The Koopa Troopa's slammed the cell door shut, and then went outside to guard the jailhouse. This time, there was no way to get out. Franky would have been able to pick the lock easily, but he couldn't do it without a bobby pin.

"Well, here's another fine mess we've gotten ourselves into," Toad groaned. "We're stuck here, the Princess is stuck somewhere in the mansion, and we don't have a way out of here!"

"This is all your sister's fault, Franky!" Mario shouted. "If she hadn't tricked us . . . ."

"I keep telling you, Mario, she didn't trick us!" Franky shouted. "Stupid Koopa's lying about it! I know my sister, and she wouldn't do anything to betray Portobello Port!"

"Oh yeah?" Mario asked. "Then how come he knew we were coming?"

"Because Koopa knows you'd never let Luigi rot in some jail cell, Mario," Toad pointed out. "He knows you'll always come rescue any of us!"

"I still think she's working for Koopa!" Mario shouted. "Just look what she did to Luigi! She made him fall in love with her, just so she could rip out his heart, and smash it like an overripe tomato! She's just a tramp, that's what she is!"

"Watch it, garlic breath!" Franky shouted, getting a bit hot under the collar. "I don't take kindly to those who call my sister names like that!"

"Yeah? Well, I don't take kindly to those who break my brother's heart! Whattaya think of that, squirt?!"

Franky glared at Mario, and punched him in the nose as hard as he could. Mario didn't expect that coming, and he wound up stumbling backwards.

"Why you little . . . ." he started. "Why I oughta . . . ."

"Come and get me, fatso!" Franky shouted.

"You oughta have more respect for your elders, little boy!" Mario shouted.

That did it. Franky pounced on Mario, and the two of them began brawling. Mario didn't care that he was picking on a kid, he was good and mad.

"Hey, fellas! Fellas!" Toad shouted. "Break it up, will ya?!"

Neither Mario nor Franky listened to the little mushroom. They kept right on yelling and screaming at each other, throwing punches right and left. It was amazing Luigi wasn't even reacting to all of this. He wasn't paying any attention to the fight at all. He was staring out the window at the governor's mansion, wondering where Phyllis was inside of it. He was still confused over Koopa telling him and the others that Phyllis was working for him. And, even if she had betrayed them, he still had strong feelings for her.

Luigi kept staring at the mansion, and then he began daydreaming. He imagined the mansion as a huge castle, with Phyllis in the tower window, dressed as a fairytale damsel in distress, and Koopa was a fire-breathing dragon. He imagined himself as a knight in shining armor, riding a white charger. Using his lance, Luigi pole vaulted up to the tower window. Koopa-the-Dragon breathed a sheet of flames at him, but Luigi was prepared. He took a wrench out of nowhere, adjusted some pipes, and turned on a nearby faucet, causing a stream of water to shoot right in Koopa-the-Dragon's mouth dousing his flames. When the dragon realized he could no longer breath fire, he ran away in shame. Phyllis wrapped her arms around Luigi's neck, and kissed him on the cheek.

Another daydream came to Luigi after that one faded out. This time, Koopa was a pirate, and he had Phyllis tied to the mast of his ship. Luigi, dressed as a swashbuckler, came swinging onto the ship, and began a sword fight with Koopa, but also using the sword to cut the ropes binding Phyllis to the mast. The duel ended when Luigi forced Koopa off the end of the plank of his own ship. Once again, he had won the heart of the fair damsel.

Luigi continued daydreaming about him as the brave and dashing hero rescuing Phyllis, as the beautiful damsel in distress from the evil Koopa in various situations, until he was broken out of it when Franky shoved Mario, and knocked him into Luigi.

"Hey, you guys!" Luigi shouted. "Knock it off already, will ya?!"

"Yeah, enough is enough!" Toad shouted.

"Well, he started it!" Franky shouted.

"I did not!" Mario shouted. "You started it!"

"I don't care who started it!" Toad shouted. "I'm finishing it! Both of you go to your neutral corners!"

Franky let out a frustrated groan, and went to one side of the cell, while Mario walked over to the opposite side.

"Now both of ya sit there and keep quiet!" Toad ordered. "We've got to come up with a way to get outta here, and I can't think with you two fighting!"

Mario and Franky glared at each other, but said nothing. Luigi heaved a sigh, and continued staring at the mansion through the cell window.

"If only Puffball hadn't run out on us," Mario sighed. "We'd be able to use her to get out of here."

"Maybe that dumb cat's working for Koopa too," Toad said. "Why else would that fuzzball run out on us like she did? She must be a traitor, too!"

"Watch it, mushroom," Franky said. "Or I might have to rough you up like I did Fatso over here!"

"Why you little shrimp!" Mario shouted.

"Look who's talking!" Franky shouted back. "I'm taller than you are!"

"Yo, you guys!" Luigi shouted. "I'd like to wallow in self-pity over here in peace, if that's all right with you! Sheesh!"

Mario gave Franky a glare, stood up, and walked over to Luigi, putting his hand on his brother's shoulder.

"Forget about her, Luigi," he said. "After all, she's one of Koopa's underlings!"

"I can't help it, Mario," Luigi said, still staring at the mansion. "I'm hooked."

"Come on, snap out of it!" Mario shouted. "Don't forget, she broke your heart! She broke it by lying to us and sending us to Koopa! She's just a no good minion of his!"

"I really wish you'd quit saying that," Franky said, giving Mario the fiercest glare he could muster. "My sister is no traitor! And besides, she's too good for a poor, shabby, greasy, dirty plumber like your brother!"

"Oh yeah?" Mario asked, turning toward Franky. "Well, maybe my brother's too good for a stuck up, snobby, high and mighty traitor like your sister!"

"You take that back!" Franky shouted, getting to his feet.

"Yeah, try and make me!" Mario shouted.

And once again, Mario and Franky began brawling. Toad smacked his hand over his eyes in frustration.

"There they go again!" he groaned.

Luigi didn't pay any of them any mind. He just went back to staring out the window. However, he wasn't the only one doing so. Phyllis was sitting by the attic window, looking down at the jailhouse, and wondering what Luigi was thinking. She was still crying over the whole thing, too. It seemed like she just couldn't stop.

"We'll convince Mario that you're not working for Koopa somehow," the Princess said, taking a handkerchief out of her pocket, and handing it to Phyllis.

"I just wish Luigi believed me," Phyllis said, sniffling. "I wish he knew I wouldn't hurt him, not for anything!"

"Well, I believe you. And Franky believes you, too."

"I know. And I appreciate it, Princess, I really do, but . . . . what's the use if Luigi thinks I betrayed him?"

Phyllis buried her face in her hands again, and began sobbing. The Princess sighed, and did her best to calm her down, but she knew she was in for a long crying binge. She knew Phyllis was heartbroken over Luigi believing she was on Koopa's side, and she also knew it was very difficult to mend a broken heart.

"I'm just so scared of what's going to happen," Phyllis went on. "What do you think Koopa's going to do to them?"

"I don't know," the Princess said. "It could be anything.

"You're so right, Princess," Koopa said, coming into the room. "And have I got a doozy cooked up for them all!"

"And what exactly is that?" the Princess asked.

"You'll find out," Koopa said. "And once I get those pesky plumbers out of my hair, nothing's gonna stop me from taking over the rest of the Mushroom Kingdom!"

"And what do you have planned for us?" the Princess asked.

"I'm not quite sure yet," Koopa said. "But it looks like I've got the makings for a pretty good harem!"

Koopa began cackling madly as he left the attic. The Princess charged for him, but the reptile closed the door and locked it before she could catch him.

"Hmph!" she shouted. "A harem indeed! How primitive can you get?!"

Phyllis didn't answer. She just sat by the window, looking down at the jailhouse, wondering what Luigi was thinking, and also wondering if she would ever be able to convince him she wasn't on Koopa's side.

Back in the jailhouse, Toad was pacing back and forth, trying to come up with an idea on how to escape.

"There's gotta be a way out of here somehow," he said.

"Hey, we've still got our tools!" Mario shouted, pulling a hacksaw out of his overalls. "I can saw the bars off the cell with this!"

"Yeah, but what about Koopa's goons?" Franky asked.

"Yeah," Toad said. "They're still guarding this place, remember?"

"How did Puffball manage to get out when you were in here before, Luigi?" Franky asked.

"She climbed out the window," Luigi said. "After all, it's not being guarded. She just slipped right through the bars."

"That window's too small for any of us to get through," Mario said.

"Yeah, that's for sure," Franky said, snidely. "Especially for you, spaghetti gut!"

"Wanna make something of it, pizza face?" Mario asked, raising his fists.

"Oh no, don't you two start that again!" Toad shouted, stepping between Mario and Franky before they could get into another brawl.

"Hmmm . . . ." Franky said, and he began to study Toad, and the window. Then he snapped his fingers. "Hey, that's it!"

"What's it?" Mario asked.

"Toad can get through that window!" Franky shouted. "He's small enough."

"I may be small enough to fit through the window," Toad said, "but there's no way I can fit through those bars!"

"Toad's right," Luigi said. "They're too close together. I'm not even sure how Puffball managed to do it!"

"I have a theory that cats are part liquid," Franky said, "but that's beside the point. We can use Mario's idea to saw through the bars so Toad can fit. Then he can get out and look for help."

"But what about the guards?" Toad asked. "They're bound to hear Mario sawing through the bars."

"Not if they hear something else first," Franky said. "You guys got a couple of wrenches or something?"

"Never leave home without 'em," Mario said, as he and Luigi pulled their wrenches out of their pockets. "A good plumber is always prepared!"

"But what do you need a couple of wrenches for?" Luigi asked.

Franky walked over to the cell door, and tapped one of the bars with one of the wrenches. Then he tapped another, which resulted in a different tone. Then he played the scales on the cell, as if it were a xylophone.

"Any requests?" he asked.

"But what happens if the Troopas come in to investigate the noise?" Luigi asked.

"Oh," Franky said. "I hadn't thought of that."

"Hmmm," Mario said, thinking it over. Then he snapped his fingers. "I got it. Luigi, stand over here. And Toad, you sit on Luigi's right shoulder."

Luigi shrugged, and stood where Mario had indicated. Toad jumped on his shoulder.

"Hey, man, great!" Franky shouted. "Standing like that, they completely block the window! Great thinking, Mario!"

"Well, your idea of playing a tune on the cell to block out the noise of the sawing is a great idea, too, paisano," Mario said. "Let's get to work!"

Everybody took their places. Franky began hitting the cell doors with the wrenches, and Mario began sawing through the bars on the window. Luigi and Toad stood where they were, and didn't make one move. Toad's hunch about them attracting attention was correct, though. A Koopa Troopa came inside shortly after they got started. Mario immediately stopped sawing, but Franky continued his concert.

"What's all the noise in here?" the Troopa asked.

"Just trying to keep my mind occupied," Franky said. "It's boring in here! We gotta do something to keep from going stir crazy! I mean, even you guys gotta admit, it's boring standing out there doing nothing but guarding us, isn't it?"

"Yeah," the Troopa admitted, turning to leave. "You've got a point there, kid. Carry on then."

"Holy ravioli," Luigi said, once the Troopa left. "I can't believe that actually worked!"

"You know Koopa's Troopa's, Luigi," Mario said, as he got back to sawing the bars. "They should be called Stoopa Troopas! Emphasis on the stoopa!"

"Yeah, man!" Franky shouted, and continued his concert.

Finally, Mario cut through two of the bars on the window, making it big enough for Toad to fit through. The mushroom then jumped through the opening, and looked at the others.

"Great going, Toad," Mario said. "Now go find help!"

"And hurry!" Luigi shouted.

"You got it, dudes!" Toad shouted, and he ran off.

"We'd better put these bars back," Mario said, taking a tube of plumber's putty out of his pocket. "Just in case those Troopas come back in."

"Or in case Koopa comes to check on us," Luigi said.

"I just hope Toad's able to find help!" Franky shouted.

"Me too," Luigi said. "Because if he doesn't, we're all sunk!"