Chapter 3: Into the Underground
Mario, Luigi and Bomberman were in their rocket flying through space, when something big caught their eye. It was a large green planet with brown spots around 1/3 of the planet's surface.
"Hey! Cool planet!" interrupted Mario.
"Yeah. But where's the water?" asked Luigi.
"Some say the water on this planet comes from the underground." said Bomberman.
As they talked, the Ultrimax Crystal detector that was installed into the rocket started going crazy.
"Whoa! An Ultrimax Crystal has been detected!" announced Bomberman, surprised.
"All right! Let's go for it then!" said Mario.
And without another word, Bomberman turned the rocket around and then they headed towards the green and brown colored planet in the distance.
"By the way, what's the planet's name?" asked Luigi.
Bomberman hesitated as he asked, and finally, he answered:
"I don't know."
"Well then, let's go find out!" said Mario with a little excitement and a knack for adventure.
"All right."
A few minutes later, The rocket landed on the surface of the planet, desending slowly as it landed. Then, the Mario Brothers and the white bomb warrior opened the door of the giant rocket, and then they stepped out of it. And they were amazed at what they saw. There was a giant plain with a few trees in the distance.
"They got a nice place here..." said Mario, looking around.
"Yeah." said Luigi.
"Yes." said Bomberman.
Bomberman carries an Ultrimax Crystal Detector with him in his pocket, and just as he and the Mario brothers were looking around, it started beeping. Bomberman reached for it and took it out of his pocket and took a look at it.
"All right. It says the Ultrimax Crystal is........UNDERNEATH US?!?!?!!?!?"
Bomberman's calm expression faded as he thought that the scanner was lying. But it was not. The very powerful crystal that he and the Mario brothers were looking for was under the surface of the planet.
"How are we gonna get underground?" wondered Bomberman.
"Hey! Here's a way underground!" said Luigi, he was pointing to a cave entrance. That cave seemed to lead underground. And when Mario and Bomberman laid eyes on it, they knew it was the way to go.
"Well that was fast!" said Mario with some enthusiasm.
And so, without another word, The three heroes headed into the cave. It was dark. But Bomberman carries three flshlights. He gave one to each of the Mario brothers as the three of them looked around. The Ultrimax Crystal scanner went slightly crazier each time the trio of heroes went depper into the cave.
Meanwhile, at the surface, Mujoe and the Hige Hige Bandits landed in a large ship, and they found Bomberman's ship, parked outside the nearby cave.
"This way, Bandits!" roared Mujoe, pointing at the cave entrance that out three heroes have entered.
All the Hige Hige Bandits did their pose and hollered out. Then they all marched side by side, like a real marching band, into the cave. It was hard to get through the rows of bandits entering the cave as they took up all the space.
Meanwhile, deep in the cave, after a few minutes, our three heroes came across a giant hole. It was a dead end. The only way to keep going was to fall in the hole.
"You first." said Mario to Luigi, after noticing the hole.
"No. You." protested Luigi, scared to jump in.
"Hmmm....I know what to do!" said Bomberman.
Bomberman then took out his transceiver and called Bomber Base.
"Bomber Base, come in Bomber Base. I need help!" said Bomberman into the transceiver.
"Wow. I'm surprised that thing can reach all the way to Bomber Base on Planet Bomber." said Mario with an impressed look on his face.
A few minutes later, Bomberman was walking through a large watery tube like earlier, but this time, a pink ball came out of the flying pod that followed him. It opened up and had 2 propellers in it. It chased Bomberman as he ran. He turned around and did a backwards jump.
"Har, Change!" hollered Bomberman in the middle of his jump, his pink ball collided with the propellered ball, and Bomberman's pink ball became a copter.
"All right! Now we can go!" said Bomberman, floating in midair thanks to his Bomber Copter.
"Ok. Let's-a-go!" said Mario.
Bomberman held out his hands and grabbed the hands of the Mario brothers. Mario and Luigi were hanging on to Bomberman's hands as he hovered them over the hole. Bomberman then started desending into the hole. The three of them could not wait what was waiting for them at the bottom.
END OF CHAPTER
The Hige Hige Bandits led by Mujoe are following our heroes even as we speak. Will our heroes get to the Ultrimax Crystal first, or will the Hige Hige Bandits have the first victory?