MMSB: It's about time this update was made!
Me: Well excuse me for coming down with a cold! (coughs) I very well can't get any work done if all I do is cough and sneeze!
Servo: Ok, that's enough. (crams a bottle of cough syrup down my mouth)
Gantz: (helps Servo by holding down Nutcase)
Me: (breaks free of the bottle) You're both very lucky I'm too nice to rip your heads off! Anyway, this chapter goes through another nightmare sequence that was inspired by Gantz Gun's most recent oneshot story, Haze of Darkness. Vivian is the sole target of this nightmare, and you shall see why when you read. Now, let us begin.
Chapter 30: Darkness Reborn?
After telling everyone the story of how Princess Peach Toadstool, ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom, saved her own country by traveling the kingdom to rid it of Bowser's troops and to save her friends the Mario brothers, Ash and his friends, along with Crow, Zane, Meriee, and Servo all began laughing uncontrollably. "Oh man, that Koopa got beat by a girl!!!" Crow remarked after hearing of how badly Bowser got beaten by Peach in that episode of Mushroom Kingdom history.
Max then said, "Oh man, I wish I could see the Mushroom Kingdom myself! It sounds like a fun place with all the col stuff you guys talk about!" Servo then said, "Oh, it's a great place, no doubt about that." Cambot then produced a few photos he took on the last adventure in the Mushroom Kingdom when he and his friends, Crow, Gypsy, the Nanites, Servo, as well as Mike, Joel, Bobo, and Observer got transported there.
After passing the pictures around, Meowth said, "Wow, you weren't kidding about how ugly Bowser looks! He looks like a mutated Blastoise without the twin hydro cannons!" Brock would have gone ga-ga over Peach and Daisy's photos if he hadn't remembered that he and Lucy were a couple now, so when he got those photos of the princesses, he simply said, "They... certainly are pretty..." Everyone chuckled at Brock's distress, even Lucy. She then said, "It seems you need a little more time to get used to finally having a girlfriend, Brock." Brock nodded sheepishly, and said, "Sorry about that." Lucy then said, "Don't worry, it'll clear up eventually."
Ash then said to Clay and Luigi, "If somehow pokemon do make it to your world, you should set up your own pokemon league. Perhaps you may even see me again once this is over if you do!" Kooper then said, "Providing a link between this world and ours is somehow established." Zane then said, "For all we know, that link could have been made when we got here." Clay then said with a lot of concern in his voice, "If so, I hope Bowser hasn't found out about it. The last thing we need is to have our troubles plague this world."
Nightfall came, and everyone was ready for bed. Everyone went into their respective tents to get some well deserved rest after the ordeal they went through a few days ago. But Vivian had a less than enjoyable night's sleep.
(Inside Vivian's mind)
Vivian found herself in a dark and terrifying place. It looked almost like a tomb, complete with a stone coffin in the back of the room. She recognized the room as the same tomb her mother, the Shadow queen was imprisioned within. For a long time prior to meeting Clay, Vivian had no idea whom her mother was since she was very young at the time the Shadow Queen had destroyed the ancient city that now lay beneath Rougeport, and was later defeated by the four legendary heroes responsible for sealing her within the tomb Vivian was in right now. It wasn't until the Shadow Queen was revived by Grodus, the leader of the X-Nauts, that she knew the demon was her mom when her eldest sister, Beldam said, "Mother, it's great to see you again after these long one thousand years!!!"
This of course was hard for Vivian to take, seeing as her mother was the monster that destroyed so many lives in the past, and that her own sister wanted to unleash this evil again. Vivian had no remorse when the Shadow Queen finally died, as she promised to help Clay no matter what happened while searching for the Crystal Stars to save Peach from the X-Nauts. Plus, she was very different from Beldam, and really didn't wish any harm on anyone as she just wanted to be friends with people rather than listen to Beldam saying no one other than a Shadow Siren can be trusted.
Right now, all of the unwanted memories of that day when she met her mother came rushing back when she found herself in this room. She also saw that the only other people in the room with her was her boyfriend Clay, along with Crow T. Robot, locked in a life or death struggle with a black version of Crow. She quietly said to herself, 'That must be Timmy...' At that moment, she wondered why no one else was in the room with her friends, but her thoughts were interupted when she heard Crow yell out, "I don't know how, or why the Dentes Rhohos brought you back, but I'm not letting you kill anyone while I'm still functioning!"
Crow then delivered a strong right hook to Timmy's head, which began spinning around in place after the hit landed on Timmy's face. Clay then delivered a strong jab to Timmy's chest, knocking him back. Clay then quickly jumped into the air and jumped on Timmy until he was crunched into a thin sheet of metal. Timmy shut down after that, signaling he was dead in the robot sense.
Before they could celebrate, a foul wind swept through the room, and a dark mist spilled from the coffin. Clay and Crow were terrified, but stood their ground. Vivian was also scared, as she remembered this being how the Shadow Queen came back to life. The coffin opened, and a young lady emerged from it. She was a perfectly proportioned woman wearing rather tight-fitting clothes. But the scary thing was that she had hair that flowed freely without the wind blowing, and she had a piercing gaze. Vivian recognized those eyes. 'The Shadow Queen...' Vivian muttered fearfully.
Her evil mother then lashed out at Clay and Crow with a sword made of darkness. The two friends were knocked across the room by the force of the attack. Clay was badly injured as there were numerous tears in his overalls, and cuts on his skin which began to bleed. Crow had his left arm sliced off, and had part of his head smashed in. These damages could be fixed since he was a robot, but Vivian was still concerned about him regardless.
She then tried to rush to help Clay and Crow, but she soon found out she couldn't. She saw she was bound to the wall with chains, and saw the rest of her friends were sharing her fate being forced to watch the fight (if one could call being unfairly outmatched a fight) go on. Clay for some reason couldn't get up, which didn't seem possible since that attack didn't seem to do that much harm to him.
The Shadow queen said, "What's the matter? Can't get up?" Clay glared hatefully at the Shadow Queen and said, "How in the hell did you come back, and how in the fucking hell are you stronger than before?!" His answer was a sharp pain in his stomach as he saw the black-colored sword being drivin into him by the Shadow Queen. On the wall, Luigi spoke without fear when he said, "You heartless bitch!!!!" This was answered by him being impaled too, along with the rest of Vivian's friends. In the question of the robots, they were simply vaporized by some dark mist that ate away at the robot's metal skin like acid.
The Shadow Queen then turned towards Vivian and said, "I'm very dissapointed in you for siding with these inferior beings. I'm even more ashamed at how you fell in love with that fool in blue. For this, there is no forgiveness." The demon then was about to kill her own flesh and blood, but that's when Vivian woke up from the nightmare.
(back in reality)
Vivian screamed into the night out of sheer terror, then began crying heavily. Clay, who had been right next to Vivian when she screamed recieved the full extent of the fury of her lungs and vocal cords, nearly rendering him deaf. Clay was still groggy when he suddenly yelled out, "The Nazis are bombing London again!!!!" Once the young plumber saw Vivian crying, he imedeately tried to calm her down.
Everyone else asked the two to come out of the tent to figure out what was wrong. They were greeted by the sight of Vivian crying, while Clay was doing his best to get her to calm down. Luigi then asked, "What happened!?!" Clay then said, "That's what I'd like to know. Vivian, what happened?" Vivian then said, "I just had the most horrific dream... It was a lot worse than the one we had on our last adventure..."
Zane had a concerned look on his face as he whispered, 'Oh no... I wonder what happened?' Vivian answered his question (even though she couldn't read people's minds) by saying, "I saw all of us in a crypt of some kind, and I saw Clay and Crow fighting that Timmy creature you told us about..." Cambot then said, "Anything involving that bastard would be a nightmare."
Clay quickly shushed the camera robot so Vivian could continue. She then said, "Even though they destroyed Timmy, they were then k-ki-ki-" She couldn't go on with the description of her dream, but the others had a feeling of what word that started with the letter 'K' she was trying to say. She finally said, "In the end you were all murdered by the Shadow Queen!"
Clay, along with Zane, Meriee, Luigi, Yoshi, Goombario, the robots, and Kooper imedeately did a double take when she said that. Kooper then said, "The Shadow Queen!?!" Goombario then said, "Why on earth would she be doing in your dreams!? She's supposed to be dead!" Clay then said, "Perhaps it was just fear preying on her subconcious?"
Vivian shook her head, then said, "It felt too real to be a simple nightmare..." Ash then said, "I personally think you need to explain to us what's going on here. We heard you talk about the Shadow Queen on occasion, but nothing more than just a word or two. What's so scary about her?"
Luigi then said, "Do you want to know? Do you really want to know?" Ash flinched when he heard how Luigi said that sentance. Something told him it was going to be difficult to handle. Little did he know, he was right. After being told about an old legend of the past of the Mushroom World, and how it was connected with Vivian's past prior to meeting Clay, every one of Ash's friends were deeply disturbed and scared as well as saddend.
That's when Crow asked, "What was Timmy doing there?" Vivian then said, "In the dream, you said the Dentes Rhohos somehow brought Timmy back..." Zane shuddered when Vivian said this. Zane saw the video Cambot made when he, Joel, Servo, and Crow met Timmy. As a result, Zane was scared of what this dark robot could do if the Dentes Rhohos were to actually enlist Timmy's help. But he was even more scared of the news of the Shadow Queen. 'What if this is a sign saying the Shadow Queen is back?!'
Brock then said, "Vivian, try to calm down. As long as we're here, you don't have to worry about anything." Vivian warmed up a bit, ad then said, "I'm really sorry for scaring everyone..." Luigi then said, "Are you kidding? I wasn't scared!" Little did Luigi know, Servo draped a sheet over himself to make himself look like a boo, as he floated behind Luigi and let out a boo-type laugh into the green-clad plumber's ears. To simply say Luigi was scared would be an understatement.
When Servo took off the sheet, everyone started laughing, even Luigi. Luigi then said, "Well, I think that was enough to help us be more at ease. Thanks Servo." Servo then said, "It was nothing. Anyway, I'm going back to sleep." Zane then said, "I agree with Servo, we should get some rest."
Soon everyone went back to sleep. To ensure nothing bad would happen between now and the end of this journey, she made a quick prayer hoping that there would be no such dangers like the one she saw in her nightmare. She then fell asleep when she saw the calm, relaxed expression on her boyfriend's now sleeping face.
Ace: (is unconcious)
Crow: Oh great, she fainted!
Gantz: Must've been from when Vivian saw Clay getting killed in that nightmare...
Me: Sorry to cut this segment short, but we gotta get Ace back up! R&R!!!