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Chapter 7: The First Mission Mike was sitting in the rec room telling his story to the collected group of Rose, Shelly, Goombard, and Yosh.  Leo was sitting at the table, pouring over many different maps and blueprints.  Peach was looking in on Joules, who was lying down in the guestroom Mike had slept in before.  "So the guard hears Joules talking," Mike was explaining, "and in order to cover for him so he could get away, I start acting schizophrenic." "And the Hammer Brother bought that?" Shelly asked. "Hook, like, and sinker," Mike said.  "It just proves my favorite saying: When all else fails, do something weird." "I thou

Chapter 6: Confrontation Mike and Joules quickly jumped into an alleyway as a green and white dirt bike roared past. "That's the third time they've gone past us!" Mike said. "I hope they're not onto me." After checking for anything else out of the ordinary, Mike and Joules resumed their previous course along the sidewalk. "Putting a ghost in charge of the most run-down, gloomy areas of the city. Ingenious," Mike commented. "Mike?" Joules asked, hovering near Mike's shoulder. "Yeah, Joules?" "What's Earth like?" "Well, it really depends on where you look. In places where Bowser met little or no opposition, the area is left

Chapter 5: A First-Hand Look A small glowing object picked it way among the garbage in the alleyway, wondering where it was. Hearing some sort of noise, the glow moved towards the pile of junk from where it emanated. As it moved closer, the sound grew louder. Suddenly, something shot out of the pile, and the glow hid behind a garbage can that stuck out of the debris. Mike took a few thankful gasps of air and wiped the grime out of his eyes. "Man," he commented to no one in particular, "that's three times I've been out in the last 24 hours! You'd think I'm starting to like it." He looked around and noticed something sticking to his shoulde

Chapter 4: Revelations Mike cracked his door a bit and looked out for the others. He saw nobody, and he sneaked out his door and headed down the hallway. He quietly opened the door to the pipe room, entered the room, and closed the door behind himself. Now which pipe was it? he asked himself. Unbeknownst to him, Rose saw him walk down the hallway. She stealthily tiptoed down the hall and put her hand on the doorknob. Mike heard the doorknob turn, and he plastered himself against the wall, ready to nail whoever came through the door. The door opened and Mike brought both of his fists down in one single ball. Rose saw the blow coming and used t

Chapter 3: Judgement Day After Rose, accompanied by the Goomba, Koopa, and Yoshi, had left, the man commented, "Wow. Overall I must say that was really impressive." "Give him a break, Leo. This is his first time in out world, remember," the woman retorted. "Look, Peach," Leo said, "if we're going to have any chance of winning against Bowser and saving our parents, we can't afford to have some weak little kid getting in our way." "Just because he fainted once doesn't make him weak. He's probably never seen a Yoshi, Goomba, or Koopa Trooper before in his entire life," Peach replied. "No excuses," Leo said sternly. "Hey,

Chapter 2: A Meeting of Heroes "What was that for?" Mike demanded. "I had to make sure you would come," Rose said. Mike looked around at where the pipe had taken them. They had landed in what looked like an old sewer system, with large areas for people to walk on. A river of sludge and muck slowly worked its way down the center of the area, in a channel designed to hold much more. "Good," Rose said, "The tide is down." "What?" Mike asked. He looked at the walls and noticed a line of grime standing about up to his waist. The floor also had a thin coating of slime. "We're not in Kansas anymore," Mike commented. "No time to take

Disclaimer:  I don't own Bowser, Mario, or any other Nintendo characters.  I also don't own any of the people/characters/events/places that I may allude to. Chapter 1: The Adventure Begins "Man, what a lazy summer day," Michael thought aloud. He was sitting at his computer desk above his bed, staring out the window. The smog from the new factories built nearby was heavy, which kept him from opening the windows in the house, and the still air was stifling. "Why did Bowser have to build those factories in this part of the state? It's not like there's any resources around here. If the smog wasn't so bad, I would go outside." Mike said, conve