Chapter 6 - SOS

After getting the boxes to safe place, Wario and Waluigi set the yoshis running away, so the guards had to catch them, because otherwise they would’ve terrorized the village. They hid into tunnels underground. Guards had not yet idea that there would’ve been tunnels for illegal action.

There was little room that had been built for this meaning and now it would be under rough use. There was a small room that had writing desk, self and some other cabinets and closets were things could be hidden or kept. There was cold and lightless room for the food and in the main room or bunker there was four bunk beds. We hid the guns under one cabinet, which had secret door under it. The rebel group moved the cabinet back to its place and sat to different spots where they found the most comfortable place to sit at.

Luigi felt dizzy. How did all of this happen? Why there had to be a war? Thinking all of these happenings made Luigi feel melancholic and guilty, after all they had started the war supposedly to get free from under the rule of Queen Rosalina. Luigi turned his icy blue eyes to his dear big brother Mario. Mario seemed so quiet, too quiet. He had not been himself through these years. His cheerful, kind and playful side personality had disappeared for a long time, but sometimes it peeked behind the wall that was dangerously building up between the two twin brothers. Mario was glum most of the days and his stare had turned sad and jaded. Always when Mario had that look and he stared to one spot on a wall, on floor or some object, he seemed so empty it hurt Luigi. It physically hurt Luigi. He always felt like someone was squeezing his heart with their grim hands. Mario was heartbroken over Peach and many times when he was drunk, he bled all his feelings, emotions and problems to Luigi like waterfall. But after he told what was bothering him, he always got happy and that was the most precious thing to Luigi. Seeing his brother happy. Hell he would give his life to make Mario happy. But… nothing could’ve been done.

Mario looked his brother and as Luigi’s face darkened from something he didn’t tell, it made Mario upset just like Luigi. Mario couldn’t understand what had happened to their love and caring for each other. They didn’t talk to each other like they used to. Did Luigi just feel like it wasn’t appropriate to talk about problems at these years? But Mario didn’t bother to ask even though it wouldn’t take much time. 

Daisy sat on the ground, her back against the wall and she sighed. Why things had to be like this? She missed running out in the forest and the fields with her friends and her people. Her land needed her, but Rosalina had seen her as risk to help Toad Town’s people escape, so she had been taken inside the borders against her will. Forever she had felt like side kick. She was invited to parties and such, but no one seemed to care about her. She stayed strong still, she didn’t need anyone else, but her people. Sports kept her mind out of bad thoughts, but now when there wasn’t many ways to keep condition healthy, melancholy and depression had taken tight hold from the whole Toad Town. Every night was worse than the other. Thoughts poured into Daisy’s mind and she had given up to them. She thought them and let them roll around in her head through many nights, but some nights she had turned off the lights and sneaked out to put her life to danger. She enjoyed the feeling of being in danger. She ran near guards and many times past them, to get them to chase her. She always got away. If this war was going to happen, she would’ve fought until she’d die.

Peach sat on the table and stared at the grey ground. Six years. Six damn years had gone and she weren’t able to do anything. She had been pushed off the throne and out from her very own castle. And she hadn’t done anything. The guilt pressed her down, but she tried to fight it. After this war she would be the one ruling the whole Mushroom Kingdom. But she had…one problem. Mario. Mario held her back, because she was fragile princess. It made Peach’s feelings bubble up, not good feelings. She tried to hold many of them back, because she would’ve expressed them as violence. She said mean things to Mario to get the heat off. But this side of her had appeared after the takeover. Maybe it was because of all the worry and pressure it had brought.

“So… what’s going to happen now?” Luigi almost whispered in the deadly silence. “A war Luigi… a war”, Mario said with a lower and looked down more than ever. “Is this what we want? A war? About what?” Luigi asked. He was done with the idea about the war. He didn’t like it. He didn’t like the idea of innocents dying. “A war about FREEDOM. This is what I WANT. We need it. THIS can’t go on. Rosalina makes all of us suffer, she wants to keep us inside these stone walls. Keep us quiet. But I won’t stay quiet. If you don’t want the war, you can obey. I won’t. I won’t die in this controlled fucked up place. I will go out if not the easy way, then the hard way”, Mario looked at Luigi. Luigi was speechless after this. Mario had the best points that couldn’t be defeated. Luigi just nodded quietly and saw anger calm to regret. “I-I’m sorry Luigi. I didn’t mean to be mean. Things aren’t alright and…I just want to experience outside world once before I die”, Mario sighed and looked at Luigi with his sorrowful eyes. Luigi felt his throat burning and tears come up to his eyes, but he tried his best to hold them back. “I-it’s okay. I-I…I just don’t enjoy that people die”, Luigi looked down. “Me neither my little brother”, Mario answered.

After resting and chatting in the little bunker underground and they had to move to the castle because there was telegraph that they would use to communicate with The Pacifist forces at the other side. Ironically they were called pacifists because they were a group that would take important role in the coming war.

The Rebels used the underground tunnels to not to get revealed. They got to the end of the tunnel and there was long ladder to secret door on the floor. “I go first”, Peach said and started climbing. Luigi noticed that Mario was checking out her a*s and he pushed him. “Stop acting pervy”, he grimaced to Mario and Mario laughed. “Sheesh you guys…” Daisy sighed.

After about half an hour Peach came down. “Let’s go”, she nodded and started climbing again. Luigi pointed the ladder with his hands and looked Daisy with friendly smile. “Ladies first”, Daisy blushed and chuckled. “Thank you~!” she bowed and started climbing. Mario poked Luigi with his elbow, wiggled his eyebrows and grinned widely. Luigi showed his tongue to Mario and climbed after the princesses. Mario followed his little brother and soon they had climbed to machine room. Of course by its name it had tons of giant machines that did all kinds of things. There were three green little glowing creatures working. They had white and red long tip hats and they looked busy. They had leather vests and brown baggy pants that ended under their knees and then their leather boots started. All of them wore glasses and they hurried with big rolled papers and different tools in their hands.

“The telegraph is up and waiting. Be careful”, one of the creatures said and kept working on whatever they were doing. These creatures looked like the advisor; they had human like shape, but they didn’t have mouths and their green skin glowed a faint green light.

Peach led the Rebels to the telegraph and all of them looked each other in front of this new machine. “Daisy was supposed to know what to do”, Peach claimed and everyone turned to look at her, but she just shook her head. “But you said!” Peach grinded her teeth together and Luigi stopped her. “I can try”, Luigi looked Peach to her eyes and he saw confusion and fright in her eyes. Finally she nodded and Luigi sat in front of the little machine. One of the glowing stars came to explain how the telegraph worked and after about half an hour or hour later they were done. The message had gone forward.