Chapter 8: Endgame

Gadd flinched as the lights went off and a sinister giggle was heard. "Mario, I know away we can beat it." Gadd whispered to the plumber "But we need to move away from Luigi." The lights started to flicker and Mario could see Luigi rising from the floor. "OK, Professor." He said. The trio started to move back away from the other Mario brother. "Why go so soon?" Luigi asked giggling "I'm not done with you yet man in red." Mario smiled at his brother "Keep fighting Luigi, I know you can do it!" Luigi only laughed. He was stood up and smiling only his features were twisted in something…sinister. His eyes which were always warm were cold, dark and calculating. "It is only me Mario, just me Luigi." Luigi said. Mario shook his head sadly "No it's not."

Meanwhile Gadd was looking inside the box, with Mario districting the demon he could find out how to properly trap it. Four jars he thought why four? Unless it was four people who sacrificed something. Gadd smiled of course the answer to the puzzle. He looked up Mario was still distracting the monster. "You're highness." He whispered "Come over here." Peach carefully walked to where Gadd was and knelt down. "I need something of yours, something special." Peach thought for a moment before reaching round her neck and giving Gadd a necklace. "Mario gave it to me." She said softly. Gadd nodded. He rummaged through his own pocket and brought out two items; one was a set of instructions, the other was a green hat. Gadd smiled and he put his and Peaches items in the box. "Now I just need one from Mario." Gadd stood up and took a deep breath and walked over to Mario.

He held the box out and looked at Luigi in the eye. Luigi stepped back at bit but grinned. "It won't work." He said "It won't work." Mario understood however and reached out and took his hat off. Inside was a picture of the two brothers; he put that in. Luigi however screamed at them "IT WON'T WORK, I AM NEVER GOING BACK!" Gadd put the box done. With new determination he spoke "Oh my dear boy, it will." And Gadd began to chant but it was not in English or Italian but in some strange language that was almost…musical. It told a story through it. He continued to chant with his eyes closed oblivious to Luigi's pained screams.

The lights flicked on and off while Luigi screamed he was cawing at his throat. It was him again not it. But he could feel it coming up and it hurt so, so, so much. The thing that had been him for so long, its grasp was going but the pain of it was still there. It was like his head was going to burst and his throat. But he was Luigi. He was whole but the pain.

Mario watched as his brother screamed in agony while something looked like it was crawling out of his… mouth. A monster was inside his brother and he never knew, never asked. He watch as the thing crawled out and slithered into the box. Luigi collapsed on the floor with a dull thud.

Gadd opened his eyes and walked to the box while the Mario and Peach rushed to Luigi. Gadd picked the box up and heard something. So…nearly…free… Mario walked over to Gadd "Will he ok?" he asked the professor. Gadd turned around and faced the elder brother with a small smile. "He will be fine but there will be gaps in his memory, maybe some slight personality shift but he will still be the same." Mario sighed and looked back to where Peach had called doctors who were busy round Luigi. "Is it all over?" he asked him. Gadd looked at the box. "Yes my boy, it is."

Gadd drove to his Mansion in Evershade valley; he had promised that the box would be locked away in a vault safe from anyone. As he drove he decided to turn on the radio. That's when a truck smashed into his car. The car spun and the professor was hurled about before being knocked out. There was screams as Toads rushed to help the injured.

However, a little away from the scene, a box lay in front of two people. The Woman with pink hair picked it up and looked at it. "It's a spirit, count." She said adjusting her glasses "A real strong one." The Man in white pushed at his top hat. "Hmm yes; do you want to be free?" He asked the box. Yes…I do came the reply. "Nastasia free the man. Bleck" Nastasia adjusted her glasses again "Just sit tight a sec, 'k? 'Cause it's a bit to do." She waved her hands around the box and it burst open and a jester broke free. "Dementio" he bowed down low. The count looked him up and down before smiling. "Yes you will join me in creating a better world. Bleck" The jester grinned. The three teleported away. And their actions sparked a whole new story…

So was it the end or… The beginning…?

The possession had finally come to an end. Looking back you could say this is the prequel to The Brother Who Flew Over The Cuckoo's nest (My other fanfic.) Thanks for reading the story and for the comments, I love ending stories on a twist, I actually did mention dementio's name in another chapter but here he is anyways and I gave him a back story. Still I enjoyed it, I might do another movie based story maybe horror maybe something sad, who knows.

Shri x