Chapter Four:

Mario and The Wrath of Wah

It had been a few minutes, but it almost felt like more than five months for some reason. Mario stared into Waluigi's rage-fueled eyes, prepared for whatever was coming next. The enraged Wah-Master grabbed Mario by the neck, and he floated off the ground, snarling with fury while the fat Italian whimpered with fear.

Hal Monitor stood aside, despite having the will to arrest Mario at any time, but he was aware of how dangerous Waluigi was in that form. He thought about brandishing his service revolver just in case, but the robotic cop decided against it in a second, aware that he might wind up being reduced to scrap or get turned into a T-Pose zombie by the Wah-Master.

"Those who hurt my brother... will suffer greatly..." Waluigi seethed, "...And you are no exception, Mario."

"Mama mia..." Mario whimpered, "Mario's sorry, Waluigi..."

"YOU HIT HIM ON PURPOSE!" Waluigi thundered, and lightning exploded in the sky, "AND THAT WAS THE BIGGEST ERROR YOU'VE EVER MADE! AND NOW, YOU SHALL FEEL THE WRATH OF WALUIGI, AVATAR OR NOT! I COULD CARE LESS IF YOUR DEMISE BRINGS ABOUT THE END OF THE APOCOLYPSE, AND I CAN AND WILL DESTROY YOU!"

Luigi was beside himself, huddling on the ground and wailing, concerned for his big brother's safety. A siren was wailing in the distance, the ambulance was on the way, and Waluigi's eyes blazed again. Mario was so terrified, he thought he was going to fart or soil his own overalls.

"Prepare yourself, plumber... FOR THE WRATH OF WAH!" Waluigi declared, "NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, NO MATTER WHAT EXCUSE YOU MAKE, YOU HAVE INCURRED THE FURY OF WALUIGI AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU NEVER HURT MY BROTHER EVER AGAIN!"

Mario opened his mouth to say something, but it was too late as Waluigi was in action. The nigh-powerful lanky Italian spun around, gripping Mario tight, and the fat Italian felt his legs wobbling as Waluigi threw him all around. Waluigi sped up his whirling, and he released his grip on the spaghetti-loving hero.

A wail left Mario's mouth and he smashed through a window, winding up inside an apartment, where he landed next to an elderly woman as she was watching TV. The woman perked up, stared at the newcomer, and exclaimed, "RAISINS!"

"Mario was looking for spaghetti..." Mario quipped, "Sorry, no time for... AHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Waluigi was rushing towards the fat Italian, and the Crazy Rasins Woman shrieked in alarm. Mario dove out of the way, narrowly avoiding the angry Wah-man as he swooped inside the room and trashed the coffee table in the process. Mario picked up a rock laying on the floor and threw it at Waluigi, hitting him right in the nose.

The room shook as the super-powered Italian roared with great fury, blood trickled from his nose, and a purple light flashed as Waluigi healed his injury. The angry Wah-Master lunged, grabbed Mario again, and chucked him out of the apartment. Mario flew over the street like a bullet, and crashed into the wall of another building close by.

In those seconds, Mario began to wonder how many bones were broken. As the universe's avatar, it was near impossible for someone of this universe to actually kill him, and Mario had many near-death experiences over the years. Thankfully, a 1-Up Mushroom saved the fat Italian, so did that super special healing factor.

But still, how much energy did he have left?

Mario's train of thought was shattered as the window opened and an elderly man with a white handlebar mustache and glasses peaked his head out. The man spotted the fat Italian and remarked, "I guess it's one of those superhero days, huh?"

"Hey, Stan. You got spaghetti for Mario or does the story's cameo rules dictate that you can't help?" Mario asked the elderly man.

"FORGET YOUR SPAGHETTI!"

Waluigi rammed Mario, bonking him across the head, and he grabbed the overweight Italian by the neck before streaking up the side of the building. Just below them, Old Man Stan shrugged and went back inside his room before closing the window shut. Many more feet below, Luigi was shaking with dread as he observed the unfolding battle.

'Oh, mama mia...' The green Italian thought, 'All I hoped for was a regular morning, but I guess that is impossible with Mario, and now, we have to deal with a repeat of history with Waluigi unleashing his fury.'

Close by, the ambulance had finally arrived and, with Hal Monitor's assistance, the doctors and nurses loaded Wario onto a stretcher and into the back of the vehicle. Luckily, the greedy Italian was in stable condition despite the injuries he'd sustained, and a nurse worked to quell the bleeding that was from when Wario had been hit.

Several feet up, an airplane was en route to the Mushroom City Airport from England, and the pilots were collected. Just then, Waluigi, carrying Mario, streaked into the jet's vicinity and smashed through the plane from bottom to top. And then, he dropped the plumber right on top of the left wing, just several feet above the engine.

Mario groaned, and tried to stand up. However, as soon as he saw where he was, the fat Italian panicked, fearing the chance he would get sucked inside the engine. His already-dented, dusty and ruffled hat shuddered on his head.

Waluigi raced in, slammed Mario against the wing, and picked him up again. While all of that was happening, the airliner was shuddering from the air going through the hole that had been made in the middle, and a couple of Koopas had already gotten sucked through the two holes.

Just when more damage couldn't be done to the plane, the angry Waluigi flew up with Mario, dove down, and smashed through the wing. The engine shut down, and plummeted towards the earth below. And with one wing gone, the airplane lost all stability and went into a nose dive as an alarm began wailing on the doomed plane.

Worst of all, Waluigi was too busy to care, even Mario didn't pay any attention. Waluigi lifted up the fat Italian with fury, and then, his hand slackened and he watched as Mario fell towards the earth below.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The fat Italian cried, it was going to be a long fall, and he was already bracing for impact.

WOOOOOOOSH! Waluigi swooped in just as the city was coming up to meet Mario, and the angry Wah-man made another grab at the fat Italian, gripping him by the strap of his blue overalls, and he flew over to a building located next to the Mushroom Mall. Waluigi dropped the plumber on the roof, and Mario grunted as he hit solid ground.

"MAAAAAAARIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Luigi screamed, the green Italian just barely made it onto the roof, and ran to intervene. Waluigi held up a hand, and a purple aura surrounded Mario's little brother while slightly paralyzing him. Mario yelped, worried for his brother's safety, and one could only hope that Waluigi would calm down...