Chapter 6: A Bittersweet Escape
Meanwhile, Raul was watching over his prisoner, who sat and stared at the wall ahead of her. That was all she did, or so he thought. After being stuck in a cell for 3 days, Doctor Doctor got tired of waiting for them to come and save her, so she devised an escape plan which, oddly enough, would start off as ludicrous.
"Raul?" called the criminal mastermind.
"Yes, prisoner, sweetheart?" Raul asked.
"I just want to do something for Bowser before the wedding," his prisoner replied.
"What is this 'something' you want to do for him?" Raul asked again.
"I want to dance for him."
"What are you trying to pull here, my prisonress?"
"Nothing. Just something I wanted to do before I'm headed for my destiny."
"Alright. You can dance for King Koopa, but no tricks. You understand?"
"I understand." Raul's prisonress nodded as she said this. Raul let her out of the cell and brought her over to a room full of bright lights and an elevated platform with steps on both sides. She took a good look around until she was certain she had the layout memorized.
"Your Majesty! Your will-be bride wants to perform a dance for you!" beckoned Raul.
"Really? Alright, lady," Bowser began, turning towards his would-be bride. "Perform the dance."
So Doctor Doctor got up on the platform and gestured a signal to play music. Miley Cyrus's song "Can't Be Tamed" began to play.
"Ooh, my. I like this," Bowser commented.
Several minutes after his would-be bride performed for him, she produced a smoke bomb from under her dress and threw it on the platform. A puff of smoke appeared and she disappeared.
"Where'd she go?" Bowser asked, confused.
"I have no idea." Raul replied.
Outside the castle, Doctor Doctor looked around to make sure no one was watching her escape the castle premises.
"Thank God I had that smoke bomb. I better get going before I get dragged into this crap." she murmured to herself.
While that was going on, the newcomers were still walking on their quest to find the kidnapped newcomer (or so they thought). Julius and Ri stopped suddenly and sniffed the air, as if they were following a scent trail.
"What is it, Julius?" Gardevoir asked, aware of what he was doing.
"I can sense an unknown creature coming towards us."
"What are you talking about?"
Suddenly, a monster which looked like a black metal Pac-Man with shark teeth and a chain attached to it charged toward the newcomers.
"Chain Chomp!" Luigi screamed.
"What?" Anita asked, confused.
"He's talking about the monster!" Princess Peach replied. "It's heading for you guys!"
The Chain Chomp went after Victor and bit him so hard on one of his legs that it started bleeding and would continue to do so the more he struggled to break free.
"No!" Gardevoir screamed. She banged her fists on the Chain Chomp but sadly her efforts were futile and didn't leave a mark on it at all.
"Gardevoir, get out of the way. It'll get you, too." Ninetales ordered, concern lining her voice.
Mario ran back into the forest, hoping to find a Question Block with a Fire Flower inside. He got lucky when he found one. He jumped underneath the Question Block and hit it, producing a Fire Flower from the top. He jumped again, getting the Fire Flower. He then ran out of the forest and threw fireballs at the Chain Chomp. It yelped in pain from the fireballs, releasing Victor from its mouth and running off.
"Mario, you saved Victor!" Gardevoir said. "You're our hero this day." Tears of joy were rolling down Gardevoir's cheeks as she said all this. She gave Mario a big hug and then focused her attention on Victor.
"Oh my, Victor. Your leg's bleeding." Princess Peach realized, sounding really concerned. She noticed an ugly gash on Victor's damaged leg and there was blood, which was trickling down the gash like a slow, monotonous waterfall. She got out a bottle of rubbing alcohol and smeared it over his leg. Victor winced in pain as it was smeared.
"Don't worry. She's just doing the best she can." Gardevoir assured Victor.
"Wow. He's in real pain," Luigi noticed. "Why don't we carry him so he doesn't have to use his legs?"
"Luigi, that is a great idea." Mario replied. "Okay. Gardevoir, Yoshi, you go back into the forest and get some materials to make a stretcher. Victor, stay right where you are and don't move. You are in pain. As for everyone else, watch over him so he doesn't try to do anything, like escape."
So the gang decided to work together and mend Victor's wound as fast as they could and do the best they could. Recovery was underway, but what would come their way would be even more life-threatening.
