**DISCLAIMER: MARIO CHARACTERS ARE COPYWRITED TO NINTENDO**

***CLAIMER: SPACE COMMANDOS COPYWRITED TO ME***

The Final Space Adventure
Chapter 6

Bethany panted as she rested her arm to look at the remains. A small trail of smoke raised up to the ceiling where Dimentio used to be. She chuckled. He had to go. Then, just out of the blue, an evil cackle sounded. The green space commando jumped. She turned around. No one was there. This frustrated her. Bethany got into a battle stance.

"I'm warning you! Don't try any funny shit!" She yelled as she felt the palm of her robot hand get warmer. The cackling got louder. Bethany covered her ears.

"You honestly think you can kill me...?" A familiar voice called.

"Yeah! What's it to ya?" Bethany screamed back.

"Well then, remember, if you try to kill me..." A cold presence appeared behind her. The green commando gulped nervously. She suddenly felt sick. "I kill YOU!"

That was the brunette's breaking point. She turned around and blasted the laser in Dimentio's face. He disappeared and reappeared on the table. Bethany turned and blasted the laser at him once more. Again, the crazy jester disappeared and the table split in half with an ear-splitting; CRACK! This didn't stop the commando from blasting her laser in random places.

She growled in utter frustration. What game was he playing? The cackling started again. This time, way louder. Bethany covered her ears, but the cackling was still loud as hell, the commando screamed. "Stop!" She got down to her knees and started to cry. Then, almost as if on command, the cackling stopped. Bethany wiped her eyes and looked around. The crazy guy was no where in sight. Then a cold presence once again was behind her. All hope was lost.

"D-don't hurt me..." She whispered. The deranged jester chuckled when she said that. He bent down to whisper in her ear.

"I'm not going to hurt you."

Bethany sighed.

"Probably..."

Bethany held her breath. Probably? What is that supposed to mean? The green commando opened her mouth to ask, but then a warm sensation washed over her right shoulder. She gulped. She felt a grip on her shoulder. The brunette turned to Dimentio grabbing the spot where her collarbone would be. A redish-yellow light glowed on his hand. Bethany stared in utter confusion. Then as if reading her mind, he released her. Bethany gasped, thinking he was going to kill her. The whack job just turned around and left the room. Leaving the door he exited through open a crack. Bethany blinked and stood up. The black door shot her with mystery. She held the handle.

"It's now...or probably never"

Screams. All that could be heard was screams. And the occasional firing of lasers of Mr. L's brobot. Mary squeezed her fellow Space Commando's hand tight as they ran through the dark hallways to avoid being killed. Stefanie bit her lip, but squeezed her friend's hand back. Tears filled her green eyes as she ducked when she thought a laser was going to hit her.

"Mary, I'm scared. I feel like I'm gonna die." Stefanie cried and she started breathing heavy. Mary bit her lip as well. Stefanie was having a panic attack again.

"Don't worry, Stef. We'll make it out of here. I promise." The pink commando nodded as she remembered something she learned in boot camp. She reached down and pressed a small, red button located the heel of her boot. Then the toe of her boot flickered a bit and finally turned a neon yellow, like Stefanie's dress. Soon, Mary was floating in the air. Stefanie repeated the action and floated alongside Mary.

"Go ahead, Stef. I'll deal with Rapist Guy." Mary ordered. Stefanie looked eager to leave and soared around the corner. Mary then stopped in her tracks and reached into her pocket. She took out a flower. Not just any flower. A flower made of fire, or a fire flower as you may call it. She put it to her lips and took a gnarly bite out of it. Then she felt, well, tingly. It's indescribable, if you ever ate a fire flower, you'll know the feeling. Mary looked down at her clothes as they started to change color, it flickered from one color to another. Her silver chest guard, collar, shoulder guards, shorts, and headband turned into a rich gold. Her raspberry dress, gloves, and boots turned into a neon pink color. Her hands glowed with fireballs.

Mary smirked as she turned to Mr. L, who stopped to see what the hell was going on. Only two words came out of the masked man's mouth.

"Oh shit!"

Dimentio slowly walked down the long corridors that was behind the big, black door. His hand was glowing orange from the energy he taken from the girl in green. He smirked uncontrollably as he walked into his room. It wasn't much, just a bed, a desk, and a bookshelf with assorted items on it. Dimentio took a jar from the shelf.

"It's old and dusty, but it'll do for now." The crazy jester mumbled as he put it on his desk. He place his glowing hand on top of it and mumbled a few magic words and his hand stopped glowing. A red-ish orange gas was now in the jar and Dimentio placed the lid on top of it.

"All the energy I need."