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youtwitface — Conscience Prologue
Published: 2012-06-21 23:06:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 569; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 6
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"Urrrrrrk… Unngghhhh… you think this is the end? This isn't finished… You can't… Stop this now… You can't escape…" The crazed head of a once powerful enemy hissed. The red Clad hero narrowed his eyes, not deterred even for a moment."I've been saving one last surprise… ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha… Ciao!" And with that the defeated head burst in a shower of fire and a limp green figure was released from its dark embrace. The lithe hero remained collapsed on the ground until his master sunk beneath the floors of the castle. What was only seconds for the remaining heroes however, was hours for the green defender.
"Get out of my head you evil scum!" Luigi screeched at the dark figure opposite to him.
"But I make a so much better you! I think they would miss me more if I left." The green thunder snickered.
"W-what? No way! My bro would take you down! You wouldn't stand a chance 'L'!"
"No? And what makes you so sure of that, Green stache. I don't think Red Man would want to hurt your body." Mr. L growled as he took up a fighting stance. "Besides, I'm much more powerful than even the two of you combined!"
"O-oh yeah? Well… taste Luigi power! C-cause you're going down, you brainwashed filth!"
"Bring it on, Green stache. The Green Thunder never loses." And with that, the two clashed together, locked in a battle that would decide their fate. The two forces flipped and leaped, kicking and swinging their fists in complicated patterns. Then Mr. L tackled the green defender to the ground, he closed his fists around his opponent's neck and began to squeeze.
"This is my body now, Luigi." He snarled.
n-no… I can't lose… Mario needs me. The world needs me…I can't let this wanna- be- Luigi take me down… I'm player two; you can't lose player two…. Luigi gasped and squirmed in one final effort to escape the dark engineer. Mr. L smiled with triumph as his victim went limp and the life glow leaked from his eyes. Then as the life force within him flickered one last time, a great force smashed into the masked villain, pushing his spirit far into the depths of the green man's conscience. A barrier was erected to smash the opposing force and the dark entity fell into a deep sleep.
Luigi gasped, sat up, and with a flash returned to reality. His mental parasite vanquished. But you are not meant to remember journeys into your own subconscious.
"Eh… Huh? What am I doing here?" what just happened? There was something else… something else…The castle of Count Bleck started to blur at the edges until the whole thing was a swirling mass of darkness. There was another noise, something familiar. Suddenly, Luigi knew where he was.
"Luigi! Get out of bed! We have a kart race in half an hour!" A rather peeved voice from the kitchen sounded. Oh… I'm back at home. It's only a memory, a dream. And yet…. Luigi sighed, trying the best he could to remember.
"Luigi!!" Mario was almost growling that time.
"I'm coming! I'm coming! Sheesh… what is your deal?" Luigi mumbled as he limped into the kitchen. He sat down at the table and pulled a banana out of the bowl adjacent to him.
"still limping?" the older brother asked, calming down. Luigi glanced at his leg, a nasty purplish bruise still staining the surface.
"yeah, it doesn't seem to be making much progress…" The sleepy hero poked it and winced. "How long were you calling?"
"About eight minutes, sleepy head. Was it the Super Paper Mario dream again?" Mario inquired as he stabbed his eggs. Luigi sighed, he always missed wake up call. It seemed he couldn't awaken until the dream was over… and then there was the dream itself. Every morning he woke up with a chunk missing, but Mario always said that what he remembered was all that happened. There had to be more.
"Luigi?"
"what? Oh, yeah it was the same one…" Luigi mumbled rubbing his head. Why couldn't he remember? Mario scarfed down his breakfast and pulled on his cap.
"Hurry up, Luigi. Get dressed; you can eat that on the way." Mario urged as he tugged on his shoes.
"I never have enough time." The Green defender complained.
"It's 'cause you sleep in, stupid. Get a move on." Luigi ran into his room and got dressed as quickly as he could. He didn't even notice when he got the green cap with the backwards 'L' out of the closet instead of the normal one.
"Wrong hat, Luigi." Mario scolded as his green brother tried to run out the door. Luigi took off said clothing and stared at the black circle a bit before replying.
"Why do I even still have this?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Beats me, but switch it out and hurry up. We're late." Growing flustered, Luigi dashed back to his room and shoved the hat into a box labeled "Mr. L". Something told him not to trash it just yet. So he threw the box deep into his closet, grabbed his regular hat from the floor and sprinted passed Mario and out the door.
"So that's how you're 'gonna play! Well then!" yelled the Red Hero. He laughed and chased after his younger brother as they made their way to the kart track. It was a beautiful spring day in the Mushroom Kingdom. The flowers were in full bloom and the air was full with the sound of their songs. At last Mario and Luigi arrived at the race. They jogged up to princess peach and stopped to catch their breath.
"Sorry we're late, Princess. Luigi was sleeping in."
"oh don't worry, Mario" Peach said in her high voice. " Bowser is causing trouble so we are a little delayed anyway." She glanced over at the burly Koopa King, who was yelling at Wario. Mario wiped his forehead and sighed in relief.
"Good to hear. So what are the teams today?"
"Well on the red team we have Daisy, Toad-"Luigi wandered off before she could finish her listings. The teams would be announced anyway and he wanted to find Yoshi.
Hey 'Yosh, how's the cucumber kart?" The green plumber asked as he limped up to the hungry dinosaur. Yoshi looked up from under the hood of said object and waved.
"Hi Weegee, I'm still having engine problems. I don't have a clue how to fix it." He beckoned Luigi over. "Can you fix it?"
"Not really. I could give it a try though, I usually fix my own kart, but it's just guesswork."
"ATTENTION ALL RACERS! GET YOUR KART AND GO REGISTER YOUR NAME SO WE CAN ASSIGN YOU YOUR TEAM! THEN GO HEAD OVER TO THE START!" Mario's voice blared through the speakers.
"ACK! Sorry Yoshi, I guess you'll have to race as it is." Luigi said as he covered his ears from the speakers.
"Oh that's okay. It's not serious." Luigi nodded and jogged off to register. He jumped in the streamliner and the race was off. He started off well and pulled into second place. By the second lap he dropped back to third when Yoshi pulled out in front of him.
"Hey! Watch it road hog!" Luigi yelped as they bumped against each other. Yoshi laughed and blocked Luigi's path.
"You're gonna have to do better than that, Greenie!" Then Yoshi's kart gave a sickening splutter and it stopped suddenly. "Wah!" he screeched. "Weegee, Watch out!" Luigi's eyes widened in surprise and he swerved to avoid the Cucumber. Oh, this is bad. Augh! His kart collided headfirst into the wall, his head snapped forward and smashed into the steering wheel. Hard. Luigi lurched to the side as the world grew fuzzy around him.
"Luigi!" someone yelled in slow motion. He swayed forward and blackness crashed over his eyes. Somewhere deep in Luigi's conscience a dark pool rippled.