for me this time."
"Oh boy... what is it."
"I would like you to sneak into Grodus' office and look for a data disk."
Peach's eyes widened in shock. "What, are you crazy?!"
"No."
"Yes, you are! Ugh, fine… let me just go into that stupid suit again."
"You won't be using a disguise this time."
Peach raised an eyebrow. "What? What do you mean?"
"Follow my lead."
(Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door ost - Peach's theme)
Peach sighed before she walked out after TEC planted himself on her earbug as she went up a few floors.
"This time, go to the left."
"Okay." Peach nodded and walked to the left where she walked into a lab. "A lab this time?"
"Yes. See those potions on the table?"
"Yeah?"
"These potions, if placed in the proper order, will turn you invisible."
"Turn me invisible?! I wonder if there's a Power-Up for that…" Peach mused.
"I am not sure how to properly do it myself, lucky, the X-Nauts researchers have memos within the room, since I don't have knowledge of how to an invisible potion, so you're free to experiment."
"Oh great…" Peach sighed as she began reading the notes, but it left her even more confused. "Uggh... I know I'm smart but I'm not that smart! Where are Alisa, Emma, Levi, and/or E. Gadd or even the others when you need them?!"
Some experimentation later…
"I hope I got it right."
"Good, now hit that button on the left and then the vial will go into the machine where you will have to pour the liquid into the vial."
"Sounds easy enough." Peach said as she pressed each button the vial went into each chamber before it moved over to the right.
"Now, I will heat this up for thirty seconds. It has to be exactly thirty seconds or it will not work." TEC instructed and then started heating it up, and exactly thirty seconds later, Peach hit the button after counting, then the liquid turned out green. "Alright, now I want you to drink all of it."
"All of it? Are you sure? It smells pretty funky."
"Yes."
Peach gulped and then picked it up. "Alright… here goes nothing." She said and quickly downed the bottle, then she turned invisible. "Oh!"
"It is a success. You made yourself completely transparent. Now, here's the problem. It didn't exactly make your dress invisible, so you will have to take it off."
"…You can't be serious…" Peach groaned.
"No one will even see you because your transparent. If you walk out of there with your clothes on, it would cause quite the commotion." TEC remark.
"Fiiiiine, as if I have a choice." She said as she walked off to the side and undressed herself before she walked back. "Ugh, does it have to be so drafty?"
"You were being kept warm by your clothes. But in any case, now you can go into Sir Grodus's room. When you do, go look for the disk with the recorded data. I'll tell you more when you're there." TEC said as Peach opened up the doors.
"What the..." An X-Naut wondered. "Okay either that's creepy that the door just opened by itself or it's malfunctioning?"
(BGM ended)
(Resuming X-Naut Fortress)
Peach wandered through the hallway and into Grodus' lair where she walked through and opened up a door, confusing a X-Yux that turned around in curiosity before shrugging it off. "Huh. So this is Grodus's room."
"All right, now find a Data Disk and insert it into his computer, then connect it to the network." TEC ordered as Peach walked through and grabbed the Data Disk and put it into the computer, making a noise similar to the Famicom before it turned off. "Thank you, Princess Peach. Now return it back to where it was so he won't notice. Once you do, return to the lab while I analyze the data."
"You got it!" Peach grinned and took off to the lab.
(BGM ended)
(Resuming Peach's theme)
"…Do you hear footsteps?" An X-Naut wondered.
"Uh, no? I think it's just you."
"Huh... Maybe I was imagining." He said as Peach was back at the lab and put her clothes back on.
"Alright, which potion turns me back to normal." Peach asked
"The green one."
"The green? I was hoping it'd be red." Peach said
"Why red?" TEC asked as Peach drank the green one to turn back to normal.
"Because that's how pink was born in the world of colors. So what will we do with the X-Naut outside?"
"I've took care of that problem. He's not guarding the lab anymore."
"Phew." Peach sighed and then returned to TEC's room where her Pokemon were waiting for her.
(BGM ended)
"Okay, TEC, what's the data telling you?" Peach asked
"I'm still analyzing it. It's very heavily encrypted. So It will take a while for me to analyze everything. I will let you know when my analysis is complete. Head back to your room. Oh, but feel free to use the commutator to send a message to Mario."
"Oh, okay then." Peach said as she walked over and typed up a message for Mario before pressing send. "You're still a weird computer." She said as she walked back to her room with her Pokemon following her.
"Princess Peach, if my analysis is correct... Then I will protect you with my life."
Meanwhile, with Bowser…
(Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door ost - Bowser's Theme)
"Blegh, what is with this village? This place literally screams Halloween." Bowser groaned.
"Is it Halloween time already?" Junior asked.
"No, it's not Halloween. Bit this is called Twilight Town. It's known for its Spooky atmosphere." Kammy explained
"In any case, there is a report that a treasure is inside a place called the Creepy Steeple." Kamek said.
"In that case, you guys wait here, Mona and I will check the place out." Crow said.
"And try not to do anything stupid while you're at it." Mona added as she and Crow left.
"What is she, my babysitter now?" Bowser grumbled.
"Someone has to make sure you don't do anything reckless." Kamek said.
"So what should we do now?" Roman asked as Neo shrugged before noticing Lord Crump looking through some bushes.
"Ugh... where is it?! Beldam said it should be around here somewhere!" Crump yelled. "Sheesh, how does one lose a Superbombomb?" Crump wondered as he kept looking for it and then looked at a trash can. "…You got to be kidding me…" He said as he walked over to the trash can and pulled it out. "Why would they- oh forget it, at least I found it! Now, with this, I can easily take down the Mario Bros and their party and get those Crystal Stars!"
"Excuse us! We heard you were looking for the Crystal Stars." Kammy caught his attention.
"Yeah, not to mention destroying the Bros along with Rean and the others." Bowser said.
"Whoa! You want a piece of the action too? Sweet! We can team up!" Crump exclaimed.
"I tried teaming up once. Ah, it's a so-so situation on the right people." Bowser rub his chin. "But hold on, you know something about the Crystal Stars do you?"
"Oh? You're looking for the Crystal Stars too? Sweet! Now this'll help me with the Crump comeback! If you know something, spill it!"
"You're the one who need to spill it pal! Now talking or I'll make you talk!"
"Wh-Whoa there, big guy!" Crump exclaimed as he step back." Hey wait a minute, why I be afraid of you, Turtle boy? We'll I'll show you something to be afraid of. All Troops, REPORT!" He yelled as the X-Nauts appeared.
"Ha! You call that an army? THIS IS AN ARMY!" Bowser smirked. "KOOPA TROOPS! FORM UP!" he yelled and the Koopa Troops appeared. Most of them are Hammer Bros, Magikoopas, Koopatrol, Goombas, Shy Guys, Lakita, Dry Bones, Boos, Fly Guys, Paratroopa, Paragoombas, Bob-ombs, and Spikes. While some are Military Monsters, Human mages, swordsman, Fighters, gunmen, cavaliers, and even pegasus knights.
"Holy crap... Well played."
"Our army is better than yours! What are you going to do about it?" Bowser smirked.
"This is not good… oh!" Crump brought out the Superbombomb. "I still have this! Eat this SUCKER! HIYAH!" He yelled, throwing it at the Koopa Clan.
"INCOMING!" Bowser yelled before it bounced off of its snout and landed in the middle. "That's it? That's your big weapon? Ha!" He smirked. "What an amateur move! The moron doesn't even know he throw a dud! This is how you do it you, amateur! Watch and learn!" He yelled and breathed fire on it, to which it started to light up.
Crump sweatdrop. "…Oh crud…"
(BGM ended)
Meanwhile with Crow and Mona...
"Ugh... this place deserves its name... As if the forest isn't bad enough." Mona frown.
"All right, all right. Sure it's scary. Especially since it's something coming a church. It could be worst, like an abandoned hospital, or a haunted house." Crow shrug.
"Don't plant ideas in my head!"
Crow chuckled. "Anyway, let's go-"
KA-BOOOOOOOOOOM!
"-Inside..." Crow flinched with Mona as they turn to the direction where Twilight Town was. "What the hell?"
Mona let out a groan as she pitch her nose. "Oh for the love of... What did that idiot do, THIS time!?"
I was dying my ass off when Bowser literally blew up Twilight Town on accident. Wait. How did Twilight Town rebuild so quickly?