Night 9

Footsteps were heard in the hallway, a figure walking slowly and intently towards its target room. This room appeared to have taken considerable damage over the past few nights. The place where the doorway should have been was completely destroyed; apparently the Egg-Bots had neglected to fix it after the third murder attempt or so.

Inside, Bowser and his son slept soundly. But perhaps one of them was sleeping more soundly than the other, for he did not stir when he heard the loud footsteps in the hallway. Instead, Bowser, his red mane still standing on end from the electric shock he received, continued snoring so loud that the sound echoed through the torn-open doorway and down the halls. Bowser Jr., his son, did not.

The Koopa Kid woke with a start at the sound of the footsteps. He had an idea of what they meant, and he tried frantically to wake his father, but to no avail. Bowser was seemingly out cold for the night.

“Hah! It doesn’t matter. I’m tough enough to take care of myself anyway!”

“Are you, now?”

The voice reverberated, throughout the room, but Bowser Jr. didn’t see what it came from.

“AAACK! Wh-Who is that? C-Come on out, I’m not sc-scared of you, ya big m-meanie!”

“Oh, you will be… soon.”

A blast of energy shot from behind Bowser Jr., striking his shell and sending him tumbling forward.

“RAWR! That’s it, now I’ll show you! You’re going down!”

Pulling his bandana over his face, the Koopa Kid drew his Magic Paintbrush. Spinning it, he began to change shape and color.


When the paintbrush had stopped spinning, Bowser Jr. had transformed himself into Shadow Mario. Ready for combat, he struck a fighting stance.


“Hah hah haaaa! See if you can beat me now!”

Shadow Mario began jumping around the room, using backflip, handsprings, and all sorts of gymnastic moves the Mario Bros. were known for. The dark figure walked slowly towards the center of the room, waiting for the oblivious doppelganger to move near to him. As soon as he saw his chance, he shot out a fist, sending Shadow Mario flying into a wall.

“Oww… that hurt!”

“This will hurt more.”

The figure picked up the stunned Shadow Mario by the neck with one hand. Using his other, he drew a blade, and pierced the plumber pretender through the chest. Withdrawing the blade, he flung Shadow Mario across the room, smashing him into the wall.

Shadow Mario slowly reverted back into Bowser Jr. Blood began seeping out of the wound in his chest. The Koopa Kid groaned as life drained away from his young body.

“Dad…”

The figure uttered a grunt of laughter as he left the two unconscious Koopas in their room.

When he woke up, Bowser would be grumpier than usual, that was for sure...
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Sometime later that night, Dr. Eggman left his suite and hopped into the Floating Egg. The Headless Knight, who had been standing outside his door, insisted on hanging on to the bottom of the spherical vehicle as it floated off through the laboratory. Dr. Eggman flew out into the night air through the gaping hole that was created when Dracula was blasted out of the building. From there, he hovered up to the roof.

The two warriors were already there when he arrived. Sephiroth and the Arbiter stared each other down. Each one had a bone to pick with the other; Sephiroth was feeling particularly nasty tonight.


“Hmph. How about you don’t run away tonight when I try to kill you, coward?”

“You know nothing. Why bother to try? You are on my side… and I had no reason to kill you last time, when I saw the chance.”

A wicked grin stretched across Sephiroth’s hideous face.

“Heh… just following orders.”

With that, he rushed without warning towards the Arbiter, drawing his blade. The Arbiter fired his Magnum Pistol twice at the charging swordsman, but he split the bullets with the edge of his sword. Before he could cleave the Elite in two, however, he was pistol-whipped on the forehead.

Taking a step backward, dizzy and growling, Sephiroth prepared again to attack the Arbiter. By now, however, the Arbiter had pulled out his Energy Sword, and was ready to duel.

The two warriors now crossed swords. They both struck at each other at blinding speeds, but no matter what neither could catch the other off guard. Sephiroth wouldn’t be pulled into another deadlock, though, and kept swinging. Finally, he took a wide, head-chopping swing. The Arbiter leapt back to dodge, but he was outranged by the blade’s massive length. He avoided the majority of the blow, but his right shoulder had a mean slice on it.

“And now… you DIE!”

Sephiroth thrust his free hand forward, unleashing a massive energy beam at the Arbiter. Eggman, viewing the fight from a distance, only barely managed to dodge the shot himself, as he was directly opposite Sephiroth at the time.

“Hehehehehe… that got him.”

“Not quite. I got lucky, I suppose.”

The Arbiter, appearing from Sephiroth’s left, fired his Laser Carbine four times in quick succession, hitting Sephiroth in the knee with two. Temporarily stunned, the warrior fell to his knee. The Arbiter lunged at Sephiroth, catching his neck between the spikes of his Energy Sword.

“I could end your life now… but I don’t think I will. If your persistence is any indicator, I’ll have another chance to do that.”

The Arbiter disappeared behind his cloaking device, leaping off the roof again.

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Alive: 9
Sasaki Kojiro
Askthepizzaguy
Shinseikhaan
Olavi
Khazaar
navarro951
Ichigo
Yaropolk (Rebuilt)
Beefy (Revived)

Dead: 29
Sasaki Kojiro (RAAM)
Jolt
Glenn (Orochi)
White_Eyes
GeneralHankerchief
Greyblades
Ichigo (Black Shadow)
pevergreen
Reenk Roink
YLC
A Very Super Market
Lord Winter
Psychonaut
Quintus.JC
llf829 (Wrath of Slots)
Captain Blackadder
shlin28
SernoSerbo (Wrath of Kirby)
El Diablo
taka
Thermal Mercury
Splitpersonality (Again.)
LittleGrizzly
Glenn (Wrath of a God)
Yoyoma
AggonyDuck
Gobbledygook
TheFluffyOne (Wrath of Luigi)
Diana Abnoba

Day 10 Begins

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