" What is when the comeback that later comes back and beats you pathetic comeback that I scoff at! " He thought he finally defeated those fink rats, the prince was getting electrocuted right in front of him, his wig was shameful, to say the least. But.. soon, before he could laugh at his proud victory, that finkrat, Red slammed him into the ground, and the second he came back up, he heard something. Something that would echo in his mind for a while, to say the least.

" Buh-bye! "

Oh nononono- Fawful had forgotten about Green! What does he have planned- whatever it is, it probably isn't good. Fawful despises him! Fawful couldn't think of the possibilities for too long before his antenna got hit with a cold metal hammer, his whole body flying with it.

-Swing!-

Fawful went flying right out of Bowser's [ temporarily Bowletta's castle ] a complete freeform of areas he could soar through. Fawful saw blurred versions of the Beanbean kingdom. Fawful held onto his glasses, they were very important to him. Fawful felt the wind blow through his jumpsuit and antenna. It all went to black the second he hit the ground. All he saw the brief second before he lost consciousness was yellow.

Fawful's mind awoke. The first feeling was the heat. Heat poured on his face and.. his body, he would assume. Fawful felt numb neck down. Fawful's eyes opened for a very split second just to be blinded by sunshine. Everything else was blurry. Soon, a large gust of sand blew over the bean. Thankfully, Fawful fluttered his eyes close before too much sand blew into his eyes. Fawful needed to know where it was. He needed to give those finkrats Fawful's fury. Fawful's recovering mind gathered the context clues. Sand..sand storms.. bright sun.. blazing heat... Teehee Valley! He was in Teehee Valley! God.. that was so far away. How would he get to the castle? Was Cackletta.. erm.. Bowletta, okay? He needed to tell her Fawful was done with her commands and being her pupil! He was his own baddie! He needed to give his mother one last goodbye. He cares about Cackletta a lot, but Fawful's feelings are hard. But right now, his own physical health currently meant more to Fawful.

Fawful tried to get up, but his limbs- he couldn't move them. Fawful's vision was blurry, and his head was throbbing. Suddenly, Fawful got shot with instant pain right in his back. It felt like bullets. Fawful gasped for air, or well tried. All the air was knocked out of his body, so breathing deeply right now was hard, if not nearly impossible, currently. Even with his eyes closed, he could sense the bright blazing sun, but that sun would soon darken, Fawful worked up the energy to open his eyes. Thankfully, the sand storm stopped. There was a faint shadow. Oh no- someone saw Fawful like this! Fawful would NEVER let ANYONE see Fawful like this. He was vulnerable, and he felt weak and rightfully so. Fawful doesn't have much trust in anyone else! With how he is at this moment, any point of damage would be fatal for Fawful! Fawful shuttered and closed his eyes. He suddenly heard a...

-Pop!-

A popping sound? Was this the sound of Fawful's spinal fluid or maybe his legs or.. was it bubblegum? Fawful didn't think of the sweet gum until his eyes opened again and saw this stranger chewing and blowing another bubble with said gum, this time this stranger put the gum back into his mouth before this bubble popped. The stranger then talked.

" Whattya think we got ere'? "

A male with a deep mellow voice spoke. There was a sense of peace and intelligence in this sweet voice. Fawful normally didn't like people so relaxed, but it was better than a voice with bad intentions or stupidity in it he supposed. This body was covered with a shadow, Fawful could only see a circle, more than likely glasses. But he could not see another lens, rather a long puff of hair with what looked like a flower on top covered it. This stranger looked neither intimidating nor welcoming to Fawful. This person picked up Fawful without asking. Normally, Fawful would flip out, but Fawful didn't have the energy for that. All Fawful knew he was about to snap Fawful's neck! But that was unlikely, but Fawful was still panicking. Fawful thought this was the end of his tiny bean's life, in his head, Fawful was praying to whatever was up in the skies above, he may not believe but he was at his wits end but he hoped that he would end up okay.

Whatever it was answered, Fawful's wishes cause it seemed like this stranger's attitude did an almost complete 180. They went from mysterious to completely worried. " Hey! Yo! I saw you fall from the sky! It's not the weirdest thing, but then that sandstorm came and you didn't move, so I wanted to see if you were okay! " This person went out of the shadow, Fawful now saw his face. Just what he expected. This stranger had an ombre of three colors, a cyan a dark blue to a soft lavender. The expression in their eye was worry. This was a positive sign for Fawful. Maybe they won't murder him. This stranger's skin was a darker shade of green than Fawful's. This person smelled like a campfire and flowers. Their face was all clear. It was evident they did at least something to take care of it. The only thing marking it was a cute mole on their cheek. Fawful didn't bother to look anywhere else... nor was he able to see much else. His vision was still so blurry! Wait.. where were his glasses? Fawful could barely see without them! They must've gotten knocked off with the pressure of the fall. Fawful prayed they were still close.

" Do ya want me to help? " The stranger asked, his voice sounding genuine. Fawful truly didn't know whether his trust should be placed in this stranger. But at this point, Fawful didn't care he just needed help. Fawful needed to speak up. It took a lot of effort, but Fawful finally spoke. " A-Assistance, please... Fawful's back has a million pains. " Fawful's voice was weak and crackly. The sand in his throat was not helping. The stranger nodded. " Don't ya worry, 'kay? I got chu, I'll help ya with all I got. " The stranger's words sounded genuine. This seemed like this would take a positive turn for Fawful! The stranger started to walk, carrying Fawful like you would a toddler.. but they were extra careful about his leg.. why was that? Normally, this would be degrading if it wasn't what Fawful needed.. he needed the pampering a child would get right now. Deep down, despite all the suspicion, Fawful was deeply appreciating all this care, even if there was a bad intention behind it. Fawful hoped, but with how everything is so far, this stranger just wanted to help.

There was suddenly a question. A question that deep down nagged at Fawful. Why? Why would someone want to care for Fawful? He knew he was amazing in every sense of the word but if this stranger didn't care for him, if it was just about anyone else, Fawful would be in purgatory at that moment, watching all his life's regrets. But no. Fawful was alive [ well he hoped ] and about to be cared for. Why would someone want to help him? Didn't they know about all the stuff Fawful did? The only solution to the question was.. they are maybe evil as well? But from the vibe, Fawful got... they were more up to peace rather than evil.

Fawful was carried into a shop and then through a door behind a counter to a small apartment. Both places smelt like cheap incense and flowers. But once inside the tiny home, the smell of tea entered the aromas and his senses. Fawful felt relaxed by the smells and aromas. The stranger grabbed a towel and laid it on the couch. Fawful felt his anxiety spike once one of their arms wasn't supporting him. But Fawful was laid down, the stranger placed him down so gingerly, as it Fawful was made from expensive diamonds.. which Fawful enjoyed to himself he was worth that, if not more, glad to know someone at least shares a few thoughts with him. Wait, but why a towel? Wow, Fawful is offended. Do you think he's too dirty for his couch? Fawful would be yelling again, but all he could let out was a cute little squeak. The stranger giggled lightly, leaving Fawful to blush out of embarrassment. Fawful's head was elevated slightly by a pillow. Fawful looked around on the couch he was on. It was made from wool with hues of brown, pink, yellow, and white. The couch was worn but well taken care of. Fawful's observing got cut short when the stranger spoke again. " Okay- to help your back, I'll get a heating pad and some gauze and bandages for your leg. " The stranger spoke, before Fawful could say anything as approval, the stranger dashed off.

Bandages? This was the second time something involving his leg needing care happened. They were both still numb! Wait. Fawful wasn't stupid, nor was he entirely blind. Fawful's vision was finally able to set perfectly. Fawful looked down at himself. He wasn't able to see much of his legs besides his knees due to his gut. So he felt. Fawful felt the spandex of his pink jumpsuit and skin.. great, his favorite suit had holes. He felt more holes and skin... then he felt the back of his legs. Most of the same until Fawful gently touched the back of his left thigh. Fawful felt.. wetness on the soft flesh. Fawful instantly brought his hand back to his line of eyesight. Blood. Almost the second he saw the red liquid, his legs got shot with the same bullets his back did. He felt cuts and bones aching. Fawful screamed, and this pain was too much for him to handle. The stranger ran in, more worried than before. This stranger had bandages, gauze and Fawful's glasses! They were scratched by no bad damage happened! " I have you! Don't worry! " The strangely kneeled right next to the whimpering Fawful. " I got you... it's all going to be okay.." The stranger hummed as rubbed disinfectant on the big wound. This made Fawful whimper loudly. Fawful hated someone seeing him like this still. The stranger quickly wrapped gauze and bandaids on the wound, and soon, it was properly wrapped up, ready to start the healing process. " Also.. I found these, I assume they're yours? " They held out Fawful's glasses, and Fawful quickly took them, placing them on his Fawful and blinking quickly. Thank god. Fawful couldn't be happier with finally being able to see properly.

The stranger plugged in the heating pad in an outlet nearby. Soon Fawful's leg felt.. strange. He didn't have any broken bones. Hopefully. The stranger was going to test that. " I know this may hurt- but can you move your leg? I wanna make sure you're not paralyzed.. well, you're probably not due to your legs feeling the pain. So I'm more looking for broken bones. " The stranger looked closely at Fawful's leg. Fawful did as so. He moved both legs up and down.. it hurt, but it didn't feel like anything was sprained or broken. The stranger sighed with relief. " Doesn't seem you broke anything. " He said with a small smile.

There was a thick silence in the room as the heating pad was heating. To maybe distract Fawful from the pain, the stranger could ask Fawful about what the heck happened... and, more importantly, introduce himself. The stranger started to rapidly fire ask questions. " So, uh.. tell me about yourself, who are you? What happened? What made you come flying from hundreds of feet in the sky? Wait, wait wait. Before you do, I should probably say a little about myself, huh? I'm Naspi, I live in Teehee Valley.. as you may know and I own a shop. It was the room that was before here. " The stranger named Naspi spoke. Fawful tried his best to comprehend all the questions Naspi had asked him. That one question stood out. " Tell me about yourself, who are you? " Fawful was confused, he didn't know who he was. He was one of the biggest villains for a while! Fawful worked up some energy to speak. " Fawful is.. Fawful! Not knowing Fawful is a slamming a pie of shock into his face, the news.. don't you lay eyes upon it and it's innards? Fawful was the minion of Cackletta! The Cackletta that poisoned the queen and stole the voice of the mushroom kingdom's princess! " Fawful spoke, he had a genuine shock in his voice, did Naspi not own a cellphone? Tv? Radio? Anything?! Well, they had at least a TV, Fawful was looking right at it, it was behind Naspi! Was he too dumb to turn it on? Something deep inside made Fawful doubt that.

Naspi had a face of thinking for a second. It then looked like he had an 'aha' moment. " Ohh! Bean witch? I've seen her around the past few days. I assume you were the little bean with the red cloak? I didn't recognize ya- you normally wear well.. a red cloak and you have a little tuff of hair. I mean I guess I shoulda put two and two together with ya glasses and smile. But I didn't acknowledge that enough I guess. I don't really pay attention to bad things. I just- tune it mostly out, well as long it ain't affected me or the peeps I like. " Naspi said. Fawful was.. mad. How could Naspi not know the evil masterwork that Fawful did? Before Fawful could spill his thoughts through words. Naspi felt the heating pad. They mumbled a cute 'ahh just right' before talking to Fawful. " So.. the pad is heated up.. do you want assistance to put this under? " Naspi asked. Fawful thought for a second. Fawful sighed lightly. He hated needing this help for some as simple. " I give reluctance but... I say to you yes. Fawful needs assisting. " Fawful sighed. Naspi gave a silent nod. Even with all the care and gentleness. This still hurt Fawful so much. Fawful screamed again. Fawful wanted to be put down now. " GAHH! PUT FAWFUL DOWN THIS INSTANT! THE PAIN IS FEELING LIKE KNIVES COVERED WITH SALT AND PAIN!! " Naspi flinched at the sudden yell. The 5 seconds Naspi took up placing the heating pad was.. apparently too long for Fawful. Not that Naspi blamed him all too much. He would scream too if they were in this much pain.

Soon Fawful was placed back down. Fawful exhaled, his forehead was sweaty, his throat sore from the yelling. This overwhelmed Fawful so much. Fawful was going through a lot right now. But even though they just met, Naspi seems like he would always be there for Fawful. Fawful appreciated that. He needed help getting back to the castle- wait- Fawful needed to see if Cackletta was still okay! Fawful didn't make a peep but he sweated more and a look of worry washed over his face. Naspi sighed lightly, he glanced up at Fawful.

" You should rest, the heating pad will probably help but a nice sleep will help wonders. Want something to drink? To maybe soothe you down a bit? I have painkillers. You shouldn't eat right now, not to gatekeep your body or whatever, you could choke if you eat barely sitting up like this and we all know how bad it hurts sitting fully up is-. " Naspi slightly rambled. He was right though. Fawful would normally never deny food but right now he feels like he would throw up if he ate anything. " Sleep... Fawful needs sleep. Drowsiness is overwhelming... " Fawful said, the heating pad was helping, he could move a little bit. A nice rest would help greatly, though... just like Naspi said. " Alright, you sleep well, Fawful, okay? " Naspi spoke softly with a smile. " This rest would be nice.. like an evenly spread peanut butter and jelly sandwich with the crust cut off... " Fawful spoke, he was good enough to now say more of his wonderful food metaphors! That's pretty good. " I notice you enjoy saying food metaphors? I find it.. charming... " Naspi said slightly, chuckling a bit. There was a spark. Naspi wasn't sure where this spark came from. But it made him.. warm. As if meeting Fawful was going to be more than a good deed but something much better. Naspi couldn't place and finger on it just yet though. " You're interesting, to say the least. Look. I believe you when you said you were evil and stuff but as long as you don't mess with me or do anything bad behind my back, I can let you stay, okay? I trust you Fawfaw. But the second you turn your back, I'll get you. " Naspi's voice had a darker tone as he left that small threat. It almost sent a shiver down Fawful's back. He's seen scarier but this second 180 felt.. unexpected.

Fawful nodded, he liked Naspi and his whole calm and peaceful attitude, it felt soothing to know he could trust someone not to hurt him or hold his past villain acts against him. Normally Fawful wouldn't like someone like Naspi.. so caring and calm, he normally saw it as laziness. But he saw potential in Naspi. He wasn't lazy, he made sure Fawful was really cared for and didn't rush it. Fawful thinks there can be a whole other stronger and perhaps.. ruthless side to this tall bean. it made Fawful excited. It made Fawful want to stay tuned. Also, the fact Naspi wants him to heal. Fawful still didn't know why. Maybe it was cause Cackletta and he didn't really affect him or his shop. Who knows. " Fawful appreciates what you have doing, Naspi.. " Fawful spoke. Naspi nodded and chuckled, "Well, I believe helping you is the best this I could do, ya know? Now you get some sleep, Fawfaw, I'll see you in a few hours. " Naspi said. Fawful nodded; he took off his glasses, and his eyes fluttered closed. Naspi called him a nickname more than once! All this made a little flame spark and flutter inside Fawful, right now Fawful chalked it up to his body feeling weird due to the fall but who knows. Fawful felt amazing right now the pain in his leg and back started to die down and he was on a comfy couch, he didn't even need painkillers.. well he probably would but once the shock fully wore off. Fawful was just happy to be alive. From what he sees, Fawful will probably make a full recovery. He was most thankful for the fact his head wasn't damaged, there was so much info and things he needed to keep in there. The only thing that truly made Fawful feel upset was the thought of the current status of Cackletta. He was still worried about her.. but surely he defeated the finkrats now right? He knows she wasn't able the first time but she was in the Koopa king's body, she wasn't old and frail anymore! Fawful had hope. Right as Fawful couldn't think of anything that would make this better, something came upon Fawful.. a blanket. " Almost forgot this, now you may have a nice sleep. " Naspi said with a wink and thumbs up.

Fawful and Naspi sensed a wave of potential with this already blooming friendship. Sparks were lit. Maybe their lives were about to shift in the best way possible.