Peach woke up. She slowly opened her eyes. The bed squeaked, as she stepped up from the bed. She was already wearing her dress(Or whatever was left of it), since Grassland Outpost didn't have the luxury called pajamas.
Grassland Outpost, the fortress the Resistance hid in was the closest scouting outpost to Toad Town the Koopa Troop used to have. But since they have successfully taken over the Mushroom Kingdom and the Mushroom Castle, they have left it there to rot, until the Resistance found it. The Resitance made a lot of changes to it, they removed the lava pits, turned a few barracks into living quarters and removed or relocated most of the traps. It wasn't the best place to hide in, but it was good enough for the Resistance.
Peach took a walk. She was worried about Mario and Luigi, since they leaved with a squad couple days ago to liberate the slaves in Toad Town Mines. Peach did have faith in them, but they still haven't returned from the mission.
As she stopped worrying about it, she noticed that she was already at the canteen. The canteen was made from the main room of the fortress, where a Koopa liutenant used to spectate the area around the fort(Most of the time it was Larry).
"Howdy, Peach! Come here!" A voice said from somewhere in the canteen.
Peach soon regonized the voice as she headed towards the source of the voice.
"Captain Toad!" She said.
Without Captain Toad, it would be likely that the Resistance would've never existed. Thanks to his commando training, he has successfully trained many voluntaries to fight for the restoration of the Mushroom Kingdom. He is also known for carrying atleast one pistol and two grenades with him everywere he goes.
"You seem tired, have a cup of coffee", Captain Toad recommended.
"No thanks", Peach answered.
"Is it about Mario and Luigi?" He asked.
"Yes, and they still haven't returned, even though they left two days ago. I hope nothing bad has happened to them", She said.
"Don't worry! They have survived from way more dangerous missions than this. I bet that they're already on their way home!" He answered positively.
"I guess so", She sighed.
"While we're waiting them to get home, why don't we go for a walk?" Toad asked.
As they were walking trough the living quarters, Peach looked around, and felt bad for the people living there. Everyone was wearing the same, dirty work clothes they wore when they escaped from the Koopas, and children were playing with old, broken toys.
All of this just because of the Koopa occupation.
Mushroom Kingdom wasn't the only one suffering thanks to the Koopas. Beanbean Kingdom was turned mostly into industrial area, Sarsaland was turned mostly into farmlands, and Jewerly Land was turned into a mining area, with the Mushroom Kingdom being the center to rule all of them.
And then there was the Dinosaur World.
It was inhabited by Yoshis, peaceful little dinosaurs who couldn't hurt a fly.
They were nuked.
All of them.
As Peach And Toad were already near the front door, Peach looked at the door and sighed, fearing that Mario and Luigi might never return. Just when she was about to walk away, the door was kicked open by a familiar red figure who was carrying a wounded Toad.
"This man needs a medic, and fast!"
The wounded Toad was laying on a bed, with Peach and two Toad medics around it.
"His vital signs are extremely low, he seemingly was whipped to the back, as we can see from these scars", the female medic said.
"We need these scars closed up!" The male medic said to a couple other medics, who soon ran there to help.
"The scars are now closed, so he won't bleed any longer, but his vital signs are still extremely low", the female medic said.
"We need to use an 1UP", the male medic answered.
"But they are extremely rare-", the female medic said before he was cut by the male medic.
"Do you care for this man's life or not!" The male medic yelled.
The female medic took out a green mushroom with white dots on it, and shoved it to the Toad's mouth.
"Take a bite", the female medic said to the wounded Toad.
The barely alive wounded Toad nodded, as he took a bite. The Toad fainted.
"His vital signs are stabilizing, but he needs some rest", the male medic said to Peach.
Peach left the room, and started walking towards the conference room. The conference room was where attacks and other missions were planned. Only Liutenants and up were allowed inside.
When Peach entered the room, she saw Mario, Luigi and Captain Toad already around the table. As Peach walked at the table, they started the conversation.
"We did it! All nightshift slaves in Toad Town Mines rescued!" Mario said.
"Yeah, but Koopa will notice soon that they are missing", Captain Toad added.
"Yeah, but as we know from previous experiences, he's not gonna bother trying to look for them. Instead he'll just split the dayshift group into two", Luigi added.
As they kept conversating about the problem with slaves, Peach said nothing. Absolutely nothing.
As the meeting ended, Captain Toad headed to train new troopers, Peach followed Mario and Luigi. When they noticed that she was following them, they turned around, as she gave them a big hug.
"Don't you ever dare to trick me like this again", she said nearly crying.
"Don't worry, we won't!" Mario said.
They headed togheter to watch Captain Toad training new troops.
"Alright, soldiers! Left face, right face, right face, about face!" Captain Toad yelled at the troops.
Peach saw how little military experience the voluntaries had, but as long as they have hope, they could win the hardest battle.