Sigh...another review would be nice...anyway, I'm going to skip ahead to Ashley's plan. I just wanna get this arc done with. Hope that's alright with you guys. If it isn't, well, too bad.
Chapter 23:Ashley's Plan
The group reappeared once again in Ashley's room. For some reason, they were all covered in milk and 9-Volt was trembling violently. Everyone slowly turned their heads to Wario, who grinned at them sheepishly.
"What...was that?"Orbulon asked, eye twitching under his shades.
"Well..."Wario muttered."I didn't think that-"
"You said you had batteries in the remote!"Crygor said angrily.
"You said you thought it was a good idea!"Wario defended."At least the explosion took out a lot of pri-"9-Volt ran up to him, grabbed him by the collar, and started shaking him violently.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US THOSE FRIGGIN' WALRUSES HADN'T BEEN FED?"he screamed."THEY TOOK THE WHOLE FREAKIN' GAS CAN!"
"Enough already,"Ashley muttered, holding her staff forward, causing it to glow in an eerie purple light. 9-Volt was then pulled away from Wario with her magic, and everyone turned to her with glares. She wasn't fazed in the least."So, are you ready to hear my plan?"Their glares turned to stupified looks.
"You...have a plan?"Kat asked slowly. The witch nodded.
"And why exactly didn't you tell us?"Wario growled through his teeth, trying to keep his anger under control.
"I needed all of you to finish your stupid plans,"she said."Ask yourselves this:What do all of your plans have in common?"They all looked amongst themselves with very confused looks. Ashley sighed."All of your plans were completely different. But the one thing they have in common is that they all weakened the primids forces. Alot."
"So, what do you do want us to do?"Mona asked.
"Basically, combine all of your plans,"she responded."Well, most of them, anyway. First, you'll need some powerful ear muffs that you can communicate with. Can you make those, Crygor?"Crygor blinked in suprise.
"Actually, I already have,"he said."They're down at my lab."Ashley turned to Mona.
"Mona, get him there, now,"she commanded, then looked back at Crygor."And make sure to get enough for everyone but you and Orbulon."Mona nodded and ran out with Crygor quickly following, then Ashley turned to the rest of them."Now, in order for this plan to work, we'll need to get Mike into the security room again. Since he can't defend himself, I want Kat and Ana to go with him to protect him. You're mission is to get him to that room and protect him. Understood?"She looked at the ninja twins, who bowed respectively.
"Yes, ma'am!"they said in unison.
"While Mike is weakening them with that idiotic song of his, Mona, 9-Volt, 18-Volt, Jimmy, Dribble, Spitz, (man, they have seriously weird names) and Wario will sneak in, get to the top floor, and destroy Wario's imposter."She turned to the alien."Orbulon. How fast can you repair your ship?"The alien scratched his chin.
"With proper tools and help, an hour at most,"he said.
"Good,"Ashley said."I want you to take care of the outside forces. I also want Crygor to go with you as a co-pilot. Do you understand everything?"They all nodded."Good. I suggest you all be careful. All of your other plans most likely have them on high alert. Now get to work on Orbulon's ship."They all nodded and ran out. All except for Wario, who looked back at Ashley, and they silently stared at each for a moment, then Wario ran out to join the others. Ashley said nothing as he left, looking back into her boiling cauldron.
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Everyone was now prepared. Orbulon and Crygor were inside the alien's ship, heading towards the Warioware building. fFllowing them were the others in their respective vehicles, all with determined looks on their faces. Mike, Kat, and Ana were in the back of Dribble's taxi. Wario and Mona were carrying 9-Volt and 18-Volt respectively on their two-wheeled vehicles.
"Get ready,"Wario said into the small mic installed in his earmuffs. When they were close enough..."Dribbles! Now!"
"You got it!"Dribbles said, boosting ahead of the group. Just before he reached the building, he drifted right sharply and the back door opened. The three passengers shot out of the backseat with momentum and right through the double doors, past the outside guards.
"YAAAAAHOOOOOOOO!"the ninja kids yelled in delight while Mike just screeched hysterically. Orbulon and Crygor activated the weapon system of the ship.
"Wait for it..."Orbulon muttered as the others began to jump off their vehicles, fighting through the outside forces. Eventually, they managed to get inside and Orbulon grinned madly."FIRE!"The ship's weapons unleashed HELL all at the same time, taking out any creatures that tried to follow the others, then the creatures immediately returned fire.
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Inside the building...
Wario's team had managed to seal themsleves in a room.
"So, what are we supposed to do now?"Mona asked.
"We wait,"Wario said."Once Mike starts singing, it's go time."
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Kat and Ana managed to conceal themselves and Mike behind a ninja shroud that blended with the wall. When they saw the coast was clear, they dropped the shroud.
"Okay, Mike,"Kat started."Remember, if you're quiet now, you'll get to sing as loud as you want when we're at the security room. Understand?"Mike nodded profusely, a wide smile on his face."Good. Let's get going."The three of them began to sneak through the corriders as quietly as possible, making sure to avoid any subspace creatures they came across, and they eventually reached the security room. Mike walked up to the console with a humungous grin on his face as Kat and Ana crouched near the entrance, ready to strike anything that tried to come in. Mike turned his volume up to max and did the same with the security mic. Once again, he began to scream his theme song into the mic, the music echoing loudly through the building. Fortunately, the earmuffs worked perfectly.
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"Let's move!"Wario shouted. They immediately bolted out of the room and began to pummel every primid in sight. Of course, despite the sheer pain mike's singing caused them, they managed to fight back, but not very well. The group proceeded through the corridors, knocking out any primid stupid enough to get in their way. Eventually, they manage to reach the room chock-full of enemies, and the creatures all turned to face them. They charged into the crowd, clearing some room for themselves to work with. Wario shoulder barged through a few primids and roaders, then grabbed a primid by the legs and started to spin."Wild Swing-Ding!"He hurled the primid into a small group enemies with a grunt, knocking them out. A primid tried throwing a punch from behind, but Wario spun around and grabbed its fist with his teeth. He smashed the primid into the ground and proceeded to fight.
"Good thing I took karate lessons,"Mona said as she blocked a primid's boomerang with her arm, then slammed her open palm into its chest with enough force to send it flying into a Greap. She spun on her heel and karate chopped a fire primid.
"Hey, Wario!"9-Volt shouted over the commotion, knocking a poppants lights out.
"What?"Wario shouted back, equally as busy.
"Why don't you go ahead and take out that imposter of yours?"9-Volt asked."We can handle these guys! Get moving!"
"Alright! Make sure you don't get killed!"Wario said, charging through the enemies. Before he could reach the door, another Greap got in his way. Fortunately, Dribbles tackled it out fo the way.
"GO!"he growled, clawing the Greap to bits. Wario headed through the door.
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"So...you're finally here,"Shadow Wario said from his seat as the door closed behind the real Wario, locking itself automatically."After all of those sad attempts, I'd figured you give up by now. But then again, you are one of the most stubborn smashers."Wario growled at his double's insult.
"Shut up and fight!"he said, clenching his fists. Shadow Wario stood up from his seat and stared Wario down. The two of them charged forward and locked in a sumo position. For a while they seemed evenly matched, but D. Wario was slowly gaining the edge.
"RAAAHH!"Shadow Wario then head-butted Wario in the gut, knocking him back, and the original Wario retaliated by body slamming Shadow Wario into the wall. The dark doppelganger quickly pulled himself from the wall as Wario charged forward, only for the miser to receive a very painful punch to the stomach. He was then thrown into the wall where he was subjected to a series of rapid punches.
"OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW!"Deciding he'd had enough, Wario grabbed both of D. Wario's fists and threw him to the ground. He then grabbed the doppel-gangers feet and started spinning."Wild Swing-Ding!"He then smashed Shadow Wario into the wall, stirring up a cloud of debris."Heh. Too easy."He started walking towards the door.
"WANNA BET?"Suddenly, Shadow Wario charged out of the debris and grabbed Wario from behind, turned him upside down, and leapt up.
"Uh oh..."
"DARK PILE-DRIVER!"
BOOM!
Wario's head was slammed into the ground. Shadow Wario backed away from the crater that was created and smirked, crossing his arms.
"I guess we know who the better Wario is, don't we?"he sneered at Wario's limp form. His arm twitched slightly."Oh? Not done yet, I see."
"Grrr!"Wario pulled himself from the ground and stood up while holding his arm. He was now covered in bruises and bleeding slightly. Of course, Shadow Wario was in pretty bad shape as well, but Wario was still worse.
"It's time to finish this,"Shadow Wario said. He charged forward again, but stopped when a cloud of smoke started forming between them."Now what?"
"Heh?"Wario muttered. The smoke cloud then dissipated, revealing Ashley, and Shadow Wario started laughing hysterically.
"You gotta be kidding me!"he laughed."This is the best you've got? A little girl in a dress? Ah ha ha ha ha ha!"Ashley said nothing and turned to face Wario. She began to mutter something in another language as she held her staff forward, then a yellow light glowed on the end of it, and within seconds, Wario was covered in the same yellow light, which somehow healed his injuries. Shadow Wario immediately stopped laughing when he saw this."Ohhhh..."Ashley turned to face him as Wario walked up next to her.
"Who's laughing now, fake?"he asked with a grin as Ashley prepared another spell, causing her staff to glow white.
"Hold him for me,"Ashley said with a small smirk.
"With pleasure!"Wario somehow charged forward faster than before, catching Shadow Wario off guard and grabbing him. He then faced Ashley with Shadow Wario in front of him. The evil(er) Wario tried pulling away, but the real Wario was now stronger as well.
"What the-? How did you get so much stronger?"the dark entity asked. Wario just shrugged.
"Heck if I know,"he said as Ashley fired the spell, a white beam erupting from her staff and striking Shadow Wario.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH! MY MASTER! I'VE FAILED YOU!"Shadow Wario screamed as the spell obliterated him and created a flash. When the flash died down, only Wario and Ashley remained.
"Nice job,"Wario said as he walked up to her. She turned her head to the door just before the others came charging in, ready to fight. they all looked around the room with confused expressions.
"Aww, it's already over?"9-Volt asked."I wanted to fight some more..."
"Ashley? What are you doing here?"Mona asked.
"Let's get out of here and I'll tell you the whole story,"\Wario said as he walked towards the door, the others following him.
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The group was now back in Ashley's mansion, and Wario had just explained the fight with his double.
"Impressive,"Orbulon said after he finished. Wario turned his head to look at Ashley.
"What I don't know is how I got so much faster and stronger,"he said."Did your spell do that?"
"Yes,"she said with a small nod."Be glad I've learned to use that spell properly. Otherwise..."
"Yeah?"Wario asked, somewhat reluctant to hear the rest.
"Otherwise, I probably would have blown you up,"she finished with a shrug.
Wario blinked."Yeah, that's a pleasant thought,"he muttered. Suddenly, a portal appeared behind them."Well, there's my ride."
"Aw, do you have to go right now?"Mona asked sadly.
Wario nodded."Don't worry,"he said, cracking a grin."When this is all over, we'll have the biggest party Daimond City has ever seen!"Everyone waved goodbye as he walked through the portal.
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End of Arc
Ashley saves the day. Who all saw this coming? *raises hand*
Uuuuughh. Stupid glitched up document uploading...thing. I had to go through this and the next chapter and capitilize EVERYTHING! You people better freakin' appreciate that! My fingers hurt...