All right, fellow readers! Here is the 53rd chapter of this story!
Now, before we can continue along and get ready for Chapter 6, we have the interludes that need to be taken care of. And we start by focusing on Peach.
For this chapter, Grodus is furious about Crump's latest failing, as he then gets the Shadow Sirens to plan to exterminate Andrew once again, and that they will not fail this time. And Grodus plans on going out to make sure that it is planned correctly.
Additionally, Peach is sent on another errand for TEC to insert a data disk into Grodus's computer in his office, and she has to make a potion that will make her invisible. Of course, Peach will have to make sure her dress and clothes are taken off while invisible, and some other stuff will occur. How will this go for the Mushroom Kingdom Princess? Read and find out now!
AT THE X-NAUT FORTRESS:
In Sir Grodus's throne room at the X-Naut Fortress, Grodus was standing in front of his throne, apparently rather ticked off and furious about something, as he was in the middle of a discussion with Lord Crump through a holographic screen.
It was apparent that Lord Crump had just informed Sir Grodus about his recent defeat against Andrew and his friends, and how he had failed to steal the Crystal Star from him.
This did not sit well with Grodus at all, as he didn't appreciate how his second-in-command could be so bumbling in his assignment, and how he is easily outdone by the likes of this Andrew menace. And Grodus was going to let Crump know how he felt about his recent failing too.
"You blew it again, Lord Crump," he hissed quite furiously. "You sicken me."
Lord Crump couldn't help but flinch at that. He had expected him to react rather angrily towards his failure, but this still left him upset.
"Look, I'm sorry. Seriously. We thought..." Lord Crump then tried to explain to him exactly what had happened. "We thought we had the guy cornered, but..."
"Stop talking, Lord Crump," Sir Grodus held up his right hand for him to stop. He was in no mood to hear about the excuse that caused Crump to fail this time in needing to annihilate Andrew. "You just stand by until my next order."
Sir Grodus then leered at him before pointing his scepter at him and then gave him a dark warning. "And, Lord Crump? Think of this as your last chance. Understand?"
"Roger that," Lord Crump obliged after he gulped.
There was no doubt that he lost a lot of trust in his master, who had already been terrible in the first place. And after his latest failure, it was 'clear' that he was now standing on thin ice when it comes to having faith and trust in Sir Grodus. So he'd have to make sure not to screw up next time.
"Then leave," Grodus said coldly, putting his scepter down as he was satisfied with the warning that he gave him.
Lord Crump said nothing else as he ended the news that he gave to Sir Grodus, as the holographic screen that Lord Crump was shown on had disappeared.
As soon as Crump was gone, Grodus needed to 'really' kick things into high gear and make sure that Andrew was taken out of commission before getting the next Crystal Star. Otherwise, he would become an undeniable threat to his plan of world conquest.
He then saw a regular X-Naut nearby in the room, as he had an order that he had for him. Pointing his scepter at him, he then bellowed. "Hey! You there!"
That one X-Naut ended up approaching him before doing that cross-arm salute with his hands.
"What is it, sir?" That X-Naut had to ask.
"Tell the Shadow Sirens to attack Andrew again," Sir Grodus ordered him with a growl. "And tell them not to fail this time."
That one X-Naut couldn't help but flinch at this. He could tell that Sir Grodus was finally reaching his limit. Not wanting to anger him even further, the X-Naut decided to oblige by his command.
"You got it, sir," that X-Naut did that cross-arm salute again before leaving the room with the intention of giving the Shadow Sirens the news that he got from Sir Grodus.
Once the X-Naut left the room, Grodus was left alone to stew in the folly of his underlings. He couldn't believe it. Andrew had succeeded in collecting five Crystal Stars now. He must take all precautions to make sure that he doesn't become a more severe threat than he is right now.
"I have one Crystal Star in my hands...and Andrew has five," Grodus grumbled under his breath. "I must take some measures."
With that said, he then realized what he had to do now. He'd have to make sure that the Shadow Sirens have the perfect plan to exterminate Andrew once and for all, and that he's no longer a threat to the X-Nauts.
There was a hideout hidden in Rogueport that he could use to arrange the meeting with the Shadow Sirens, specifically with Beldam. From there, they could formulate the perfect plan to keep Andrew from getting the remaining two Crystal Stars.
"I suppose I should head out of the fortress and go to that hideout in Rogueport. I will issue that X-Naut to have Beldam meet up with me there," Sir Grodus sighed. "I will make sure that they have the perfect plan to destroy that Andrew menace. And I will know for sure that their next plan will NOT FAIL. And that's a promise."
Grodus stepped down from his throne as he approached the door leading out of his throne room. Seeing that he was going to be gone for a bit, he'd have to get someone to guard his office and forbid anyone from entering.
"I guess I can ask the X-Naut PhDs to assign one of their Yux experiments to be in charge of guarding my office," Grodus proclaimed. "They will make sure that no one enters, just so I can see to it that the next plan to exterminate Andrew will be brilliant."
With that said, Grodus then left the throne room and told that one X-Naut he ordered just recently to have the Shadow Sirens meet up with him at that one hideout in Rogueport.
He then had one of the PhDs assign one of their latest Yux experiments to guard his office while he was away. Needless to say, things were 'really' starting to heat up within the X-Nauts and the Shadow Sirens...
IN THE COMPUTER ROOM:
In the computer room, Princess Peach had already gotten the message that TEC wanted to see her when the door leading to the computer room opened up on its own.
Without wasting time, Peach headed straight into the computer room as she approached TEC and his keyboard. As soon as she was in front of him, Peach had to turn around with a rather annoyed look on her face.
"Well readers, TEC called me in here again," Peach spoke to the readers who were checking out this chapter. "I wonder what it is this time..."
Maintaining that rather annoyed expression, she then heard TEC making a rather odd beeping sound, which got her attention as she turned around to look at him with a concerned look on her face. She had to wonder what that was about, so she decided to ask him.
"TEC? Was that noise you?" Peach queried. "What's wrong?"
TEC was hesitant to speak about it at first. Truth be told, he had another favor that he needed Princess Peach to do for him. The favor this time was quite risky and would cause a lot of problems if she failed. Nonetheless, he decided to come out with it.
"I must request that you do something a bit more dangerous this time." TEC wasted no time in telling her that.
Peach had to jump upon hearing that. Did TEC just say that he wants her to do something dangerous this time? What kind of errand did she have to run that could make it dangerous?
"Dangerous?" Peach asked, wondering if she had heard him right.
"I would like you to sneak into Sir Grodus's room and look for a data disk." TEC went to the point as to what favor he wanted her to run for him.
Now Princess Peach was confused. TEC wanted her to get a data disk from Grodus's room. For what reason would he need to have that?
"A data disk?" Peach raised an eyebrow. "Why would you need that?"
"Although I can view all data on the network... I am unable to access the data of computers that are not linked to the network," TEC explained to her. "Sir Grodus has information that even I am unable to view. But I must know it. I must know that information."
Princess Peach knew that there had to be a catch to this. There had to be. Wouldn't they allow any of the X-Naut soldiers to explore his room? Would she have to dress up as an X-Naut again? She had to find out.
"But how will I get in there? Will I be disguised again?" Princess Peach wasted no time in asking.
"Not this time," TEC told her quickly. "No one other than Sir Grodus can enter his room. When Sir Grodus is elsewhere, there are guards outside the room that permit no entry."
"Well, that makes me feel so much better," Peach had to utter sarcastically as she rolled her eyes.
"...But there is a way," TEC told her, disregarding her sarcastic tone. "You will be fine if you act according to my instructions."
TEC then paused for a second before admitting to her. "I must tell you, I do not want to make you do such a dangerous thing. But now I have no one to ask but you."
"I don't mind, TEC. Really," Princess Peach shrugged casually at that. "Ask me anything."
"Well then, first leave the room and take the elevator up, as you did earlier." TEC gave her his first instructions.
"All right," Peach nodded as she headed for the door and left the computer room.
She would then head for the elevator that she used previously before progressing further with TEC's next instructions for her. She could only hope that the results were satisfying enough for the supercomputer...
OUT IN THE HALLWAY - IN THE X-NAUT FORTRESS:
Princess Peach wasted no time in making it to the elevator, where it opened up and she stepped right into it. TEC made sure the elevator stopped on the sublevel 2 floor; the same floor Peach walked through last time.
As soon as the elevator stopped on that particular floor, TEC decided to give Peach her next set of instructions.
"You will first go in the opposite direction of Sir Grodus's room," TEC instructed. "Exit the elevator and enter the room with the green lamp lit above it."
"OK," Princess Peach obliged as she exited the elevator and went to the left this time.
'Needless to say', it was a rather long hallway, as she had to do a lot of walking to make it to that particular room. She even passed by another elevator that she couldn't use, which she assumed led further up into the base.
After several moments of walking, Peach finally found the room she was looking for; the one with a green lamp lit above it.
"Whew. Finally. That was a lot of walking," Peach wiped her forehead. "I sure hope whatever TEC has planned for me to do to get into Grodus's room will pay off."
With that said, she opened the door and set foot into the room. The room she ended up in was a chemistry room, with a conveyor belt machine in the back that is used to mix up potions. Princess Peach was rather perplexed by this, as she had to know what she needed to do now.
"OK. Now what?" Princess Peach queried.
"Now I will have you concoct a potion that will make you transparent," TEC answered her fairly quickly.
Peach had to recoil and take in what he said. Did he want her to make a potion that makes her transparent? She then quickly pieced together what he was referring to.
"You mean...a potion that...makes me invisible?!" Peach had to ask in complete shock.
"Yes," TEC confirmed. "You will enter Sir Grodus's room by becoming completely invisible."
Peach was 'absolutely' silent for a few moments before she cleared her throat and found her voice.
"Wow...OK," Princess Peach then asked. "How do I make it?"
Believe it or not, Peach has never been a science expert, and she has never made any kind of potion before. She has cooked several cakes, pies, cookies, and many other sweet baked goods in her spare time at the castle. But she had never done something such as mix up any kind of potion, let alone one that would make someone invisible.
Princess Peach also had to wonder if she could've gotten a chemistry set as a little girl. Of course, that just wasn't her kind of thing, as she wasn't interested in working with any of the chemical elements. Therefore, she hoped that TEC would provide the answer as to how she had to make the potion.
"You must first set all of the potions on the desk in the Concoctionator," TEC instructed her to the conveyor belt machine in the back. "It's that machine in the back, but even I do not know which 'potion' to set where."
"Well, that's certainly a BIG help," Princess Peach groaned as she spoke sarcastically yet again.
"There should be memos left in this room by the X-Naut researchers," TEC informed her, ignoring her sarcasm yet again. "Please use them as references and set the potions in the machine."
"Very well, then," Princess Peach sighed as she stretched her arms to get to work on setting things up.
Looks like I'll have to put a hand into making a potion that makes me invisible... Peach thought as she looked at the memos. Sigh... I never was an expert on anything science-related, let alone working with chemicals. Well, I guess I'll give it my best...
Based on the memos she read, she then placed the four colored potions on the counter in a specific order; from left to right. It was red, blue, orange, green, in that order. As soon as she was finished putting them into those slots, TEC then had to confirm with her.
"Are you sure they are placed to your liking?" TEC queried.
"Yes. I am most certain that they are," Peach nodded.
"Very well," TEC then gave her next instruction. "Then please cue the button on the control panel located on the left side of the room."
She then saw the yellow siren light flashing as the siren went off on that side of the Concoctionator, where a red button was shown. She then went over and pressed it.
The four slots that had those potions in them closed up their doors, as a beaker surfaced and went up on the conveyor belt.
Once the beaker stopped in front of the inside portion of the machine, TEC gave Peach her next instruction.
"Please press the button where the beaker stops to dispense each potion," TEC said to her.
"Sure," Peach nodded as the beaker went inside by the conveyor belt.
The next few moments or so were spent with Peach pressing each button in the order that the beaker stopped it. The order that she had to squirt the potions in was the following:
Red, blue, orange, blue, orange, red, orange, and green.
Once it was done doing that, the filled-up beaker went into the heater portion of the Concoctionator before it stopped in the center of it.
"I will heat the mixed potion in the beaker for 30 seconds," TEC informed her. "Press the button exactly 30 seconds after the heating starts to stop the machine."
Princess Peach simply nodded as TEC heated the potion, which Peach had to wait 30 seconds before pressing the button. She could only hope that her days of keeping track of how long it takes for her cakes to bake in the oven finally paid off.
Thirty seconds later, Peach pressed the button, which caused the heater to stop running, as the filled-up beaker moved out of the inside part through the conveyor belt. When Princess Peach saw it for herself, she noticed that it was a bright neon green, which caused her to raise her eyebrow.
Eventually, the beaker reached the other end of the Concoctionator, where it went down that hole and went through that hatchet before stopping.
"By my calculations, it should be finished, but..." TEC paused for a second before asking. "Did it come out correctly, do you think?"
"Yes. I'm sure it did," Peach nodded as she approached it. "I followed all of your instructions exactly. So I'm confident that it's done."
"Very good," TEC then instructed. "Then please drink it. All of it, if you please."
"What? Drink THIS?" Peach was hesitant about doing that, seeing that it didn't look too edible as she sniffed it. "Is it safe? It smells 'really' funky."
"Please, you must drink it." TEC insisted.
Princess Peach then sighed and grabbed the beaker. If she were to make progress with this, then she'd have to suck it up and drink it down. With that, Princess Peach quickly drank the potion down without even looking at it.
In a matter of seconds, purple smoke poofed around her, and when it was gone, her body had turned invisible. Unfortunately, her dress, crown, gloves, earrings, and shoes were still visible.
"You have done it. You have successfully made yourself transparent. Congratulations," TEC then had to instruct her. "But...I must ask you to take off your dress, however. Even the potion cannot make the dress invisible."
Peach gasped and yelled in horror. She did not hear that. She did not just hear TEC instructing her to take off her clothes. Does he mean that she'll have to sneak through the fortress completely nude? Invisible or not, a part of her WASN'T comfortable with that.
"What?! That's indecent! No way!" Princess Peach had to refuse.
There was also the fact that there were plenty of Princess Peach fanboys out there who also happened to be huge perverts. And there was no doubt that those perverts would just LOVE the thought of starring and gawking in awe at the sight of Princess Peach completely naked in front of them. Just the thought of how turned on those rather hormonal perverts would get as a result made her sick and disgusted.
Unfortunately, she knew that she didn't have a choice. If she was to sneak into Grodus's room, she'd have to make sure that she was completely naked while invisible. Besides, since she's invisible, it's not like some pervert would be able to witness her sneaking around in the nude while transparent, right?
After thinking it over, Princess Peach let out a sigh as she gave in. "...Oh, fine. I guess... If it's the only way."
She then walked off to the side where TEC couldn't see her take her clothes off. She left them in the pile for now as she then walked away, completely invisible. Needless to say, TEC was satisfied, as they could now move on to the real mission that she had to go on.
"When you go into Sir Grodus's room, first locate the disk with the recorded data," TEC then gave her the next instructions. "Then insert that disk into the personal computer and connect to the network. When you are finished with that, please come back to this room. I will teach you how to make yourself normal again."
"Gee, this is kind of a complicated plan, huh?" Princess Peach had to ask in concern that things might go wrong for her.
"...I suppose," TEC said after remaining silent for a few moments. "Now, please go to Sir Grodus's room."
"Right," Peach said as she headed for the door, where she then walked out of the laboratory, intending to head straight to Grodus's room undetected.
As soon as she walked out of the lab, a regular X-Naut was standing in front of the door the entire time. He then jumped and looked confused upon seeing the door open on its own before closing up.
"Whuh? OK, that was creepy. Why did the doors open even though there's no one here?" The X-Naut had to wonder in shock. "A malfunction? Or am I just totally losing it here?"
It was obvious that he didn't notice Princess Peach since she was invisible. This seemed to satisfy the Mushroom Kingdom Princess as she then tip-toed her way to the very end of the hall where Grodus's throne room was located.
She passed by several X-Naut soldiers, X-Naut PhDs, and even a different variation of X-Naut that she had never seen before. And neither has Andrew. There would be a time when Andrew would end up facing one of those different X-Naut variants in a bit.
'Needless to say', they didn't notice someone walking by them, as Peach made her way to the end of the hallway.
Wow. These X-Nauts don't even notice me. I 'really' am invisible. Peach thought. Phew. I'm glad that they can't see me. And without my clothes on no less. That's something that I hope will never happen...
Princess Peach continued to tip-toe quietly until she finally made it to the door that led to Grodus's throne room. Without wasting time, Peach opened the door and went inside.
The throne room didn't look any different than before, aside from the fact that Grodus was absent. The only thing that was in the room, guarding the door to Grodus's room was some kind of a Yux. Only it was bigger than the regular Yux, and it was red instead of green. And its circles were cyan instead of yellow-green. This was known as an X-Yux.
Princess Peach didn't know what kind of creature that was supposed to be. And frankly, she didn't have time to dwell on it. She needed to get into Grodus's room and find that data disk that TEC wanted her to find and insert into Grodus's 'personal' computer.
Without saying a word, Peach went up the stairs and walked around the throne until she was behind it. Ignoring the X-Yux that was there, she then opened the door and went inside.
The X-Yux looked confused about how that just happened, but since it was a type of Yux, it was unable to talk. Instead, it just stayed there, hoping that it was just a malfunction of some kind.
Princess Peach finally made it into Grodus's office. It had a white fuzzy carpet with the X-Naut insignia in front of the door. There was a plant in a pot near the door too. In the back of the room was a shelf with several books, and containers that had floppy disks and disk cards in them.
There was a nice chair in front of the desk that had Grodus's computer, the red desktop with the monitor, a feathered pen of some kind, and a flag with the X-Naut insignia on it.
But the elephant in the room was the aquarium that was in front of her. And swimming in the aquarium was a bunch of Nibbles. Just the sight of this and the fact that Grodus even has his own Nibble aquarium was enough to creep her out.
"My goodness. Grodus has a Nibble aquarium. Jeepers. Talk about creepy," Peach admitted quietly before putting hit behind her. "Well anyway, this must be Grodus's room. Now, where is that disk?"
After snooping around the office undetected, Peach stumbled upon the shelf with all of those disks. The orange disk cards were what caught her attention.
"Found it! This MUST be it!" She then grabbed the Data Disk that TEC was talking about earlier. "Umm... Oh, yeah! Now I insert the disk into the computer and connect to the network..."
With that, Peach approached the red desktop and inserted the Data Disk into the slot that it could fit in. As soon as she did that, the monitor turned on.
What Princess Peach was treated to next was a startup sequence of the Famicom Disk System, complete with the music played during the sequence and that big blue box appearing on the screen.
This caused Peach to gasp in confusion, as she was wondering if she had grabbed a Famicom Disk Card by accident.
Huh? Is this a Data Disk? Or did I just start up an old Famicom Disk System video game on Grodus's computer? Peach thought.
She then realized that it was 'really' that Data Disk since some important data that was on the Data Disk was being imported into the network that TEC had access to. This seemed to satisfy the Mushroom Kingdom Princess to no end.
"I did it," Peach cheered quietly. "YESSS! I DID IT! It's working!"
On the screen, she saw a red-colored man who looked like Mario walk into the center and jump twice underneath the gray small rectangular box connected to the big blue box via wire.
Moments later, the red man walked off and then came a green-colored man who looked like Luigi, who did the same thing as the red man by jumping twice under the box before walking off.
The huge blue box that was in the center then went back up until it was out of sight before the monitor turned off on its own. It would appear that the transfer was a success.
And Peach couldn't have felt more accomplished about what she did at that moment.
"Looks like it's all done..." Peach said as she took the Data Disk out of the desktop. "I'd better put the disk back where I got it..."
Princess Peach walked back over to the shelf and dropped the Data Disk in the same container that she grabbed it from.
"There. Like I was never here!" Peach sighed in relief as she left Grodus's room.
She then walked passed that X-Yux again, who still didn't notice her since she was invisible. Peach disregarded that as she made her way through the throne room, where she then went out the door and ended up back in the hallway of sublevel 2.
She then had to take another long walk through the hall, passing by those different X-Nauts who still didn't notice someone walking passed them. Peach was still glad that she got through with this mission undetected.
Eventually, she returned to the potion lab, where 'that' one regular X-Naut was standing in front of the door. Seeing that he was zoning out, Peach took the opportunity to open the door and went back into the room.
Once she was back in the laboratory, TEC decided to speak to her again in response to how she uploaded the data on the Data Disk onto the network that he was capable of accessing.
"Thank you, Princess Peach," TEC thanked her. "I was able to obtain the data I desired."
"Is that right?" Peach expressed satisfaction with that. "Well, I'm glad."
"Now I will teach you how to become visible again," TEC revealed to her. "It is quite simple, 'actually'. Merely drink the green potion. You will revert to normal instantaneously."
"OK," Princess Peach had one other thing to do. "Just hang on one minute..."
She then walked off to the side where TEC couldn't view her through his monitor.
To make sure that any Princess Peach fanboyish perverts wouldn't attempt to go to town with a jackhammer, Peach had to put back on her dress, crown, earrings, gloves, and shoes. Once she was fully clothed, she stepped back into TEC's sight, and she sighed.
"OK, NOW I'm ready," Princess Peach then walked towards the slot that the green potion was in. "Let's see here. The green potion, right?"
"Affirmative, Princess Peach," TEC confirmed. "Please drink the green potion down."
Princess Peach obliged as she took the beaker that had the green potion in it and drank it down instantly. As a result, she was surrounded by purple smoke, and she was now visible again, with her light tan skin and long blonde hair being shown, along with her beautiful blue eyes.
"What a relief!" Princess Peach couldn't help but cheer at this. "I was kind of worried that I might never become visible again."
"There was never any danger of that," TEC then instructed. "Now, please return to the computer room."
"Of course," Princess Peach nodded.
The four slots to the Concoctionator closed up as Princess Peach approached the door. She now had the ambition to head back to the computer room where TEC was, as she knew that she had to send another e-mail to Andrew.
She still didn't know enough about him. But given how things have been going so far, she was quite sure that Andrew was making good progress, and that he would save her in no time once he gets the seven Crystal Stars.
Leaving that in the back of her mind for now, she left the room and went back to the elevator that led straight back to the computer room again...
IN THE COMPUTER ROOM AGAIN:
It took no time at all for Peach to make it back into the computer room, where she then approached TEC. There was something about the data on the Data Disk that she uploaded onto the network TEC could access that she was curious about. And she wonders if TEC would be willing to reveal it to her.
"Say, by the way, TEC..." Princess Peach started to ask. "What was that data?"
"I am still analyzing it," TEC advised her. "The data is very heavily encrypted. But if my prediction is correct..."
TEC then stopped himself before he could finish that sentence. This got Peach a little confused and she raised her eyebrow. What was he trying to say that got him to stop short?
"If it's correct...what?" Princess Peach looked curious.
TEC couldn't inform her right now. It would be very risky, and if revealed so soon in its unfinished state, it could result in some compromises to occur as a result. And TEC was not willing to take that kind of risk. So Princess Peach would have to wait until it's been completed.
"No. I cannot afford any mistakes or assumptions." TEC insisted before promising her. "I will let you know when my analysis is complete. Now, please use the communicator, if you wish."
Princess Peach could only frown in disappointment. She was wondering if there was something in the data that would've helped Andrew further and what he should be informed about next.
Nonetheless, she decided to accept it, as TEC seemed to be willing to share it with her once it's been completed.
"...OK. You'll tell me when you decipher the data, huh? Good." Princess Peach was satisfied as she approached the keyboard. "Then I'll use the communicator, thanks."
At that moment, Princess Peach immediately went to work sending another e-mail to Andrew. Even though it wasn't informative like the last two e-mails that she sent him, she hoped that it would still put him at ease just by knowing that she was still OK while in captivity.
It only took a few moments or so for her to have finally finished it up, and she was ready to send it off.
"I've written my message," Princess Peach then told him. "Would you send it?"
In a matter of seconds, TEC had succeeded in doing it. Just like the past several times that she had sent an e-mail to Andrew, those three envelope icons were displayed on TEC's screen again, with one flashing after the other until that same beeping sound was heard. This was enough to convince her that the e-mail was officially sent out to Andrew.
"The message has been sent," TEC then told her. "We are done for now. Please go back to the room."
"OK. Take care, TEC," Princess Peach shrugged as she walked away from TEC and headed for the door to go back to her holding room.
Before she left, TEC decided to get her attention one last time with another comment.
"Thank you, Princess Peach." TEC thanked her sincerely.
This got Peach to stop and turn around to face TEC, where she gave him a sincere smile.
"Why, you're welcome, TEC!" Peach told him before turning around and walking out of the computer room, heading back to the holding room for the time being.
Like the past several times, TEC said nothing else as Princess Peach went to her room for the night.
Unlike those previous times, however, TEC did not say goodnight to her. Rather, he had made a pledge and a promise to Peach without the princess hearing what he had to say about her.
"Princess Peach... I will protect you..." TEC had vowed as the room had dimmed a little.
Just like before, TEC kept surveillance on Princess Peach, until she was back in her room and went into her bed, which is where she decided to turn in for the night.
Though the reason for this was more for the intention of protecting her like he promised. Everything that he had learned about love was shown by how he had suggested that she make herself invisible to get the Data Disk that he wanted to be uploaded onto the network.
Not to mention the fact that the data that was uploaded had some rather cryptic information about the thousand-year-old demon spirit and how Sir Grodus plans to resurrect it.
Princess Peach would find out the truth about it for herself, next time she'd have to visit TEC when he requires her to come to the computer room. And she would become rather horrified when she learns about it for herself. That much was a given...
END OF CHAPTER 53...
Yeah, that's it for this chapter. It's a little longer than some of the other Peach interludes, but it's still not as long as the main segments focusing on Andrew and his friends. Still, I hope that you all enjoyed it.
Now, I kinda like how I handled this Peach-focused chapter, from Peach not liking the thought of traveling in the nude, to how there are people who would dream of seeing her without clothes on.
And then there's the reference to the Famicom Disk System with the boot-up sequence to that console being shown on Grodus's computer when Peach inserted the Data Disk.
One other thing, I don't think I need to say what 'going to town with a jackhammer' means, given the situation of Peach having been naked while invisible, and the fact that it's subtle enough to those who don't get it. If you're an adult and you know what it means, then that's good for you. Otherwise, there's nothing else to say about it.
Now, the next chapter will be focused on Bowser and Kammy Koopa again, as they make it to Twilight Town. They try to find the whereabouts of the Crystal Star there, and they encounter Lord Crump, who looking for the Superbombomb that Beldam lost, and Grodus orders him to find it to achieve their next plan to exterminate Andrew.
Of course, a war between the X-Nauts and the Koopa Troops will take place in Twilight Town, led by Lord Crump and Bowser/Kammy Koopa. Crump stupidly uses the Superbombomb to fight against Bowser, and Bowser acts just as stupid by setting it off with fire. And some other stuff will occur. How will things go for them? Find out next time, readers.
In the meantime, only if you're up to it, you can leave a review and let me know what you think of this chapter.
Otherwise, I have nothing else to say here. So until next time, I hope you guys can take care of yourselves. And on that note, thanks again for reading, everyone!