The dark ending to the Semi hero path

Part 6D: Wario! The Castle's Guardian

Area: The outskirts of Clockwork Castle

Wario rode onto the pulley. The pulley led to the outskirts of Clockwork Castle. Wario was still in deep thought about what the P.U.N. Commander said.

"I'll make everything right," he thought.

But his thoughts were interrupted when he landed on a platform that was free falling.

"What? Is this place collapsing?"

Wario stood on that falling platform for awhile. But as luck would have it, another platform fell right in front of the one Wario was standing on. He jumped onto it.

"Why is the castle falling apart?" Wario thought.

Luckily, a larger platform fell near. Wario jumped on to that. He saw Doom's Eye.

"Look, Wario," it said. "Once our army attacks, the Castle will fall. You must hurry on ahead and get the Magical Orb!"

Wario continued jumping from platform to platform. He landed on another one and saw two more moving as if they were seesaws. He also saw Black Hawks hovering above them.

"This is weird!" Wario said.

Wario jumped onto the seesaw platforms and then he ignored the Black Hawks. Wario jumped onto another platform and saw a black giant. He ignored it though and jumped onto the next falling platform.

Wario saw falling platforms below him. He jumped to each one. At the lowest one, he saw a pulley and grabbed onto it. The pulley took him inside the castle. There, he met Donkey Kong.

"What's up, Wario," he greeted.

"I think you mean, 'what's down.'" Wario joked.

DK continued. "I'm trying to get to the COMPUTER ROOM before this place collapses. Can you lend a hand?"

"No way!" Wario said as he left. Doom's Eye floated through another room to avoid being seen by DK.

"Well," DK said to himself. "I guess I'm just going to have to FIND THE COMPUTER ROOM by myself."

Anyway, Wario continued through the hallway. He wound in another room patrolled by P.U.N. robots. He defeated the P.U.N. robots and took their guns that fired lighting. He ran through another hallway. When they arrived to another room, they saw a P.U.N. robot fighting a blobby shadow creature. Wario defeated the robot.

"The Artificial Shadow was a legacy of your father," the eye explained. "Now they are a legacy of ours."

Wario saw a pulley. The pulley led him back outside the castle in space. When he got off he landed on another falling platform. But he saw that other falling platforms were spinning horizontally.

"What's going on, anyway?" Wario thought. "This castle needs to be preserved. Not destroyed."

Wario began to have more thoughts about the situation. Wario saw flying black aliens. He used them as stepping stones to get to a group of platforms. Wario had to continue jumping across them because those platforms couldn't support his weight. Finally, he landed on a single platform that was by its lonesome. However, Wario had to wait awhile until another platform even fell near him.

Another platform landed right beside him but ahead, Wario saw platforms were rotating vertically.

"Crud," Wario whined.

Luckily, Wario saw a platform, that didn't rotate, that led to springs. Wario landed on that platform and jumped on the springs to get to safety. Wario ignored any alien that got in his way. Wario got onto another pulley and rode back to the inside of the castle.

Wario was glad to be on solid ground again. "Man, that was TOO close!"

Wario didn't have to continue long when he saw the pink Magical Orb. He grabbed it.

"Where am I from?" he thought. "And where am I going to be? I expect answers just up ahead!"

Wario walked through Clockwork Castle by himself. Doom's Eye left him alone for awhile, so Wario went to look around. The Black Arms also failed to make the entire castle collapsed. The castle still floated above the planet's atmosphere. While Wario was thinking about all of this, Bowser came crashing down in front of him. He was riding his Koopa Klown Car, but this time, there were three slots in the front.

"Wario!"

"Koopa!"

Bowser continued. "Hand those six Magical Orbs to me like the stupid simpleton you are. You are the son of my idol!"

Bowser, like many others in his world, had a deep admiration for Wario's father. Wario's father was a hero and a scientist. He also managed to discover many things like the 1UP Mushroom.

Bowser still continued. "But now, this is my time. Give me the Magical Orbs and I will minimize your pain."

Wario began to speak. "Koopa…"

"Yes, stooge?"

"This is something I'm going to do on my own. I have to find my memories. I made a promise to all the victims who resided in Clockwork Castle."

Bowser was now furious. He knew that meant Wario wasn't giving him the Orbs. "This is bull! Your pathetic self will obey me, or your life will end short!"

The slots on Bowser transport began to spin pictures really fast. DK managed to show up. He completed his mission.

"Wario! I got your back!" he said.

"I will not allow you to defile your father, my idol, legacy," Bowser said. "Witness me as you never seen me before."

"Crud!" DK sighed. "Why did you have to make him mad?"

The three slots stop spinning and all shown a picture of a missile. Then, missiles were launched from Bowser and towards Wario. Bowser began to fly away, the slots spun again. Wario chased after him and missiles missed him.

Wario punched one of the slots.

"STOP THAT!" Bowser whined.

Wario managed to punch all three of them. This time it was a picture of a Bob-omb. Bowser panicked. He knew that since Wario activated them, the attack was now aimed at Bowser.

"No, stupid!" Bowser cried. "Don't dropped them here!"

Bowser's Klown Car fell over. Bom-ombs appeared around it and blew up on contact.

After that Bowser was able to get back up and continued hovering away. However, he was basically flying in a circle.

Wario and DK ran after him again. This time, DK was able to hit all three slots. And the slots all showed a picture of Wario. Bowser was horrified.

"N-NO!" Bowser screamed. "NOT WARIO FEVER! ANYTHING BUT THAT!"

Wario then glow red all over. He became Dark Wario.

"You're going down, Koopa!" Wario threatened.

Bowser hovered away but Dark Wario managed to catch up. And when he did….

"Wario……BLAST!"

The blast damaged Bowser and his Klown Car. Bowser flew away again and managed to activate a slot himself. However, Wario performed another Wario Blast to damage Bowser some more. But Bowser had the upper hand when the three slots all revealed a picture of Hammer Bros.

"YEAH BABY!" Bowser cheered. "Hammer Bro Fever!"

Soon, Hammer Bros came in and headed towards Wario and DK.

"You take Bowser, I'll take these henchmen," DK suggested.

Wario agreed and continued to chase after Bowser. Bowser's Copter and managed to stop a slot on missile. However, Wario was able to set the remaining two slots on missile.

"W-WAIT!" Bowser stammered. "Abort launch you idiot!"

It was too late, the missiles head straight towards Bowser. "Alright! Say your prayers, mammals!"

Bowser still hovered away, leaving Wario to chase after him.

"You're going down!" Wario said.

Wario ran past DK again. Who was down to three Hammer Bros.

"Don't worry about me!"

Wario managed to catch up to Bowser and hit the three slots again. The picture was a Bob-omb again.

"NO!" Bowser said.

The same thing that happened earlier happened again. Bowser Copter fell over and Bob-ombs came to destroy it. Bowser couldn't keep doing this much longer.

Bowser still didn't give up. He hovered away again. But he knew it wasn't going to be long when he saw that Wario activated one of the slots. It revealed Wario.

"D'OH!" Bowser said as he continued hovering. However, Wario was able to activate the remaining two slots. All three of them shown a picture of Wario.

"MOMMY!" Bowser cried.

Wario became Dark Wario again.

"Wario…..BLAST!"

The blast had done it. Bowser's copter began to fall down.

"What?" Bowser said. "This can't be! I was supposed to win! Gaa….AAH!"

"Begone!" Wario thought. "I will not allow you to defile this place with your presence."

After the battle, DK left. He needed to get back tot the computer room. Bowser was lying across the floor. His wrecked Koopa Klown Car was behind him. As Bowser lay before Wario's feet, the last orb, the red Magical Orb, floated around Wario. As that one did, the other orbs began to float around Wario as well.

"Finally, I've got ALL the Magical Orbs!"

Bowser managed to say something. "You ungrateful little maggot!" he sneered. "Have you forgotten that it was MY mentor who was your father?"

Wario wasn't fazed by that comment. Bowser didn't have any reason on Wario should obey him. They weren't exactly family. So Wario said something.

"I am Wario the Warrior, the ultimate warrior born and raised on Clockwork Castle. I'm going to stay here. I will be the keeper of the Castle. I am living proof of the warrior. This is WHO I AM!" Wario said with a determined tone.

"What?" Bowser wondered in a rather sympathetic tone.

Wario didn't want anything to do with Bowser, or anyone else for that matter. "Leave now! And don't you ever come back! I won't allow anyone else to violate this scared Castle!"

Wario walked away to fulfill his destiny.

The three neutral endings will up Thursday