"Ah, you are finally here."
The man in green looked around, seeing Olly.
He stammered, "O - Olly?"
Olly sneered, "I would appreciate it if you called me by my title."
Luigi stated, "Y - you are not a king, Olly. Y - you are trying to take over the Mushroom Kingdom by force."
Olly replied, "Didn't you do that once too? I seem to recall that you almost destroyed all worlds?"
Luigi looked down, sadly. He was trying to forget about that. But sadly, Mr. L was a part of him, like it or not.
Olly changed the subject, "But onto business. I brought you here for a purpose." Luigi looked up a bit. He further added, "I want to fold you into glory. But not you in your current form."
Luigi paled, "Y - you want L?" When Olly sneered at him evilly, the ghost hunter knew that he was in a world of trouble. He activated his Thunderhand, "N - never! I - I want nothing to do with Dimentio!"
Olly pointed out, "Ah yes well, you won't be serving Dimentio. You'd be serving me."
Luigi turned a ghostly white, that was even worse. His eyes turned silver, gaining Olly's attention. "Y - you aren't getting L!"
With that, Luigi started to fight Olly. As the light faded out, there was a shadow of Mr. L.
…
Mario didn't know where his brother was but he was as sure as anything that he wasn't going to let him down again. They had no idea where Luigi was being taken or even why. Mario was worried but he was more furious at himself. He should've stayed close to Luigi.
"Mario?"
The hero of the kingdom perked up, seeing that it was Violet addressing him. Mario finally let out a big sob, holding onto her. Violet held him close, rubbing his back as he cried. She cried too.
They had come up with a plan, to try and fill the lake back up. No one felt very chatty, not even the very chatty Olivia. The atmosphere had just changed once Luigi had been taken. Everyone was worried, even Bobby. They saw the Water Vellumental shrine in the back.
"I think it'd be best if you stop and favor the show~"
Mario and Violet both paled. They looked around. So did Olivia and Bobby. Where was that voice coming from?
The origami girl asked, "W - who's there?"
Bobby further added, "Yeah, come out of hiding."
The bomb quickly ate his words as powerful green thunder came from his side. Violet used her Aurora Nine to protect him.
The sacred violet ice questioned, "Are you okay?"
To that, Bobby nodded. Boy was he really grateful. The green thunder had caused a bit of smoke as Mario wasn't trying to down himself in bad memories.
The hero of the kingdom snarled, "Come on out, you coward!"
"Oh come now, aren't you happy to see me? In all my folded glory? Eh, sir-jumps-a-lot?"
The smoke cleared, revealing Mr. L was standing right behind Mario. Mario was white as a ghost. The green thunder had become origami. Violet was in terror as she thought, 'Is that why Olly wanted Weegie? He wanted to bring out L?'
Olivia blinked, "Is…that who I think it is?"
Violet nodded sadly, "It is…"
Bobby admitted, "Sorry, I still have amnesia. Who is it?"
Mr. L sneered, "You don't know of my awesomeness, bomb-with-no-memory. For I am one of Count Bleck's former minions. I am the green thunder, Mr. L!"
Mario activated his Firebrand, "What are you doing here, L?!"
Bobby was still in the dark, "You know this guy?"
Olivia whispered to Violet, "Is this why Luigi was captured? Because of L?"
Violet whispered back, "Seems like it."
Mr. L finally spoke, "Anyways, seems like you are making trouble. His-origaminess wants to fold you into greatness. And he wants me to help. So, have at you!"
With that, the green thunder activated his Thunderhand and started to fight the hero of the kingdom. Firehand and Thunderhand clashed as Mr. L tried to gain the upper hand. Mario tried to overpower the masked bandit but it wasn't going well.
Violet was about to get into the fight but the red clad plumber waved her off. She raised a brow but waited as he requested.
Mr. L saw this and taunted, "Not calling in body-cold-as-ice? You are losing your touch."
Mario corrected, "I'm not losing my touch! I just want to talk to you, L. Set yourself free! Olly's using you just like Dimentio did."
Mr. L stopped with the attacks on Mario, looking at him for a minute. The masked bandit had given Mario a black eye, some bruised ribs, and his left shoulder was dislocated. His upper lip had been cut a bit so he was drawing a bit of blood. For a minute, however brief, his nature returned to normal.
He asked, "Sir-jumps-a-lot…?"
Mario brightened a bit, "Yeah, it's me L."
His nature turned again as he pushed Mario in the gut. Hard. So hard that the hero of the kingdom was pushed a good bit away. The sacred violet ice paled as she got in front of Mario, her powers active.
She threatened, "Stay away from him or you will be a frozen green thunder!"
Olivia pleaded, "Please snap out of it, Luigi!"
The masked bandit snarled at her, making her retreat into Violet. Violet kept the origami girl close. She wasn't going to let L hurt her. Violet decided to fight L, though she didn't want to. They were evenly matched. Aurora Nine against Thunderhand. Violet knew she had to do something and fast. So she decided to freeze L into place. It took her a few minutes but it was done. She breathed a sigh of relief, going over to Mario.
She asked, "Dumb question but are you okay?"
Mario answered, "Yeah for the most part." He turned to Olivia and asked, "How did your brother know about Mr. L?"
Bobby muttered to himself, "I'm better off not knowing."
Olivia told Mario, "Everyone knows about that."
Before the hero of the kingdom could say anything more, he looked over at the frozen green thunder. Mario walked over to him, quieter than usual. He sniffled. This was all his fault.
"Mario?"
Mario perked up, hearing that voice. He looked around but all he saw was L still frozen.
He asked, "L - Luigi…?"
Luigi had been quiet for a second. He had been so quiet that Mario thought he was hearing things. He finally spoke, "You know I don't blame you for this, right?"
Mario sniffled, "Y - you should… It's my fault that you got captured…. It's my fault that you're in this mess… It's my fault that you are origami… Mi dispiace tanto per tutto, Weegie."
There was uneasy silence until the red clad plumber felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up again, seeing that Mr. L had got himself unstuck. Mario was a bit on high alert until a rainbow light caught his attention. He shielded his eyes and there, to his utter surprise, was Luigi. He was still origami but it was him.
Violet was in shock. Olivia was happy. Bobby was in awe. Luigi was in tears.
He told Mario, "Non ti ho mai incolpato, Malleo. È stata tutta colpa mia. Non potrei mai incolpare il miglior fratello del mondo intero."
Mario was sobbing hard. The two brothers had an embrace, sobbing. Mario didn't feel like the best brother in the world but if that's how Luigi thought of him…
"Malleo?"
Mario turned to Luigi, he didn't realize that the man in green was talking to him.
Mario started to say, "Weegie, I…"
Luigi interrupted, "I forgive you, fratello. If you forgive me?"
Mario sobbed, "I forgive you…"
Mario completely broke down. The two of them sobbed as they held onto each other a little bit longer. After their embrace, the brothers had joined back with their group. Luigi hugged Violet tightly. Violet returned the hug, sobbing. Luigi rubbed her back, trying to get her to calm down. It was working a bit.
He asked, "Better?"
Violet sniffled, "Y - yeah. Just glad that you are okay."
Luigi smiled, "Of course. Not going anywhere."
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Wishmaker1028: He's back but as origami! Please read and review! And always think outside of the box!
