Queen Sunstar: Chapter three is here.

(Twila faints)

What is it with everybody fainting when I update a story?

(Revives Twila)

Twila: (still in shock) You actually remembered Critical!

Queen Sunstar: I put it on the back burner for a while. Now that I finished three of the five stories I was working on, I can give it the attention it needs.

Twila: Queen Sunstar doesn't own anything regarding the Mario bros. We belong to Nintendo. She owns Eleanor, Luminosity, Solarton, Twiletta, Solance, Lunus, and Lunella. (Goes off to read the chapter)

Queen Sunstar: This story has had 76 hits. I am not complaining, but it looks sad compared to my other stories with over 300 hits. Once this one is finished, I plan to start The Starborn Trilogy. On to story. I go by hits, but reviews are very nice. The graphic warning is still in effect from last chapter.

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Twila and Eleanor entered the O.R. Eleanor gasped sharply, remembering seeing her son, Koopa, in the O.R, after hearing he had died on the table. Twila turned toward Eleanor.

"I am fine, Milady." She said, forcing the memory to the back of her mind.

"You know what I am going through, right?" Twila asked.

The light blue Nokis only nodded, knowing all too well what the Moon was feeling inside. Twila settled herself down in a chair near Brightons side. She sighed to herself. It hurt to see the one she loved in pain, and what made it worse was the fact she was powerless to stop his pain.

"Twila, I know it hurts right now, really, I do. I feel your pain. I remember being down here, knowing my son was in pain, and being unable to stop his pain. Brighton will be fine. He will pull through." Eleanor said.

"I wonder, is Brighton suffering? Is it selfish of me to keep him alive when I know he is in agony? Don't mind me. I am running on zero sleep." Twila said.

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Eldstar listened to the CD again. Something about the villains voice seemed familiar, but he couldn't put his finger on it. As he listened to it again, it clicked.

"No, it can't be… Smithy?" Eldstar mused, listening to the recording again. There was no doubt about it. One of the voices belonged to Smithy. As he thought about it, he remembered the Blade, and placed its voice for the robotic one. The last voice clicked in as Snifit Three.

"Geno said he destroyed them! Something is not right here." Eldstar walked over to the com, and pushed the speak button.

"Geno, come in, Geno! Are you there? This is Eldstar speaking! Please respond!" Just as he suspected, he got no response. He hit the com again.

"Misstar, Klevar, come with me." He ordered, meeting up with the two other star spirits outside the starlets room.

"Okay, this is creepy." Misstar said.

"Are we scared?" Klevar asked.

"No, I am not scared!" Misstar shot back.

"Knock it off, you two! This is serious!" Eldstar said, breaking up the argument before it could start. He knocked on the door. No one answered. Swallowing nervously, - where had the nerves come from? - he opened the door.

It was empty. Geno was not inside it. The room was a disaster area. Books, papers, pens, pencils, and other debris littered the floor. The bed was made neatly, and looked like no one had slept in it in days. The desk chair had been tipped over, and papers covered the top of the desk.

"Something tells me Geno didn't go willingly." Klevar said.

Misstar screamed suddenly. Eldstar and Klevar ran to her side. She pointed down at the floor, where a big black spider crawled silently across the floor.

"You screamed over a spider?" Klevar asked, color returning to his face.

"I'm scared of spiders!" Misstar cried.

"Now that I have finished having a heart attack, lets look for clues." Eldstar said, his tone sarcastic.

"Sorry, guys." Misstar blushed.

"Guys, I found blood!" Klevar called awhile later. He was over by the window. Misstar and Eldstar joined him. He pointed to the blood splatters, and the bloody hand print on the window still.

"He must have fought back, but was injured in the process. He tried to save himself by grabbing on to the window still." Eldstar mused.

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Lady Luminosity entered the Solar Hall. She went to the sitting room, and met up with Solarton.

"Good, you have come." Solarton stood.

"Milord. You were vague about what was after me. Care to elaborate?" Luminosity asked.

"I don't know much about that, Luminosity. All I do know is that two of my suns are dead, and a third is fighting for his life. They were attacked brutally by something, or someone." Solarton answered.

"I see. I am going up to my guest room." Luminosity said, turning and leaving.

As the Sun walked up the stairs, she got the sense that someone was watching her. She turned around, but no one was there. Luminosity walked down the hall, again, she turned. She saw nothing. As she turned around, a shadowy figure jumped out at her. It landed on her shoulders, and she screamed, trying to fight back.

Solarton raced up the stairs, Twiletta behind him. They entered the hallway, and found a trail of blood leading up to the window at the end of the hallway. Like in Genos room, a bloody hand print was on the window still.

"Luminosity!" Solarton ran up to the window, and looked out. A fog had settled in, making visibility low. Solarton punched the wall in frustration, "Darn! What kind of Overlord am I? I failed to protect Luminosity, Sol, Bri, and Brighton! I failed my oath! I swore I would protect them, and I failed!"

"Milord, I don't think you failed." Twiletta said, coming up behind the Overlord. Twiletta looked like Twila, except her colors were dark and light purple. Her wand had a silver moon on top.

"I have to report to Eldstar." Solarton walked into the main computer room.

"Who to you wish to call?" The computer asked.

"Get me Eldstar." Solarton said.

"Working, sir." The computer hummed, and Eldstar came up on the screen.

"Solarton, I was going to call you. Geno is missing, and we found blood in his room." Eldstar filled Solarton in on what had happened, and shared his suspicions.

"Eldstar, they took a fourth Sun." Solarton explained what had happened.

"This is bad. I am going to see if I can get a guard on Brighton, around the clock. Preferably a pair of Moons, since they haven't attacked Moons yet." Eldstar signed off.

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"Snift 3, I am tired of listening to you go on about Smithy." Blade spoke, its one optic on the cowering Snifit below it.

"B-b-blade, I c-can't help it! W-when I get n-nervous, I r-ramble!" Snifit 3 cried.

"I can't have this. Breaker Beam." Blade fired off a blast of high heat, and melted the Snifit. It cybernetic brain told it that this was the best way, the only way. Snifit 3 was just an unnecessary distraction that needed to be dealt with. It already found two replacements. Geno and Luminosity stepped out on its deck. Genos eyes were black, much like Luminosity. Behind them, came the shadowy being. It was the Blades servant, known as The Soul. The Soul was a shadowy being with two red eyes.

"Master, They didn't come willingly." The Soul said.

"You put them under your spell, I take it?" Blade asked.

"They are fully under my spell, Master." The Soul said.

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Twila watched Eleanor leave, and Luigi came in.

"How is he doing, mother?" Luigi asked.

"Dr. Toadala came by. He said that Brighton is doing okay." Twila said.

"Mario is awake. He wants to see you." Luigi said, "Daisy and I will stay with Brighton. Eldstar called, and Bowser and DK are standing outside, acting as bodyguards. Geno and Luminosity got taken."

"I'll go up to see Mario." Twila left, and walked up two floors to Mario's room, and went in.

"How is Brighton doing?" Mario asked by the way of a hello.

"Hello to you to, my son. Brighton is doing much better now." Twila gave into her motherly instincts, "How are you feeling?"

"That's good. I am feeling great, no pain." Mario said.

At that moment, Luigi burst through the door. He looked scared, and was babbling incoherently.

"Luigi, what is wrong?" Twila asked, her fear like an iron fist over her heart.

"Luigi, stop talking like you've just seen King Boo!" Mario ordered.

Luigi stopped talking, and calmed himself down.

"I saw shadowy Geno walking in the halls outside the O.R." Luigi said.

"Shadowy Geno?" Twila questioned.

"He means Geno, one of Eldstars starlets. Geno helped defeat Smithy eight years ago." Peach explained.

"That explains it." Twila said.

"Why is Geno here, and why is he shadowy?" Mario asked.

"Waluigi." Luigi said suddenly.

"Okay, now I am confused." Twila said, "And you've lost me."

"Remember about three years ago, Lowser resurfaced and kidnapped you, and all but killed Brighton? Waluigi is Geno. He became Geno to fix the star road. When Eldstar gave Waluigi is body back, he created a new starlet in the process, called Geno." Mario explained.

"And this affects Waluigi how?" Twila asked.

"We discovered that Geno, the starlet, can repossess its former host body, namely, Waluigi." Mario explained.

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Down in the O.R waiting room. The shadowy figure slithered along the wall, and elsewhere, Luminosity killed the lights. Daisy was sitting in the O.R when the lights went out. She couldn't see a thing. Several nurses ran in, and the emergency lights flickered on. Daisy took her cue to exit while the nurses took the place of the machines in keeping Brighton alive.

Waluigi looked up as the lights went out, and heard a familiar voice behind him. He felt cold, icy hands on his shoulders, and screamed.

"Wario! Wait, Wario is too short to reach my shoulders. Mario! Wait, he is two floors away. Luigi!" Waluigi screamed.

"Wrong brother…" the icy hands owner whispered.

"Wario, if this is some sick prank, cut it out!" Waluigi tried, sweating nervously.

"Not Wario, or Mario…" The voice hissed.

"Me?" Waluigi asked.

"Correct, Waluigi… prepare to be assimilated… by your past!" the voice snarled, and Waluigi felt the hands go right into his back. He screamed in terror, groping around in the dark for his assailant. Wario heard him screaming, but he couldn't help him because he couldn't see him. Suddenly, Waluigi stopped screaming, and moving altogether. Geno ejected Waluigi's spirit, and claimed Waluigi's body as his own.

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Queen Sunstar: What do you think? Creepy, or not creepy? This story was sitting on the backburner for awhile.

Twila: Review, please! Queen Sunstar and I love getting reviews!