Brother's Loyalty: Endgame

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I feel kinda bad for Brea. She was quite courteous, considering.

I concur. But what's in that briefcase?

If Gadd insisted that Luigi fetch it for him, then it must be pretty important.

Must be. Let's find out...

...

"Welcome back, Luigi!" said Gadd when he saw his mentee arrive. "May I have my briefcase, please?"

"Here you go," said Luigi, handing over the briefcase. "I took a lot of tickling to get that back for you."

"And I appreciate it," smiled Gadd, positioning the suitcase in his lap. "All righty, Luigi. I believe your current predicament requires the assistance of an old friend."

The Professor opened the suitcase and took out a vial containing a lime green substance. "Two heads are better than one, after all," he went on.

Luigi stared. "Is—is that who I think it is?" he asked.

"You'd better believe it," replied Gadd. "Turn around for me, would you?"

Luigi obliged, and Gadd transferred the green substance to the Poltergust's Plexiglass tank.

"Gooigi's back, and he's better than ever," said Gadd. "After I recalled him from the past, I found time to improve his structural makeup. Follow me outside, and you'll see."

The two walked out into the garage, where there was a simple cage suspended from a rope attached to a pulley. Gadd directed Luigi to stand under the cage before pressing a button on a remote, dropping the cage to the floor and trapping the younger man.

"Hey!" shouted Luigi.

"Looks like I've caught you in my trap, my boy!" chuckled Gadd. "Well—not really, of course, but I'm gonna need you to stay locked up for this."

"Whatever 'this' is, make it quick," Luigi said, a little sharply. "I have five people depending on me."

"Of course—of course," huffed Gadd. "The thing is—I want you to try and use Gooigi to escape from your cell."

"Oh," said Luigi. "That makes sense—kinda."

"There's a green button on the side of the Poltergust. Do you see it?"

"Yeah."

"Press that green button to summon Gooigi. You can press it again to recall him to his tank at any time."

"Okeydokey," said Luigi, pressing the green button.

Just like that, Gooigi popped out of the tank, looking around. Then, he let out a deep sigh.

"Dio!" he exclaimed. "I thought I'd never get out of there! Do you know how uncomfortable it is to travel in a suitcase?"

His eye fell on Luigi, and a joyful cry burst from his lips. "There he is! There's my bro!" he shouted.

"Gooigi!" Luigi exclaimed as his gooey doppelganger jumped into his arms.

"I've missed you so much!" cried Gooigi.

"I've missed you, too," said Luigi. "So, how was your trip to the past?"

"It was fun. I got to interact with the past version of you and even the past version of Mario. I could see why that adventure changed you. But after that, the Professor was constantly running these tests on me." Gooigi rolled his eyes.