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Episode 3: Aerial Assault

�Yes it shall,� laughed Bowser. �It�s time I obliterated you once and for all, Grodus. No one makes a fool out of Bowser, King of the Koopas.�

�Oh really, is that so?� taunted Grodus, the source of the robotic voice. �Let�s see how you deal with this!� he said, tossing multiple bombs at Bowser and Ganondorf. The two villains dodged most of them, but a few hit their target and really left a mark.

�Is that all you got?� said Bowser weakly, straining to speak. �I though you were going to do something impressive.�

�As you wish, King of the Koopas.� replied Grodus, blasting Bowser and Ganon with a powerful green laser that drained most of their strength and left them lying motionless on the street. Grodus, apparently thinking they were dead, abandoned his attack and resumed wreaking havoc on the city.

�Man, that guy got tough,� moaned Bowser after Grodus was out of earshot.

�Who was that anyway?� queried Ganondorf.

�Some evil villain,� replied Bowser. �Tried to kidnap Peach and take over the world. Of course, I defeated him.�

�Yeah right,� mocked Ganon. �Mario probably did it.�

�He did,� admitted Bowser. �But I helped,� he said pathetically.

�Yeah, you helped mess things up� said Ganondorf. �Mario almost lost the battle because you tried to attack him.�

�So what?� asked Bowser. �You expect me to be the good guy and save the day? Well guess what, that�s not my role.�

�We need to destroy this Grodus,� said Ganondorf. �We can�t rule the world with him causing trouble in it.�

�Yes I agree,� said Bowser. �Let�s take down his ship with my castle.�

�Great idea,� agreed Ganon.

The two hurried to Bowser�s floating castle, which they had parked in front of Eggman�s factory. They went inside, took to the skies, and started to head for Grodus�s ship. As they approached it, it was laying waste to the rest of Emerald City and people around were screaming in terror.

�Enough Grodus!� shouted Bowser, firing a barrage of fireballs at Grodus�s ship.

�It�s time to put an end to your dastardly schemes, once and for all!� chimed in Ganondorf.

�Well, well, well,� said Grodus. �Look who it is. Come back for more, have you? Well I have plenty more,� he said launching a series of bombs and green laser shots at Bowser�s castle. Bowser and Ganondorf skillfully piloted their way around Grodus�s attacks before launching an onslaught of flames right at their enemy�s ship. �My ship! It�s on fire!� cried Grodus.

�I�m glad you noticed,� smirked Bowser. �That�s what you get for messin� with Bowser.�

�Payback�s a bit....of a pain,� said Ganon, quickly rewording what he said.

�Oh I may be down, but I�m not out,� said Grodus. �X-Nauts attack!�

Several kamikaze X-Naut bombers flew out of the hatch at the bottom of Grodus�s ship. Each one was equipped with a jetpack and had a bomb strapped to its chest.

�Oh no,� panicked Bowser. �What do we do, what do we do?�

�We steer around them,� said Ganon calmly. He took the controls from Bowser and began to steer the castle around the incoming X-Nauts. One nearly hit the castle, so Bowser launched a fireball at it, causing it to explode and damage the other X-Nauts surrounding it. Bowser and Ganon steered the castle all the way around the bombers and was heading toward Grodus�s ship.

�No, not my ship. Back, you fiends, back I say!� shouted Grodus in despair. He began to fire off several lasers at Bowser�s castle, but nearly all of them missed and the castle�s armor deflected a few of the other ones. Suddenly, the fire on Grodus�s ship became too intense and it began to overheat. A 2-minute countdown to detonation sounded on Grodus�s ship. �The hell with them,� said Grodus, regarding his crew. He pushed the eject button on the controls, shooting himself in a much smaller vessel out of the exploding ship.

�Umm, Bowser. It�s still moving,� said Ganondorf, noticing the wreckage of Grodus�s ship approaching the castle.

�Oh no, it�s gonna blow,� bellowed Bowser. �Aaaah!�

�It was nice knowing you, guys. Muahahaha!!!!� cackled Grodus in his smaller, more compact ship, as he began flying away.

The 2-minute countdown on Grodus�s ship ended.

�We�re toast,� said Ganon.

�French toast,� added Bowser.

�I don�t wanna die,� cried Ganondorf. �Hey, it�s not blowing up. What gives? Not that I mind.� One of the stray X-Naut bombers collided with Grodus�s ship, causing it to explode, wiping out everything within blast radius, including Bowser�s castle��.

�You�re finished now!!!� gloated Grodus.

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Meanwhile in the closet in Bowser�s castle��..

�Hey what�s going on out there?� asked Link.

�I dunno-a,� said Luigi. �Something-a about French-a toast and-a blowing up-a.�

�The castle�s blowing up and we�re toast!� translates Link in panic.

�Huh? What-a?!� says Mario indifferently, turning over in his sleep.

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Samus just landed on Earth to investigate the site of the dark energy at Cool Cool Mountain, when she noticed what looked like an inferno in the sky.

�No way?!� she exclaims in awe. �Is that Bowser�s castle? Mario, Luigi and Link said they�re in there, and that means they�re toast!�

Samus leaped into her gunship and began flying towards the castle in the hopes that something could be done to rescue the three heroes, but it seemed hopelessly impossible. The castle was already engulfed in flames and it was exploding violently. �Shift gears to Mach-Speed,� said Samus, pressing a few buttons. �You guys won�t be destroyed on my watch.�

Last time.....................
After a futile escape attempt, Mario and company remain captive in Bowser's castle. Meanwhile, Bowser and Ganondorf have gone elsewhere to try to convince another to villain to ally with them. But on their way back, Boweer comes face-to-face with a foe he definitely cannot forget, nor can we.