"So old Dry Bowser got himself kidnapped, huh?" Professor Elvin Gadd stated as he simply laughed, shaking his head. "How shocking. And why would you want to rescue him, anyway? He's a collosal jerk!"

"That may be true, but he's also one of my closest, best friends!" Toadette exclaimed as she moved her hands around. "Like, super close!"

Birdo sighed as she placed her right hand on her face. "And I'm just being forced to tag along because I'm Toadette's other best friend."

"So I see." Professor E. Gadd stated, with all three of them being in Prof. E. Gadd's laboratory near Luigi's Mansion. "And just how are you gonna be able to go and rescue that bunch of old bones, anyway?"

"By needing your help, duh!" Toadette remarked as she wrapped her right arm around E. Gadd, rolling her left hand around. "We need a GPS to track down this place called Itez Island!"

"Itez Island, huh?" E. Gadd remarked as he rubbed his chin with his left hand. "Never heard of it. Did Dry Bowser make it up on the spot?"

"Sounds like it." Birdo commented as she nodded, folding her arms together. "But given what universe we exist in, it's not something I put in the realm of impossibility."

"Indeed, so." E. Gadd chuckled as he moved his hands around. "Well, never worry, girls! For I got all the tools we'll need!"

"You do!?" Toadette gleefully exclaimed as she held her hands together.

E. Gadd smiled with a wink as he pulled out a Gadd flashlight, pointing at himself as the lights began to dim. "Yes, and I'll tell you all about how to get there... in the next chapter!"

Toadette and Birdo fell on their backs as they groaned in pain, with E. Gadd simply laughing as he snapped his fingers, turning the lights back on.