(Mario and gang were on their way to the entrance of the Cortez's cave)
KOOPS:
So, you're assuming Vivian and I are a couple?
MARIO:
Yeah, you two actually make a cute couple!
VIVIAN:
Aww, thanks, Mario!
KOOPS:
Yeah, I appreciate your compliment.
MARIO:
You two actually remind me of Kooper and Lady Bow.
(Koops and Vivian started blushing)
KOOPS:
Okay, Mario, we're actually just friends and nothing…
VIVIAN:
Come on, Koops, there's no need to hide it anymore.
MARIO:
Yeah, especially since you're already holding hands right now.
KOOPS:
You're right, Mario and Vivian.
VIVIAN:
I really am embarrassed just as you are.
GOOMBELLA:
Guys, we're here, but…
MARIO:
The entrance is blocked!
GOOMBELLA:
Of course it is.
FLAVIO:
It's more like a dead-end, taunting Flavio with its dead end-ness! But, I've been noticing… a skull rock which is blocking the entrance! Well, it positively reeks of ancient secrets, yes? Let us plunge into this puzzle!
(Flavio walks back until he noticed Koops and Vivian holding hands)
FLAVIO:
You two make such a cute couple! Flavio's jealous right now!
KOOPS:
Uh, thanks, uh, Flavio.
(Flavio then walks back and starts singing to himself about The Skull Captain)
MARIO:
What are we supposed to do now?
GOOMBELLA:
Hold on, let me examine the skull rock.
(Goombella walks up to the rock and starts examining)
FLURRIE:
Mario dear, is it just me? Or were Koops and Vivian holding hands ever since we walked out that beach house?
(Eggy noticed Koops and Vivian sitting on the grass cuddling each other)
EGGY:
Hubba hubba.
MARIO:
Let 'em have their moment, Eggy.
GOOMBELLA:
Mario! Over here!
(Mario quickly ran up to Goombella)
MARIO:
What is it? Did you find something?
GOOMBELLA:
As a matter of fact, I did! I see something that you could insert into that right eyehole! But what? What?
(Mario suddenly thought of an idea, a light bulb popped out of his head)
GOOMBELLA:
You've got an idea? Because I see that light bulb hovering around your head.
MARIO:
Wha?
(Mario grabbed the light bulb and threw it somewhere)
MARIO:
I do! I'll be right back!
(Mario ran offscreen)
GOOMBELLA:
Where are you going?
MARIO:
You'll see! Just trust me, okay?
GOOMBELLA:
Alright, if you say so!
FLAVIO:
Skull captain casts his gaze! Red jewel shines and plays! Boom-bassa-boom festival! The 'Stache brothers, best of friends! 3 times Red 'Stache lands on his end! Blue Stache's belly 4 times is whacked, so let's hear those fireworks go BOOM! At the boom-bassa-boom festivaaaal!
MARIO:
Psst, Flavio!
FLAVIO:
Hey, Mario! I was just singing me favorite song to kill time! It's not like Flavio is a scaredy-cat! But, I can't seem to figure out what that song's message is…
MARIO:
It is a good song, but enough about that, I need to borrow something if you don't mind?
FLAVIO:
What is it? It better not be another coke of mine!
MARIO:
Oh no, I don't need anymore cokes!
FLAVIO:
Good! But I also can't give ya money because…
MARIO:
I don't need the money either! Remember that skull thingy you have? The one that's been passed down through generations of your family?
FLAVIO:
Me skull gem!?
MARIO:
I know how much this means to you, but I think your skull gem is the key to opening the entrance to Cortez's lair! Once we open it, I'll give it right back, I promise.
(Flavio sighs and reluctantly gives Mario his skull gem)
FLAVIO:
Fine! But please don't let anything bad happen to it!
MARIO:
You have my word!
(Mario sped off and inserted the skull gem into the right eyehole which causes the Stache Brothers statues to light up)
GOOMBELLA:
Whoa! That's cool! But, now what?
MARIO:
Hmm… I think those statues might have something to do with Flavio's song… he said something about three times red and four times blue. Let me try!
(Mario climbed up the red stache and ground pounded it three times, then he went up to the blue stache and whacked it with his hammer four times, then a door opened under the bomb that's labeled. Mario and Goombella both analyzed it)
MARIO:
Is that a…?
GOOMBELLA:
A bomb? Yes. Yes, it is.
MARIO & GOOMBELLA:
Bobbery!
BOBBERY:
Mario, old boy, wait! I can't let you go there on your own!
MARIO:
It's okay, Bobbery, I've got companions with me.
BOBBERY:
Mario, you don't understand! It's dangerous in there!
MARIO:
Well, there's actually this shiny diamond in his lair that I'm trying to get!
GOOMBELLA:
It's called a Chaos Emerald! Mario's already got four of them! You heard of 'em?
BOBBERY:
Wait a second, I think I have! Aren't those, like, mysterious diamonds that possess those amazing powers?
MARIO:
If you put it that way: yes.
BOBBERY:
Well, if you're wanting to get that emerald thingamajig, I have to come with you! I know all those rumors about Cortez, and I don't want you to get banished!
(Mario grabs Bobbery and places him on top of the opened door which just dropped right after Mario solved the puzzle)
MARIO:
Good! You see that bomb that's labeled?
BOBBERY:
Yeah? You want me to go in there and explode?
MARIO:
Yes.
BOBBERY:
Alright, stand back everyone!
(Mario and Goombella stepped away as Bobbery went in the opened door and exploded which startled everyone)
FLAVIO:
Aaaaaah! What happened to me gem stone!? Dis was an important family item!! What have ye done, Mario!?
(The skull gem hit Flavio in the head and landed on the ground)
FLAVIO:
Oh! There you are, ye precious thing! I don't know what I would do without ye!
BOBBERY:
It's open! Now we can get inside!
MARIO:
Yes! Come on, everybody!
FLAVIO:
I'm gonna go ahead and return to me beach house!
(Flavio sped off)
MARIO:
Okay.
BOBBERY:
Come on, everybody! Let's get this over with!
To Be Continued