If Mario Was In... Battleship

Chapter 6: I Need to Borrow Your Boat

The surviving crew of the Winston Churchill headed into the nearest port, Rockford, defeated. Mario, however, would not give up hope.

Mario: It's not over.

Everyone looked at Mario, surprised that he isn't throwing in the towel yet.

SMG4: What do you want us to do, Mario? I hate to burst your bubble but look around. We don't have any more ships left.

Mario thought for a minute before noticing something.

Mario: Not necessarily.

Everyone looked to see what he was referring to, and saw a ship that looked like an Iowa class battleship.

Mario: We've got a battleship.

SMG4 turned back to him in shock.

SMG4: Are you crazy? That thing's a museum!

He gestured to the ship. Mario just shook his head as he replied.

Mario: Not today...

As they headed to the ship, they passed the stern and got a good look at the name. It didn't say Missouri, but Titan.

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Later, the crew was on the ship itself and Tari was going over everything that Mario hadn't accounted for when he suggested the idea.

Tari: This ship is seventy years old, it's totally outdated. The firing systems are all analog. The engines haven't been started in over a decade, which would be fine, but they're steam which I have no idea how to operate. It took me an hour just to get an understanding of the Churchill's engines. And even if I had a user's manual and six weeks to go through it all, we still don't have enough crew to fire it up.

She turned back to Mario.

Tari: I don't know what you're thinking, Mario. But I don't think it's gonna work.

Mario looked around the front of the ship and the others did the same, albeit confused, until they saw them. The veterans who had served on the Titan were walking up to the them. Mario shook the lead veteran's hand.

Veteran 1: Is everyone alright?

Mario: Yes sir, I think so.

Then, he turned to address all the veterans, knowing that they'll need them to crew the battleship.

Mario: You're men have given so much to you're country and no one has the right to ask any more of you. But I'm asking.

Veteran 1: What do you need, son?

Mario: ...I need to borrow you're boat.

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The music began playing as Saiko moved the claw game in the gift shop that was blocking the door to the hull. The glass smashed on the ground and their skeleton crew entered the ship.

Ah-ah-ah

Mario stepped into one of the halls as the lights came on. He nodded once he was satisfied with the results.

Thunder!

One of the veterans was in the tower when Melony and SMG4 walked in. While Melony looked around at everything, SMG4 looked at the veteran, surprised, as he thought only him and Melony were working in this part of the ship.