Mario and Luigi: Darkness In Light

Chapter 5: A Selfless Act

"'After the battle of Lucian and Salem, the two gods have passed their souls two different people in every century trying to find a suitable vessel for each of them, because of the balance of the light and dark. Those people have become unworthy of that power, and they have used it for their own intentions. The two gods both share the same goal; Making a new world that is filled with perfection. However, they both have completely different motives of how they should complete this'.."

Mario was reading the other pages of the book as Luigi went off to try and find the professor. He professor's been gone for a while, he wanted to make sure he was doing alright. He offered Mario to come with him, but he declined that offer as his attention was mainly on the book.

He wanted to know every single detail about Lucian and Salem. They've been in the library for hours trying to find more books with the two gods in it. Mario was studying every word in the book, ever page. He wanted to know how to control this darkness instead of Salem controling him. He needs to start controlling it...but he didn't know where to start.

So far, he's about finished with the first book Luigi gave him, but it didn't have anything about control. However...there was one other thing that he become curious about that he almost forgot.

The Edge of Darkness.

When he fell asleep, that's what one of the voices in his head said to him. Now that he thinks about it...what were those voices and images about? Were they nightmares? Visions of the future? He didn't know for sure, but the one where he screamed his brothers name, and had tears in his eyes...that caused him to worry. A lot.

What happened to Luigi that caused him to become so angry? Did he get hurt? Was he taken away from him? He didn't know for sure, but he wasn't going to let any of that happen. Not by a long shot.

His thoughts became interrupted as he saw Luigi walking towards him.

"Did you find him?" Mario asked. Luigi, however, looked away as he had a worried look on his face. This concerned Mario as he stood up from his chair and stood in front of him.

"What is it, bro?" For an answer, Luigi held a small piece of paper...and it had E.gadd's signature on it.

"...He's gone." Mario took the piece of paper, and he read it over for a few seconds before he gasped as he finished it.

"Oh no.." Mario clenched the paper tightly in his hands. "The darkness got to him?!"

"He just walked out. That's what I'm guessing." Luigi said worriedly as he crossed his arms as if he was cold. "I-I really don't like this bro, if we're really vessels for Lucian and Salem...what's gonna happen to us?"

"Honestly...I don't know, bro." Mario said honestly. "But we have to protect the people here. We have to keep our home safe. He did his best trying to fight it, but at least we have the chest, right?"

"Yeah." Luigi went into his pocket, and he took out the chest that had the same dark orb in it. Luigi handed it out to him. Mario hesitated to accept it, but he took a deep breath, and he held it in his hands as he had a weird feeling in his chest as he tried his best to ignore it.

"S-So...what do we do with it?" Luigi asked. Mario thought about it for a moment, and felt that feeling becoming stronger. He winced as he used one of his hands on his chest, the other was holding it. Luigi saw this, so he quickly took the chest, and put it on the table behind him. Mario sighed as he felt it fade away and he closed his eyes.

"Mario?" He opened his eyes and when he looked down at his hand, he saw a faint dark flame radiate in his hand.

"...'Light and Darkness are fated to clash'." He said as the flame disappeared. "That's what it said on the last page of the book, and it definitely doesn't sound good."