(A/N:Sorry I haven't updated this in so long. I just haven't had the drive to write for a while. These dry spells in desire & drive to write will be quite sporadic, but I will finish this fic. It just may take some time. Well, anyway, on with the fic.)

"Stop struggling!" Came Revolta's voice over the web as Sybella tried to resist. "You must obey only me, Revolta. Your will is srting, just like your father's, but my web is stronger. Obey!" After some more struggling, Sybella finally stopped thrashing about, & the spider bats carried her off. On the ground, the Professor looked up & saw Sybella & the spider bats.

"Oh dear." He said, his finger up to his mouth. Luigi, hearing this, turned to face the professor.

"What is it, Professor?" He asked. The professor turned to face Luigi.

"If what I'm seeing is true, then chances are those bats are abducting Sybella." The professor said, pointing to the bats. Luigi turned to look where he was pointing, & saw what the professor described. His eyes widened in horror at this.

"Oh no!" He said, clasping the sides of his head in his hands. "This is not-a good. If the count-a finds out about this, he's gonna hold us-a accountable." The professor put his hands up towards Luigi in a reassuring manner.

"Calm down, calm down, Luigi." The professor said. "We'll just ask the other girls to help us rescue her."

"Think-a again." Mario's voice said. Luigi, Toad, & the professor looked in Mario's direction & saw him, Matches, & Booigi coming towards them. "They were all-a kidnapped." Everybody widened their eyes at this.

"Y-you mean Elsa, Mario?" Luigi asked. Mario nodded solemnly. Booigi then cackled like Phantasma. Luigi looked at Booigi, his skin looking paler as his face begins to show his growing fright. "&-a Phanty?" He asked, a slight squeak in his voice. Mario nodded, Luigi then got down on his knees & into a begging position in front from Mario. "PLEASE tell me Tanice &-a Winnie are still with us." He pleaded, Mario's face told Luigi it all. Matches then tried his best to imitate Winnie howling.

"Aaaooooooooo!" He roared. Luigi's face was now white as a sheet. He couldn't believe all of the girls were kidnapped on his watch. Images of their angry fathers began dancing in his head.

"Oh no." Luigi said. "We're in-a big trouble. When their daddies hear about-a this, we'll be ripped apart by a gang of-a angry monsters." He then grabbed Mario by his pant legs & pulled him close, looking up at his brother's face. "WHAT'RE WE-A GONNA DO!?!?" Mario put his hands on Luigi's & pulled them off.

"Now-a calm down, Luigi." Mario said. "We'll-a find the girls." Toad then spoke up.

"Yeah, Luigi." He said. "They can't have gone too far." The professor looked up as Toad said this, & saw something.

"Quite right, Toad." The professor said. He pointed up at the sky. "Look." Toad & the others looked up at where the professor was pointing, & saw the shed flying through the sky, followed by Sybella & the 2 spider bats.

"Wow." Said Toad, staring perplexedly at the flying shack & bats. "What're the odds?"

"Greatly in-a our favour!" Luigi said, full of hopeful excitement. He then turned to the others. "Come on. Let's-a track that shack & get-a those girls back before their creepy-a folks find out they're-a not back." The others nodded & began running after the shack. However, after some running, they found took a step in the ground & found themselves unable to lift their feet up. Luigi was so surprised by this that he actually fell over & landed face-first in the mud. He lifted his face out of the mud & looked back at his foot, seeing it half-submerged in mud. "What the!?" He asked in shock.

"Oh dear." The Professor said, examining his half-sunken feet. "It appears we have sunk in the mud." While the four were struggling in the mud, the Calloway Cadets had just come out of the woods.

"Looks like the Grimwood faculty's got stuck in the mud." Tuck said, pointing at the 4 in question.

"Serves them right for taking our trophy!" Grunt said. Meanwhile, Jamal had gotten out a book & began looking through it.

"However." He spoke up. "The Calloway Code says we help people in distress."

"Affirmative." Miguelle chimed in. Tuck however, raised his hand in protest.

"Negative!" He said. "We do not aid & abate the enemy."

"Yeah, let 'em stew in their own muck." Grunt said. However, at that, they heard a low growl emanating from behind them. They both looked behind Tuck at the source of the noise, which was Matches, with Booigi floating next to him, neither of them looking like they want the Calloway Cadets to leave the four in the mud be. Tuck looked back to the cadets, smiling nervously.

"As I was saying, men." Tuck said to the others. "Those men need some man-power." With that, the Calloway Cadets walked over to the four in the mud. Toad noticed the Cadets approaching & pointed at them.

"Hey, aren't those the Calloway Cadets?" He asked. The others looked over at them. The Cadets walked right up to the four.

"We thought you might need some help." Tuck said.

"Affirmative." Jamal added. Toad however, looked skeptically at them.

"Really?" Toad asked. "I'd never think you'd wanna help us after the volleyball game."

"Toad!" The professor snapped at Toad. "These cadets are lending us a helping hand! The least you could do is be a little bit more appreciative!"

"Sorry, Professor." Toad said. "I'm just saying."

"No, no, we understand." Tuck replied as he walked over to Luigi.

"Affirmative." Jamal replied. Jamal grabbed Luigi around the waist, Grunt grabbed Mario around the waist, Miguelle grabbed the professor, & Tuck grabbed Toad.

"Alright, men." Tuck said as the cadets all got a firm grip around their respective person. "On three. One, two three, pull!" With that, the cadets all pulled their person up with all of their might. Soon after, Mario, Luigi, Toad, & the Professor all flew out of the mud, the momentum of their pulling causing the cadets to fall backwards, pulling their respective person down with them. The "persons" in question got up & turned to look down at the cadets.

"Eh, thanks, guys." Toad said, his fists on his hips.

"Yes, indeed." The professor said. "Um, boys, would you be at all interested in assisting us in finding the Grimwood Girls?"

"Yes." Mario chimed in as the cadets began to lift themselves out of the mud. "They were-a recently abducted. We need-a all the help we can get."

"That's a negative!" Tuck said, wiping the mud off his uniform.

"Yeah, get lost." Grunt said. The Mario Bros., Toad, & Professor E. Gadd were taken aback by these comments, but then put their hands on their fists (some, others crossed them in front of their chests), indicating their disappointment.

"Well, if you'll be like that, very well then." The Professor said. He then turned to the Mario, Luigi, & Toad. "Come boys. Looks like it's all up to us to rescue the girls." The 3 nodded at him in agreement, then they all walked off in the direction they saw the flying shack go. As soon as they left, Colonel Calloway showed up. Tuck looked over to him & gained a look of frightened surprise.

"Colonel Calloway!" He cried. All the cadets looked at him as he simply put out a presenting hand to cadet Baxter.

"Cadet Baxter has finished his hike in much better shape than the rest of you." Colonel Calloway said. "Next time, follow me more closely, Cadet Roper."

"Yes, sir!" Cadet Roper said, unintentionally whipping mud in the Colonel's face. 'Uh, sorry, sir." He then said apologetically.

"D'oh, d, back to the barracks!" Colonel Calloway said, pointing to his right. "On the double!"

"Yes, sir!" The cadets said, saluting, then turning to Colonel Calloway's left & marching off quickly.