Warios heart pounded in his throat. He grouped around in the dark, feeling for a familiar shape. Suddenly, a fireball lit up in somebody's hand, causing Wario to yelp in surprise.

"Wario, calm down. Its me, Eleanor, Bowsers wife." Eleanor said, causing her fireball to burn brighter, "Good thing I mastered Firebrand."

"I heard Waluigi screaming, and I can't find him in this blasted darkness!" Wario cried.

"I am having a hard time finding Bowser." Eleanor said.

Suddenly, the lights came back on. Wario looked for the familiar stick like figure of his older brother, and couldn't find him anywhere. He did find a trail of blood leading to a window, and a bloody hand print on the window still, the hand facing inward.

"NO! THEY GOT WALUIGI!" Wario wailed.

"Geno got Waluigi." Luigi said, walking back into the room, "Where's Daisy?"

"She was visiting Brighton last I checked." Eleanor said, standing over by the O.R. doors. Bowser and DK had traded places with Eleanor and Yoshi. DK was inside the waiting area, and Bowser was sitting in one of the chairs. Luigi walked into the O.R, and looked around for Daisy. He didn't see her.

'No, not the lady love of my life! Who ever did this is going to wish they were never born!' Luigi felt himself start seething inside, and had to take a minute to stop himself from going Brightsun. He stared at the still form of Brighton, still being kept alive by the nurses, and remembered that soon he would have to leave Daisy, leave Mario, and his new found brothers, Wario and Waluigi, heck, he was going to have to leave the life he had known and move here to Skyland where Brighton would begin training him to become the new Great Lord of Skyland. He decided now to dwell on it right now, and enjoy the time he had left with his family and friends. As Luigi walked out of the O.R, he wondered if he would still get to see them once he became Great Lord of Skyland.

"Daisy is gone." Luigi said, trying to talk past a lump in his throat.

"Somebody is going to have to go save them." Bowser said.

"I know, Bowser. I plan on going." Luigi said.

"And I'm going with him." Wario said.

Everybody stared at him in shock.

"Wario, are you feeling okay?" Luigi asked.

"I feel great, why?" Wario asked.

"You are going on a quest with me, that's why!" Luigi cried.

"I lost someone important to me, and I want him back, okay?" Wario said.

"Okay then, Wario. We need to look for clues first. I am going to go talk to Mario, and Mother about this. You are coming too, Wario." Luigi said, heading for the stairs. Glumly, Wario followed. They climbed up two floors to Mario's room, and went in.

"Mario, you need to talk. Tell me everything you know about Geno, now!" Luigi ordered.

"Luigi, what has gotten in to you?" Mario asked.

"Daisy is missing, and Geno took Waluigi. Talk, I am waiting." Luigi said.

"Geno was the third member of my team against Smithy. He joined the team after helping to defeat Bowyer. He didn't tell us much about himself, just that he was a starlet working for Eldstar, and that he was there to repair the Star Road. That's all I know about him." Mario said, as Twila came back into the room.

"I was just talking to Eldstar, and he said that Snifit 3, Smithy, and the Blade are behind this." Twila said.

"The Blade? It went down with the Axem Rangers. Geno went down to check for survivors, and when he came back, he said that there were no survivors." Mario said.

"Could Eldstar be wrong?" Wario asked.

"Eldstar wrong? Eldstar has never been wrong about bad guys, except the Daybreak guy. Everybody was wrong about that. I don't think Eldstar is wrong this time. We would have felt it." Twila said.

"Daybreak guy? Who's that?" Luigi asked.

"Nobody you need to know about!" Twila said, a little too quickly.

"Mom, what is up with you?" Wario asked.

"You don't need to know about the Daybreak guy. Forget that I even mentioned it. As you were saying about Geno, Mario?" Twila asked.

"When Geno came back from his little side trip, he was different. He basically stopped being happy. I assumed he was just feeling depressed because his time on Earth was ending soon. You don't think something happened down there, do you? Now that I think about it, he looked like he had been in a battle." Mario continued.

"I remember it like yesterday." Peach said.

Peaches Flashback

Peach was the first one up in the morning as usual. She walked outside her tent, and stroked the fire. Once she had a nice blaze going, she started on breakfast. Mallow was up next. He was in the middle of breakfast when Geno returned from his trip down the volcano. Right away, Peach knew something was up. Geno looked like he had been through one rough battle after another. His cloak was torn, and he was covered in a layer of volcanic ash.

"Geno?" Peach questioned.

"Yes? If you mind, I am headed to my tent to get cleaned up." the blue warrior said, disappearing under the flap of his own tent.

Mario and Bowser had joined Peach and Mallow for breakfast, when Geno reemerged, much less dusty, from his tent. He joined them for breakfast.

"Geno, your report?" Mario asked.

"No survivors, Mario. The Blade won't be flying ever again. I ran into some trouble on the way down the volcano, in the form of Dry Bones, the kind that don't die until you spray pure water on them, or give them a hard hit." Geno reported.

"Did you see all five Axem Rangers?" Mario asked.

"Yes, I did see all five of them, stone cold dead." Geno answered, "I even checked for pulses on all five of them."

"Okay, you said that the Blade would never fly again, care to elaborate?" Mario asked.

"It took a lot of damage in our recent battle, and looked like it had blown up upon crash landing. We need to get moving soon." Geno said, "I can hear the desperate cries of the final star."

End Flashback

"Do you think something happened to Geno while he was down inside the Blade?" Wario asked.

"He acted completely different after that. He started questioning my orders, and just plan acted out." Mario said, "I felt like I was dealing with a teen. Something must have happened inside the Blade that changed him."

"Wario and I are going to go back to where the Blade supposedly went down, and start looking for clues there." Luigi said, "I am more worried then scared about Daisy."

"You two are not going alone. Solance is going with you." Twila said.

"What?" Wario cried.

"But we don't need a babysitter!" Luigi protested.

"This thing is destroying suns. It would make short work of the two of you. Solance has his evolved form, and his beast form. He will be able to help you." Twila said, firmly.

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Daisy struggled against the ropes wrapped around her. She did not scream. She stopped struggling, and eyed both of her captors. Luminosity was someone she knew from the new years party three months ago at the Solar Hall. She had gone as Luigi's date. Geno, she had heard stories of Geno's heroics.

"Why is the Blade taking so long?" Geno asked, tapping a foot impatiently.

"It'll be here! Relax, Geno!" Luminosity cried.

A low hum filled the air. The Blade hovered next to them, and Daisy felt herself get pulled up onto the deck of the Blade.

"You found the Celestial Guardian, I take it." Blade asked.

"Yes. This one is Flora, Guardian of the Earth elementals." Geno said.

"What? I have no clue as to what you are talking about! I am not Flora! I have no clue what a Celestial Guardian is!" Daisy cried out.

"Sure you do, Daisy. Its who you are." Luminosity said.

"Take her below deck, and throw her into the cell. She will be dealt with once we have found the other three Guardians." Blade said.

"Certainly." Luminosity said, dragging Daisy with her.

Daisy thought quickly.

"Luminosity, you are a sun. You are good! Why are you doing this?" She tried. Her answer was the cell door being slammed in her face. Daisy went to the back of her cell, and thought about what she had heard.

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Twila walked back down to the ICU O.R. Brighton was back on the machines now that the power was back on. She yawned, realizing how tired she was as she sat down next to her husband.

"I really wish you were awake, Brighton. I think the Daybreak guy is making a comeback. I sent Solance with Luigi and Wario to handle this. Daisy was taken, and I am afraid he knows who she is." Twila said, falling silent. She wondered what Brighton would have done.

'He would have gone to deal with this threat himself.' She thought.

'You are right, Twila. I would have gone and dealt with this myself. Tell me, what has happened? Its like I am asleep, but I can't wake up.' Brighton replied, his mental voice strong in Twila's mind. The Moon jumped from surprise.

'Brighton! When did you, you know, wake back up?' Twila asked.

'It is kind of hard to say. I think I woke, for lack of better term, some time ago. What happened to me?' Brighton asked.

'You were attacked, brutally, in the sky, and Solarton brought you here, to the Skyland Memorial Hospital. Your liver failed, and they did a liver transplant. Mario gave you his liver to try to save you. Your attackers have claimed Geno, Luminosity, and Daisy. I sent Solance with Wario and Luigi. Geno reclaimed Waluigi. I think it is the Daybreak guy.' Twila explained.

'Describe the attacks.' Brighton ordered.

'Um, there's a trail of blood leading toward a window, with a handprint pointing inward. What do you make of this? Is it the Daybreak guy?' Twila asked.

'Twila, I destroyed the Daybreak guy's body, but I went down before I could handle its soul. I am afraid the soul may have found a body to take over, after nearly 5000 years of searching. You said it took Daisy. It wants her, and the three other ones because of what they can do for it. Daisy is one of four Celestial Guardians. I alone know who they are. Not even Eldstar, or Solarton know. Daisy is Flora, Guardian of the Earth elementals. The others are Pyronia, Aqueena, and Thundrina. Peach is Pyronia, Violet is Aqueena, and Rose is Thundrina. They are our sons girlfriends. Send Peach with them, for her protection. If all four Guardians are captured, all hope will be lost.' Brighton explained, 'Trust Geno. He is my spy.'

'I'll let peach know. You rest, and heal. Unfortunately, your wound can't be healed, because it is under the fatal category. You will live.' Twila walked out into the hall way, and nearly ran into Peach.

"Peach, you have to go with Solance, Wario, and Luigi. You will understand why later." Twila said.

"I can't leave Mario." Peach said.

"Princess, I know. You need to go with them. It is a matter of world wide security." Twila said.

"I don't understand." Peach said.

"Peach, Mario will be fine. I am his mother, and I will watch him. You need to go with them for reasons that I can't say." Twila said.

"If you are that insistent that I go, then I will go. I only hope they can protect me." Peach said.

"Go join Luigi and Wario outside. I called Greg, and he is on his way. He'll take you back to Clockwork Castle where Eldstar is waiting. He will give you further instructions." Twila watched as Peach left after acknowledging the order.

'Be careful out there, guys. The whole world is counting on you.' She thought.

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Queen Sunstar: The chapter is finished!

Twila: Please Review! Oh, and Queen Sunstar does not own anything regarding the Mario bros. They belong to Nintendo! She owns Solance, Solarton, the Daybreak guy, Luminosity, Twiletta, Lunus, and Lunella. Review!