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Episode 15: Lights Out?!

�Gwahahaha!!� laughed Bowser evilly once again. �You fools are powerless before me.� He looked around the room to witness that he actually triumphed over his enemies and was greatly surprised. �Haha. What I actually won? I actually defeated Mario?! Wahahaha! Pinch me, I must be dreaming.�

�Gladly,� remarked Kammy Koopa sarcastically, forcefully pinching his arm.

�Ouch, that hurt!� yelled Bowser. �I didn�t mean it, you fool.�

�And I don�t mean to rain on your parade, Bowser, but let�s do things right this time so our enemies don�t triumph over us like they always do,� screeched Kammy Koopa.

�Sorry, this just feels so good,� said Bowser. �I feel so proud of myself.�

�And you should,� remarked Kammy. �After you actually pull it off�,� she added.

�For your information, I will pull this off,� he said.

�Just to let you guys know, we�re still here,� stated Yoshi.

�Yes I know,� shouted Bowser. �That�s what�s so good about this plan: You�re all captured here several layers beneath the Earth�s crust and I�m just about to escape, sealing you in here to die a slow, painful death. It looks like it�s lights out for you guys. Muahahaha!!!!�

�Stop gloating!� hissed Kammy Koopa. �We can do that AFTER we win!�

�Who says you�re winning?� asked Link.

�The odds of you getting out of here alive are slim to none,� smirked Ganondorf. �Just face the facts: you lose.�

�This isn�t over yet,� shouted a female robotic voice as a blast collided with Bowser, knocking him back several feet.

�Grr, Samus, how did you�.?� queried Bowser. �You won�t get away with this,� he added firmly.

�Oh yes I will,� replied Samus. �You fools forgot to take a simple headcount. As you captured my allies, I rolled into a morph ball to evade capture. That will lead to your demise!�

�Oh really?� smirked Kammy Koopa. �It seems to me that the Hand of Glory still lies in our possession, therefore, resistance is useless. Prepare to be obliterated!�

Bowser began firing destructive blasts of light from the Hand of Glory, all of which were narrowly dodged by Samus.

�That all you got?� she taunted.

�Oh you�ll see,� replied Bowser. Some more light shots flew toward Samus, and she dodged all of them. The bounty hunter retaliated with a Super Missile that slammed hard into Bowser but barely caused any damage due to the protection generated by the hand. Instead of firing a light shot, Bowser changed up his assault and switched to firing dark shots. Because of their slower pace, Samus was caught off guard and frozen in place by a blob of dark matter.

�Very nice efforts, Miss Aran, but you too have been neutralized,� cackled Kammy.

�Wrong again,� remarked Samus, blasting the dark energy with some light energy of her own, destroying it.

�Looks like a stalemate,� commented Ganon.

�I know how to settle this,� said Bowser. �You will duel my minions in a 3-vs-1 game of �Lights Out�. If you somehow win, then you and your friends can leave unharmed. If you lose, you�re mine!�

�Three-a versus one-a?� asked Mario.

�I thought it was one versus three,� chimed in Yoshi.

�No, 3-vs-1,� repeated Bowser. �Three of my minions carry hammers, and you, Samus, are the sole holder of the light bulb. Survive for over 1 minute and you win.�

�That�s-a not fair-a,� protested Luigi. �The odds-a are stacked in your-a favor!�

�I know,� laughed Bowser. �Isn�t it great? Let the games begin! But first, I need to summon minions. (Bowser raised his hand and three rock creatures sprung from the ground. A mallet appeared in each of their hands.) That should do. Good luck, or not. Gwahahaha.�

No sooner than Bowser had finished speaking, the rock creatures were in pursuit of their prey. Samus rolled up into a morph ball to dodge her foes and boosted to the other side of the room. She fired a plasma shot at one of the rock creatures, melting it into a pile of dirt. Within seconds, it regenerated from the ground and two stood in its place.

�Oh crap,� remarked Samus. �This could get ugly.�

�Wow, two rock creatures are there now!� shouted Link. �It�s 4-on-1 now. That�s no fair!�

�Oh it�s fair,� cackled Bowser. �That�ll teach her for attacking her opponents during the game.�

�Come and get me,� taunted Samus, charging the Plasma Beam and switching to the Thermal Visor to find her foes� weak points. Using the visor, she spotted the phazon core of each of the rock monsters and shot at them. Unlike the first creature she destroyed, by eliminating the phazon core, the monster immediately died. She repeated the process, destroying all of her competition.

�If she can cheat, then so can I,� remarked Bowser. He summoned hundreds of rock monsters, all armed with mallets to smash Samus�s light bulb. �Hurry up guys, destroy her. You only have twenty seconds.�

The lights went out and the rock monsters began chasing Samus. She hid in corner in morph ball form assuming none of her enemies would spot her. The lights went on and she was visible. With hundreds of rock guys creeping towards her corner, Samus was a sitting duck.

�The hunter�s getting hunted now,� sneered Ganon.

�I can�t watch,� cried Yoshi, covering his eyes.

�Ten seconds�..�

Samus rolled out of morph ball form back to normal and began firing aimlessly on the hundreds of rock minions that faced her, hoping she could nail the phazon core of some of them. A violent explosion followed, but when the dust cleared half of the rock monsters were still standing.

�Five seconds�..�

A rock monster raised its mallet and another tossed it right at Samus, nearly annihilating the light bulb.

�Three seconds�.�

Several rock monsters charged at Samus, but she turned into a morph ball again and rolled to the other side of the room.

�Two seconds,� screamed Bowser. �Get her!�

The lights shut off again and in the confusion the rock monsters forgot what to do for a second and the game was over.

�Noooooooooo,� screeched Kammy Koopa.

�Oh crap, she won!� added Bowser.

�Yeah Samus!� cheered the group of heroes.

�You�re gonna let us out now, right?� asked Zelda.

�Like I�d ever do that; I don�t keep my word!� replied Bowser. �Kill them!�

More of Bowser�s minions (rock monsters and Koopas) descended on the group. Samus used her Seeker Missiles to break all the chains, freeing all of the heroes at the same time. She used a button on her watch to summon her starship and into it hopped the good guys as they sped away into the abyss.

�Grr, they got away again!� fumed Bowser.

�Don�t sweat it, man,� remarked Ganon. �You have the Hand of Glory. We rule the world! Once we conquer it, we�ll capture those rebels and victory will be ours. Only the Chosen One can stop us.�

�The Chosen One?� asked Bowser incredulously. �We must kill them!�

�The Chosen One alone has the power to strip us of the Hand of Glory,� replied Kammy. �Not even the Chosen One knows who he or she is, so we�re safe for now.�

�Hey guys,� squeaked Lord Crump, trembling with fear.

�Mind if we help you out, Bowser, old buddy?� queried Grodus.

�Torture those fools!� exclaimed Ganondorf. �They�re traitors!�

�I have a better idea,� thought Bowser. �We may have a use for these idiots after all. Crump, Grodus, welcome aboard!�

Last time..........
With Bowser in possession of the Hand of Glory and the heroes captured, the future most certainly doesn't look bright for the fate of the heroes, or of the world.