Chapter 5 - Episode 3: Green Thunder
(The episode begins over a dark forest. Sounds of nature are heard, along with a few screams from inside the forest. We cut to right outside the forest with a campfire. Sitting at the campfire is Dante with his sword laying at his side. He pokes at the fire with a stick before we suddenly hear panting and footsteps running toward him. He picks up his sword.)
Dante: Who’s there? (The camera pans to see Ellis (Left 4 Dead) and Billy Coen (Resident Evil). They stop when they see Dante.)
Ellis: You better get out of here. There's monsters inside that forest.
Billy: Demons is more like it. It's hell going through there.
Dante: Wait, you said demons? There are demons in that forest?
Ellis: We saw some demon thing appear with a sword. He started chasing us, so we booked it. (At this, Dante gets a shocked expression. He begins walking towards the forest.)
Billy: Where are you going?
Dante: To get the demon. Obviously. (Dante enters the forest.)
Ellis: He's dead.
(We cut to inside the woods. A pair of feet walk by as howls echo through the forest. The camera cuts to see Cloud Strife walking through with the buster sword on his back.)
Cloud: Tifa! Barret! Is anybody there? (The camera pans to the front of Cloud to see behind him. We see Lisa (Silent Hill) floating menacingly behind him. We see Cloud's expression change as the camera cuts to a side view. He quickly unsheathes the buster sword and turns around, battle-ready. However, no one is there anymore. Lisa disappeared. Cloud sheaths his sword.) This forest is strange.
(We cut back to Dante walking through the forest.)
Dante: Where are you, brother? That must've been him those guys saw. (We cut to Dante spotting Cloud in the distance with the buster sword visible on his back.) That sword is huge. Must be the demon I'm looking for.
(We cut to Cloud continuing to walk through the forest. Suddenly, Dante crashes through and lands in front of Cloud. Cloud unsheathes the buster sword as Dante gets out his own sword.)
Dante: Are you the one I'm looking for?
Cloud: You don't wanna pick a fight with me.
Dante: Really? I think a fight is exactly what I want. (Dante lunges forward and our heroes' swords clash. They both bring their swords back again and continue to clash. Metal hits metal as they both trade blows on the other's weapon. They both fly back a few feet.)
Cloud: Let's just get this over with.
Dante: Here's a little somethin' for ya. (He pulls out Ebony and Ivory and begins shooting at Cloud. Cloud blocks the shots with his sword and jumps behind the trees for cover.) Gonna hide? (Cloud jumps out and uses lightning on Dante. The strike flings Dante back, but he quickly gets back up.) Thought I was dead?
Cloud: You'll wish you were. (Cloud charges at Dante and raises his sword to slash at him. Dante blocks the blow with his own sword.)
Dante: Not bad! (Dante pushes Cloud's sword back and slashes upwards at him. Cloud falls to the ground.) Giving up?
Cloud: (Getting back up.) Not on your life. (We cut to a different part of the forest. A dark spirit (Dark Souls) suddenly materializes and the words "Dark Spirit Has Invaded" appears on the screen. We go back to Dante and Cloud as they each hold swords to the other's throat while circling.)
Dante: This is where the fun begins.
Cloud: Enough of this. (The dark spirit then charges in and knocks Cloud down with his sword. He then aims to slam his sword down on Cloud's throat, but Cloud rolls out of the way.)
Dante: Get back to Hell! (Dante charges at the dark spirit and hits it with his sword. The dark spirit cries out as it falls to the ground. The dark spirit gets back up and slashes at Dante. He dodges and shoots at the dark spirit with his gun. The dark spirit blocks the bullets with his shield. Suddenly, Cloud comes up from behind and stabs the dark spirit in the back. It cries out and drops to the ground. It disappears with the words "Dark Spirit Vanquished" on screen.)
Cloud: Now, where were we? (Cloud holds up his buster sword at Dante.)
Dante: Cool it. You must be the wrong guy. I was told about a demon with a sword in this forest.
Cloud: And you thought it was me?
Dante: Hey, you can never be too careful. (Cloud begins leaving.) Where are you going?
Cloud: (Not stopping.) Anywhere but here. I have people I need to find.
Dante: This late at night? There could be monsters.
Cloud: I'll be fine.
Dante: (Catching up to him.) I'm coming too. Don't need you getting your *ss beat.
Cloud: (Looks over Dante.) Whatever. Just stay out of my way. (They walk off.)
(We cut to a different part of the forest. We see Chris Redfield shooting multiple shots at something we can't see yet. The camera pans to see him shooting at a deathclaw (Fallout).)
Chris: This thing is strong.
Arthur: Allow me! (We see Arthur run into frame and begin throwing lances at the deathclaw. They all stick into its back as it cries out in pain.) Good show! (The deathclaw turns around and grabs Arthur. It then throws him into a tree.) Oh my…
Chris: Arthur!
Luigi: It's-a Luigi time! (Luigi jumps in with his poltergust. He shoots a plunger out of it and it sticks to the deathclaw's face.)
Chris: A plunger?
Luigi: Yeah! (Luigi uses his poltergust and it sucks up the end of the plunger and pulls the deathclaw. Luigi then lets the poltergust stop and the deathclaw flies back and falls over. Chris runs up and shoots at the deathclaw multiple times in the chest.)
Chris: B.O.W. down.
Luigi: What was-a that thing?
Chris: A monster. I've never seen anything like it. (Arthur gets up and joins the others.)
Arthur: It may be wise to set up a shelter for the night. The forest is treacherous at night.
Chris: Good idea. Let's set up camp. (Our heroes begin to walk off when Luigi suddenly stops.)
???: Luigi…
Luigi: Hello?
???: Luigi… come here…
Chris: Luigi? What's wrong?
Luigi: Nothing. I'll be right-a back. (Luigi heads off towards the voice.) Hello? Mario?
???: Luigi… come closer… (Luigi continues forward as he passes by Deacon St. John (Days Gone) dead on the ground.)
Luigi: Oh no…
???: Isn't it all terrible, Luigi? All these people had to die.
Luigi: Y-Yeah, but-a Mario will make everything better.
???: Mario… that brother of yours, always stealing the spotlight. He has everything.
Luigi: Well… he's-a very good guy.
???: He only cares about himself. He has the fame, a princess, everyone wants to be him. But, he's the one who got you into this mess.
Luigi: What?!
???: He screwed up and now you're in this strange new world. Everyone you know is far away. And now here you are, cleaning up his mess. (Luigi pauses for a moment.) But, if you were to team up with me…
Luigi: Team up with you?
???: Yes, team up with me. Show the world that you are number one. We'll be better than Mario, better than everyone. We'll save the world.
Luigi: Save the world… (A smile begins to form on Luigi's face. The camera pans up to see Master Mind descending down to Luigi.)
Master Mind: We'll do it together. (Master Mind extends his arm to Luigi. Luigi, still in a happy daze, takes Master Mind's hand.) You poor fool.
Luigi: Huh? (Luigi suddenly screams as a black vortex begins swirling into him. We cut to Chris and Arthur resting as the scream echoes. They both stand at attention. )
Chris: (Readying pistol.) It's Luigi. He's in trouble. (We cut to Dante and Cloud as the scream reaches them too.)
Dante: Here we go again.
Cloud: (Taking out buster sword.) Let's make this quick.
(We cut to Chris and Arthur running through the forest. They suddenly stop as they see what appears to be Luigi in the distance.)
Chris: Luigi, what happened?
???: ("Luigi" laughs to himself.) He is not Luigi anymore. He is now my puppet. (He turns around to reveal Luigi, now dressed in his Mr. L outfit. This is a cross between Master Mind and Luigi who I will call Mr. L for simplicity.)
Arthur: What art thou? A spector?
Mr. L: I am Master Mind. I have been carefully keeping watch of you as well as many others. Now, I have Luigi in my control. Sadly, this means that you both must perish. (Mr. L holds up his hand and shoots out a bolt of lightning. It hits Chris in the chest as he falls over in pain. Arthur pulls out his sword and shield.)
Arthur: Leave his body, o' spector
Mr. L: I suggest you put down that sword. Any blow to me will only hurt your friend.
Arthur: You fiend! Have you no morals?
Mr. L: I see you're the brave type. (He holds up his arm again and shoots lightning into Arthur. His armor falls off leaving him in only his underwear.)
Arthur: By jove! (Mr. L walks up to Chris as he tries to get up.)
Mr. L: Goodbye, Redfield. (Before Mr. L can do anything. Dante jumps in and slashes Mr. L away with his sword.)
Dante: Jackpot! (Cloud runs in to meet Dante.)
Mr. L: More? Fine, I'll get rid of you too. (Cloud runs up to Mr. L and slashes at him with his sword. Mr. L jumps out of the way and shoots lightning at Cloud. Cloud blocks it with his sword as it blows him back a bit. Dante begins to run towards Mr. L, but Chris puts his hand on his shoulder. Dante jerks around and points his guns at Chris.)
Chris: Hold your fire!
Dante: What? (We hear Cloud scream out in pain as he is thrown back next to Chris and Dante.)
Cloud: He's strong… (Arthur, now back in his armor, runs to join the others. He pulls out his shield.)
Arthur: Get behind me! I shall block the enemy's lightning.
Dante: I'm sending him back to Hell. (Dante shoots at Mr. L with both of his guns. Mr. L floats into the air and dodges the bullets. Mr. L pulls out the poltergust.) How is he doing that?
Mr. L: Let's see what we can do with this. (The poltergust begins sucking in with a giant black vortex. Our heroes are all pulled into it while screaming.)
Dante: F*ck! (As they're all pulled in, they are all shot out at high speeds and hit the ground hard.)
Chris: D*mn it…
Mr. L: I could kill you now, but… (A roar is heard.) I think it'd be more fun to let the beasts in this forest devour you. (Mr. L floats to the floor and strides off.)
Cloud: Beasts? (Another roar is heard as suddenly a behemoth (Final Fantasy) crashes through the trees to our heroes.) A behemoth!
Chris: A what?!
Cloud: Take this thing down! (Cloud runs up to the behemoth and uppercuts it in the face with his sword. The behemoth steps back a bit from it before ramming Cloud away with its horns. We cut to Chris and Dante shooting at the behemoth.)
Dante: Here's a little somethin' for ya! (The bullets don't seem to do much as the behemoth retaliates with flare. The blast shoots Chris and Dante back far.)
Chris: Holy sh*t!
Dante: Didn't see that coming… (We cut back to the behemoth as an axe suddenly hits it in the face.)
Arthur: Just when I thought the world could know peace, these demons rear their ugly, horned heads. (The behemoth raises up its leg and smashes Arthur with it. Dante and Cloud both flank the behemoth. Cloud slashes at his head while Dante hits his legs. The behemoth then jumps up and slams into the ground, knocking everyone over. Chris runs up with his flamethrower.)
Chris: Take this! (Flames shoot out as the behemoth backs up a bit.)
Dante: (Getting up.) I'll handle this. (Dante stands still and a small explosion occurs, throwing the behemoth back. Dante transforms into Sin Devil Trigger. Dante, now as a winged demon, flies into the air. He begins shooting red fireballs at the behemoth. It growls in pain. As the final blow, Dante pulls out a giant sword and impales the behemoth with it, killing it. Dante transforms back to normal.) Piece of cake. (Our heroes get back up.)
Cloud: Now, I need some answers. Who was the man that we fought?
Chris: He was a companion of ours.
Arthur: Sir Luigi of the Mushroom Kingdom.
Chris: Some demon… Master Mind… possessed him. Now he's attacking us.
Dante: Demon?
Arthur: Precisely.
Dante: I'll help you with your little demon problem.
Chris: Really?
Dante: Shouldn't be too much trouble. Just do what I do. (Chris, Arthur, and Cloud look at each other nervously.)
(We cut to Mr. L walking through the forest. The camera zooms into his head until the scene turns into the inside of Luigi's subconscious. We see Luigi slowly open his eyes. The camera pans out to see his arms chained to the ground. He looks up in shock as the camera pans to see Master Mind floating in front of him, his back to Luigi.)
Luigi: What did you-a do to me? Who are you?
Master Mind: Oh, you. I am Master Mind.
Luigi: Master Mind?
Master Mind: Indeed. You might be familiar with an acquaintance of mine: King Bowser Koopa.
Luigi: (Shocked.) Bowser! So you're one of the bad guys!
Master Mind: (Chuckles to himself.) Poor, naive Luigi. Do you honestly believe that the world is black and white like that? (He approaches Luigi.) I used to think like that too, but then your little princess, that insufferable Peach, trapped me for years in the castle basement.
Luigi: P-Princess Peach?
Master Mind: Soon your princess will be nothing but a casualty as my army rises to claim this world.
Luigi: N-No! Mario will stop you! He always saves the day!
Master Mind: And what is he going to do? Kill his own brother? Everyone has their weakness, Luigi. Mario's just happened to be his spineless, stupid baby brother. (Luigi looks down in shame. We cut back to the overworld as Mr. L continues to walk through the forest. He stops as a voice is heard.)
Dante: Hey, Greenie! (Mr. L turns around to see our heroes standing behind him.) Our little rendezvous isn't over yet.
Mr. L: Really? This feeble man is really important to you?
Arthur: We leave no man behind in battle.
Cloud: Begone from his body. (Cloud readies the buster sword.) Don't make us ask twice.
Mr. L: How about we make a deal. If you can beat me in combat, I'll release Luigi.
Chris: And if you win?
Mr. L: (He smiles.) You all become my puppets.
Dante: Deal. (High pitched laughs are heard as small clouds of black smoke appear around our heroes.)
Mr. L: Oh, and I thought I'd get a little help. (From the black smoke appear cosmic clones (Super Mario). They soon surround our heroes.) Ready?
Dante: Ready! (Our heroes disperse in different directions as the fight begins. We cut to Chris shooting at two cosmic clones with his pistol as they both fall. Dante quickly comes and joins him as he shoots at other ones offscreen. We cut to Cloud in a different part of the battle as cosmic clones surround him. As they get close, Cloud does a giant spin attack which sends them flying off.)
Cloud: Yaaah! (We cut again to Arthur throwing a torch at a cosmic clone. It lights on fire as it cries out in pain.)
Arthur: You are no match for Sir Arthur. (We cut to Mr. L as he runs up to Dante and uppercuts him and sends him to the ground. Dante gets up and swings three times at Mr. L. Only the final hit lands as Mr. L slides back a bit, with the hit not doing much damage. Mr. L shoots a bolt of lightning into Dante's chest as he spins backwards and hits the ground.)
Dante: (Panting.) At least… I hit you.
(We cut back to Luigi's subconscious as Luigi looks on in horror at Master Mind.)
Luigi: Don't hurt them! Stop!
Master Mind: I won't stop until they are my puppets.
(We cut back to the battle as we see Chris pull out his combat knife. A cosmic clone runs at him but he cuts his throat with the knife.)
Chris: Stay down! (Another cosmic clone jumps onto his back, but he reaches over his back and slams it down. A third cosmic clone jumps at Chris, but Cloud catches it in midair with his buster sword.) Thanks for the help. (We cut to Arthur as he approaches Mr. L with his shield. Mr. L shoots lightning at it, but Arthur holds his ground.)
Arthur: That will not work on me! (Mr. L continues shooting lightning as he gets closer to Arthur. He then jumps over him and shoots a large fireball into his back. Arthur falls onto the ground. We cut back to Luigi.)
Luigi: Please! Stop-a this!
Master Mind: You can't stop me, Luigi. They need to pay.
Luigi: (To himself.) I wish-a Mario were here. Mario… (A flashback begins for the day Mario left for Peach's castle in the prologue. We see Luigi walk into the Mario Bros.' house with a mug of coffee and a letter. Mario is sitting at the table.) Got a letter for you, bro. It's from-a the princess. (Luigi gives Mario the letter.)
Mario: I wonder what it's about. (Mario opens the letter and reads through it.) She needs to talk to me about something. It's-a urgent.
Luigi: Mama mia. Be safe out there, bro. Tell me everything when you get back.
Mario: You got it. (Mario goes to the door to leave. Before he does, he turns to Luigi and hugs him.) I love-a you, bro. Take care of yourself while I'm away.
Luigi: You got it. (We go back to the present day.) Mario… (Suddenly determined.) I'm-a not giving up! I'm gonna find you and save the day! (Luigi's subconscious begins to shake.)
Master Mind: What's that noise? (Suddenly, from all around, a large group of Luigis surround Luigi and Master Mind. Two of them pull out hammers and break Luigi's shackles.)
Luigi: You're in-a my head. That means I make-a the rules. Get ready for a battle! (All the Luigis begin to spin around and create a typhoon. It pulls Master Mind in and throws him out at a great speed.)
Master Mind: No!
(We cut back to the real world as Mr. L suddenly stops. He looks dazed. We cut to Chris and Cloud.)
Chris: What's wrong with him?
Cloud: I don't know, but something is happening. (He looks around to the cosmic clones.) Cover me. I have a plan. (We see a limit gauge appear over Cloud's head as it slowly goes up. Cloud holds up his sword as energy courses through him.)
Chris: I'll keep you safe. (Chris starts shooting around him and Cloud as cosmic clones approach. We cut back to Luigi's subconscious as Luigis take turns bouncing on Master Mind's head.)
Luigis: Yahoo! Yippee! Ya! (In the real world, the limit gauge is around halfway full.)
Chris: How's that plan?
Cloud: Almost… there… (We go back into Luigi's subconscious as Master Mind looks dazed. We see Luigi jump up high into the air with his hammer and start going towards Master Mind.)
Luigi: Heeeee-ya! (Luigi hits Master Mind in the head.)
Master Mind: Noooo! (In the real world, Luigi and Master Mind separate. Luigi falls onto the ground as Master Mind tries to get his bearings. We cut back to Cloud as the limit gauge finishes.)
Cloud: Breaking my limits! (Cloud runs up to Master Mind and uses cross-slash. Crosses of light appear over Master Mind as Cloud slashes his torso. This finishes with Cloud taking one final swipe at him which sends him flying over the forest out of the fight. Cloud returns to normal.) It is done. (We cut to Luigi on the ground as Arthur helps him up.)
Arthur: Are you alright? That fiend had great power over you.
Luigi: Yeah. I'm-a fine. (Chris, Dante, and Cloud approach Luigi and Arthur.)
Dante: What was that thing? What did it want with you?
Luigi: His name is Master Mind. He knows something about my brother, and I think he's-a working with some evil guys.
Cloud: Evil guys?
Luigi: Something terrible is about to happen. We have to keep-a going. There are lives at risk.
Chris: Then let’s keep going. (To Dante and Cloud.) Are you two coming?
Dante: Hell yeah! (Cloud nods.)
Arthur: Let us continue our quest. Lead the way, Luigi. (Our heroes set off.)
(We cut to Master Mind as he slowly gets up. He begins to float.)
Master Mind: That Luigi made a mockery out of me. Do those warriors really think they can do that to me and get away with it? I will show them what I am. Every last one of them will die, and soon these worlds will be no more.
End of Episode
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