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The night was harsh. A chillingly cold summer day, but it could be as cold as Antarctica and Bleck wouldn’t care. The hero’s had come earlier than expected, but it was of no use. Even as his henchmen fell to their attacks time and time again, bleck was prepared. He glared down at the ground, in thought. How would timpani think of him now? It..didn’t matter. What mattered was destroying this miserable- “…count?” Bleck looked up, and there was Natasia, walking next to him.
The count simply grumbled. “…they’re uh, here sir. Mario and co. The others are dealing with some but-“ Bleck interrupted the other with a sharp command. “I am aware. I shall deal with them.” Nastasia stared away, expression for once conflicted. But she nodded as footsteps began to approach. “Stay safe count, Kay?” she left quickly, and Bleck nodded slowly. He had to destroy this hiccup in his plan, this thorn in his side.
Mario stepped into the area, dirty with wounds from past battles and a small butterfly on his head, but focused. Bleck noted he was alone, possibly his ‘posse’ had been held up by his own henchmen. Blecks expression darkened, It made this much easier. He stepped from the higher area, and readied himself. “You fool.” He spat, circling the smaller foe before him only steeling themselves for battle. “You cannot stop what is written, what is prophesied. I shall deal with you swiftly.” And, he launched himself at Mario, readying an attack and-
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Ryota groaned, waking up from the noise. He quietly glared at his phone, angry at the sound AND the numbers that it read. 3:30. In the morning. The sound of screeching came from outside, often quieting before starting up again. He slipped on his slippers, shuffling across the cold floor of his bedroom, before opening his window and peaking down. Somedays he wished he lived on a higher floor.
Down below in an alley near the crumbled remains of a long burned down building, was a couple cats. A big one hissing and fighting a smaller redish (well to Ryota, it was red) cat. Yowls and hissed ringing out. He leaned from the window, and shouted- “hey! Shut up! Quit fighting!” The larger cat looked up in slight shock at the noise before it was pounced on by the smaller feline, giving it the upper hand. Ryota just groaned and shut his window. Damn cats..
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Mario and Co. stood before bleck, who was on the ground, defeated. But they had a bigger problem. An attack, meant for Bleck was slashed out- only to be blocked by nastiaa. Her form staggered before flopping over next to Bleck, as he gasped in shock. A form slunk in and snatched Luigi away from the group, earning a startled Yelp from Peach and dragging the frightened other to the podium. Bleck gasped, looking up at this betrayal. Dimentio chuckled, holding the panicked luigi down easily.
“Very glad that Mario and Co. did the work for me!” He smiled, watching the hero’s angered expression. “Now the chaos hearts belong to me, and we can create a whole new world, where you and everyone else are wiped clean!” Bleck gently nudged nastia, making sure she was still alive, but also as weak as the other. Mario hissed out a warning as dimentio sunk his grip into Luigi’s side, earning a pained Yelp from them.
Dimentio grinned, almost manically, standing
Up and holding Luigi in his grip. Now..witness my-“ a couple loud steps rang out, and dimentio cut off his words. Bleck looked up, eyes wide. “What…” he started, keeping his eyes on the darkness before them. Mario braced himself, glaring at the sound of the footsteps coming closer. A large form stepped into the light, carrying a metal box. Dimentio did not, absolutely did NOT plan for this. He hissed, “WHAT THE-“
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Merlon tilted his head, keeping his hand gripped on the cat carrier. Of course he was used to cat fights, but they all seemed absolutely freaked out by his presence. Like he disturbed it. He shook his head, and sat the carrier down. This was where the cat he rescued belonged, right? “Cmere tippi..go on..” he hummed slightly, gentle “Pss Pss” noises as they coaxed the cat out. A fluffy white cat with a couple bandages wrapped around them stepped out of the carrier, much to the shock to one injured large cat.
Merlon stared at a black and white cat holding a smaller cat down, and honestly he didn’t really have the authority to object. However, he was a human. This was a cat. He made a quick noise. “KSST-“ spooking the cats back a bit before one tackled the black and white cat off the smaller one, fighting. Wow. He watched the white cat scurry to the injured cat, gently licking its head and purring.
“Well uh- have fun Tippi. With..whatever the heck is happening.” He picked up the cat carrier, causally walking back to his car so he could drive back to his veterinarian clinic. Having absolutely no idea he just changed the plot of whatever the heck those cats had going on. It’s not like it was too important, right?
….right?
END.