Back to the Great Pixl War

Chapter 11

"Mario, get off me! L! COME BACK!" Dimentio pleaded. Luigi screamed, "Mario?? What are you doing?" And tried to loosen Mario's grip on Dimentio. "Sorry guys, you didn't see what I saw. I can't let that happen again. We need to get out of here." 

Luigi started freaking out. "So you expect me to leave Daisy AND Mr. L?? No. No chance." Luigi let go and took off after Mr. L, causing Mario to loosen his grip on Dimentio. "Luigi! NO! GET BACK HERE!" Mario let go and tackled his brother to the ground. "Please guys, this is already difficult. Just cooperate!" Mario pleaded. Luigi squirmed. "No! Get off! Dimentio, go!" Mario looked back at Dim. Dimentio smiled. "Ciao!" He snapped his fingers and vanished.

"NO!" Mario cried, still holding Luigi down. "No no no! Mr. L's gonna kill me!" Luigi continued to squirm. "Then let me go help them! Mario! Please."

Mr. L continued searching the basement. Where was it, where was it? Just then, she arrived. The Pixl queen. Oh no, he had already ran out of time. He could hear her slithering around the house up above him. He quickly ducked down and hid. Maybe she wouldn't spot him. Her voice boomed from the room above him. "Hero? Come out come out wherever you are.....I know you're here." He began to sweat nervously. Was this what happened to Luigi? There was no escape. She had him cornered. If he tried to leave she would catch him, but if he stayed here she would be bound to find him. 

"Well, I can die brave, or I can die a coward." He told himself. If he was going to die, he minus well try to bring her down with him to prevent her from killing Dimentio and Luigi again. He got up out of his hiding place, and climbed out of the basement into Luigi's room. 

He took a look around. There was a door which lead to the living room which lead to the exit. He could try to sprint for it, but no. He already decided what had to be done. He had to buy Mario, Dim, and Luigi time to escape. He sighed. At least Dim and Luigi would still have each other to lean on when he was gone.

He carefully stepped out of Luigi's room, making himself visible to the Pixl queen. "Ah, there you are." She said. He clenched his fists. "Ooh, the evil Pixl Queen. Do I look scared." She laughed. "You should be. Don't worry, I'll make this quick." He laughed. "Oh, the Green Thunder Doesn't go down without a fight." 

Mario looked down at his frantic brother. "I can't sit here and lose Daisy, Mr. L and Dimentio. Please, let me try to save just one person. Please." Mario's eyes softened. He closed them and leaned over his brother. "I can't. I can't lose you again. Please bro." Luigi stopped squirming and looked up at him. "Again?" Mario fell silent and looked away. Luigi sighed. "W-we can go together if you'd like? But I'm not going to sit here and do nothing." Mario sighed.

"F-fine. But you have to stay out of harms way, okay?" He finally agreed. He got up off of Luigi. Luigi picked himself up and smiled at Mario. "I promise." He turned and looked the other way.

"So where to?" Mario asked. Luigi looked down. "They need me to get that book back. I'm the only one who knows where it is. I think our best hope is to keep the book from the Pixl queen and then make sure Daisy and Peach are safe." Tears started to flood his eyes. He covered his face. "Oh, I really hope they're safe." Mario hugged him. "Daisy's tough. They're probably fine.

The Princesses had already been taken down, and apart of Mario knew this, but he had to push the grief aside and focus. He needed to keep Luigi safe. The brothers made their way towards their house.

The Pixl queen approached Mr. L. His hands began to glow a shade of dark green. She inched closer, before he blasted her. He smiled, before he could see her emerge from the smoke completely unharmed. "What?-" He said, before she quickly picked him up and threw him across the room. "Ow" He said to himself rubbing his head, which hit the wall pretty hard. He slowly picked himself up and got into a fighting stance. This made the Pixl Queen laugh. "You should have stayed down. Don't humor yourself. You'll die just like everyone else in the Kingdom." He raised an eyebrow and smiled, while slightly nodding his head to the side. "I can do this all day."

She knocked him down again. "You're funny. Word to the wise, don't be a hero. This is what happens to heroes in my world." She took a knife from the kitchen and slowly approached him. His head was rushing, millions of thoughts flooding his mind. This is it. This is where it ends. I'm going to die. I wonder how bad it'll hurt. At least Dim and Luigi are safe. Is it gonna hurt? Will Dim miss me? She's getting closer. Just hurry up and end it, I can't take this. Come on, get up, get up. Why can't I move. Everything hurts. 

Mr. L was lying like a heap on the floor. He couldn't bring himself to keep trying. She was going to kill him anyway. He couldn't move anything. He just stayed there, staring at the floor. His eyes searched for something to focus on before he went. He looked around. His vision fading in and out. He spotted two black, pointy shoes.

"Wait, No."