Brother's Loyalty: Endgame

Faith

You guys, you guys! I'm next in line! He's on his way up to my floor!

Really? Where are you?

Some sort of seafood restaurant with a pirate theme. I'm currently hanging on the wall of a pirate ship. I was that psycho's "gift" to the ship's captain.

A ghost pirate, huh? Well, that's interesting.

Try a ghost pirate SHARK.

No way. The King gave you to a GHOST PIRATE SHARK?!

He did.

J—s C—st. And I thought I've seen everything.

Let's hope Luigi has his sea legs. He's gonna need them.

...

"But there's gotta be something we can do!" Thad persisted.

"No!" said Gadd, gently but firmly. "You and Brad are safe here. We're guiding Luigi to the top of this hotel from this laboratory, not running off into ghost-infested territory!"

"And we just watch helplessly from the sidelines while these characters do God-knows-what to him?" huffed Brad.

"Do any of you know how to use the Poltergust?" challenged Gadd.

Thad and Brad exchanged a look.

"Okay—then that doesn't leave you much of a choice, now does it?"

Thad sat back, his head in his hands. "I am so sick and tired of being helpless," he groaned. "First, we have Koopa 'visiting' twice a week, and now this. Luigi's risking life and limb for us against an opponent willing to see this world burn if it'll make him king of the ashes, and we can't even lift a finger to assist him. Not to mention the additional years of therapy he'll probably require when all is said and done."

"This sucks," Brad agreed. "I can't believe we fell for the oldest trick in the book. 'Oh look, we just got invited to stay at a new hotel. Nothing wrong with that'."

"It isn't your fault," Gadd said consolingly. "Stop beating yourselves up. Luigi fought his way out twice before, and I know he'll do it again."

"Okay," Thad sighed resignedly. "Okay—where is he now?"

"En route to the 12th floor, a seafood restaurant called The Spectral Catch," said Gadd. He spun over to his console and pressed a few buttons. "Wait a minute. What's this?"

"What's what?" asked Brad.

"I see a big barrier obstructing Luigi's path," said Gadd, "and he probably can't get past it with the tools he has now." He snapped his fingers. "I have just the thing that'll help him!"

"And that is..." prompted Thad.

"A component to the Poltergust G-00 known as—the Super Suction!" Gadd replied. Then, his face fell. "However, I forgot where I put it."

"Typical," said Thad, rolling his eyes. Then, his face lit up. "Well, I'll be d—ned. Maybe we can help, after all!"

...

Luigi, Gooigi and Polterpup stepped out of the elevator and into a nautical-themed room, with barrels, nets and anchors. To their right was the bow of a wooden ship, and portraits of sea life and sunken treasure hung on the walls.