The Times I Save You

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Mario yelled as he managed to punch Bowser as he stumbled a little. Peach was trapped in a cage hanging over the other side of the bridge. She had her hands on the bars as she had a worried look on her face. Surprisingly, this fight didn't look easy for Mario. In fact, they both looked evenly matched.

Even when Bowser blasted fire from his mouth Mario was barely able to dodge it. But this time it looked a lot bigger and it came by a lot faster than before. Mario had to admit he was surprised by this sudden strength coming from his enemy, but that doesn't mean he was going to go easy on him. He jumped up and he landed on Bowser's head who growled in annoyance. He got into his shell and he began to spin on the wooden bridge they were on. Mario easily jumped out of the way from the hits.

Seeing his chance, Mario quickly ran towards the bridge as he jumped over the shell again. As he made it there, Bowser came out of his shell. He looked to see Mario by the axe and he quickly charged towards him. Mario just smirked as he chuckled.

"Better luck next time, Bowser!" Mario kicked the axe as it fell right at the bridge. The force of the axe was strong enough to make the first log drop, then the next, and then the next. It went on until the entire bridge collapsed as Bowser fell into the lava below. Mario sighed in as he wiped the sweat off his forehead.

Mario quickly turned around and he ran towards the cage Peach was trapped in.

"I'll get you out Princess!" Mario put his hands on the bars, and he closed his eyes as he focused. Fire came from his hands as they began to burn through the metal of the bars. It took a few seconds, but the bars fully melted as he took his hands off and shook them, trying to cool them off. He helped Peach as she smiled at him.

"Thank you Mario." She smiled. "I knew I could count on you."

"Was there ever any doubt?" Mario chuckled as Peach joined him. However, what caused them to jump was the entire castle was shaking...as rocks and metal began to fall from the walls and the ceiling.

"T-This is new!" Mario said a little nervously, trying to keep himself balanced. "We have to get out of here!" Just before Peach could respond to that, Mario quickly picked her up in his arms as she gasped in surprise. He quickly took a few steps back and he leaped across the gap of where the bridge was and he quickly began to make his way towards the way he came in.

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It wasn't easy at all.

Everywhere they looked there were waves of lava.

Everywhere they looked there were bricks from the wall falling.

What made that worse was when the bricks from the castle came down and hit the lava below them, it only made them cause waves as drops of lava burst into the air. Not only that, the platforms under his feet began to collapse right as he was running. Every step he took a brick would fall from that spot. Mario had to turn corners and take risks on unstable platforms. He looked behind himself and he could see that the platforms behind him were starting to fall. He quickly looked around, trying to find a place to jump.