"No, no, no! This can't be happening! No, for the love of Grambi, she can't be a freaking prisoner in a painting, especially to King Boo!"

Luigi had been raving about this for awhile, ever since the image that Ivan and Jacob brought back to the Bunker revealed that Violet was a painting and in the possession of King Boo. Luigi was a complete basket case, blaming himself for everything that happened to Violet...and Mario from the first mansion incident and beyond. The green clad ghost hunter went outside for air, not feeling well at all. Mario couldn't help but feel worried.

"Luigi, wait!" Mario pleaded, following him.

With that, the red clad hero headed outside to find his baby brother. He looked around, eventually finding the Poltergust 5000. Mario immediately got worried. He was about to go find Luigi when he heard something.

"MARIO! COME BACK IN HERE QUICK!" Elvin shouted.

Mario ran back to the Bunker, getting in fast. That's when he saw something that he wished he hadn't. Mr. L was there, holding Elvin by the shirt, his green thunder crackling brightly.

Mario hissed, "Let him go, Mr. L!"

Mr. L saw Mario as he put Elvin down. Elvin yelped, quickly hiding under some equipment. He peeked out a bit, wondering who this bandit was. Mario wasn't moving at all and Mr. L stepped toe-to-toe with him.

Mr. L asked, "Well welcome back, sir-jumps-a-lot. Surprised to see me after our last encounter?"

Mario placed his hands on his hips as he answered, "I am not scared of you, L. You were easy to defeat, so was your buddy, Dimentio. I won't be afraid to beat you."

Mr. L chuckled and stated, "Oh come now. We all know that Dimentio played and used me too."

Mario perked up at this as he asked, "Wait, if that's true, why'd you help him?"

Mr. L stepped a bit closer to Mario and explained, whispering in his ear, "I was brainwashed to listen to every word he said."

Mario's eyes widen in surprise as Mr. L pulled back from Mario, his green thunder deactivating. Mario was still on edge. He didn't exactly trust L but he trusted Luigi. He wanted his baby brother back but somehow Mr. L was acting differently than last time.

Mario finally broke the silence as he asked, "Then you don't have the lust to kill me?"

Mr. L shrugged and answered, "Since the final battle is over, no. No one controls me anymore, not even Nastasia. I don't have a purpose anymore."

Mario hesitated for a moment but then placed his hand on Mr. L's shoulder, grabbing his attention.

Mario stated, "Then please, join my team. We could use your strength."

Mr. L shook his head and replied, "Sorry, sir-jumps-a-lot. You don't need me. You need Junior." Mario bit his lower lip when they both saw that his gloves were changing from gray to white. He added, "So I give Junior back to you..."

With that, a rainbow light surrounded Mr. L. Mario shaded his eyes as Elvin watched in awe. He watched as the bandit turned into Luigi. Luigi had his eyes closed, still in his mind. He was standing in a grassy field, seeing Mr. L a good distance away. His back was to him.

Luigi whispered, "L...?"

Mr. L didn't look at him and stated, "Get body-as-cold-as-ice back, Junior. And I'll see you in our dreams..."

With that, Mr. L faded away, leaving Luigi all alone. He opened his eyes, tears in his eyes. He didn't know what to make of it. He looked around, seeing Mario was hugging him tight. Elvin was looking at him with awe. Luigi returned the hug, keeping Mario close.

"He gave me back...?" Luigi asked, a bit shocked.

"He gave you back." Mario answered, also shocked.

Elvin asked, "Uh...what just happened...?"

Both brothers helped Elvin, explaining everything. After they did, they were pixelated back into the Treacherous Mansion. As the two went through some of the exhibits, Mario was surprised on how well Luigi handled himself in the mission. Mario took the Dual Scream for Luigi as they arrived in the Study. Luigi saw a book out of the bookshelf and Mario put it in. However, it came back out again. Luigi and Mario stepped back, surprised.

Luigi questioned, "D - d - do you think there's a ghost?"

Mario answered, "Only one way to find out."

As soon as Mario had said that, Luigi took a peek through the bookshelf and out came out a Strong Poltergeist. And the Strong Poltergeist took the book that they needed to get to the Train Exhibit. The Manfredi brothers chased after the Strong Poltergeist all the way to the Space Exhibit. After defeating the Strong Poltergeist, the Manfredi brothers went back to the Study and opened it the Train Exhibit. The two brothers looked through the miniature of a train.

That's when they saw a bunch of Boos and Violet's painting. One of the Boos came up to the glass and laughed manically. Luigi instantly got frightened as Mario was a bit braver...but not by much. Luigi could tell that his older brother was shaking in fear. Luigi was surprised as Elvin pixelated the twin brothers back to the Bunker. The green clad ghost hunter sighed sadly as Mario felt bad that they couldn't go into the miniature to save Violet.

Elvin commented to Luigi, "Chin up, young feller. Don't worry, we'll get Violet back. Although, her portrait would fetch a pretty price at an art auction. Just kidding, my boy!"

Mario thought, 'How does Weegie stand with Elvin?' With the ghosts now down in the Vault; Elvin, Luigi, and Mario planned an ambush maneuver to overtake King Boo. However, Big Boo was there instead. Luigi and Mario were able to defeat him, using the train to divide Big Boo and then put the Boos into the compartments of the train. This was proof that King Boo was onto their plans. Elvin did some typing on the Parascope and on his computer.

Elvin pixelated Luigi and Mario into the mansion once more, to investigate the Terrace, since a paranormal porthole was there. When the two of them got to the Terrance, King Boo opened the porthole. The master of illusions then went through it and when they were about to do the same, ghosts started to come out of it.

Elvin called on the DS and yelled, "CRIMINY!"

Mario questioned, "What's going on, professor?! What the Underwhere is happening?!"

Elvin explained to them, "The paranormal levels just went through the roof! This is really serious, you two. The porthole will have to wait. Mario, start tracking the ghosts on the DS. Luigi, you start catching them with the Poltergest 5000! If we don't reduce the paranormality, our dimension could collapse on itself!"

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Wishmaker1028: This chapter covers the missions: E-3, E-4, and the start of E-5. This is getting good! Can our heroes capture all of the ghosts before it is too late? There's only one way to find out! You stayed tuned! Please read and review! And always think outside of the box!