A/N: wow, I had no clue how to approach this chapter in no way. I always had this problem when it comes to starting the climax and the climax itself. The resolution is just as a pain too. I am sure, if Mr. L himself had read this, he would had came up with something just as better (although just a crude and I had to raise the rating to the highest rating possible or even unable to post it at all.)

But, I did this for you. I love you all for giving the motivation for continuing this. You make my inner fangirl so happy.

Also, Nintendo owns me, not the other way around. I am Mario's (well not Mario, maybe Luigi, but you get the point) servant. If any of you who would think anywise, is just in denial about them being in the same predicament as I.

But other than my issue with cleaning the gutter and washing out those filthy boots of theirs, here is the new chapter.

Also, sorry for the wait, I am in the middle of something right now, but I am trying my best for you guys.

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!: this is where I start to abuse the rated T thing, so Mr. L would be even more crude from before, as in he makes a inappropriate joke and a few naughty words randomly thrown in, not as bad, if you don't like, skip over it, or turn your head your choice, I wanted to see how I can spice up my writing, and once again, nothing "bad" or "nasty" is going to happen. Just a joke. No need to get offensive. But there is a lot more violence in here too than before.

Enjoy.

Consequences?

Chapter Six: Immigrant

It was the early afternoon. Luigi had asked them to be earlier, but Mr. L and Pauline really did have the feeling that something big is going to happen and they want to be away from that as long as possible, just if that yesterday really was the last time they could truly be together, alone.

Pauline had never left his side. They were all huddled in the cellar of this little old man looking over a white book and through journals, news paper articles, anything. Just, anything that could solve this, nobody actually thought of the paper work that involves in an adventure.

Mr. L turned to her, just to study her pretty violet eyes, the shape of her lips, hell; even the way her ear curves and the small hole that was left in the cartilage of her ear because she took out her earrings. Who knew that you have so much paper work to do, guess Mario doesn't just barge into something without not knowing what he is doing.

Homework sucks.

Mr. L is glad that he is a criminal…

So for his own entertainment he continues to study his girlfriend. Pauline leaned against the wall then pulled her pretty little knees to her chin, her arms wrapped around her legs. She was wearing noting to showy, or glamorous. Just a red tang top with some shorts, and a pair of flats, it's the end of the freaking world, so why should she care?

Pauline turned to him and smiled, oh, and she had a pretty smile too. Mr. L smirked back.

Wait a minute. This is the end of the WORLD! Of all WORLDS! He needs to do something, anything. Maybe it could earn some extra points with his girl. Whatever keeps him from sleeping on the couch…

Mr. L stood up "hey um… I sill have the Chaos Heart, or a piece of it, right?" He looked around at the flat looks that he was getting from the team of heroes that were cramped down in this cellar.

"We know that Mr. L…"

Bowser finally gave up and slammed his fists on the table "I got it! All of this crap started when Mr. L appeared! So if we get rid of him… bye, bye void!"

The team of heroes gave the anti-hero a knowing look "you have a point there, to stop the void, you defeat the source" Mario replied, not needing to look behind him, he could almost feel the pained expression on his brother. Not like he needed the guilt, Mr. L is his family too.

Mr. L blinked, taking a step back "uh, wait, how about we don't kill me, one death experience is enough for me, and I like life…very much."

Mario's frown gotten deeper "I'm sorry, we don't really have any other choice, Blumiere and Timpani are not here anymore to renew their vows and true love is not something you can pick up at a shop…" in the distance Pauline narrowed her eyes at him, um, hello? I'm here you morons!

Pauline stood up, her arms snaking around Mr. L's "like he said, one death is enough…is there another way…" she gave Mr. L a sad look, her voice in a low whisper "I can't loose you again, I don't think I can handle it…" he arched his eyebrows in distress. But before he could comfort her on the subject of his possible death, the ground began to shake violently causing the girls in the room to let out a scream and for the guys to wince at said screams.

A large hole began to appear in the middle of the room, Luigi and Mario jumped as far away as possible, both grabbing Peach to take her to safety. Mr. L at the same time grabbed his damsel in distress and dragged her away. Not like that would help, the hole seem to get bigger and it was taking up the room on the floor in what should be a record time.

Bowser and Donkey Kong (how he stood silent the whole time is beyond anyone's knowledge, but he was there, just to note that) were the first to fall into the seemly endless abyss, then their table of all their notes fell.

Luigi tried to reach for Mr. L "listen, I recognize this! You two got to get out of here-" he was silenced before he could explain because he slipped on the edge, falling into the large black hole that was once the floor to E. Gadds cellar.

Peach screamed, before she slipped over and went down, Mario, naturally leaped after her without a thought. Leaving Mr. L and Pauline alone, they gave each other very accepting looks before their hands locked together and they jumped.

At least their exit would be stylish, have at you.

As fast as that strange hole (plot hole?) entered, it was gone once again. Not too long after that E. Gadd walked in holding a tray full of various snacks "I have returned with the refreshments with time to spare! Now let's go over…" he trailed off when all he was greeted was an incredibly empty room. His eyes lit up with a glow of awe "oh my… they work fast…"

The fall was scary at first, but then it was boring, almost annoying to some degree. Bowser and Donkey Kong hit the ground first. Peach landed safely through the endless fluff of her dress, making a parachute. Mario and Luigi were used to fall like this and landed on their feet like cats. Pauline fell into Donkey Kongs waiting arms and Mr. L naturally fell on his face.

"Owwww…"

Pauline wriggled out of her friends arms and helped him up. But before they could even recognize where they were, several black and white ghost like creatures all attacked them out of nowhere.

Guess this was not Mr. L's day because all they wanted from the band of heroes was the only anti-hero. The team chased after the hoard of souls that dragged Mr. L through a large river and to an even larger castle.

Suddenly, before they were able to catch up to Mr. L, the group was stopped by a strange little man on a boat...

Four coins for a trip over the river?

The team members gave the creature a flat look…

Instead they all went swimming, except for Pauline who used Donkey Kong like a boat.

"Child of Chaos Heart!"

Uh, what? Mr. L's vision came to and a strange purple lady was standing over him with a permanent frown on her face. Mr. L raised an eyebrow and gave her a flat look "oh, yeah, you're talking to me…"

"Prepare for your game over!"

He sat up and gave her a vacant look; she was stunned to see him so…unafraid of her. Mr. L sat up straighter and he bent his knees to where he can easily rest his arms on top, he looked up at her.

"If you're going to kill me, make it quick. I have a date with my girl before the world ends and I want to make use to all that time, if you know if I mean…" the purple lady looked almost disturbed at some level but sadly the mechanic continued "do you know how many people tried to kill me already? A-freaking-lot and I am starting to wonder what my reason for being here is. Do you know what I manage to find out?"

"Mr. L!" Pauline screamed in the distance but before she could even embrace him he stopped her, giving her a one minute signal "hang on; I am having a momentous conversation with this lady…"

She dropped her arms in defeat "what?"

"This tale needs some more thickness and plot and by Grambi I am going to give it my best shot!"

The pause couldn't have ended sooner before Luigi and the rest found where the three was standing "Queen Jaydes! Your highness!" Mario shouted before himself, Luigi and Peach gave a quick nod.

Mr. L narrowed his eyes "oh lovely, I was complaining to a queen… go figure." The queen of the afterlife ignored the mechanic and strutted by him. Pauline helped him up.

"I don't know how you got here with out dying but as the fates allowed it, welcome back the brothers of Mario, and party" she pulled her shoulders back and stood at her full height "as you know we have a very familiar situation on our hand…"

She gave Luigi a very dirty look "and no thanks to a certain host, we are once stuck with a void that is going to destroy us all-" she was cut off once again by the black-clad mechanic sitting in the middle of her floor "HE HAD NO CLUE WHAT YOU DID TO HIM! DO NOT BLAME LUIGI FOR ANYTHING YOU HYPOCRITICAL BITCH!"

There was a great silence that took the room; the Queen slowly turned to the mechanic, from behind her Mr. L could see Luigi and the rest giving him a fearful look. Luigi mouthing 'no' several times, Peach hand a hand over her mouth.

Mr. L for a moment had no clue how to back himself up but that moment passed, he now stopped caring of the situation and continued of his argument "in my opinion this was all your doing. You couldn't just lock the thing in a box or something so you pushed this monster inside of this innocent man and guess what? The stupid heart thing got passed down to me, like crooked genetics. Now we are all going to die… most of us again since I guess we're in hell…"

He was cut off when a very dangerous bolt of lighting came close to striking him "look at that! What was that? Can someone just kill me and this be over with!"

Jaydes suddenly streaked across the room snatching Mr. L from the neck and slamming him into the ground. Hard. She lifted him up again until their faces were inches apart "THAT IS WHAT I AM GOING TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE!"

Then she repeatedly threw Mr. L into several different walls until he came crashing down in front of the team, Bowser stopped Luigi or Mario from helping "wait... he kind of deserves this…" Mario gave him a strange look before agreeing with him. The younger Mario brother gave them both twisted glares.

Pauline watched in almost a daze before she remembered what the Queen said before "wait!" She ran to shield Mr. L with her own body "you said that you didn't summon us right? Then who did?"

Then it clicked, they all looked around at each other before their eyes fell on a much weakened Mr. L, Luigi was the first to begin panicking "no! We need to get 'L out of here!" Mario ran to pick up the mechanic off the floor "it must be Dimentio!" Jaydes exclaimed, realizing that they just fell into a (really stupid plot-hole?) trap.

The walls above and around then began to crumble, like a cookie in a child's grasp. A laugh came forth, sending a chill into the atmosphere, the mask outside suddenly produced black, misty snake like tentacles, retracting itself from the void and heading straight towards the masked man. Scooping him up and floating into the air with Mr. L tangled in his grasp.

"Thank you!" Dimentio boomed, his voice cutting through each of them "thank you for once again doing all the dirty work for me…" the mask raised itself higher into the air "and great job breaking Mr. L like that, I thought giving him shocks of pure chest pain alone was working well, but I like your approach too…"

The heroes got into their battle stances, unaware what the more powerful foe was going to do next. Dimentio lifted Mr. L into the air from under his arms, like he was showing off a trophy or a new toy "and look what I got, you know, killing him was fun before, now imagine the things I can do now!"

Dimentio waved him around before tossing him into the air, his tentacles sprang into the air, impaling him without actually impaling him, a bright white light sprung from his chest and Mr. L manage to let out a final blood curdling scream before his motionless body was tossed somewhere in the distance.

The next thing she knew she was being held back by Queen Jaydes herself, Pauline let out several screams, fighting with all her might to get to that dammed masked tentacle- thing that took Mr. L away from her, again!

The Mario brother both let out a battle cry and leaped at the Jester, not caring if the fully repaired Chaos Heart was blocking their every move, soon Bowser and the rest joined the fight and the very powerless Pauline sat in the sidelines, not knowing what to do.

She felt her whole body go numb from shock, she laid there watching the void as if she was wishing it to destroy her. Her heart was racing and she could barley focus on anything.

The castle was in complete ruins around her, and none of this seems to bother her anymore. Suddenly a familiar shape in the distance caught her hold. She forced her self to sit up; rubbing her eyes she managed to adjust her vision so the shape could be made out into a familiar being.

"Mr. L?"

Looking around, she quickly ran across the battlefield, above her the heroes fought hard against Dimentio and the unbreakable Chaos Heart.

She slowly approached him and rolled him over to where they were facing each other once again. She finally allowed the tears to roll free down her face.

All the life and light seem too had drained from him leaving him almost gray in comparison. But almost like a miracle, he barely cracked his eyes open "P-Pauline?"

Her body shook at his voice, she pulled him into an embrace "Mr. L!" she embraced him, her forehead resting over his. "D-id I m-miss something" he found it hard to keep a sentence; his words either slurred or stuttered.

She gave a sigh, kissing his forehead "you are a very stubborn man…you know that?" he wished he could return her affection "I know… I don't-don't have much… I-I should have said this… when I first saw you…or anytime I saw you" he took a breath, what little of himself was fading too fast for his taste "I love you…"

Despite his mumbling, his confession was clear as a bell and it broke her down than anything else going around her, "'L!" she choked "I love you too! Please don't leave me!"

From below the heroes and the Dimentio serpent thing a very bright light seem to blind the heroes and the jester on the roof of the remains of the once grand palace of the Underwhere. The Void had grown even bigger and it now trembled in response to the happening below. The Chaos Heart that sat in the center of it all also began to shake violently. The Dimentio creature screeched in anger as the Heart forced itself to separate from him.

The Chaos Heart had a mind of its own, it seems, and there was a much powerful host that still needs it, a much powerful host that was calling it. The Heart looked as if it had glanced back at the serpent that was now throwing a fit of anger, and floated away.

Mario and the others stood in confusion, but the familiar sound of bells shook the ground before them and Luigi manage to look down at the mess below "oh… I get it…" and so the cliché of 'love saves all' is put into play once again!

The heart floated down to where the pair was and stopped, like it was watching them. Pauline looked up from her love to stare back, with trembling fingers she gently stroked the surface of the Chaos Heart "please… you were all that was keeping him alive…" the void above them showed no sign of declining anytime soon.

The Chaos Heart floated for another moment before slowly descending into Mr. L's abdomen, the white mist that was circling it now was encircling the mechanic. Almost instantly the light returned to his features and Mr. L finally opened his eyes again.

He looked around then up at Pauline and narrowed his eyes "if that was another near death experience, I am going to smother someone…" she gave a very relieved chuckle, whipping her tears away "you should consider it a hobby…" Mr. L sat up to where they were both on their knees "yeah, a stupid hobby…" she gave another smile and pulled him into an embrace "Mr. L…"

He was silent suddenly, being one with the Chaos Heart was something of a new experience, and as if he had gained a new sense. Mr. L looked around for a moment before realization began to sink in; he pressed his finger to her lips "do you hear that? That is me saving a bunch of people" he gave her a charming smile before standing up and calmly walking away.

"I'll be just a few minutes…"

End of Chapter

A/N: I should write longer chapters like this. It might take me longer because the writers block virus like to attack longer chapters. But I think I did a good job here.

Also, big fight scene coming up. Are you excited? I haven't written some action for a very long time and I am looking forward to it.

Happy waiting.