Super Mario: Galaxies Finest
Chapter 2
The King
Another day went by, as well as another night. Not their natural style, Luigi and Mario stood as they headed to the top of the roof tops to see if they could catch site of Robin. They waited and waited, but caught no site of him.
"Luigi, where do you think he could be?" Mario asked as he looked down at the city below.
Luigi rubbed his head as he was hard at thought.
"Well Mario, he seems to come to the aid of those in danger, so." Luigi began.
Mario caught on quickly. The only question was where would the next crime happen? They both stood in place as Mario narrowed his eyes skimming the city. He saw nothing of danger, He also remembered the other night with Petey Piranha. Whoever was working with Petey was bound to try another attack which would get Robin to come out.
Mario looked over his shoulder to see Yoshi jump over next to Luigi.
"Did you guy's find him?" Yoshi asked.
"We're still working on it." Luigi replied.
Seconds later a loud group of people can be heard screaming down the street. Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi all turned their heads to that direction.
"Let's a go." Luigi said as they three of them headed to that direction.
Once they made it to that street they could see what all the commotion was about, it was none other than Dry Bones. He was in a gigantic robotic equipped death mobile of himself, as he walked along blasting the city.
"This is a random act if you ask me." Luigi said.
"We have to take him down." Mario said.
With that Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi jumped off of the building as they landed straight in front of Dry Bone's. He immediately looked down at his three opposing opponents as he fired off four mini missiles at the three of them. Mario quickly pulled out a yellow cape as he easily deflected the missiles back. Dry Bone's blasted the missiles down with installed laser blasters.
"Dodge this!" Dry Bones said as he stomped the ground giving off a large shock wave.
Mario, Yoshi, and Luigi all flew into different directions as they slammed to the ground. The three of them were up in seconds. Yoshi could feel his heart pounding, it took him a few seconds to catch his breath. He then looked around knowing he couldn't win with a direct assault. An idea popped into Yoshi's head as he ran circles around Dry Bone's.
"Hey bones, let's see if you can hit me." Yoshi said.
Dry Bone's accepted his challenge as many laser shot's rained down at Yoshi who barely dodged them all.
"Hold still Dinosaur and this will end a lot quicker!" Dry Bone's yelled from his robot.
"As you wish." Yoshi replied.
With that Yoshi jumped behind something as Dry Bone's shot in that area. The next second Dry Bone's looked up as a water tower fell on top of him. Yoshi came from behind the building with a smirk on his face.
"What just happened?" Luigi asked.
"Yoshi tricked Dry Bone's into shooting that tower down." Mario informed with enthusiasm in his voice.
The next second water begins to float past the three of them as Dry Bone's body comes floating along. Luigi reaches down and picks up the unconscious foe.
"I guess we better hand him over to the authority." Luigi said.
Both Mario and Yoshi nodded in agreement. It was just another hard night's work paid off for the trio. Seconds later sirens can be heard as the city officials drive in.
"Good work tonight Mario brothers; we'll take him down to the station." One of the officers said as they took Dry Bone's body.
Yoshi hated it when they always referred to the Mario Bros and not him as well. I guess that was how it was going to be, being second to the two.
"We better head back to the roof tops, maybe we might get lucky and find Robin." Mario said.
They all agreed on this as they headed back up. They stood by as they watched many carts go by. Luigi quickly became fed up with all this sitting around, Yoshi and Mario on the other hand found it to be a type of relaxation.
"So is this what you three do all night, or is it only on special occasions?"
Luigi, Mario, and Yoshi all looked upward as they saw Robin crouching on the ledge of a higher building. Robin then glided down to the three of them as they approached him.
"You three are nobler than I thought; I guess first looks can be deceiving."
"Really, at least we don't wear masks." Yoshi said.
"Where I'm from, it's required for the kind of work I do."
"Where are you from and why are you here?" Mario asked still confused.
"I'm from a place called Gotham City, to tell you the truth I really don't know how I got here." The Boy Wonder replied.
Mario began to think, could Robin have been from a world similar to the one they had lived in before coming to the Mushroom Kingdom. He knew that was a possibility and if so he knew he could get Robin back within hours.
"So this Gotham, how far is it from a here?" Luigi asked.
"To tell you the truth I don't know, I feel like I've been in a whole new world for the past couple days. I knew I would eventually have to talk to someone, you three seemed trust worthy."
"I think I could get you back home, I'm almost sure of it." Mario said in a promising voice.
"I'd love that, but now isn't a good time." Robin replied.
"Why a not?" Luigi asked.
"I'm not the only one who came to your world, there is a serial killer who is also a half mutated crocodile. He goes by the name Killer Croc."
Both Luigi and Yoshi begin to shiver as their bodies shake.
"Where exactly is he right now?" Mario asked.
"That's the bad part, I don't know."
Mario knew this was bad. He didn't know anything about this Killer Croc guy, so he felt it would be wise to keep Robin around to help them take him down. Mario also knew they needed time to think.
"Robin I think it would be best if you headed back to the castle with us." Mario suggested.
"I don't think that's a good idea, I don't want to put any of your lives in danger."
"Nonsense, besides I think the Princess would like to meet you." Yoshi added in.
"Princess?"
"Come on, we better get going." Luigi said.
Robin disagreed with this decision but followed the three anyway. They passed by many buildings as they headed down to the streets. They walked on a little longer. After a long walk they finally approached a large castle. Yoshi and Mario led the way with Luigi and Robin walking side by side with Luigi. They walked on what appeared to be a small bridge with water that surrounded each side below. Mario opened the door as the four walked right on in. Toad walked out of a corner as an expression of surprise came on his face when he saw Robin.
"Hey a Toad, this is Robin." Mario introduced.
"Hi." Robin said.
"Welcome Robin, are you the new guy from the city?" Toad asked.
"That is correct, but I plan to make my visit to this place as brief as possible."
Robin then took this time is he observed the room, it was a pretty large room which had a pretty good deal of doors leading to different rooms. Suddenly Robin and the others looked up as the door at the top of the stairs swung opened.
"Princesses Peach we have returned." Mario greeted.
"So she's the Princesses." Robin thought to himself as he looked up to what he would define as beauty.
"Hey a Peach we found the guy who was in the city, his name is a Robin." Luigi informed as he pointed to the masked vigilante.
"Nice to meet you Princesses." Robin said as he held out his hand.
Peach gave him an awkward look as he brought his hand down.
"What's wrong Peach?" Yoshi asked.
"Why do you wear a mask?" Peach asked.
"It's a long story, it's really necessary from where I come from."
"Could you possibly take it off, I don't think you'll need it in here." Peach said.
"Does secret identity ring a bell?"
Yoshi couldn't help but be humored at this whole scenario. Peach reached out to touch his mask as Robin gently grabbed her hand.
"Sorry I can't let you see under the mask."
"Why not, it's not like you're in your world." Yoshi said.
Yoshi had a point, Robin thought about this.
"Yah, just a little peak." Luigi added.
Robin knew he would be at this all night if he didn't satisfy them.
"Alright, one look and that's it." He said as he slowly took off his mask.
"Wow, you really have a cute face." Peach giggled.
Robin blushed at this as he quickly put his mask back on.
"So Robin is that your real name?" Mario asked.
"It's more of a code name; but before we get into another debate my real name is Tim, Tim Drake."
"Interesting name, I've never heard it before." Toad said.
"Robin, you should get some rest, after all you have some a croc hunting tomorrow." Luigi said.
"Not just him Luigi, we'll be assisting him." Mario said.
"Oh great." Luigi said as he slouched over.
"What do you mean by croc hunting?" Peach asked.
"That's a whole other episode." Robin replied.
Robin wanted to hunt down Killer Croc now, but he hadn't had any decent rest for days. He knew it would be best to get a nights rest and come out energy equipped tomorrow. Luigi and Yoshi weren't to thrilled about hunting down some mutated killing croc, Mario on the other hand was a bit excited for this new challenge.
"Well if we will be croc hunting tomorrow we better get some rest." Mario said as he stretched.
"Robin follow me, I'll lead you to a spare room." Toad said.
Robin nodded as he followed.
To Be Continued