Passport to Death

by Owen96

Mario and friends go on holiday to an exotic island called 'Mudder'. It is familiar to a certain word, but they can't think of it. But as people start to die, there is only one word it could be. Murder.

9. Fire

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Characters Alive: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, DK, Toad, Toadette, Wario, Rosalina, Bowser, Bowser Jr, Koops, Toadbert, Wendy, and Ludwig.

Characters Dead: Pauline, Waluigi, Tiny, Goombella, Vivian, Funky, Flurrie, Diddy, Dixie, Yoshi, Birdo, and Ms. Mowz.

Kaiimi: WOO! Fighting to the point of death! That will probably happen :P

Moley Koopa: ...Of course they are not! Heh heh...Haha, Toadette beat up the killer and you think she is the killer? That is an epic suggestion! (That was not sarcastic, by the way :P)

Star333: Yeah, screw everyone apart from them two! :D Basically, I meant that they are not that far in their relationship to kiss in the vents.

Light Speed508: Yup, whenever Bowser is drunk or acts like he did last chapter, something bad will probably happen, as also shown last chapter. :D

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It was silent on the bottom floor, the debris on top of everyone. It was silent. Nothing moved, nobody breathed, it was a deathly silence. Suddenly, the front door slowly began opening, revealing the warm sunlight. The gap that Pauline fell through started closing.

'Oh my god!'

The door then slammed shut and the gap opened widely again, looking like it had never moved. Toad, Toadbert, Koops, Wendy, and Rosalina finished walking down the stairs, stumbling into the wood and rock.

'What happened here?' Toadbert asked on shock, adjusting his glasses. 'I can not believe my perfect eyes!'

'And I can not believe you are still alive' Wendy shot a fierce look at the blue Toad. 'The murderer should have killed you by now, you little annoying freak. You know, go and hang yourself! Stab yourself! Drink poison! Or, on second thoughts, how about I kill you myself? I am sure everyone will be very happy to see your eyes cut out as you cry for help. Heh heh...I will like that...'

Toadbert slowly looked at her, his face twisted into an expression of horror. With tears in his eyes, he turned back.

'Well, I wonder where everyone is right now' he changed the subject, struggling not to start choking as he stopped himself from crying. 'Maybe they got crushed by the ceiling'

'I wish you were with them' Wendy folded her arms, looking out of the window. 'Disgusting excuse for a Toad'

Rain thundered against the window, and the sky was grey. Clouds hang in the air, making it even darker.

'What have I done to you?' Toadbert questioned angrily. 'Huh?'

'Nothing, but you show off, you have such an annoying voice, you have a huge head that takes up half of the room, need I say more?' Wendy walked up to him, her face only a centimetre away from Toadbert's.

'You better stop that...' Toadbert said silently, clenching his fists together.

'Oh, I am so scared!' Wendy raised her hands in sarcastic fear. 'What are you going to do? What COULD you do to me?'

'Stop that...RIGHT now...'

'No. Just go and fall down that hole, or something'

Toadbert kicked Wendy in the chest, making her cough as she staggered back. She lifted her leg and swing it at him, but he ducked and then grabbed it, pushing her leg up. Wendy flipped around and landed with a thump on a huge rock. Growling in fury, she jumped up and punched him in the face, then picked him up and threw him at the wall. His glasses came off and smashed against the wall, making him unable to see. He then pulled out another pair from his pocket and put them on, grinning.

'I always prepare' he laughed.

'Guys! Just stop this! Fighting will not help!' Toad exclaimed, standing in the middle of them.

Wendy spat out a tooth and shook her head, stomping on the rocks.

'Pathetic' she muttered.

Suddenly, a small voice came from under a large plank of wood. It was squeaky, and Toad knew exactly who it was.

'Toadette!' he heaved up the piece of wood and threw it at the wood, making it clank against the wall, leaving a mark. 'You're alright!'

They both hugged, and Toadette looked around.

'The others are trapped under the ceiling too!'

They all began cleaning the mess up, and they eventually found everyone. They all stood around in a circle.

'We have to find some place to sleep' DK yawned, stretching his arms. 'I am even more tired than the time I drank five huge cups of milk and passed out'

'Back to the subject...' Peach raised her foot and stomped it hard on DK's, making him wince.

Bowser then began dancing again, singing to 'Living La Vida Loca'.

'No!' Peach screamed. 'Everybody, pin him to the ground!'

The remaining part of the ceiling began to shake violently. They all leaped onto Bowser, making him tumble over and land face-first on the floorboards.

'God no...JUMP OUT OF THE WAY!' Koops shrieked, grabbing Wendy's hand and leaping to safety.

Wario kicked Peach to the floor and DK grabbed him, spinning in the air and landing on the stairs. Ludwig, Bowser Jr and Toad were hanging onto DK, and Rosalina floated away. Toadbert tripped, landing by Wendy.

'Wendy! Help!' Toadbert cried.

Wendy looked at Toad, wondering what to do. She reached out her hand, but then stopped. Screaming, she kicked Toadbert in the face, making him spin back to Bowser.

'YOU BASTARD!' she screamed.

She stumbled to the wall, feeling it for guidance. Leaning against it, she pulled out a lighter and flicked it on, watching the flame dance around. Raising her hand, she threw it at Toadbert. It landed next to him, and he gasped. The wood caught on fire, and it travelled along on the wood. It caught on the walls and everything else. The only thing anyone could see was orange and red fire.

'Guys, to the stairs!' Toad coughed, dashing past the fire and clambering up the stairs.

The smoke began to get thicker, and they could barely see. They coughed and coughed, the fire burning their skin.

'Rosalina! Help us!' DK cried.

Rosalina floated above the fire and up the stairs, flying over the gap. She landed neatly on the other side, her feet meeting the carpet. She zapped Toad, DK, Koops, Ludwig, Wendy, Wario, Toadette, Bowser Jr, and Peach. They disappeared in a flash and appeared once again next to the space princess. The fire began moving up the stairs, and Toadbert and Bowser were nowhere to be seen, trapped in the flames. Peach, Toadette, and Rosalina dropped to their knees, too weak to stand up. Then Koops noticed something.

'DUCK!' he screamed.

An explosion came from the blaze, sending fire burning over their heads as they dropped to the ground.

'We have to get out of here! Rosalina, stop the fire!' Peach grabbed Rosalina's shoulders and began shaking her.

'Mario! Luigi! Daisy!' Koops cried out for help.

'What the hell happened?' Mario gasped, speeding up to them.

'This bitch here set fire to the whole hotel, killing Toadbert and Bowser on purpose' Wario glared at Wendy, who scowled.

'Is this true?' Daisy's eyes widened in shock. 'Did you kill an innocent, helpless, little Toad, and Bowser?'

'Yeah, so what' Wendy shrugged. 'It is not like anybody cares about them'

'Oh, is that true?'

Wendy spun around and gasped, seeing Toadbert and Bowser standing on the stairs, completely charred. The fire burned behind them, desperately trying to reach them. Bowser released his fire breath on it, making the fire even bigger. Toadbert chuckled, looking at Wendy as his eyes sparkled in delight.

'Is the fire hot enough, Bowser?' the blue Toad laughed, turning back around to his new friend.

'Yes it is' Bowser replied, also laughing.

'Good. Now, attack!' Toadbert spun and pointed at Wendy.

Bowser jumped up really high and spun around twice, falling towards Wendy. She stumbled out of the way, coughing from the fire.

'Dad, what are you doing!?' She screamed, backing up towards the flames. 'I am your daughter!'

'Well, not really' Bowser stopped his shell-spin attack and smiled at Wendy. 'You were adopted'

'Guys, please help me!' Wendy pleaded with the others. 'I am sorry for everything I said to you!'

Mario, Luigi, Wario, Bowser Jr, Koops, DK, and Toad shook their heads in disgust, while Peach, Daisy, and Toadette looked a bit sorry for the dinosaur-turtle. Rosalina just had a blank face, the bottom of her dress singing from the blaze.

'Guys, stop!' Peach ran in front of Bowser and Toadbert, throwing her arms out. 'We don't need any more of us dead!'

'Peach is right' Daisy slowly walked to Bowser, placing a hand on his shoulder. 'Do you really want to do this? To your own daughter? Well, ADOPTED daughter really, but it sounds more dramatic when I say 'Daughter', you think?'

Bowser blinked, and looked towards Wendy, who looked terrified.

'HELL YEAH!' He raised his fist and ran towards her, but Daisy quickly stopped him again.

'Really?' She glared at him, trying to make him say 'No'.

Bowser looked down at his huge feet.

'No...' Bowser walked towards Wendy and hugged her. 'As much as I hate you, you're still my adopted daughter. You are my only one left'

'Um...Dad?' Wendy rolled her eyes, smiling. 'I was your only one'

'Oh yeah' Bowser chuckled, rubbing the back of his head. 'But what are we going to do about the fire?'

Toadbert, who was extremely angry, turned to them and spoke as if they were idiots.

'Duh! Rosalina will use her magic to get rid of it, right?' They all looked at her, who put out her hand and shook her head.

'No' she told them simply. 'You expect me to do everything, just because I am magic! I took you all over to the other side of the bridge and back, and now you expect me to just use my power to get rid of the fire? Well, you can do that yourself!' She pushed Peach to the floor and kicked Daisy, who was trying to stop her, in the chest.

She ran to the door that led to the staircase leading to the attic and fumbled with the door handle.

'What are you doing? Why are you going up there?' Mario asked.

'Who cares!?' Bowser Jr yelled, jumping on Mario for no reason. 'Just stop her!'

Rosalina pulled as hard as she could and the door slung open, whacking Toadette hard in the face. She stumbled backwards and fell over, her face slightly bleeding. She ran in, closing the door again.

'Lock!' she cried, blue electricity escaping her fingertips and zapping the door. 'Go away and stay away!'

Mario pounded on the door, but it was no use. Whenever he touched it he got electrocuted, plus it was locked tight.

'Mario, do something! The fire is coming closer!' Peach pointed in terror as the fire creeped closer to them, spreading on the walls and carpet.

'Guys, in here!' Koops beckoned for them to come into the storage room.

They all quickly ran in and Koops closed it. He frantically picked up dirty old cloths and threw them over his shoulder, making them slap Wendy in the face. He pointed to a lot of buckets in the corner.

'Grab those and head to the bathroom!' Knowing what his idea was, everyone grabbed a heavy bucket and dashed out.

Then they all skidded to a halt, sending dust flying up.

'The fire is blocking the door to the room!' Daisy screamed as she pointed to the room where she, Mario, Luigi, Koops and Rosalina were in.

'Just run through as fast as you can!' Peach shrieked, raising the bucket and placing it over her head as she dashed through the fire and into the room.

Everyone followed and went into the bathroom. They filled their buckets to the brim with cold water, and then ran back into the fire, the water sloshing about. They threw their buckets over a large part of the fire each. The fire shrank and shrank until there was nothing left.

'There is still a fire downstairs that could spread up to us again, but we have some time to persuade Rosalina to let us in now' Toadette said.

Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Toad, Toadette, Toadbert, Bowser, Bowser Jr, Ludwig, Wendy, DK, Wario, and Koops walked over to the door. The sound of their voices surprised Rosalina, who was sitting on the top step biting her nails.

'Rosalina! Please let us in!' Peach called.

Rosalina stared at the door for a moment, before whispering a single word.

'Unlock'

The door slowly opened, and a smile spread across her face. She stood up as they all walked in.

'Lock'

The door once again closed, and blue magic began fizzing around it again.

'What the hell was that!?' Luigi turned on Rosalina angrily. 'You could have killed us all!'

'Heh heh...What do you mean? Guys, stop him!' Rosalina looked at the others desperately, only to see them all glaring at her.

She stepped back, feeling for the wall behind her.

'Stop it, right now!' She cried.

Luigi stomped right up to her and calmly asked a question. His voice was soft, but Rosalina could tell her was fuming.

'Did you kill everyone who got murdered? Are you the killer?'

Rosalina widened her eyes.

'No, for the last time!'

'Then why haven't you helped us get out of here? You are magic' Luigi said to her.

'I have already tried' Rosalina answered. 'The door did not open at all, or the windows. So don't blame this on me!'

'That is quite hard to believe' Wario muttered. 'Out of all of us, you are the biggest suspect, plus the one who would most likely kill somebody'

'Ouch!' Ludwig suddenly cried. 'Oh my god! My tail is on fire! HELP!'

'God dammit...' Toadbert whispered. 'Rosalina, this is the time we need you the most. Will you help us?'

They all stared at her, their eyes pleading with her. She looked away, the flap of hair covering one eye moving to the side of her face. She stood up, gently making her way down the stairs with her eyes closed, trying to focus all of the energy she had left. Suddenly, the stair broke and so did the floor, flames leaping up at her feet. She screamed as she began to fall into it.

'Rosalina!' Peach dived forward and gripped her hand before she fell completely in.

Her feet dangled just above the fire. Suddenly, Peach began sliding in, making Rosalina scream in pain as the fire burned her feet. Daisy and Mario then grabbed Peach by the legs and pulled her, Rosalina also coming up.

'Quick, Rosalina! Use your magic!' Luigi watched her as she stood back up.

Rosalina closed her eyes and began mumbling something that nobody could hear. Suddenly, the fire dropped back into the hole and disappeared completely, leaving nothing but the smoky smell in the air.

'You did it, YOU DID IT!' Koops cheered and they all hugged her.

Suddenly, there was a ear-piercing scream coming from inside the group. They all walked back and gasped, seeing a dagger inside Peach's stomach. Blood dropped from the wound as she fell to her knees, clutching the cut and pulling out the knife.

'Peach!' Mario and Wario shouted, both running towards her and leaning down.

'They...did...this...' Peach whispered extremely quietly.

'Who did this?' Koops frantically asked.

But Peach's eyes had closed, and Wario gently placed her down on the floor, Tears welling up in his eyes.

'I will find out who did this...' He growled. 'And I will kill them with my bare hands'

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A/N: Once again, I am going to ask you guys and girls who you think the murderer is. Review that and what you think of the chapter! Also vote on my poll, please!