Chapter 8: The Mario Brothers' Team Completed

(In Risky's secret base)

Valdronia was sleeping upside-down on the ceiling when Risky Boots walked in with Princess Peach, who was tied up and had a piece of duct tape over her mouth.

Risky Boots- Valdronia, I found you a bride.

Valdronia woke up and saw Princess Peach. He dropped from the ceiling to take a better look at her and he looked very happy.

Valdronia- Ah, a mortal beauty…pure of heart…well done, Risky Boots! Now, let us make preparations for the vampire wedding so I can extract her soul before the sun rises.

Risky Boots- Very well, Valdronia.

(At a beach at the bottom of a rocky cliff)

Mario, Luigi, and Shantae arrived at the beach and began looking for Risky Boots. The sun was still up, but they knew that they had to find Risky Boots and Valdronia before it got dark. There was plenty of ocean, beach, and rocks, but no sign of a cave anywhere.

Luigi- Mario, you sure Risky Boots' hideout is in this area?

Mario- This is the spot Pit and Palutena gave me.

Luigi- Well, I need a rest before I keep looking.

Luigi sat on a rock and suddenly the rock began to sink into the ground and the entrance to a cave opened.

Luigi- Hey look! I told you we'd find it in the end.

Mario and Shantae laughed a little bit.

Shantae- Hey Mario, I'm getting curious about this team of yours. Can you tell me more about them?

Mario- Sure. There are currently ten of us. There's Luigi and myself for starters. There is also our friend, Yoshi who is a dinosaur who can wrap his tongue around just about anything. Then there's a huge gorilla named Donkey Kong who is as strong as a truck, a swordsman with amazing skill and a divine sword of the gods named Link, a Star Warrior from another planet with the power to copy his foes powers named Kirby, a talented Poke'mon Trainer named Ash Ketchum, a blue hedgehog with amazing speed named Sonic, a Tasmanian tiger with a boomerang and an IQ over 200 named Ty, and there is Pit the angel who we already told you about.

Shantae- That's an impressive team, but they're all men. You might need a woman's help and perspective.

Mario put his thumb and index fingers to his chin.

Mario- Hmmm…Maybe we do.

Right before they entered the cave, something was falling from the sky and almost hit them. They avoided it and it turned out what fell from the sky were two red stars.

Luigi- Mario, are those what I think those are?

Mario- They are! The red star! We can really turn things in our favor with this power up!

Shantae- What does the red star do?

Mario- This transforms Luigi and I into our most powerful transformation yet.

Luigi was about to eat one, but Mario stopped him.

Mario- Luigi, the red stars should only be used when we need them. Hold onto it, but unless we really need to use it, save it.

Luigi (upset tone)- Fine…

Inside the cave was like a maze with so many dead ends and with Tinker Bats waiting to ambush them. But they were no match for Mario, Luigi, or Shantae. Eventually, they found this one room that showed Princess Peach wearing a different dress than her usual pink dress. She was also unconscious and was levitating above some kind of table. Making her levitate was Valdronia as he was preparing to suck her soul out. There was also a hole in the ceiling showing the full moon in the sky. Valdronia looked behind himself and saw Mario, Luigi, and Shantae.

Valdronia- It appears we have unwanted guest.

Then Risky Boots appeared behind them and tried to taze Shantae again, like she did back at the Sultana's palace. However, Shantae was ready and jumped over Risky Boots before she could get tazed.

Shantae- That trick won't work twice, Risky!

Shantae tried to kick Risky Boots, but she stepped back and avoided it. Then Mario pulled out a volt-shroom and turned into Electro Mario while Luigi ate a super feather and turned into Cape Luigi. Risky Boots fired her pistol, but Cape Luigi spun his cape around and fired the shots back at her. Then Electro Mario fired a few electro balls at Risky Boots' sword and gave her a shock. Then Shantae turned into an elephant and tackled Risky Boots and knocked her out.

Valdronia- And here I thought Risky would be able to stall you long enough like she did before, but it looks like I'll have to deal with you three before I can complete the Vampire's Bride ritual.

Valdronia turned around to face them, but Princess Peach was still floating in the air. Valdronia made three bolts lightning shoot out of the palm on his hands. Electro Mario, Cape Luigi, and Shantae tried to dodge, but the each bolt of lightning followed after them and each one struck its mark. Even Electro Mario took damage and was changed back to regular Mario. Same thing with Cape Luigi as he changed back to regular Luigi. The three of them were laying on the ground struggling to get back up.

Valdronia- Now if you just stay there like good children, maybe I'll make your ends painless.

Mario pulled out one of the red stars from earlier and manages to eat it and transform into Ultra Mario. After Ultra Mario transformed, he felt the strength to get back up and ready to fight. He helped Luigi and Shantae get back up and handed Luigi the other red star power up.

Shantae- Is this the power of the red star you and Luigi were talking about?

Ultra Mario- Correct. This is our ultra form and out most powerful transformation. Call me Ultra Mario in this form.

Luigi ate his red star and changed into Ultra Luigi.

Ultra Luigi- And Ultra Luigi!

Valdronia- Still want more? I can see why Risky wants you disposed of. Let's see what this so called ultra form can do against the king of the vampires!

Valdronia fired another set of lightning from his palms, but Ultra Mario and Ultra Luigi blocked them with a few white fireballs. Then Ultra Mario and Ultra Luigi each shot a fully charged white fireball and knocked Valdronia to the ground.

Shantae- Amazing…! I can see why you call that your ultra form.

Ultra Luigi- You haven't seen anything yet.

Ultra Luigi grabbed hold of a large boulder, flew into the air, and smacked Valdronia with it. Valdronia threw fireballs of his own at Ultra Mario and Ultra Luigi, but they flew away and dodged. Then Shantae saw her opportunity and placed a magic seal around Valdronia.

Valdronia- What is this?! What are you doing?!

Shantae- What my mother did to you 1,000 years ago! I cast the same sealing spell that turned you into a ruby!

Valdronia- No! NOOO! You will pay for this you damn bitch!

Then Valdronia's soul was changed back into ruby called the Eye of Valdronia and was imprisoned again. Shantae walked up to the Eye of Valdronia and picked it up.

Shantae- Now to make sure you never see the light again.

(At the docks of Scuttle Town)

Shantae, Mimic, and Bolo were saying goodbye to Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach before they boarded the boat leading to the Mushroom Kingdom.

Shantae- I owe the two of you much after helping me deal with Valdronia.

Mario- You helped us save Princess Peach twice. It's the least we could do.

Shantae- I've been thinking lately…perhaps it's time I join you team.

Mario and Luigi looked at each other for a few moments before looking at Shantae again.

Luigi- You…want to join…

Shantae- We made a great team earlier and Mario did say he could use a woman's touch in the group.

Mario- I see nothing wrong with that. I thinks it's a splendid idea.

Mario and Shantae shook hands.

Mario- Anytime Sequin Land needs help, you can always count on us.

Shantae- Same goes for the Mushroom Kingdom.

Then Bolo jumps behind Princess Peach.

Bolo- Would I be welcomed in the Mushroom Kingdom anytime?

Princess Peach slaps Bolo in the face and he stumbles over.

Mario, Luigi, and Shantae laughed a bit.

Shantae- Bolo, will that pervert ever learn?

The End

Epilogue-

(Subspace)

The wicked god, Tabuu, was watching Mario and Shantae through a crystal ball and saw Shantae agreeing to be part of the Mario Brothers' team. Tabuu crushed the crystal ball in his grip.

Tabuu- So Mario has gotten his eleventh team mate found before I could make my return. This will make things a bit more difficult. But fortunate for me, I managed to salvage the soul of one of Sonic's most dangerous enemies.

Tabuu's attention was drawn to some kind of life tube and we see the shadow of a strange hedgehog inside the life tube.

Tabuu- You will play a key role when I make my return. Everyone of Mario's team will be surprised to see you. Especially Sonic once he finds out you've come back to life…