Mario’s House…

*Peach, Mario, and Toad sit at the kitchen table where Mario and Luigi were eating pasta without a care in the world the previous night*

Toad: So how are we going to reach Sarasaland before the airship does?

Mario: Last time I went to Sarasaland, I flew in my Sky Pop.

Peach: Your Sky Pop?

Mario: It’s been over a decade since I’ve flown in it and it’ll be a tight squeeze but it’s the only quick way we can get there before the Magikoopas do…follow me!

*Mario opens the back door of their bedroom and they walk into a garage-like building. In the center of the garage lies a small biplane covered in dust*

Mario: Dang…there’s only one seat and that’s the cockpit. It’ll be a tight squeeze…

Meanwhile inside the airship…

*The Black Robe hovers over Bowser’s unconscious body*

Black Robe: Heh…Like father, like son…

*The Black Robe turns in the direction of Luigi who clutches the Chancellor’s bottle*

Black Robe: Our second fugitive…looks like I’m going to have to take care of you too…

*The Black Robe points his silver staff at Luigi. The skull at the end glows red and fires a red energy beam at Luigi. The beam shatters the bottle holding the Chancellor. The Chancellor flies out onto the floor and lies unconscious*

Luigi: Chancellor!

*The Chancellor opens his eyes, sits up, and brushes off the ash on his clothing. He looks up at Luigi with an expression of confusion and curiosity on his face*

Chancellor: Egad! Is that you Luigi? Where are we?

Luigi: I’ll tell you everything later…

Black Robe: Later? I’m quite positive there won’t be a “later”…

*The Black Robe fires another energy beam at Luigi who rolls to the side as it leaves a scorch mark on the floor*

Luigi: *thinking* I can’t keep on dodging his attacks…I’ll have to take this battle to the offensive!

*Luigi pulls a Fire Flower out of his pocket and transforms into Fire Luigi. He thrusts out his hand and fires a barrage of green fireballs at the Black Robe. The Black Robe holds his staff and the skull opens its mouth and swallows each one of the fireballs. The Black Robe points his staff at Luigi*

Black Robe: Now you die…

*The skull fires a huge green fiery beam at Luigi. The beam narrowly misses Luigi’s head as collides into the corridor wall. The beam creates a fiery green explosion that incinerates the wall creating a hole on the side of the airship. The force of the explosion knocks Luigi through the hole and he clings onto the edge*

Chancellor: Egad!

Meanwhile…

*Mario, Toad, and Peach fly in the Sky Pop following closely behind the airship. The noon sun casts its sunlight on the airship making it look sleek and shiny*

Mario: Toad! Your feet are kicking me...

Toad: Hey! You’re lucky I even came on this trip!

Peach: Ugh! My dress is all wrinkled...I had just gotten it ironed…

Toad: *sigh*

*Suddenly, a loud boom is heard and a fiery green blast explodes from the side of the airship*

Mario: Hey! What’s that?

Toad: What?

Mario: A huge green explosion came from the side of the airship! I’m going to fly over and check it out…

Peach: Be careful…

*Mario steers his Sky Pop toward the hole in the airship*

Peach: Oh my God! Is that Luigi!?

Toad: Oh no! Look!

Mario: What?

*Mario squints his eyes in the direction of the hole…There he sees Luigi clinging to the side of the airship and the Chancellor standing on the edge unable to do anything*

Mario: Mama mia! The Chancellor’s there too!

*Luigi hears the plane engine and sees Mario flying toward him*

Luigi: Mario! Hurry up!

Chancellor: Yes! I knew Mario would save the day!

Black Robe: ...Mario?

*The Sky Pop flies underneath Luigi who releases his grip on the edge of the hole and lands inside*

Peach: Chancellor! Jump!

Chancellor: Oh dear…

*The Chancellor peers cautiously over the edge of the hole before he jumps into the claustrophobic cockpit*

Mario: Let’s get that stone! To Sarasaland!

*The Sky Pop flies off*

Black Robe: Hmm…they must aware of the Stone of Foundation’s existence and are trying to get it before I do…time to activate the Bill Blasters! Heh heh heh…they won’t get far…

Meanwhile…

*Luigi explains his entire experience on the airship to Mario, Peach, Toad, and the Chancellor*

Chancellor: Egad! Those Magikoopas have stolen the Stone of Fortune?

Mario: And the Magikoopas are being commanded by this black robed figure…

Luigi: Anyways, this Black Robe has proven to be much more powerful than Bowser. His intent must be to have an infinite amount of power…

Mario: We’ll make it to Sarasaland before they do…

*Suddenly a Princess Peach lets out a scream and a Bullet Bill crashes into the rear of the Sky Pop creating an explosion that rocks the plane*

Mario: What the heck was that!?

Princess Peach: Bullet Bills! We’re be fired upon!

*Mario turns around and sees about fifty black dots flying toward them at an amazing velocity*

Mario: The Bullet Bills must have damaged the engine somehow…we’re going down!

~Meanwhile, in Mushroom Castle's guest room...~

Toad: So how do we get to Sarasaland?

Mario: Well... I've been there before. There's a clever little pipe that can take you from Bandit's Way to Sarasaland.

Peach: You never told us that you went to Sarasaland!

Mario: Well, uhhh... it's nothing, really... >_<;;;

Toad: Are you sure that's safe? That's where Croco and his gang hang out...

Mario: Yeah, c'mon, it'll be safe.

~Soon...~

Mario: ~speaking from inside some bushes, while Peach and Toad stand outside~ I found it!

Peach: In there?! ~looking down at her dress~

Mario: ~spreads bushes apart with his arms~ The dress will be fine. ~Peach walks into now-opened bushes~ Ladies first. ^_^ ~watches as Peach cautiously steps on top of the pipe and slips in slightly~ You too, Toad! ~Mario puts his hands to the ground, Toad runs into them--or as close to running as toads can perform--and Mario lightly dumps Toad into the pipe, after which Mario follows~

~At the other end...~

Toad: Oof! Hey... it's awful dark down here... Mario never mentioned this, did he?

Peach: Hey!!

Mario: ~dropping in~ What is it, princess?!

Jr. Troopa: Haha! Back for a rematch, I see?

Mario:

(An explosion is heard off into the distance)

Suu: What was that sound?

(Suu stops in his tracks and perks up his ears, metaphorically of course. The source of the sound seemed to have come from the entrance, where Suu and Kumo were just talking about the Black Airship that they spotted during a routine scout.)

Suu: Hey, Kumo, did'ja hear anything? Why... I'd say that's the sound of an airship having a hole blown into its side with a huge, fiery, and possibly green blast.

Kumo: What? I didn't hear anything. You must've been reminiscing again, like some crazy stuff about how fifty summers ago a black nokobon walked into your bedroom and you accidentally stepped on it, blowing up your prized Superball collection, or something equally innane.

Suu: ... ... Hey, that happened once!

Kumo: Ugh, I rest my case. Just keep moving! Rememeber, we have jobs to do. We can't just sit idly by while some Black Airship from some history class I slept through waltzes in! Think what Lord Hiyoihoi would do to us...

Suu: ... <giggles> He he ... Hiyoihoi is such a funny name.

Kumo: <jumps up and hits Suu on the head> Grr... If you don't keep up, I'm leaving you behind! I'm... I'm sure I can find the way back myself.

(Kumo jumps off deeper into the cave. Suu finishes up his giggling fit, and then advances forward into the darkness.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Darkness. In a pitch black room aboard the Black Airship, the only thing visible is the elemenal wheel, the compass that hold seven of the eight Stones from the sacred medallions. The seven stones flash in sequence around the wheel, briefly illuminating the room, showing twenty figures in the darkness. Another figure is stationed directly opposite the wheel, wearing a black robe.)

MagiKoopa #1: Bowser is now safely secure. Sentinels are currenly watching over his cell.

Dark Robe: Are repairs proceeding normally?

MagiKoopa #7: Of course. This ship was imbued with magic to automatically mend such minor scratches.

Dark Robe: Excellent.

MagiKoopa #17: Forgive my intrusion, but what of Mario? Surely he will prove to impede our quest.

MagiKoopa #3: Foolishness! Did you not see the-

Dark Robe: No. Kali is right. We cannot discount their interferences yet. That is why I am sending you to deal with them.

MagiKoopa #17 (Kali): Uh... Me?

Dark Robe: Yes.

MagiKoopa #17 (Kali): Not... uh, to contradict your decision, but I am a lower order initiate that my bretheren, so perhaps another...

Dark Robe: Nonsense!

MagiKoopa #17 (Kali): ...

Dark Robe: Of course, I am not sending you alone. Tyche will also assist you in this endeavour.

MagiKoopa #17 (Kali): Tyche? I am afraid I have not heard of this gentleman...

Dark Robe: She is a third level initiate. I shall inform her about this arrangement as soon as this meeting comes to a close. I am sure that she will have much to learn from you.

(Whispers... "Tyche? Not her!" ... "Was she not the one resposible for the Ice Bomb incident?" ... "She is just a little to... unfocused to be a MagiKoopa" ... "She shows great potential... she is certainly dangerous!")

MagiKoopa #12: My Lord... <whipsers stop> Should we not send more... experienced members?

MagiKoopa #8: Remember that the Light Warrior is still destined to arrive. We cannot afford to have our upper ranks running errands.

Dark Robe: Exactly. So, it is settled then. Meeting adjourned.

(The twenty blue robes silently file their way out of an exit)

Dark Robe: Oh, and Kali, please see me in my study by the next sunrise, when you are ready to depart.

MagiKoopa #17 (Kali): As you wish. <gulp>

Mario: ...Oh, lord...not this little runt again...

Jr. Troopa: ...SHUT UP!!!

Luigi: Who is this guy?...

Peach: ...And why is he suddenly antagonizing us?...

Mario: ...Well, princess, bro...I sorta left out some details when I told you both about my quest to save Peach's eradicated castle...

Luigi: *Annoyed tone* ...You mean the one I couldn't embark on?...

Mario: ...Umm...Yeah, that one. This guy was one of the most unimportant "details" I decided was too trivial to include in my anecdotes...

Jr. Troopa: ...Grrr...I know when I'm being ignored...and to tell the truth...I HATE being ignored!!!...Prepare to meet your maker!!!

Luigi: ...You mean Miyamoto?...Good, I'll need to have a talk with him...

Jr. Troopa: ...AAAAUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!

(Jr. Troopa starts rushing in Mario's direction...or, at least...where he THINKS is Mario...since it's too dark in the sewers that lead to Sarasaland, Troopa's tiny eyes couldn't discern between which is Mario and which is just a jutting pipe, which Troopa happens to be running into)

Jr. Troopa: ...Ouch!!!...Oooh, now you're in for it now...

(Troopa runs in the other direction, and runs into another pipe)

Jr. Troopa: ...Ouch!!! HEY!!!...

Toad: ...Let's move on, and leave this idiot...

Mario: ...I couldn't agree with you more.

(Amidst Jr. Troopa's solitary chaos, Mario and company take leave. After a few minutes, Mario is hit in the head with a blast from Troopa's magic wand)

Peach: ...MARIO!!...

Jr. Troopa: ...HA!! You thought you could get away THAT easily?!?!...

*In the Airship...*

MagiKoopa 1: (looking at Bowser's cell) Can't we just kill tahtr loser now?

Black Robe: NO, YOU FOOL! You know the only people who can unleash the stone's potential are the heirs to Koopa, Mushroom, or Light! We can't risk the Light Warrior or the Mushroom heir to get its powert...but once the power is attached to Bowser...it will be simple to take it from him!

MagiKoopa: yes, sir.

*Back in the Tunnel....*

(Jr. blasts Mario into a wall wit the wand.)

Peach: Mario!

Jr: Did you really think I could be beaten so easily?

(Suddenly, Jr is lifted up by a figure and shoved into a small pipe very VERY easily. He waves his legs around and curses. The figure is none ither then...)

Peach: thank you Toad, you saved us!

Toad: Eh, it was nothing.

Mario: Alright, now let's find our way out of here...

(Jr. Troopa continues to tumble down the pipe he was shamefully dumped in. At the other side, he gets dropped off at a pit filled with a jelly-like substance)

Jr. T: ...Gah...Humiliating!!!...Wait'll I get my paws on that Mario...Why, I'll--

(Then, two Jelly Ghosts rise from the jelly to encounter the dumped Troopa)

Jr. T: *Gulp*...Who're you guys?!...

???: ...Good evening, kind sir. So kind of you to drop in on us for a spot of tea. We do oh, so rarely get visitors, you know. I'm Ecto, my associate here is Proto.

Proto: ...Yo, yo, yo! Why you trippin' on this foo, E? Y'know we no want these posers invading our privacy!!! Be gone, tiny! BE GONE!!...

Ecto: ...Please, curb your callowness for once, Sir Proto. Now, kind sir, please tell us what business you have here.

Proto: ...B'fore you get to steppin' yo arse outta here!!!...

Jr. T: ...Uh...Well, I was minding my own business, currently on my one goal in life: To take down the one known as Mario!!...

Proto: ...Say, WHAT?!?!...You ain't doggin' us about this "Mario" punk, are ya??...

Ecto: ...Hmm...Yes, unfortunately, we DO have this terrible grudge in this, "Mario"...I shame myself whenever someone speaks his name.

Jr. T: ...You guys, too?! All right!!! This is awesome!...What did he do to YOU guys?!...

Ecto: ...Well...

Proto: ...Yo, it wasn't actually him, dog...it was his muthaf***in' pet!...

Ecto: ...They're called Yoshis, Proto.

Proto: ...Yeah, whatever. Well, THIS straight-up dino dude went hecka gangsta on us, man!...The pounding...

Ecto: ...Yes. It was terribly rude. We didn't even strike first. We were minding our own business when suddenly--

Proto: ...WHAM!!!...Next thing y'know, our heads took a piece of whoop-arse from THIS dino's arse!!!...I mean, why was'e instigatin' us, fool?!...That Mario punk should've put'im through ****in' obedience school, homes...

Jr. T: ...Say, I have an idea that can surely get our revenge on him...It'll involve teamwork...

Ecto: ...I don't know, old chap. It really wasn't his fault...

Proto: ...Word, lay us on the scheme...uh...yo, what's yo' name, anyway?!...

Jr. T: ...Call me Troopa...JR. TROOPA.

(Kali walks along the central corridor leading to his room. On the way, he passes an alchemy lab and feels an explosion that slightly rocks the ship. He gets a gut feeling that whatever caused that... was his new partner. With reluctance, he opens the door to the lab. Thick grey smoke and the smell of sulphur wafts it way from inside. Kali enters the smoke filled room, shielding his face with his arm. When the smoke clears, in front of him stands a young slender female MagiKoopa, spattered with an oddly coloured solution. She is holding the shattered remains of a test tube, pointed downwards into a pile of glass that was a beaker. Her normally blue robe has over time been stained a wild combination of hot pink, fluorescent green, and baby blue, among a dizzying array of other colours that would make a chameleon extra green with envy. A tuft of dark blonde hair curls down over her right eye from under her wide-brimmed steeple hat.)

Torched Koopa: He he he... oops! <drops the test tube>

Kali: Err... <takes a deep breath> You would not happen to be... Tyche -

Torched Koopa (Tyche): Yup! That's my name, ask me again and I'll tell ya' the same!

Kali: ... Yes. So has our Lord told you about your new assignment?

(Kali looks over to the other end of the lab, where a host of koopas are cowering under tables.)

Kali: ... Friends of yours?

Tyche: Those doorknobs? As if! So, what's this 'new assignment' ya' talkin' about?

(Tyche cleans her glasses with the front of the robe, removing the soot that was covering the surface. The glasses are quite different from the circular horn-rimmed glasses other koopas might wear; they're rather stylish half-moon glasses with thin wire rims.)

Kali: Well... essentially you are going on a field mission. You are to assist me in finding and... dealing with those who oppose our plan.

(Tyche freezes. She slowly raises her glasses to her head and peers deep into Kali's eyes with mounting joy. The koopas at the other end of the room start smiling spontaneously. They're hugging each other with unbridled relief at the words 'field mission'.)

Tyche: ... No way! A combat mission! This is so-o-o cool!

(Tyche rushes to hug Kali, who raises his arms as she grasps onto him. Kali wonders for a moment how he'll get that weird looking alchemic compound out of his favourite robe.)

Kali: <ahem> Perhaps you don't appreciate the situation you are in -

Tyche: <releases Kali> Tee hee! Finally, I get to try out my new-and-improved Infernoblast Fireball!

(She raises a modded wand from out of her sleeve. The others in the lab flee out of the other exit. Kali flinches.)

Kali: Mind where you are pointing that wand!

Tyche: Geez, you're just like those other guys. You're no fun. But, this mission is going to be so-o-o cool. I can't wait! When do I start?

Kali: We are to leave tomorrow morning. Meet me in our Lord's study when you are ready to depart.

Tyche: Gosh, I'm ready to go now! I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight!

Kali: Err... well, do try at least. This is not going to be easy-

Tyche: Psh! Yeah right; with my supreme alchemic skillz I'll blast 'em out of the water! <mimicks shooting lightning bolts out of her modded wand> Krakow! Krakow!

(Kali backs out of the laboratory and continues to his room to rest.)

Kali: <sigh> I sense that I have a long journey ahead of me...

(30 minutes ago, Mario and Co. had just dropped themselves into a Warp Pipe, headed for the long-forgotten land known as Sarasaland. As they trek on, Jr. Troopa drops himself right in front of them from a broken pipe above)

Jr. T: ...Not so fast!!!

Mario: ...Oh, COME...ON!!!...We don't have time for this!!!

Luigi: ...Yeah, seriously...Just leave us alone and mind your own business, al'right?

Jr. T: ...Ah, but taking you all down IS my business!!!

(At that moment, Mario, Luigi, and the rest begin sinking into the jelly they were, unknowingly, ambling on. Like quicksand, the jelly continues to gobble them up)

Peach: ...Wha--What's going on?!...

Toad: ...We're sinking!!!

Luigi: ...Troopa! Help us out!!!

Jr. T: ...HA!!! Are you kidding me?!...This is what I planned would happen!!!

Mario: ...What?!...How?!?!

(At THAT moment, Ecto and Proto rise at either side of the Jr. Troopa)

Proto: ...HOLLA!!!...What up, posers?!...Got that "sinking feeling" in ya?!...

Ecto: ...I really apologize to you all in advance for doing this...

Jr. T: ...Lucky for you all, this little obstacle isn't your actual doom. Once you all reach the bottom, there will be a chamber in which you *Points to Mario* and me *Points to himself* can FINALLY settle our "differences"!!!...

Luigi: ...Mario, we don't have time for that!!!...We got to get out of here!!!

Mario: ...Ditto!

(Mario and Luigi then simultaneously make their biggest jumps, which, hampered by the jelly, is just enough for the jelly to go shin-high instead of waist-deep. They jump again and completely acquit themselves from the jelly. However, just as they got out, Peach and Toads' heads just go under the gel, with only their arms surfaced)

Luigi: ...GRAB THEM!!!

(Mario dives for their arms. He barely takes a firm grip on their wrists and starts pulling. Jr. Troopa sees this and begins to rush them. Luigi restrains him with his left arm extended. The two Jelly Ghosts just stare in a daze, since this wasn't in the "plan" Jr. contrived)

Ecto: ...Well, this is quite an unprecedented skirmish...

Proto: ...@#%$!!!...That Mario fool jacked up our plans!...Why they frontin' us, homes?!?!...Play along, why don't'cha?!...

(At THAT moment, Mario successfully pulls Peach and her mushroom myrmidon from the influence of the deadly jelly. Luigi takes notice of this, picks Jr. Troopa up, then throws him into another nearby pipe)

Luigi: Three points!!!

Jr. Troopa: ...NOT AGAAAAAAIIIIIIIINNNNNNN!!!!!!...

(As Jr.'s screams fade away, the gang stares at the two remaining antagonists, Ecto and Proto)

Ecto: ...Umm...We'll just...make ourselves scarce...Sorry to disturb you...

Proto: ...We'll still event'chally take our muthaf***in' vengeance on ya n****z, soon!!!...

(They disappear. Mario and company see if each other is all right, then trek on)

Luigi: ...Mario...I suggest we pick up speed...For I fear other future encumbrances will be imminent...

Mario: ...You're right. Let's-a go, everyone!!!

(They all begin to run toward their destination...)

*Mario, Luigi, Toad, Peach, and the Chancellor walk through the dank Bandit’s Way Tunnels. The putrid, polluted green water flows to the left and right sides of the stone passageway. Green pipes protrude from the walls and endlessly spew more green waste into the smelly stream*

Chancellor: The stench of this place is absolutely unbearable!

Mario: It’s the only way to get the Sarasaland since the Sky Pop was destroyed…

*Suddenly, Luigi hears a distant “bloop” from inside the walls*

Luigi: W-what was that?

Peach: Hmm?

Luigi: I could’ve sworn I heard something from inside the walls…

Mario: Maybe a piece of trash landed in the water or something. Filthy place, who would want to hide out here anyways?

*They continue to walk through the tunnel when “bloop” is heard again; this time much more distinct*

Luigi: I heard it again!

Mario: Me too...what to you think it is?

Peach: A Bandit?

Luigi: Sounds a little large to be a Bandit…what else lives down in these sewers?

*Another, louder, “bloop” is heard, this time coming from a pipe protruding from the wall*

Toad: Listen! It’s coming from that pipe!

Chancellor: Oh dear…

*Everyone stares at the green pipe. Suddenly, a white tentacle sticks out of the pipe and wriggles desperately trying to escape*

Peach: Eek!

Mario: Wait…I think I know what it is…

???: BLOOOOOOPER!!!

*Suddenly, the bricks in the wall crash down into the water and a large white squid about 15 feet in height crawls through the wreckage*

Luigi: A Blooper!

*The Blooper flails its long white tentacles flailing in every which way splashing sewer water over Mario and Co. One tentacle still wears the green pipe like a bracelet*

Mario: Luigi and I will handle this!

*Mario uses a Fire Flower and fires a barrage of orange fireballs at the Blooper. The fireballs hit the Blooper’s white head making a loud sizzling noise. The Blooper lets out a moan and squirts black ink that splatters in Mario's face*

Mario: Argh! My eyes! I can't see!

*Mario staggers drunkenly in the direction of the Blooper*

Peach: Mario! Look out!

*A tentacle lashes out from the Blooper and wraps it tightly around Mario's body*

Mario: Urk!

Peach: MARIO!

Luigi: Mama mia!

*The tentacle drags Mario underneath the green water*

Luigi: Mario!

*Luigi rushes out toward the Blooper just as the pipe-tentacle crashes down in front of him shattering a section of the stone pathway*

Underwater...

*About 5 feet underater, Mario struggles to escape from the Blooper’s tentacle*

Mario: *thinking* My fireballs won’t work underwater…I’ll have to use my Ultra Hammer!

*Mario reaches toward his pocket but is unable to move due to the tightness of the Blooper’s grip*

Mario: *thinking* I hope this works

*Mario opens his mouth and sinks his teeth into the tentacle. The Blooper moans in pain and the tentacle hurls Mario into the air*

Luigi: Mario!

*Mario lands on the stone pathway and starts coughing up the sewer water and ink*

Mario: *cough* *cough* Ugh...ink, sewer water, and a Blooper's tentacle...a BAD combination...

*The Blooper wriggles its tentacle in pain, red teeth marks distintly seen near the end where Mario bit*

Mario: Let's show the Blooper what happens to those who mess with the Mario Bros!

*Kali and Tyche go through the sewers, led by Kali, who's wand is glowing.*

Kali: Hmm...we're zeroing in on the green one's energy signature...

Tyche: Coolio! This is gonna SO rock!

Kali: Excuse me?

*Back by the Mario Bros...*

THe Blooper contiues its approach.

Mario: Luigi, let's team attack!

Luigi: Got it!

Mario and Luigi pull out Ultra Hammers. Luig leaps into the air at the Bloopewr, followed by Mario. All of the Blooper's tentacles darted towards the brothers. Luigi tossed the Hammer at the Blooper, tangling the tentacles together. The Blooper pulls hard but can't untangle. Mario leaps right on top of Blooper's nose and smashes it's vulnerable eyes with his hammer. The Blooper begins to sink into the sewer and Luigi retreives his Hammer just in time.

Mario: Whew! Glad we git out of that!

Kali: Not so fast!

Suu: ...Man, this cave is pretty long...I never noticed how much space this mountain took...It reminds me of the time my mother carried me on her back when I was just an egg...

Kumo: ...Shut up.

Suu: ...Hey, why don't we play a game to pass the time?...

Kumo: ...Do we have to?...

Suu: ...How about, "I Spy"?...

Kumo: ...How about, "Shut the @#%$ up before I smash your abdomen"?

Suu: ...Hmm...Never heard of it.

Kumo: ...Here, let me show you...

(Just as Kumo was about to spring upward and body-slam Suu, several Ganchans roll in their direction from afar. Ensue the tremors)

Suu: ...W-w-w-ha-wha-what's g-g-go-o-oing o-o-n?!?!...

Kumo: ...W-w-we are ne-ne-n-near Lord Hiy-hi-hiyoi--Ah, that-guy-who-throws-rocks' lair!!!...Let's hop t-to it!!!...

Suu: ...W-w-what about the inc-in-i-incom-incoming boulders-s?!...

Kumo: ...What???

Suu: ...THE INCOMING BOULDERS ROLLING OUR WAY?!?!

Kumo: ...WHAT?!?!?...

*Mario and Luigi, still winded from fighting the giant squid, turn around to face a new foe. Toad and the Chancellor jump backwards in surprise, and then retreat to put the Super Mario Brothers between themselves and the MagiKoopas. Peach readies herself.*

Kali: Don't think that you will be getting out of here easily-

Tyche: Wow! We're here to fight Mario? I should'a brought my Gravity Ball. Why didn't you tell me sooner? Huh? Huh? Why not? <tugs on Kali's robe>

Kali: Not now! <turns to Mario and co.> Mario. You have stood in our way long enough. Prepare yourself for the Great Beyond! <to Tyche> Tyche. watch, and you may learn something.

*Kali points his wand forward at the brothers, and chants an arcane incantation.*

Kali: Ko'lopa : nox cin'da ne'a tous...

*Kali raises his hands. A blue glowing field appears underneath him as swirls of energy encompass him. His incantations take a more echoic, sinister tone.*

Kali: Arcus cri'o terra aer...

*A slight rumbling from deep within the Earth appears. The dim light in the sewers lowers even further, accenting Kali's mystic glow.*

Kali: Fluva totus frustrum, lux! Er'ath cantor-

*<CLANG!>*

*Kali's spell is suddenly broken; the swirls of energy and light fade. Peach has taken the liberty to strike Kali over the head with a frying pan. Kali, knocked senseless, slumps over onto the sewer floor. Peach turns around and confronts Mario and Luigi.*

Peach: Well?! Were you just going to let him finish that spell?

Mario: Uh...

Luigi: Um... We thought it might look kinda cool.

Peach: Argh! Sometimes, I wonder how you've managed to save me all those times that nitwit Bowser kidnapped me!

Mario: ... Sorry.

Tyche: Hello!~ I'm still here! <looks down to Kali> Are ya' okay pal?

Kali: ...

Tyche: <looks up> Grr-r-r! I'll show you!

*Tyche takes out her modded wand and points it at Peach.*

Tyche: Take this!

*A blast of flame erupts from a nozzle on the end of the wand. Peach turns around just before the shockwave reached her, shielding herself with the frying pan. Mario and Luigi jump off to the sides and avoid the tunnel of flame just as Peach flies backwards from the impact of the blast. Toad and the Chancellor frantically try to hide underneath each other in a highly comical fashion, yet end up avoiding the flames anyways. Tyche picks up Kali by the scruff of his robe and quickly carries him off into a pipe off to the side.*

Tyche: Geez... Such a lightweight.

*Tyche props Kali up against the wall. She starts rummages around in her satchel.*

Tyche: I better fix up some more reagents. I gotta show 'em all that I got what it takes ta' take Mario on!

Tyche: *Rummaging through her case* ...Lesee, here...Chemical M...Essence of lightning...Nitroglycerin...Fire Bombs...OOH!...An Oreo!...Thought I ate 'em all...

(While Tyche stuffs the lone cookie into her mouth and with Kali unconscious on the floor, two blob-like figures traversing through the sewers spot her from afar)

Ecto: ...Hmm...It seems we have another visitor in our dwelling. TWO visitors, actually. One seems to be lying down...sleeping, I presume.

Proto: ...MORE solicitators?!?!...F***!!!...

Ecto: Now, now, Proto...Let us just ask them of their business here, all right, dear boy?...Then, we can curb our curiosity.

Proto: ...Shizzy, ma nizzy. Whatever...

(They both slide over into Tyche's direction. Ecto clears his nonexistent throat then begins addressing)

Ecto: ...Excuse me...

(Tyche turns around then shows an expression of awe)

Tyche: ...Ooooo...What are you guys--Rejects from a Kirby game??...

Proto: ...What 'chu say?!?!...

Ecto: ...Please, pardon our intrusion, but these sewers are a bit of a restricted area. Us sewer-dwellers have the right to know your business down here.

(After Ecto has finished his statement, Tyche starts poking Ecto, making depressions into his body)

Ecto: ...A-HEM!!!

Tyche: ...Yeah?...What did you say?...

Ecto: ...We're going to have a problem with this one, I fear.

Proto: ...Word up. What is it, anyway?!...

(The numerous shadows that engulf the sewers make Tyche and Kali's appearance wholly vague. After Ecto leads Tyche more into the one of the few light fixures that dress the conduit...)

Ecto: ...A Magikoopa!!?...

Proto: ...What ar' one of Bowser's suck-ups doing here?!...

Tyche: ...Um...I'm not actually working for him...This is a whole new, different mission! WOO!!!...

Ecto: ...Good God!...I fear eviler forces are afoot if Bowser isn't the cause this time!!...

Proto: ...Dude...A girl Magikoopa?!...What's up wit' dat?!...@#%$, and the psychadelic robes...It's like a...Ma-chick-Koopa.

(Tyche starts laughing at Proto's lame attempt at humor)

Ecto: ...Madam...He just insulted you!...Why are you giggling??...

Tyche: ...What?...That was a joke, right?...So, I laughed!...

Proto: ...Heh, heh.

Ecto: ...Tell us your business here.

Tyche: *In a mocking tone soldiers use when addressed to* ...SIR! I'M CURRENTLY ON A FIELD MISSION TO WARD ALL THOSE WHO OPPOSE OUR PLANS FOR DOMINATION, SIR!!! OUR CURRENT TARGET IS THE ONE KNOWN AS MARIO, SIR!!!...*Starts giggling*

Ecto: *Long sigh*

Proto: ...THAT punk again?!?!...Dude!!! Your magic skillz will OWN on that fool!!...*Turns around and starts yelling*...YO, JR. TROOPS!!!...WHERE YOU AT, BOY?!?!...NEW ALLIES IN TA HIZHOUSE!!!...

(Due to a short attention span, once Ecto turns back to Tyche, she wasn't there. Ecto creeps forward, back to Kali, where Tyche continues to search a way to magically annihilate Mario and company in the most special-effects-packed way possible)

Ecto: ...Excuse me...You're after this Mario fellow, as well?...

Tyche: Yup, yup, YUP!...We're on a mission!...

Ecto: ...Yes, I heard. What about your comrade? Is he okay?...

Tyche: ...Oh, THIS fool...Eh, he just totally screwed things up back there...Someone whacked him with a pan...So I'm going to avenge him by cooking up something even MORE powerful to throw at them...and it'll be even better than that lame spell he was tryin' ta do. (Can't use my awesome Infernoblast Fireball down here...so cramped and ugly...Ugh.) Yay!...How exciting is this?!...

Ecto: ...Hrm. Yes, very exciting...

(In Sarasaland...Familiar figures crawl out of a pipe in the middle of the Birabuto Kingdom)

Chancellor: ...Praise the stars, we've arrived!!

Luigi: ...Finally...

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