[center][h3] Michael and Franklin [/h3]
Level 3- (5/30) EXP / Level 1- (3/10) EXP (+3 for both)
Location: Peach's Castle, Throne Room
Wordcount: 704 [/center]
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As they dusted off the dirt and picked up their weapons, Michael and Franklin both took a second to catch their breath. Din's dancing helped to further invigorate them after the fight, and they both felt well enough to keep moving. As Michael took a moment to put away his Uzi and take his sniper out of its case, Franklin scanned the area, taking in the bizarre scenery. [color=39b54a]"I know y'all said we'll talk later, but...the hell are we? This ain't Los Santos..."[/color] His eyes moved towards the other members of the group, advancing towards the castle. [color=39b54a]"And who...[i]what[/i] the hell is going on with these people?"[/color]

Michael, now holding his Barrett, looked towards Franklin and sighed. [color=00aeef]"When I said it's a long story...it's a really long story. Look, all you need to know for now, is that these guys are our friends, and in there-"[/color] He pointed towards the castle. [color=00aeef]"Is our enemy. We need to take them out."[/color] As he began to move towards the castle, he turned to Din and the Centurion for a moment, stopping to address them. [color=00aeef]"Hey, thanks for the help. You guys really saved my ass back there."[/color]

Franklin followed behind Michael, and in a moment, the two were at the entrance to the castle. The first thing they noticed was the fire, and the amount of heat radiating off it. Looking down the throne room, the immense form of Bowser's doppelganger was easy enough to spot. [color=39b54a]"That's the bad guy, isn't it?"[/color]

[color=00aeef]"Yeah. That's the bad guy."[/color] Staring down the corridor, Michael gripped his rifle tightly as the group began to spring into action. He took note of a bunch of cages dangling from the ceiling, and that a few of the group were already moving towards them. [color=00aeef][i]More allies, hopefully. Or at least a distraction.[/i][/color] Looking back towards the ground, he noticed that the Courier had begun to talk to the Bowser-clone again. 

[color=39b54a]"...the fuck is he doing?"[/color]

[color=00aeef]"No ide- oh, shit!"[/color] To their surprise, the Courier had seemingly switched sides, turning around and firing at several of his former allies. Before Michael or Franklin could retaliate, Zer0 beat them to it, shooting the apparent traitor, with the shot then going on to hit their enemy. Immediately after that, several more of the team opened up with their own attacks, with Din using an attack to spontaneously grow plants, and a newcomer that Michael vaguely remembered as being at the bridge used some sort of magical attack. Soon, the doppelganger retreated into its shell, and launched itself down the middle of the throne room. Fortunately for Michael and Franklin, they were on the far side of the room, and had enough time to escape the path of destruction, retreating behind one of the stone columns on the right side of the throne room.

Hiding behind the pillar, Michael poked his head out long enough to watch their Bowser engage the clone, managing to get a few hits in with some sort of weird hidden boxing glove device, before getting tossed out of the castle. He turned to Franklin, who was also watching the fight and had turned to face Michael with wide eyes. [color=39b54a]"Man, what the fuck are we gonna do against that thing?"[/color]

Michael took in a deep breath, looking down at his rifle. [color=00aeef]"Alright...how about, you distract him, and I shoot him in the face."[/color]

[color=39b54a]"...shit."[/color] He peeked out for a moment. [color=39b54a]"Shit...okay, get ready. This better work..."[/color] Moving out of cover, Franklin walked towards where Megadragonbowser was. Flicking the safety off his pistol, he took a deep breath to steady himself, before calling out. [color=39b54a]"HEY, ASSHOLE!"[/color]

As soon as he called that out, he raised his pistol, firing three shots towards the giant enemy. While his pistol would likely have little effect, that wasn't the point of the attack. As soon as he fired, he ran towards the end of the room, attempting to get into cover behind the next pillar. Hearing the gunshots, Michael took the opportunity to lean from cover, aiming his Barrett towards the enemy Bowser. Holding his breath and activating his Bullet Time, he lined up his crosshairs with Megadragonbowser's head, and pushed down on the trigger.

[i]BOOM![/i]