*This is the fifth and final part of my entry in Conrad Zimmerman's Dreamcast Giveaway Contest
(link here). **UPDATE:
I won!** Previous entries can be found here:
Part 1,
Part 2,
Part 3,
Part 4. Enjoy.*
"Can't we talk about this like civilized people?" I asked, dropping the gun to my side and raising my hands.
"What is there to talk about?" she said.
"Well, for starters... This is your plan?" I asked sarcastically. "Which one of you two genius' came up with this one? It really doesn't make a lick of sense. You kill me. Great! But what do you two do then? It doesn't explain how you magically disappear. How do you hide from Mario after this? How stupid do you think he is?"
Bowser growled. "We don't hide from him." He went into the hall and returned with the little man bound up in rope with his mouth taped shut. We're going to kill you both. The law will find you two having shot each other. And this will satisfy the rest of the mob. They will be too busy fighting over who will succeed him to notice that we've just disappeared. Meanwhile, we'll sell this trinket to fund the rest of our future together."
"So, this is what this has all been about?" I turned my head to the girl. "You fell in love with the boss' right hand man, and now you're just looking for a way to make off together? You pulled me in just to make me a patsy. And a dead patsy at that." I'm not sure if I was more shocked by the stupidity of the plan or the fact that it was probably going to work.
"Well," she told me, "It's time."
Time was moving at a snail's pace. I could feel the barrel of the gun against the back of my head. If I was going to do something it needed to be right now.
"The Doorman!" I shouted. "He must've seen you come in. He's a witness to all of this."
"Oh, we took care of him. Paid him off well. As far as he's concerned, he never saw us," she explained. "You think that you're just so clever. But you're not getting out of...." I took that moment to duck out of the way and push her to the ground. Bowser immediately dropped Mario and started to charge across the room towards me. I ripped the gun from the girl's hand, spun around and shot at the giant dragon. He stopped charging. But he didn't fall. I shot again. And again. He was hurt, but it only slowed him down. I shot six more slugs into his body. On the ground behind me, the girl screamed. In front of me, the beast toppled forward. He was dead by the time he hit the ground.
"You bastard," she hissed at me, tears welling up in her eyes. I turned to face her and found that she had my revolver that I had dropped on the floor. And it was pointed straight at me. Before I could react she fired. Hot pain exploded in my shoulder as I returned fire. We both fell down to the ground. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Bowser's body. Laying next to him was that damn magic star necklace.
Before I faded from consciousness I looked over at Peach's lifeless body next to me. Dames like her think that they always get what they want. But, it's only most of the time that they are right.
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Spotted Bowser cannot be killed by a bullet.
It takes, like, seven.
@Carrie,
I just made that "Quick and the Dead" reference yesterday to Hyphen while finishing Metal Gear Solid 2.
You're totally rubbing off on me.
@Haxan
You're just now noticing?
I'm not Conrad but you should win.
Thanks, Y0j1mb0!
I didn't pretty sure that no one was reading this at all. I appreciate it.
I read it, and I enjoyed it. Further noir set in the mushroom kingdom has some interesting narrative possibilities. Anyway... nice job! Hope you win.