A/N: Sorry I'm taking a little while to update this, I'm just busy. I'm being a lot more active, looking for jobs, college, and the like. Also, I'm stuck on my actual novel that I'm writing…so this has kinda been put on the backburner. However, I still really want to write it…I just hope I can make it the entire way. Anyway, this chapter, the group stays in Gelato Beach for another prize challenge…and some things get shaken up ;D
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The DreamStakes!
Team Manta: Mario, Birdo, Pauline, Flurrie, Princess Shroob, Zess T., Toadsworth, Black Yoshi
Team Dolphin: Bowser, Wendy, Noki, Boo, Kammy, Wario, Don Pianta, Rosalina
It was morning out on Gelato Beach, and everyone slowly woke up in their cabanas before making their way to the beach bar for some breakfast. There, the members of Team Manta got their first look at who had been eliminated from Team Dolphin.
"Who was it?" Birdo asked, wondering who had gotten the axe.
"Mamma Mia," Mario said with a shake of his head, "it looks like it was Kolorado."
Mario: Despite being on different teams, Kolorado and I were beginning to grow close. His elimination means there's nothing for me to work with in a situation where the teams come together. That's another ally gone for me…
"Look on the bright side, Mario," Zess T. said, waddling into the beach bar. "If we had lost, someone from our team would be gone. At least it wasn't you."
"She has a point, my good man," Toadsworth said, tipping his brown-speckled cap to Mario in a way of saying 'good morning'. "Now cheer up and come have some breakfast with us, hmm?"
Mario joined the elderly shrooms, who also sat down at a table with Black Yoshi and Birdo. The pair had been talking amongst themselves, whispering quietly. When everyone else joined them, they hushed up, not wanting everyone to hear what they were saying.
Birdo: Stanley and I were discussing what would happen if we were to lose another challenge…and well, we were discussing a few things I'd rather not disclose at this time.
None of the trio had heard them talking, so they sat down as if they were unaffected by the gossip. Munching on breakfast, the team of five shared nothing but smiles.
Across the beach bar, a group of three viciously tore into their food. Pounding on the table with a mighty fist, King Bowser Koopa let out a hearty laugh as Kammy told another joke insulting Wendy.
"Oh, Kammy…you are too funny!" Bowser cried, snorting short bursts of cinders from his nostrils. "You should be my personal fool!"
"I'm your magistrate, sire," Kammy reminded, eager to not be demoted to such a laughable position.
Gritting her teeth, Wendy was going to say something rude before holding back. With a roll of her eyes, she just tried to eat her breakfast in peace.
Wendy: I need to work on my position in this game. Now that Kolorado's gone, I can work on aligning myself with Rosalina and Don Pianta. That would put us at arms with my father and Kammy…but I could care less about that.
Deciding she'd like some more food, Wendy left the company of Bowser and Kammy to head back to the beach bar. There, she noticed Wario piling his plate high with a bunch of sausage.
"Wario," Wendy said, giving him a fake smile. "Good morning."
"Aye, good morning to you Wendy!" Wario said. "I'm sorry ol' Kolorado got the boot, but I've been thinking about it…and I think it was the right choice."
Seeing that the Don and Rosalina were eating their food a bit of a ways away, Wendy decided to invite Wario to come with her to speak with the pair.
"Why don't we go see what the Don and his partner are up to?" Wendy asked the corpulent man, who agreed to the suggestion with a shake of his flabby face. Teetering his plate of piled sausage, the garlic-munching anti-hero accompanied Wendy across the beach bar.
"If it isn't da lil' pink koopa," Don Pianta said, "and her money-guzzling friend. What can I do for ya?"
"We'd like to talk," Wendy said, giving Wario a glance that only signified him to remain quiet. "I'm getting quite sick of my position in this game."
"Well, that's too bad for you," Rosalina said. "We quite like where we are."
"Oh?" Wendy asked, lifting an eyebrow. "I don't think you and the Don have the numbers. And I highly Boo and Noki would consider aligning with you after the pain you've caused them."
Rosalina swallowed, looking uncomfortable with Wendy's deduction. The Don however, could only chuckle.
"So?" He asked, seeming unimpressed. "What little deal do ya have fo' us?"
"I say that the four of us," Wendy continued, craning her neck in Wario's direction, "Get together and vote out Kammy. She's weak and she's costing us challenges. Then, with her gone, we'll have the ability to take out Boo and Noki."
"Where does your father play into all of this?" Rosalina asked, sounding unsure of Wendy's plan.
"We knock him out after those dorky lovebirds, of course," Wendy spat. "He's been nothing but mean to me this whole time. I'm so over him."
Rosalina: This could potentially benefit me, yes…but I've never heard of Wendy Koopa acting on her own. I can't help but think this is some elaborate scheme her father concocted. We'll have to see…
With breakfast at its end, everyone gathered around at the sound of Brighton entering the beach bar. The sixteen remaining players hoped that today's challenge would be fun.
"So," Brighton began, rubbing his hands together, "before we get to today's prize challenge, there's a little something else I have planned."
"Oh?" Birdo asked, cocking her head. She hoped nothing serious was going to happen. Giving her a comforting rub on the arm, Black Yoshi smiled at her.
"That's right," Twila said with a wink. "We're going to shuffle up the teams a bit." Her words gripped everyone with icy fear. Zess T. buried her head in Toadsworth's arms, sobbing uncontrollably. Birdo wailed and crumpled at Black Yoshi's boots, slobbering all of them. Kammy threw out her back, screaming in agony. Boo and Noki hugged each other and cried before the met their doom. Everyone threw torches and cats at the cosmic hosts.
"Everyone calm down!" Brighton yelled. "It's just two people from each team. If you think you don't want to be on your team anymore, then just move."
No one spoke, but then the low growling of Bowser reached its height.
"Ha ha!" Bowser said, stomping his foot. "Finally, I get a chance to outshine Mario and then vote him out! This'll be good! Come on Kammy, we're moving to Team Manta!"
Mario: Marionononono! This is a-awful! Bowser needs to stay away from me!
Lumbering over to Team Manta, Bowser shoved Mario into the sand. Trembling in fright, Toadsworth and Zess T. couldn't lift a finger against the tyrant. However, Princess Shroob let out a devious smile. She knew she could work with this mad king and his servant.
"Now who from Team Manta is moving to Team Dolphin?" Brighton asked, curious to see who would make the move.
"Sorry Mario, my old boy!" Toadsworth said as he grabbed Zess and made a bee-line for the other team. "We can't stand Bowser, so good luck to you!"
"We're awfully sorry Mario, best foot forward lad!" Zess cried over her shoulder, quickly joining the ranks of Team Dolphin.
Approaching the team, the elderly couple was received warmly by Boo and Noki, who genuinely liked the steward and the chef.
Boo: This is great! Toadsworth and Zess are good people, and I know we'll get along! Having allies helps out a lot, because now Noki and I can have some more votes to work with!
Wendy: This is awful! I was just about to start playing this game and then my number one target runs off to the other team! UGH! I hate my life!
"Now that the switch is settled, it's time for today's prize challenge. Everyone please find a partner," Brighton said.
"Oh Mario," Flurrie swooned, blowing the mustachioed hero a kiss. "Back together again, are we?"
"Oh ^#%," Mario cursed. "Can this day get any worse?"
Suddenly, a Shy Guy intern burst onto the scene with a note in his hand.
"This is just a quick note from production saying that Mario's hamster passed away in a terrible fire," the Shy Guy said.
"A fire!?" Mario cried. "How did Mr. Huggles die in a fire?"
"Your entire house burned down, sir," Shy Guy said. "Apparently Princess Peach set fire to it when she was having another one of her drunken parties."
"Oy vey…," Mario said, shaking his head.
The partners were quickly determined this time around.
Team Manta: Mario and Flurrie, Bowser and Kammy, Princess Shroob and Pauline, Black Yoshi and Birdo
Team Dolphin: Rosalina and Don Pianta, Boo and Noki, Toadsworth and Zess T., Wendy and Wario
"For today's prize challenge," Twila explained, beginning her instructions, "you're going to have to avoid being trampled by this massive crazed wiggler we caged!"
"What!?" Black Yoshi cried. "That's insane!"
"Check your waiver, bud," Brighton said. "You signed up for this."
"I wasn't about to read that seventy page document!" Black Yoshi hissed.
"Well…that's not my problem," Brighton said, sipping some tea. With little time in between her instructions, Twila floated over to a massive cage that had been hiding in the jungle of Gelato Beach. Opening the clasps, she laughed maniacally as the Wiggler burst forward, puffing smoke out of its nose in sheer rage.
"I was having a nice picnic when some lunatics shoved me a in box!" The monstrous Wiggler cried. "So now I'm going to rip everyone's arms off!"
"Well…that's certainly one way to handle a spoiled picnic," Bowser said, rubbing the back of his head.
"Let the games begin!" Twila screamed, whisking Brighton away so they would avoid the rampaging insect. Wiggler tore forward with a bloody scream, charging towards the sixteen contestants.
"Get the hell out of my way!" Wario yelled as he ran for the jungle. Picking up Wendy, he threw her in the path of the Wiggler.
"AH! WHAT THE #* *(Y*%&*&% WARIO!?" Wendy screamed, flattened by the Wiggler as it crushed her.
"Wendy is the first out!" Brighton yelled through a megaphone, sitting on top of a palm tree with Twila.
"Oh dang it!" Wario yelled. "I forgot she was my partner!"
"You're so stupid!" Kammy screamed as she flew by on her broomstick. "Why don't you have some blocks! Stupid fat man!" With a wave of her hand, Kammy summoned a yellow block. Blocking off Wario's moves, Kammy laughed as she soared away. Seeing the trapped Wario, Wiggler sprinted over and knocked him high into the air.
"Kammy sabotages Wario, knocking him out of the game!" Twila shouted in glee. "Look how quickly those old team feelings disappear!"
Kammy: In this world, I hate slow-walkers, people who eat with their mouth open, and fatties. Wario is all three of those wrapped into one person! Ekekekekeke!
Fourteen people remained in the prize challenge, running for their lives from the Wiggler. Kammy and Bowser were doing well. The Magikoopa was flying around trying to sabotage more people.
"This doesn't sit well with me!" Zess T. roared. She removed her frying pan from her apron, holding it menacingly. "Take this you old coot!"
Tossing the frying pan, Zess T. watched as it struck the Magikoopa in the side of the head. Knocked out cold, Kammy fell to the earth as her broom poofed away. The Wiggler made short work of her.
"Kammy is out, courtesy of Zess T. and her flying pan!"
"If it rains, it could be a drying pan!" Twila said, making another poor pun.
"Come on Zess!" Toadsworth yelled, dragging the woman away from the path of the Wiggler. "We've got to find high ground!"
"MEIN FRYING PAN!" Zess screamed, kicking and flailing for her frying pan which laid in the sand far away.
"He's gone!" Toadsworth hollered. "We have to go on without him!"
"He's been with me since I was a child, Toodletoes!" Zess T. yelled. Giving the old mushroom man a quick kiss on the cheek, she broke free of his grasp and ran for her frying pan. "Remember me!" She yelled, saving her frying pan before being careened into the water by the Wiggler.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" Toadsworth yelled, mourning his partner's elimination.
"Zess is out!" Twila cried. "Since she's sad…it could be a crying pan!"
"Toadsworth, let's hustle!" Boo said, taking the old man's hand and tearing off into the jungle with him. Noki was keeping up by their side. The three of them found safety in some bushes.
"COME AT ME!" Bowser yelled, waving the Wiggler down. Seeing his display, the angry Wiggler made to destroy the Koopa King. Summoning a ball of fire in this throat, Bowser spit it out at the insect. Burned by the blaze, the Wiggler howled in pain.
"You rude turtle!" The Wiggler cried. "I'm going to snap your neck in seven places!"
"Could they have found a more violent creature?" Rosalina wondered around.
"Stop your musings, peasant!" Princess Shroob roared, fishing her ray gun out of her dress. "I'm going to end this once and for all!" Firing away, the alien royalty shot several laser beams at the Wiggler, who howled in even more pain.
"Stop hurting me!" The Wiggler yelled. "UGH! You people suck! I'm going to disembowel you all!"
Flurrie: My my, that Wiggler had a foul mouth. I found it oddly charming.
The Wiggler charged for Princess Shroob, leaving Bowser behind. Standing her ground, the monarch continued to fire singeing the Wiggler's feet as she fired away. "Pauline! Save yourself!" Princess Shroob roared. Shrugging, the woman in scarlet tore off into the water, swimming in the tide towards the other side of the island.
"For the glory of the Shroob Kingdom!" Princess Shroob cried, firing until the Wiggler smashed her into a wall.
"And Princess Shroob is out!" Brighton hollered. "Who will fall to the rage of the Wiggler next?"
"Run Birdo, run!" Black Yoshi screamed.
"But I can't go on without you!" Birdo huffed, running out of breath. Behind Black Yoshi, Birdo could see the Wiggler approaching them.
"Go!" He said. "We both can't make it out of here!"
"B-but…,"
And then, with a suave moment, Black Yoshi grabbed Birdo. Dipping her, he landed a smooth kiss on her ugly atrocious mouth. Pulling back, he lifted her up once more. Flabbergasted, Birdo didn't know what to say.
"Go!" He yelled, giving her a slight push and turning around. Putting her fingers where his lips had been, Birdo stood there for a moment before nodding. She ran as fast as she could, not watching as the Wiggler knocked Black Yoshi into a palm tree.
"Black Yoshi is out!" Birdo heard Twila cry. Running and running, she ran until she collapsed into a bush.
"Oh no!" Boo cried as Birdo fell into the bush he, Noki, and Toadsworth were hiding in. "She's fainted!"
"Let's eat her for dinner!" Noki said with a smile.
"Noki…no…bad Noki," Boo said, slapping her wrist. "Help me fan her."
"Nonsense," Toadsworth said, taking his cane. Unscrewing the brown-mushroom cap on it, he revealed a hidden flask. Pouring some of the scotch into Birdo's mouth, the old minister woke her up right away.
"Ack! Blargh!" Birdo coughed. "What was that?"
"Cured scotch!" Toadsworth said with glee. "It's good to see you alive and kicking, Birdo!"
Boo and Noki didn't question the old man's methods. It had worked, and now the four of them quivered in fear.
"Blow Flurrie! Blow!" Mario cried, holding onto the wind spirit as she summoned a mighty gale. Blowing sand dust into the Wiggler's eyes, Flurrie was able to buy herself and Mario a bit of time.
"Let's boogie!" Flurrie said, sprinting down the beach away from the Wiggler. She and Mario bumped into Pauline, who emerged from the water after leaving Princess Shroob behind.
"Help me!" Pauline screamed, reaching out for Mario and Flurrie. Swatting her hand away, Mario shoved Pauline down into the water.
"Sorry hon!" Flurrie cried. "But we need some bait!" The two ran off while Pauline turned to face the Wiggler, which lifted one foot and stomped on her.
"Pauline is out!" Twila announced.
Wiggler went on a frenzy, turning around and quickly ending Bowser, who had been trying to sneak up on it and hop on its back.
"Bowser is out!"
This entire time, Don and Rosalina had been hiding in a hole in the ground. Hoping Wiggler wouldn't find them, Don poked his head out of the hole to see where the insect was. Looking up, he noticed the enraged beast was salivating right over them.
"Ah…," Don said quietly. "…Wonderful."
Laughing with murderous glee, Wiggler smashed both Don and Rosalina in their hole. Taking out two players at once, Wiggler was quite proud of himself.
"Don and Rosalina are out!" Brighton signaled.
Hiding in their bush, Toadsworth, Birdo, Boo, and Noki realized only six players remained.
"Mario and Flurrie are still out there!" Noki hissed.
"Come on!" Mario cried. "Where are they!? We've got to find them!"
"Don't you worry, sweetheart," Flurrie said, winking at Mario. Inhaling deeply, she soared into the sky. Exhaling with tremendous force, she summoned hurricane winds.
"BIG WIND MAMA GALE STORM!" Flurrie screamed, blowing rapid winds everyone. Flung from their hiding spot, Boo, Noki, Birdo, and Toadsworth tumbled out in the jungle, dazed and confused. Turning on them with fire in his eyes, Wiggler smiled triumphantly.
"Mweehehehe!" He laughed. "There you are!"
Dashing forward, he stomped on Birdo without warning.
"Jesus!" Boo screamed. "She's de - !" Wiggler smashed Boo into a tree before he could finish his sentence.
"Boo! No!" Noki cried, attempting to run to his side…only to be smashed by the Wiggler. Cowering in fright on the floor, Toadsworth met his fate as the Wiggler destroyed him.
"Just like that, Boo, Noki, Birdo, and Toadsworth are eliminated from this challenge!" Brighton cried. "Mario and Flurrie win the prize challenge!"
"Yes!" Flurrie cried. "Working with you was a dream, Mario!"
Mario: I guess Flurrie isn't that bad after all…
Flurrie: Working with Mario was a blast! I had so much more fun with him than I did with those vile women…I might have to rethink my alliances, ho ho!
After detaining the Wiggler and passing out 1-Up Shrooms, Brighton and Twila gathered the sixteen players around.
"Mario and Flurrie," he said, "For winning today's prize challenge…you have both won 30,000 coins for your vaults!"
"Yes!" Flurrie cried, blowing a kiss. Mario adjusted his cap, pleased he had won.
"Go back to your business, people," Twila said. "We'll alert you when it's time for the Immunity Challenge."
And so, everyone went their separate ways. However, during that challenge…Flurrie had quite the eye-opening experience.
Would she stay loyal? Or…would she align herself with someone she truly had fun with. Scratching her fat rolls, the diva decided she had a lot to think about.
Yay! I wrote another chapter! Thanks for reading and reviewing! I hope you enjoyed it X3
Also, I realized I didn't reveal who voted for Kolorado last time, so I'll do that next time since I wanna get this chapter out and don't feel like opening the other document.
-AdmiralBobbery