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Back at the hill, Mario's M-60 was so overheated from firing that the barrel had warped. He had been hit five times and was struggling to stay conscious. Luigi had been hit three times and had moved in front of his brother. Shielding Mario from the fire with his own body. His rifle was jammed and he was running out of .45 ammo. Luigi reloaded the pistol and fired seven shots at the approaching clones then he heard a click. He reached for another clip only to realize that the clip in the pistol was the last one. He looked at the empty pistol in his shaking hand. Suddenly a fourth bullet hit him in the side. Luigi dropped the pistol and put his hand over the wound.
He looked at Mario and said "I…it looks like w…we are gonna s…see M…Momma tonight bro."
Mario's speech was slurring as he said "As l…long as the g…gir…girls are o…ok and I…I'm with m…m…my b…baby b…br…brother. I'll d…d…die happy."
Luigi took Mario's hand and said "m…me too, b…bro."
They heard the clones' foot steps getting closer and closer. One of Tatanga's transport ships appeared over head.
"Oh no" Mario said.
Suddenly, the ship's main guns began firing into the clones. Killing several at a time.
Daisy's voice came on the PA system and said "Attention! Tatanga is dead! Stop your assault right now or die!"
"Never!" One of the clones yelled.
The clones began charging the brothers again. Rosalina's magic began to flash in front of them. Peach and Daisy appeared in the blue haze and began firing at the clones. Any clones within range of the shotgun or flamethrower became a target. The ship continued firing into the clones. Soon, there were less than fifty clones left and they began retreating. Peach and Daisy turned around toward Mario and Luigi. Peach's left hand covered her mouth as she gasped. Daisy's jaw dropped. She was shocked at the scene before her. The two strongest men she knew, the men who had saved her and Peach countless times, were lying near death.
She pulled a radio out of her pocket and said "Rosie! Get down here! We need to get these two to the hospital, now!"
"I'll be right there" Rosalina replied.
Rosalina appeared between Peach and Daisy. She dropped her rifle and cupped her hands over her mouth when she saw Mario and Luigi.
"W…we cannot take them to the hospital" Rosalina said "it is too dangerous to move them, even with my magic. We will have to take care of them ourselves. You have training to be a nurse, right Peach."
"Technically yes" Peach said "but we have no supplies."
Luigi reached toward Daisy and struggled to say "D…Dai…D…Daisy"
His arm fell limp and he laid his head down and stopped breathing.
"NO!" Daisy yelled.
She rolled Luigi onto his back and began giving him CPR.
"Come on Luigi" she said as she began pushing on his chest.
She blew into his mouth twice and began pushing on his chest again.
"You've gotta breath" Daisy said "don't leave me, please."
Daisy continued CPR. Suddenly, Luigi gasped and began breathing very shallow.
"We have to get them to a hospital Rosie" Peach said "it's worth the risk. Just get us there."
Rosalina nodded and waved her wand again. The five of them appeared in the hospital waiting room. Rosalina ran to the desk and explained what was going on. Two doctors and several nurses ran into the room with two stretchers and took Mario and Luigi into surgery. Peach, Daisy and Rosalina were sitting in the waiting room silently.
A doctor walked into the waiting room and said "Princesses, come over here please."
The three princesses ran to him, still holding their weapons.
"How are they?" Daisy asked.
"It was close" the doctor said "but, they will both make it."
"Thank God" Peach said happily.
"But" the doctor said "they will have to stay here for a while."
"Ok" Peach said "what will it cost?"
"Nothing" the doctor said.
"What?" Peach asked.
"Your friend Rosalina told me how they were wounded" the doctor said "I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if I charged you for the treatment of such noble heroes."
"Thank you" Daisy said "can we see them?"
"Yes" the doctor said "this way."
He led them to a recovery room. Mario and Luigi both had IVs in their arms and were hooked up to several machines. The princesses walked into the room and set their weapons in the corner.
Daisy walked over to Luigi and softly said "Luigi?"
Luigi looked up at her and weakly said "D…Dai…Daisy?"
"Yes Sweetie" Daisy said "I'm here."
"I…I'm sorry" Luigi said.
"For what, Honey?" Daisy asked.
"For not being able to protect you" Luigi said doing his best to motion toward her arm.
Daisy wiped away a tear and said "don't be sorry. You did protect me. You held off an entire army so I could get away, and you were willing to give your life for me. I'm grateful for that. Thank you"
"I…I feel so tired" Luigi said weakly.
Daisy leaned down and kissed his forehead and said "get some rest, Sweetie."
Luigi closed his eyes and fell asleep. Daisy turned around and looked at Peach and Mario. Mario was still unconscious and Daisy heard Peach sobbing.
She walked over and put her hand on Peach's shoulder and said "it will be ok Peach. He'll wake up soon."
"I hope so" Peach said through the tears.
Daisy hugged her and said "he will be ok Peachy."
Toad ran into the room and said "Princess! Tatanga's army is coming this way!"
"What?" Peach asked.
Daisy stood up and walked toward their weapons.
"Wh…what are you doing?" Peach asked.
Daisy picked up her .357 and opened the chamber to make sure it was fully loaded and said "getting ready."
"What?" Peach asked again.
Daisy closed the chamber and put the revolver in her belt, she picked up her knife and put it in her belt. Then she stood up and strapped her flamethrower on.
Daisy turned to Peach and Rosalina and said "get ready."
"We can't fight them alone" Peach said.
Daisy pointed at Mario and Luigi and said "look at the men in those beds. They volunteered to fight an entire army alone to keep us safe. I won't do any less for them."
Peach was shocked and said "Daisy, we can't-"
"Stop" Daisy interrupted.
She sighed and said "I can't make you come with me, but I am going out there to fight."
"Are you crazy?" Peach asked "if you go out there, you will be full of holes laying in a hospital bed; just like Mario and Luigi, that is if you even survive."
Toad left the room.
"If that's the way it goes, so be it" Daisy said "at least I can say I went out fighting."
She turned around to leave.
"Wait" Rosalina said.
"Don't try to stop me" Daisy said.
"I am not going to" Rosalina said.
She walked over to Daisy, put her hand on Daisy's shoulder and said "I'm going with you."
She grabbed her rifle and ammo and grenade rounds. Daisy smiled and nodded. Peach walked over and picked up her shotgun.
"So, you are coming?" Daisy said.
"Yeah" Peach said "you're right. Mario and Luigi were willing to lay down their lives for us and we have no right not to do the same for them."
Toad came back in and said "I got help."
"What?" Peach asked.
"Follow me" Toad said as he walked out of the room.
The princesses followed him and were surprised when they got into the waiting room. Every man from Toad Town was there. They were holding rakes, clubs, even tree branches; anything they could find to use as a weapon.
Toad smiled and said "after all of the times Mario and Luigi have saved our kingdom, it is the least we can do to defend them."
"Thank you" Peach said "all of you. Now, let's go."
A toad stepped forward and asked "will the real Tatanga be there, Princess?"
"No" Peach said "Daisy made sure of that."
"How?" The toad asked looking at Daisy.
Daisy looked at him and said "let's just say…I showed him that if you keep knocking at the Devil's door long enough, sooner or later somebody is gonna answer."
"What?" The toad asked.
"She killed him" Rosalina said.
"Really?" A toad asked.
"Yes" Daisy said "I stabbed him in the throat, now let's get ready."
"What do we do?" Rosalina asked.
"I don't know" Peach said "strategy is Luigi's thing."
She heard Daisy sigh.
"I'm sorry Daze" Peach quickly said.
"It's ok" Daisy said "I've got an Idea of what to do."
"What is it?" Peach asked.
"Well" Daisy said "they will only be expecting us, so I say we find a good position to attack from then we have the toads attack from the side when they aren't expecting it."
"Sounds good" Peach said "but I think we need to get the fight away from the hospital."
"Yes we do" Daisy said.
"How about the hill where Mario and Luigi made their stand?" Rosalina said.
"There is no cover on that hill though" Peach said.
"Get some shovels and get ready for some work. We also need to leave a note to tell them we aren't here so they won't attack the hospital."
"What about Mario and Luigi?" Peach asked.
"I can help with that" a doctor said.
"How?" Rosalina asked.
"I can write death certificates for them" the doctor said "and show them to Tatanga's army if they ask where the Mario brothers are."
"Thanks doc" Daisy said.
"Just be sure to tear them up before we get back" Peach said "even if they are fake, I don't want to see them."
She turned to Rosalina and said "Rosie, can you get us to the hill please?"
Rosalina nodded and waved her wand. The princesses and the toads appeared on the hill.
"I know all this magic must be wearing you out, Rosie" Daisy said "but can you get us some shovels please?"
Rosalina nodded and waved her wand again and three shovels appeared.
Rosalina sat down and said "I…I cannot use my magic a…again for a while. I…I have exhausted myself."
"Ok" Daisy said "take five, Rosie. Peach grab a shovel."
Daisy took her flamethrower off then took the pistol and knife out of her belt. She set them down and grabbed a shovel and began digging. Peach put her shotgun down and took off her vest.
She grabbed a shovel and asked "what are we digging?"
"Three pits" Daisy said "and pile the dirt in front of them."
"For us to hide in?" Peach asked.
"Yup" Daisy said.
A few minutes later, Toad approached Daisy and asked "where do you want us Princess?"
Daisy wiped the sweat off of her forehead and said "behind that hill, when you hear me yell now, attack with everything you've got."
"You got it" Toad said.
Soon the rifle pits were finished. Daisy pulled her shirt up and used it to wipe the sweat off of her face and forehead. Peach rolled her eyes. She had given up on trying to point out and correct the unladylike things Daisy did. The girls grabbed their weapons and moved into their pits.
"Ok" Daisy said "wait until they reach the base of the hill."
"Why?" Rosalina asked.
"Because Peach's shotgun and my flamethrower aren't made for long range" Daisy said "you can focus on farther targets, but we will take care of the up close. Besides this way the toads can attack from the side and rear."
"Ok" Rosalina said.
Meanwhile, at the hospital, Tatanga's army had arrived and were looking for Mario and Luigi.
One of the clones approached a doctor and yelled "where are Mario and the green guy?!"
The doctor sighed and said "unfortunately, they are dead. Their injuries were too severe and they did not survive."
"Show me proof!" The clone yelled.
The doctor pulled out two death certificates and handed them to the clone.
The clone looked at them, then he looked at the doctor and asked "who is Luigi?"
"The green guy" the doctor said.
"They are dead" the clone said to the others.
He turned back to the doctor and asked "what about the princesses?"
"They left this for you" The doctor said holding out a note.
The clone read it and smiled.
He turned to the other clones and said "they have decided to make their final stand on the hill where the plumbers were mortally wounded. Let us go get them."
The doctor called Peach's cell phone.
She answered and said "hello?"
"Princess" the doctor said "the clones are on their way."
"Only about fifty right?" Peach asked.
"No" the doctor said "they must have gathered stragglers from previous fights. My nurses counted around one hundred and twenty-three."
"Ok" Peach said "thank you."
She hung up and turned to Daisy and Rosalina and said "there are more than we thought, girls. We might end up running out of ammo."
"That means we will have to fight hand to hand" Daisy said.
"Ok" Peach said "I think we can handle that."
Rosalina nodded. Soon the clones began to approach the hill.
"Get ready" Daisy whispered.
As the clones began to climb up the hill, Daisy turned to Peach and Rosalina and nodded. Daisy stood up and began spraying the approaching the clones with flames. Peach began blasting her shotgun into them. Rosalina began firing grenade rounds into the rear flank of the clone charge. The flames from Daisy's flamethrower began to come out in short bursts, then they completely stopped.
"I'm outta napalm" Daisy said.
"That isn't good" Peach said "I'm almost out of shells."
"I am out of grenades" Rosalina said "and very low on bullets."
"NOW!" Daisy yelled.
Rocks began flying towards the clones. Suddenly the toads came over the hill and charged the clones. The toads slammed into the clones' flank and began beating them with their weapons.
Daisy took her flamethrower off, drew her knife and pistol and said "ok ladies, let's wipe 'em out!"
She ran forward into the clones and began slashing, stabbing and shooting. Peach and Rosalina were close behind, firing and punching . Peach ran toward a clone with a pistol, raised her shotgun and pulled the trigger. She heard a click, then she stepped forward and tried to punch it. The clone grabbed her fist, pulled her right arm straight and pistol whipped her forearm as hard as it could. There was a distinct crack sound and Peach screamed in pain. The clone pointed its pistol at her. Daisy ran over and shoulder rammed the clone, knocking it down, then she shot it in the head with her .357.
She looked at Peach and asked "are you ok?"
"He broke my arm" Peach said.
She dropped the shotgun, held out her left hand and said "give me his pistol."
Daisy took the pistol from the dead clone and handed it to her. Peach nodded and they continued their charge. Soon all of the clones were dead or unconscious. The toads picked up guns and began shooting the unconscious clones, making sure to kill all of them.
"It's finally over" Daisy said "they are all dead and the ship is destroyed."
"And with no causalities from the toads." Peach said.
A bullet had scraped Rosalina's shoulder.
"Are you ok, Rosie?" Peach asked.
"Yes" Rosalina said "I will be ok. Are you ok?"
"I'll live" Peach said.
"Ok" Daisy said "let's get back to the hospital."
Rosalina pulled her wand out.
"Are you sure you want to do that, Rosie?" Peach asked "we could walk."
"That is ok" Rosalina said "I'm sure you two are eager to get back to your husbands and Peach needs medical attention."
"Ok then" Daisy said "let's go."
The doctors set and casted Peach's arm in a pink cast. A month or so later, Mario and Luigi were released from the hospital. Luigi and Daisy agreed to stay at Peach's castle with Peach and Mario until the brothers were fully healed, so it would be easier for the princesses to care for them.