Almost done with the semi hero path
Part 5B: Wario's Accident
Area: The rocket heading towards Clockwork Castle
The rocket, property of the scientist, E.Gadd, Wario was on was heading towards Clockwork Castle. Clockwork Castle has been around for hundred of years. Even though, the Star Spirits managed to update the castle according to year and process of the planet. Wario was also wondering about the legendary castle.
"Clockwork Castle," he muttered. "This is place is so familiar. But why?"
"This is…." Wario closed his eyes as he began to have more flashbacks. He remembered fighting a giant robot that looked like a Chain Chomp.
"Laura?" Wario thought.
Then he had another picture in his head of some kind of escape pod that heading towards the planet. However, the pod seemed to have taken a beating.
"Died?" Wario said in disbelief.
His thinking was cut short when he heard Mario talking.
"Well, what do we have here?" Mario asked.
He and Wario looked out the rocket and saw Black Hawks around the castle.
"Looks like the adventure is heating up," Mario happily said. He was always ready for an adventure. "How do the kids say it? Oh yeah. Time to ROCK N' ROLL!"
Mario looked at Wario. "Are you coming?"
Mario ran ahead. Wario stood behind for a minute but eventually followed Mario to the castle.
Area: The outskirts of Clockwork Castle
Wario found himself outside the castle. The outskirts of the castle contained floating platforms and debris that broke off from the castle. In Wario's hands was a walkie talkie. Mario was speaking through the other side. He was bringing up memories.
"Wario, don't you remember?" Mario asked from the walkie talkie. "Me and Luigi would come up here and play with you and Waluigi when we were seven. Remember when I told you that there were secret ways to get from the Mushroom Kingdom to the Castle? That's how we met? And this is just like old times. We're racing against each other to get a Magical Orb as if it was racing to get lunch."
Wario landed on a platform and saw Doom's Eye.
"It is about time you showed up, Wario," the eye said.
Wario tried to hide his impatience.
"The Castle's defense system is keeping our attack forces out. Destroy them, and we will take the Castle."
Wario ignored Doom's Eye request and continued his mission. Wario jumped up to another platform and saw P.U.N. robots attacking Black Hawks. Wario defeated the Black Hawks and continued. He jumped onto a higher platform and defeated more aliens.
After that, Wario saw this strange, green cylinder.
"Eh?"
Wario touched it and his body went sailing to the left. What he touched, was a gravity shifter. It changes the direction of gravity. He also saw Black Hawks flying on their sides.
"Whoa!" Wario said in shock.
Wario saw another one and it send him upward.
"It's been a long time since we've played together up here," Mario commented through the talkie. "But it's time for me to get moving."
Wario landed on another platform and saw a launcher. He was launched to another cylinder and this one send Wario downward.
"You know?" Wario wondered to himself. "Isn't a sudden change in gravity suppose do harm to you?"
Wario landed on another platform but above him a P.U.N. robot was hanging upside down.
"Weird." Wario muttered. "How come I'm the only one it's affecting? I guess I'm just special. And by special I mean cool and not special as in mentally slow."
Wario saw another green cylinder and jumped to it. He touched it and it sends him downward to another platform. Wario saw a warp pipe and he jumped in. He came out and was now in the castle.
"Warp pipe… the greatest way to travel."
Wario saw an alien hover disk. He jumped on to ride. In the next room, lava covered the floor. Wario used the disk to go across it safely.
"Good thing for this baby! Alien hover disk…..the next greatest way to travel."
Wario, still on the floating disk, went through another room filled with lava. He eventually made it to the other side of the room. Wario entered another room but he saw that the way out was too high for him to jump to. But he did saw black aliens beginning to attack him. Wario defeated the aliens and took their laser guns. A platform came down Wario and it carried him to the exit.
It was then Wario heard Mario again.
"What's wrong, Wario?" said in a mockingly tone. "Can't keep up. I'm almost there."
"Just you wait, Mario. I'm getting their."
Wario saw Black Hawks hovering in a line. He jumped on them as if they were stepping stones. When Wario jumped on the last one he became Hero Wario.
"Now it's time to sprint to the finish!" Mario said through the talkie.
"Fat chance! Wario…..CONTROL!"
Wario then sped out of the castle and through the outskirts of it. He seemed to be flying over some kind of bar. While flying, Wario saw the blue planet below him.
"Such beauty," Wario thought happily. Then in a grouchy tone he added. "I mean….eh whatever!"
Wario was heading towards the end. He could smell victory.
"No way Mario is going to beat me. He's going down!"
But what he saw disturbed him. As Wario Control was running out, Wario saw Mario holding the aqua Magical Orb. Wario's Control ran out but, because of his surprise defeat, Wario went sailing and went crashing to a wall. Wario got back to walking and walked towards Mario.
"One Magical Orb for me!"
He did his victory movements like he did whenever he got a Shine Sprite from Mario Sunshine.
"Yahoo!"
"CRUD!" Wario yelled.
But Wario didn't complain for long when Mario gave the orb to him.
"What?"
"Well, you have four orbs," Mario explained. "And you're looking for the rest so you can find answers. I thought it would have been selfish of me to keep the orb."
Wario was speechless. "Uh…….UH!"
"You're welcome, Wario. I've got to look for something that's in the castle anyway. We'll meet back later. Good bye!"
Mario ran off.
Area: Inside Clockwork Castle
Wario had received the fifth Magical Orb. But he was still complaining.
For crying out loud!" Wario angrily said. He was upset about everything mysterious happening to him. "What does this mean? Those flashbacks….that stupid Koopa's words about me not having a past? Nothing is making sense. I'm beginning to think none of it was even real."
However, one person was coming up to Wario that would cause him to change his mind. It was a fairly old Toad. And he was carrying a loaded handgun. It was the P.U.N. Commander, but Wario didn't know that.
"It's been a long time, Wario," the old Toad said as he pointed his gun at Wario.
Wario, of course, was the defensive. "What? Who are you, gramps! And how do you know my name?"
"I know you! Wario, the son of two people who were loons! You killed everyone I loved."
Wario was in disbelief. "I never killed anyone," he thought.
"My family…. And more importantly, Laura. I've been waiting all my life for this day!"
Wario was shocked beyond belief. "WHAT? Me killed Laura?"
The Commander began to tell his tale. He was at Clockwork Castle. He looked as if he was in his mid twenties. We also see Laura. However, she looked only as if she was three. We see the commander holding Laura in his arms.
"Laura was like a daughter to me," the Commander explained. "She and few other great people were only family I knew. And because of you, Wario, she was killed."
The young Commander put Laura down. She began to wonder off. However, the Commander noticed someone through the glass window of a door. There were actually four people in there. A man, a woman, a baby, and more importantly…..
Black Doom!
The young Commander was horrified when he saw Black Doom holding the baby. Worse, the baby wore a yellow hat and purple overalls.
The P.U.N. Commander continued speaking through voiceover. "Witnessing it all, the plan to create that horrifying evil demon that was you, the black creature, and your insane parents who unleashed it all."
When the Commander finished his story, Wario was too shock for words but he managed to speak.
"So, my birth….was because of Black Doom?"
The Commander was still furious. "You can't fool me. It's not just about Laura. Thanks to you, fifteen years later, everyone I knew and loved was killed when Clockwork Castle destroyed because the soldiers were looking for you. Worst of all, my family. At long last, justice is served!"
The Commander now had his chance. He fired his gun at Wario to end his life.
But when he looked to see what happened, Wario wasn't there. He frantically searched in front of him to see where he was.
"If what you say is true," a voice said. "Then, for once, I will respectfully accept my fate."
It was Wario. He somehow managed to use Wario Control and warp behind the Commander to avoid getting killed. Wario appeared to be in shame as he held his head down and his eyes closed. But the Commander was now curious.
"You mean to tell me you really don't remember anything?" he asked.
Wario began to walk away. "I just need more time to uncover the real truth."
As Wario walked away, the Commander looked at his gun. With guilt overwhelming him, he fell to his knees.
Go to Part 6C for the hero ending or Part 6D for the dark ending